there an Eremite whom Capgrave an old Writer affirms to have been the Emperours son of Constantinople Congiary a gift of a Prince or great man to the people Conglobation lat a gathering round into a Globe Conglomeration lat a rolling up into a heap a winding into a bottome Conglutination lat a fastning together with Glue Congratulation Lat. a rejoycing with any one for his good fortune Congregation lat an assembling or gathering of people together Congresse lat a coming together also an incountring Congruence or Congruity lat agreeablenesse Conical having the figure of a Cone Conjectural lat that may be conjectured or guess't at Conjugal latin pertaining to marriage belonging to man and wife Conjugates a Term in Logick signifying things of the same rank order or original Conjugation lat a deriving of things under the same order a coupling of verbs with their moods and tenses under the same theme Conjunction lat a joyning together also a Grammatical word one of the eight parts of speech Conjuration lat a conspiracy or plot also a compact or bargaining with the Devil or evil Spirits to know any secret or effect any purpose Conizee and Conizour see Cognisee and Cognisour Connacht see Conaught Connascency lat a being born together a springing together Conne to learn without book from the Dutch word Kennen to know or learn Connen old word can Connexion lat a knitting or joyning together Coninesborough a Castle in York-shire where Hengist after he had been vanquish't by Aurelius Ambrose rallied his forces but being again utterly defeated he was beheaded Connivence lat a faigning not to see a winking at a fault Connubial lat belonging to wedlock or marriage Conovium the ancient name of a Citie which flourish't in old time in Caernarvon-shire and took its name from the River Conovius now called Conwey Conqâ—â—ssation Lat. a shaking together a dashing in pieces Conquest a Term used in the practick of Scotland and differs from heritage in this that â—eritage signifies Lands Goods pertaining to any person as general Successour to his father or any other predecessour Conquest signifies those which any one possesseth by his own private Title or by gift or by any other single contract Conquestion lat a complaining together Conradus Germ. Able counsel the name of several German Emperours Consanguinity lat nearnesse in blood kindred Consarcination lat a patching or sowing of several pieces together Conscention lat a climbing or mounting Conscious lat inwardly guilty privy to ones self of any fault or errour Conscription lat a registering or inrolling Consecration lat a setting apart to the service of any one Consectary lat that which follows from the demonstration of an argument Consecution lat an immediate following Month of consecution is a term in Astrology signifying the space between each conjunction of the Moon with the Sun Consequence lat that which followeth of necessity also a businesse of consequence is a businesse of weight and moment Consequent lat following also being taken substantively it signifies the last proposition of an enthymeme the first being called an antecedent Conservation lat a keeping or preserving Conservator of the peace signifieth in Common law him that hath a special charge by vertue of his office to see the Kings peace kept Conservator of the truce and safe conducts was an officer appointed in every Port of the Sea to inquire of all offences done against the Kings truce and safe conducts upon the main-sea out of the Countries and out of the Franchises of the Cinque Ports Conserves French fruits conserved or condited Considerable of no mean degree of more than ordinary quality Cleopatra Consideration lat an advising or taking heed also a term in Common law signifying the material part of a contract without which no contract standeth or bindeth Consideration is either expressed as when a man bargaineth to give a certain sum for any thing or else imply'd as when the law inforceth a consideration Consignation lat a signing of a bill with ones own hand Consimilarity lat a likenesse or agreeing together Consistence lat a being or setling Consistent an epithite belonging to dry bodies and opposed to Fluid Consistory lat an assembly of Prelates a Council-house of Ecclesiastical persons Consition lat a planting together Consolation lat a comforting or putting in good heart Consolidation lat a sodering strengthning or making solid also a term in Common law signifying a joyning of two benefices into one and in the Civil law a uniting of possession occupation or profit with the property Consomniation lat a sleeping or dreaming together Consonant lat sounding together or agreeing also substantively taken it signifieth a letter which hath no sound of it self but as it is joyned with a vowel Consort lat a fellow companion or mate also a set or company of Musitians Consound lat Consolidum an herb otherwise called Backwort or Cumfry Conspersion lat a bedewing or sprinkling Conspicuous lat cleer manifest Conspiracy lat a plotting or secret consultation but in Common law it is alwayes taken in the evil part and signifieth an agreement of such as bind themselves by covenant or other allyance that each of them shall assist the other malitiously to indite or falsely to move and maintain pleas also such as cause children within age to appeal men of felony and such as receive men in the Countries with liveries and fees to maintain their malitious enterprises Conspiratione a Writ that lies against Conspiratours Conspurcation Lat. a defiling fouling or polluting Consputation Lat. a spitting upon Constable quasi comes stabuli or Master of the Kings horse or as others say derived from the Dutch word Konnin-Stable i. e. prop and stay of the King This word is diversly taken in Common law either for the Constable of England a place formerly of great Dignity or for an office belonging heretofore to the Lords of certain Mannours and at length there came to be ordained others of an inferiour rank as Constables of Hundreds or Franchises who were appointed for the conservation of the peace and called high Constables and under these the Constables of every Town or Parish who are called pety-constables Constant Lat. standing firm to ones duty or principles Constantinople see Byzantium Constantinus the son of Constantius and Helena he was the first Roman Emperour that profess't Christianity and for his great deeds was called Constantine the Great Constellation Lat. a company of Stars embody'd together and representing some figure Consternation Lat. amazement or astonishment Constipation Lat. a close embodying together Constitution Lat. an appointing or ordaining also constitution of the body the state and complexion of the body Constraint French a forcing or compelling Constriction Lat. the same also a binding together Construction Lat. a placing or setting together also a term in Grammar signifying the right placing of words or sentences Constupration Lat. a ravishing or deflowring a Virgin Consubstantial Lat. of the same Essence with another Consuete or
those things which are used in physick to gnaw or eat into any part of the body Corrugation lat a contracting together a drawing into wrinkles Corruption lat a tainting or depraving Corruption of the blood signifyeth in law an infection of the blood growing to the estate and issue of a man tainted with treason whereby he looseth all to the Prince and both he and his heirs are made ignoble Corsary French a Courrier Corse praesent law-term the body of a beast or some such like offering given to the Priest out of a dead mans goods It is also called a Mortuary Corslet Ital. the same as Cuirasse in French armour for the back and brest Corsure or Courser old word a Broaker Corstopitum the ancient name of a Town in Northumberland mentioned by Antonine Some think it to be the same with Ptolemies Curiae Ottadinorum now called Corbridge Corticated lat covered with a bark or rind Corven old word carved Corvine lat belonging to a Crow or Raven Corviser see Cordwainer Coruscation lat lightning a flashing or glimmering of light Corybantes the Priests of Cybele who used to celebrate the Feasts of Cybele with dancing and ringing of Cymbals they were thought to be the same with the Curetes and Idaei Dactyli Coscinomancy Greek a divination by a seive Cosenage a Writ that lieth where the father of the Great grandfather is seized in his demesu as of fee at the day of his death of certain lands and tenements and he dying a stranger entereth and intrudeth Then shall his heir have this Writ of Cosenage Cosh or Cotterel old word a Cottage Cosham a Town in Wiltshire in ancient times the Mansion house of King Ethelred Cosier old word a Botcher called also a Sowter Cosmical Greek belonging to the World Cosmical rising of a Star is a term used in Astronomy signifying a Star rising at the same time with the Sun Cosmography Greek a description of the World with the Climates and Circles marked upon the Globe and in Maps Cosmometry Greek a measuring of the World by degrees and minutes being a part of Geography or Cosmography Cost a term in Blazon being the fourth part of the Bend or half the Gartier Costive from the Latin word Constipatus having the belly bound Costmary an herb called Balsamine or Alecoast Costrel old word a wine-pot Cote a kind of refuse or clotted wool also a cottage or sheepfold Coteswold old word a company of sheepcotes and sheep feeding on hills A Cottager signifieth in Law he that dwelleth in a Cottage or house without land or at most having but 4 acers belonging to it Cotterel see Cosh Cotton a kind of stuff otherwise called Frize or Bombasin Couchant French lying or squatting close to the ground a word often used in Heraldry to expresse that posture Covenable or Convenable old word suitable or convenient Covenant French a bargain pact or agreement also Covenant in Law is that which the Law intendeth to be made though in words it be not exprest also the name of a Writ that lyeth for the breach of any Covent see Câ—nvent Coventry a famous City in Warwickshire so called from a Covent of Monks that was anciently there The first Lord of this City is said to be one Leofric who imposing heavy taxes upon the Citizens remitted them at last at the earnest intercession of his wife Godiva upon condition she would ride naked thorough the chief street of the City which she performed but so covered with her long hair that no body could discern her Covercle or Coverkill old word a lid or cover Covert French an ombrage or shady place for Deer or other beasts Coverture in Common law is the condition of a married woman who by the Laws of England is under Covertbaron and so disabled to make any bargain without her husbands consent Coughton a place in Warwickshire the principle Mansion of the Throgmortons a very ancient Family Covie French a term in fouling signifying a nest or brood of Partridges Covin fraud from the Latin word Convenire it signifieth in Common law a deceitful agreement between two or more to the prejudice of another Coulant French flowing or gliding along Couldray French a hazel grove Coule a vessel to carry water in also a roab which Fryers use to wear called in Latin Cucullus Coulter Lat. a plough-sheare Councel with a c. lat Concilium an assembly of Counsellours Count French an Earle also a Law Term coming from the Latin word Computatio and signifies the Original declaration in a processe chiefly in real actions Countercomponed a Term in Armory as a bordure countercomponed is a bordure compounded of two colours counterly placed Counteurs or Conteurs are those which a man setteth to speak for him in Court as Advocates whereas Plaideurs speak as Counsellours at law for one who is present himself Countenance French the face or visage also estimation or credit also a Term in Law signifying the favour that is shew'd to poor men that will swear they have nothing whereof they may make fine Counter a Trades-mans chest where he puts his cash or money also a prison in London where men are put for debt from the French word Compter or from the Dutch word Cantor a secluded place also Counters are certain little things to cast account with Counterfeit French to feign Countermaund French a revocation of a former command Countermure a word in fortification a Wall or Bank opposite to the Town Wall Counterpain one of the Copies of a pair of deeds or indentures so that one party may keep one part and the other the other Counterplea signifieth in Common-law that which the demandant alleadgeth against a Tenant in courtesie or in dowr who prayeth in aid of the King or him who hath the reversion for his better defence Counterpoint opposition also a Term in Musick being a composing of parts together by setting points one against another also a Term in Needle-work called back-stitch or quilt-stitch Counter-round a Term in Military Discipline signifying a certain number of Officers going to visit the Rounds or the Sentinels Counter-scarf a Term in fortification that side of the moat which is opposite to the Fortresse Counter-tail or Counter-tally one of the two tallies or pieces of wood whereon any thing is scored whereof one party keeps one piece and the other the other piece Countervail French to be of equal price County or Shire a certain portion or circuit of the Realm into which the whole land is divided County-court a Court held every moneth by the Sheriffe or his Deputy the under Sheriffe Coup old word a piece cut off or cut out Coupant French cutting or lopping Couple-close a Term in Blazon being the fourth part of a Cheveron Courfine old word fine heart Courser French a horse of service Court the house where a King hath his present residence also a place where justice is judicially ministred from the Latin curia or from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i.
of for the present but after more full examination is either to stand or fall Debet solet a Writ of right which hath those words in it as formal words not to be omitted when a man sueth for a thing now first of all denied him and which hath been injoyed by his Ancestors as suit to a Mill or common of Pasture or the like Debilitation lat a making weak or feeble Debito a Writ which lieth where a man oweth money upon obligation or bargain for any thing sold. Debonairity French curtesie mildnesse also sprightlinesse Debosherie or deboistnesse see Debaucherie Decade Greek the number of ten Decadency lat a declining or falling down Decagon Greek a term in Fortification and Geometry signifying a figure of ten Angles Decalogue Greek the ten Commandments imparted to the Jews from God by Moses Decameron Greek a book of Fables written by Boccace so called because it is divided into ten parts or books Decapitâ—â—ion lat a beheading Decapolis a Country of Syria so called because it contained 10 Cities December one of the 12 moneths so called as being the tenth from March. Decempedal lat ten foot long Decemtales a law-term being a supply of ten men empannelled upon a Jury and not appearing which are to be like in reputation to those that were empanneld Decemvirates lat the Decemvirâ— which were ten Noble men among the Romans chosen to govern the Common-wealth in place of the two Consuls until the laws were fully establisht Decennial lat lasting or being of the age of 10 years Deception lat deceit fraud or beguiling Deceptione a Writ that lieth against him that deceitfully doth any thing in the name of another for him that receiveth damage thereby Decerption lat a cropping off or pulling away Decertation lat a striving for any thing Decession lat a going away or departing Decies tantum a Writ that lieth against a juror that taketh money for the giving of his verdict wherein there is recoverable ten times so much as he took The Decimal chain a certain Mathematical Instrument for the measuring of land which is to be divided into ten equal parts each of which containeth about 19 in length Decimation lat a gathering tithes also a punishing every tenth man by lot De decimis solvendis c. a Writ which formerly lay against those that had farmed the Priors aliens lands of the King Deciners or Doziners such as were wont to have the check of ten Friburgs for the maintenance of the peace the limits of whose jurisdiction was called Decenna Decision lat a determining of any businesse or controversie The Deck of a Ship the floor of planks on which the Ordnance is plac'd Declamation lat a crying out against any thing also an Oration made onely for exercise Declaration lat a shewing forth also in Common law it is the shewing in writing the grief of the Demandant or Plaintife against the Tenent or Defendant wherein he supposeth to have received wrong Declension or Declination lat a declining or bowing down also in Grammar it signifieth the varying of Cases and Tenses in Nounes and Verbs In Astrology the declination of a Planet is his distance from the equator and as he declines from thence either northward or southward so is his declination nominated either north or south Declinator a Mathematical Instrument to take the declinations of the Planets Declivity lat a bending downwards a steepnesse Decollation lat a beheading Decoction lat a boiling away it is applyed chiefely to medicinable things as herbs roots c. Deconate vide Faces Decoration lat an adorning or decking Decortication lat a pulling off the outward rind or bark Decorum lat good grace order decency Decrees or Decretals a volume of the Canon law composed by Gratian a Monk of the Order of St. Benedict Decrement lat a decreasing Decrepit lat weak and impotent with age Decressâ—nt lat the waining or decreasing Moon Decrustation lat a taking away the uppermost rind or crust of any thing Decumâ—ence lat a lying down Decumbiture is when a man is so violently taken with a disease that he is forced to take his bed and it is properly taken from the first lying down of the diseased and from this the Crisis is to be gathered Decuple lat tenfold Decurion lat the chief of a Decuria which signifieth a Band of ten souldiers or a company of ten Senators also an Alderman or Burgesse of a City Decussation lat a cutting acrosse or in the form of a figure of ten Decussion lat a shaking off Dedecoration lat a disgracing or dishonouring Dedentition lat a shedding of teeth Dedignation lat a disdaining Dedimus potestatem a Writ whereby commission is given to a private man for the speeding of some act appertaining to a Judge it is called by the Civilians delegation Dedition lat a rendring up Deeds signifie in Common law writings that contain the effect of a contract between man and man which the Civilians call literarum obligatio Deep seeline a small line with which Seamen sound in deep waters to finde ground Defaillance French a failing or defect Defatigation lat a making weary Defaulking French an abating or cutting off It is called in Latin defalcation Defeasance or defeisance signifieth in Common law a condition annexed to an act obligation or recognisance which being performed the act c. is made void Defecation lat a refining or cleansing from the dregs Defection lat a failing also a revolting or falling away Defeisance or Defeasance Defendant is in Common law he that is sued in an action personal as Tenant is he who is sued in an action real Defendimus a word used in Enfeofment or Donation binding the Donour and his heirs to defend the Donee Defendour of the Faith a Title heretofore proper to the King of England as Most Christian to the King of France Catholick to the King of Spain It was first given by Pope Leo the tenth Defensative a term in Physick a Medicine which diverts the humours from the place affected Deficiency lat a want or failing Definition lat an explication or unfolding of the essence of a thing by its genus and difference Deflection lat a turning away also a bending down Defloration lat a ravishing or deflowring Defluxion lat a flowing downward also in physick it is taken for a falling down of humours to any part of the body Deformity lat ugglinesse Deforsour in Common-law is one that casteth another out of possession by force whereas Disseisour is he that doth it without force Defray to make free also to pay anothers charges from the Dutch word freshen Defunct lat dead Degenerate lat to fall from a more noble to a baser kinde to go aside from the vertues of ones Ancestors Deglutination lat an unglueing Deglutition lat a greedy devouring in physick it is taken for a powr of the animal faculty which makes us swallow our meat and drink with an appetite Degradation lat a casting
a kind of herb otherwise called Houseleek in Latin Sedum also Sempervivum i. alwayes green Senie the leaf of a medicinable herb which purgeth cholerick and melancholick humours Seniour lat elder Sensiferous lat bringing sense or feeling Sensory lat an organ of the sense Sensuality lat a pleasing or indulging to the sense a satisfying the carnal appetite Sententious lat full of sentences i. grave or wise sayings Sentiment French sensiblenesse apprehension also passion or a tender feeling of the effects of love Cleopatra Sentinell French a Military Scout or Watchman from the Latin Sentire i. to perceive because he is to perceive and look narrowly into the enemies designs Senvie a certain plant called in Latin Sinapis of whose seed mustard is made Separation lat a setting apart a putting asunder also when two Planets have been in partile aspect or conjunction and part from it Separatory French a Chirurgions Instrument wherewith to pick splinters of bones out of a wound Sepiment lat a fence pale or hedge Seplasiary lat a compounder or seller of sweet ointments also a nice effeminate man Seposition lat a setting apart a putting asunder September so called being the seventh moneth from March Septempedal lat containing seven foot in measure Septenary lat the number 7. Septennial lat of seven years space Septentrional lat belonging to the North. Septimestre lat of seven moneths space Septuagenary lat belonging to the number of 70. Septuagesimal lat the same also belonging to Septuagesime Sunday The Septuagint translation of the Bible the most original and authentick Translation of it by the 70 Elders of the Jews at the appointment of Ptolomaeus Philadelphus King of Egypt Septunical lat containing 7 ounces Sepulchral lat belonging to a Sepulchre or Grave Sepulture lat a burying or interring in the ground Sequele lat a following a conclusion or consequence of any thing Sequence lat a following of things in order one just after another Sequestration lat a separating a thing in controversie from the possession of both those that contend for it But it is now commonly taken for a seizing upon the rents of Delinquents estates for the use of the Common-wealth Seraglio Ital. the Grand Signors Palace at Constantinople Serain French the fresh evening air also a mildew or damp vapour Seraph a Turkish coin of gold Seraphical celestical bright divine like a Seraphim or one of the highest order of Angels Seraphis a kind of Serpent anciently worshipt by the Aegyptians Serenade French an evening-song sung by a Lover under his Mistresses window Serenity lat clearnesse of the skie fair weather Serge a kind of woollen cloth called in Italian Sargia in Dutch Rasch Sergeanty see Petty Sergeanty and Grand Sergeanty Sergreant a Griffin so termed in Heraldry Sericated clothed in silk which is called in Latin Sericum Series lat an order row Sermocination lat communing or holding a discourse Serosity lat the thinner or waterish part of the masse of blood Serotine lat late done about the evening time Serpentary a kind of herb called vipers-grasse Serpentine lat belonging to serpents or snakes whence Serpentine verses those that begin and end with the same word Serpet a kind of basket Serred lat sawed also from the French Serre compact joyned close together Sertorius a famous Roman Captain who took part with Marius and Cinna after Scylla returning from the Mithridatick War had got possession of Rome he fled into Spain and being chosen Captain by the Lusitanians overthrew the Romans in several battles at last having stoutly defended himself against Pompey he was slain by Perpenna as he sate at supper Diana is said to have attended him in all his designs in the form of a Hart. Servile lat belonging to a servant slavish whence Servitude slavery or thraldom Serviteur French a serving-man or waiter also a poor schollar in the University Seselie Greek a kind of plant otherwise called Hartwort Sesostris a King of Aegypt the son of Moeris he indeavoured to make a navigable River out of the Mediterranean into the Red Sea Sesquipedal or Sesquipedalian lat containing a foot and a half in measure Sesquitertian lat containing a third part over and above another thing Session lat a sitting Sessions are more particularly taken for a quarterly sitting of Justices in Court upon their Commission Sesterce lat an ancient coin among the Romans containing 4 denarii which value about a half penny of our money the Sesterce was commonly marked with this Character H-S Sestain French a stanza consisting of 6 verses Sethin see Sittim Setigerous lat bearing bristles Setterwort a kind of herb so called from settering i. curing of cattel Settwall a kind of herb growing near walls called also Valerian Severance in Common Law is the singling of two or more that joyne in one Writ Severians a kind of Hereticks that condemned Marriage and eating of flesh Severity lat gravity strictnesse sournesse or austerenesse Severn a famous River of England in Latin Sabrina so denominated as Geffrey of Monmouth affirmeth from a Virgin so called who was here drowned by the meanes of her Step-mother Guendolen Sevocation lat a calling aside a drawing apart Sewar he that cometh before the meat of any great personage and placeth it upon the table also a gutter which carrieth into the Sea or any River Sewel a term in Hunting being a thing set to keep a Deer out of any place Sexagism Sunday the Sunday before Shrove-Tuesday Sexennial lat of six years continuance Sextant lat a kind of coin of a very small value also a weight of two ounces by some called Obolus Sextary lat an ancient Roman measure containing in liquid things somewhat more than a pint in dry things 24 ounces or 2 pound Roman a pound and a half aver du pois Sexten contract from Sacristian an officer that looks to the Church and keeps the Priests Vestments Sextile lat the moneth August being the sixth from March or an aspect consisting of 60 degrees thus character'd * Sextule lat the sixth part of an ounce also a land-measure Sextuple lat sixfold or containing any thing 6 times over S H Shallop see Scallop Shafment a kind of measure containing an handbreadth Shaftsbury a Town in Dorcetshire so called from the Churches spire-steeple such as they anciently termed Scheafts in Latin Septonia This place is famous for Aquila some say a reall Eagle others a Prophet so called who foretold that the Brittish Empire after the Saxons and the Normans should return again to the ancient Brittains Shamois see Chamois Shamsheer a kind of sword among the Persians somewhat like a Scymitar Shapournet a term in Heraldry being a resemblance of that kind of hood which in French is called Chaperon Shash see Turbant Shaw Persian a King Sheen or Shene old word bright-shining To Shend old world to blame Sherbet a kind of pleasant drink much in request among the Turks and Persians Shiloh Heb. a Saviour it is a word used
cap. 3. It is written Commoiths 4 Hen. 4. cap. 17. And is used for a gathering made upon the people This last is Comorth a word of different signification from Commote and ought not to be confounded with it Count But Countors by Hoens Mirror of Just. lib. 2. cap. des Loyers 〈◊〉 such Serjeants skilful in the Law which serve the common people to defend their Actions in Judicature for their Fâ—e whose duty if it be as is there described and were observed Men might have much more comfort of the Law than they have This our Author transcribed from Cowâ—ls Interpreter and is one of those irreverent reflections upon the Common Law and Lawyers of this Land which among other mistakes in points derogatory to the supream Power of the Crown of England and Fundamental Constitutions of Parliaments caused that Book to be prohibited by the Kings Proclamation bearing date the 25th day of March 8 Jac. Anno 1610. Yet our Author in his Preface takes the boldness to say That the Ground-work upon which he builds is Cowels Interpreter an excellent Book bâ—â—h as to its matter and composure and did not deserve that severe arraignment that is hath of late suffered Courratier A French word signifying a Horse Courser â— Inst. fol. 719. Couâ—ratier Is a Hors-courser but our Author hath found a new way of dividing one word into two to make up his Centuries Cuth otherwise Uncuth Privatus vel extraneus Cuth signifies known and Uncuth unknown yet here they are both coupled in one yoke as Synonima Custos Brevium There is also a Custos Brevium retulorum in the Kings Bench who Fileth there and Warrants of Attorney This is of the same complexion with the rest Demurrer West calleth that likewise a Demurrer in Chancery when there is question made Whether a Parties Answâ—r to a Bill of Complaint c. be defective or not and thereof Reference made to any of the Bench for the examination thereof and report to be made to the Court. West Symbol part 2. tit Chancery sect 29. There is no such words to be found in the Author and place cited nor is it probable â—o learned a Writer as West could be guilty of so erroneous an Interpretation of this common word Demurrer in Chancery Donative Is a business meerly given and collated by the Patron to a Man So if it be given to a Man to be a Plagiary that is a Donative from his Ingenuity Dum non fuit compos mentis Is a Writ that lieth for him that not being of â—ound memory did Alien any Lands or Tenements in Fee-simple Fee tail for term of life or for years against the Aliens F. N. B. fol. 202. Can it be imagined that the learned Fitz-Herbert would be guilty of such an absurd Explication Enquest The Jury findeth the fact thus then is the Law thus and so we judge for the Enquest in Criminal Causes See Jury The learned will see he writes thus then is the Law thus That they will judge him a blind Interpreter Farding or Farthing of Gold Seemeth to be a Coyn used in ancient times containing in value the fourth part of a Noble viz. Twenty pence in Silver and in weight the sixth part of an ounce of Gold that is of Five shillings in Silver which is Three pence and somewhat more Our Author is very unfortunate in his Additionals for these contradictory words which is Three pence and somewhat more are superadded to what the Law Dictionary says Ferrure The Shooing of Horses See Bouch of Court In Bouche of Court there is nothing at all of Ferrure for our Author curtailed my Citation not regarding this Reference Filicetum A bracky ground Ubi salices crescunt See Domesday Filicetum or Filictum Is a Ferny ground so says my Lord Coke 1 Inst. fol. 4. b. I suspect it not to be found in Domesday Foreigne Forinsecus may be derived of the French word Exterus and in Law is used The French word Forain may as well be a Latine word as Exterus French Fortlet Cometh near the French Fortlet Yes as near as Four pence to a Groat but the French word is Fortelet Frank-pledge Franciplegium Is a Compound irregular of two Languages It is irregularly said for the words are both French Frustrum Terrae Domesday tit Haritisc Rex Abedestone I dare affirm there is no such title as Haritisc In Domesday Gaynage In the Explication of this word He tells us of Spokeman and Spokemen for it seems he did not like the word Sokeman Gardeine del Esglish In English Church-Wardens and they may have an Action for the Goods of the Grounds and divers other things they may do I would have our Author do any thing hereafter rather then interpret hard words Gleabland The quhilke suld be free fra payment of any Feinds Skene This sâ—ould be Teinds a Scotish word signifying Taxes Instead of which our Author brings in Feinds God bless us or Evil Spirits Hankwite Of the Saxon words Haginan Pendere and Wite mulcta By some it hath been interpreted Mulcta pro homine injusti suspenso There is no such Saxon word as Haginan nor true Latin in the rest Haratium As in the Law Dictionary If our Author had been a Master in this kind of Learning he might in this word have shewed his skill and my mistake For Haratium from the French Haras signifies a race or breed of Horses which is the onely material error besides those of the Printer which I have hitherto discovered in my Book Heresâ—ita From the Saxon here Exercitus sliten to depart Though this be taken by our Author out of my Lord Cokes 4 Inst. yet it is certainly a mistake haply of the Printer there being no such Saxon word as sliten to depart but slitan dissolvereâ— Herpsac See Frodmortel Where there is not a word of Herpsac for he omitted my citation there and so Herpsac stands as an insignificant nullo without interpretation Hinefare Si quis occidit hominem Reges facit heinfaram dat Regi xx Domesday The Law Dictionary hath it plainly and truly thus Si quis occidit hominem Regis facit Heinfaram dat Regi xxs. Hominatio It may be called Dominatio Domesday He may as well call it Somniatio for the word in Domesday signifies a mustering of men what then hath Dominatio to do with it Hondpeny Sint quieti de Chevagio Hond-peny c. But there is a Declaration made what is intended by it Ideo quaere Here he was in the humor of adding somewhat to the word more then he found in the Law Dictionary But still with ill success He omitted the Author of the Latine and added the nonsensical English Hue and Cry In this word he hath many errors the French Huier for Huer Flagiture for Flagitare Oyer for Oyes Men slain secundum legem consuetudinem Regni is a pretty position Ignoramus It hath a resemblance of that ancient Roman where the Judges where
Dignity and Honour Of Knight-hoods there are many sorts but the most usual in this Nation are these Knight Bachelour the lowest but ancientest Order of Knight-hood and cometh from the Germans among whom it was an ancient custom that as soon as the State judged any of their young men fit to manage armes and weapons and allowed him sufficient for martial exercises then in the very assembly and council either one of the Princes the father or son of the kinsfolk of the young man did furnish him with a shield and a javelin as the Romans did the toga virilis or Virile gown to those whom they thought capable of publick imployment and thenceforth from a part of a private house he was accounted a member of the Common-wealth It was also an ancient ceremony to honour men with the Girdle of Knighthood which he who received was solemnly to go to Church and offerring his sword upon the Altar to vow himself to the service of God afterwards it came to be usual for Kings to send their sons to the neighbour Princes to receive Knighthood at their hands Then it was also that besides the Sword and Girdle Gilt-Spurs were also added for more ornament whence in Latin they are called Equiâ—es aurati the word Bachelours some derive from the French Baschevaliers as it were Knights of the lowest degree others from Batailler to battel or fight they are also simply and without any addition called Knights Knight Banneret from the Dutch word Bannerherr Lord or Master of the Banner is a Knight made in the field with the ceremonies of cutting the point of his Standard and making it as it were a Banner and is allowed to display his arms in the Kings army This Dignity was given at first by the Kings of England and France to such Gentlemen as valiantly carried themselves in two Royal Battels or to such as had ten vassals and means to maintain a Troop of Horses at their own charge Some say the first original of it was from Edward the third Knight Baronet is a new distinct Order erected by King James who for certain disbursements toward the Plantation in Vlster created divers into this Dignity and made it hereditary by his Letters Patents to be seen in the Rolles whereas before that time there were Baronets who were not Knights and these Knight Baronets were to have precedency in all Writings Sessions and Salutations before all Knights of the Bath and Knights Bachelours and Bannerets except those created under the Kings Standard in an Army Royal the King being personally present and the King was not to create any person into that degree of Baronet within the Kingdom of England above the number of two hundred Knight of the Bath an Order of Knights created within the lists of the Bath and girded with a sword in the Ceremonies of their Creation these Knights were wont to be created with a great many religious solemnities which usually belong to Hermites and other holy Orders Knights of the Carpet are another sort of Knights made out of the field and are so called because in receiving their order they commonly kneel upon a Carpet Knights of the Garter an order of Knighthood instituted by King Edward the 3d. some say upon occasion of good successe in a skirmish wherein the Kings Garter was used for a token others affirm that the King after his great successes abroad and at home dancing one night with the Queen and other Ladies took up a Garter that hapned to fall from one of them whereat some of the Lords smiling the King said that ere long he would make that Garter to be of high reputation and shortly after he erected this order of the blue Garter which consists of 26 martial Nobles whereof the King of England used to be the chief and the rest be either of the Realm or Princes of other Countreys there are also depending upon this order 26 poor Knights who have no other sustenance but the allowance of this house and are also called poor Knights of Windsor the site of this Colledge being the Castle of Windsor with the Chappel of St. George the Officers belonging to this Order are the Prelate of the Garter which Office belongeth to the Bishop of Winchester the Chancelour of the Garter the Register of the Garter who was alwayes Dean of Windsor the principal King of Arms called Garter and the Usher of the Garter which Office belonged to the Usher of the Princes Chamber called Black-rod Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem an Order of Knighthood erected in the year 1120. and had their first foundation and abode in Jerusalem afterwards they had their residence at Rhodes whence they were expelled by Solyman and ever since their chief seat hath been at Malta where they have done great exploits against the Turk there was one general Prior that had the government of the whole Order in England and Scotland but toward the end of Harry the eights reign they were suppressed in England for adhering to the Pope Knights of the Temple or Knights Templars an Order of Knighthood erected by Pope Gelasius about the year of our Lord 1117. these Knights in the beginning dwelling not far from the Sepulchre of Christ intertained Christian strangers and Pilgrims charitably and in their Armour led them through the holy land to view such things as there were to be seen and to defend them from the Infidels but because at the last they abounded in many Vices and many of them fell away from Christianity to the Saracens the whole Order was suppressed by Pope Clement the fifth and their substance given to the Knights of Rhodes and other Religious Orders Knights of the Shire two Knights or other Gentlemen of worth that are chosen by the freeholders of every County that can dispend fourty shillings per annum and be resident in the Shire formerly none but Knights were chosen to that Office Milites gladio cincti for so runneth the Tenour of the Writ when every one that had a Knights fee was constrained to be a Knight but now custome alloweth that Esquires may be chosen so that they be resident in the County Knight Marshal an Officer of the Kings house who hath the Jurisdiction and Cognisance of any transgression as also of all Contracts made within the Kings house and verge Knights of Calatrava in Spain an Order created by Alonzo the ninth King of Spain conferred upon certain Cavallero's who went in Devotion to succour Calatrava against the Moors their badge was a red crosse on the left side of their breast Knights of the Jar see Jar. Knights fee so much inheritance as is sufficient to maintain a Knight with convenient Revenue which was in ancient time about 800 Acres it is also taken for the Rent that a Knight payes for his fee to the Lord of whom he holds Knights service or Chevalry a certain ancient Tenure of Lands by which a man was obliged to bear Arms in
Ashmole Esquire 21. Wit Restored in several Select Poems not formerly publisht by Sr. John Mennis Mr. Smith and others 22. The Judges charge delivered in a Sermon before Mr. Justice Hale and Mr. Sergeant Crook Judges of the Assize at St. Mary Overies in Southwark by R. Purre M. A. Pastor of Camerwell in the County of Surry a Sermon worthy of the perusal of all such persons as endeavour to be honest and just Practitioners in the Law 23. The modern Assurancer the Clarks Directory containing the Practick part of the Law in the exact Forms and Draughts of all manner of Presidents for Bargains and Sales Grants Feoffements Bonds Bills Conditions Covenants Jointures Indentures to lead the use of Fines and Recoveries with good Provisoes and Covenants to stand seized Charter parties for Ships Leases Releases Surrenders c. And all other Instruments and Assurances now in use intended for all young Students and Practicers of the Law by John Herne 24. Moors Arithmatick the second Edition much refined and diligently cleared from the former mistakes of the presse A work containing the whole Art of Arithmetick as well in Numbers as Species Together with many Additions by the Author to come forth at Michaelmas Term. Likewise 25. Exercitatio Elleiptica Nova or a new Mathematical Contemplation on the Ovalâ—figure called an Elleipsis together with the two first books of Mydorgius his Conicks Analiz'd and made so plain that the Doctrine of Conical Sections may be easily understood a work much desired and never before publisht in the English tongue by Jonas Moor Surveyor General of the great Level of the Fennes 26. The Joyes of Heaven the Saints support in Gods promises on earth Christs Sermons on the Beatitudes An exposition of the fifth Chapter of St. Mathew delivered in several Sermons by Mr. Jeremiah Burraihgs the last Sermons he preacht a little before his death at St. Giles Cripple-gate London FINIS A World of Errors DISCOVERED IN THE New World of Words OR General English DICTIONARY AND IN NOMOTHETES OR THE INTERPRETER OF LAW-WORDS and TERMS By Tho. Blount of the Inner Temple Esquire PROV 27.5 Melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus In the SAVOY Printed by T. N. for Abel Roper John Martin and Henry Herringman at the Sun in Fleetstreet over-against St. Dunstans Church at the Bell in St. Pauls Churchyard and at the Blew Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange 1673. TO THE READER MVst this then be suffered A Gentleman for his divertisement writes a Book and this Book happens to be acceptable to the World and sell a Book-seller not interessed in the Copy instantly employs some Mercenary to jumble up another like Book out of this with some Alterations and Additions and give it a new Title and the first Author 's out-done and his Publisher half undone Thus it fared with my Glossographia the fruit of above Twenty years spare hours first published in 1656. Twelve Moneths had not passed but there appeared in Print this New World of Words or General English Dictionary extracted almost wholly out of mine and taking in its first Edition even a great part of my Preface onely some words were added and others altered to make it pass as the Authors legitimate off-spring In these Additions and Alterations he not seldom erred yet had not those Errors been continued with new supplies to a Second and third Impression so little was I concerned at the particular injury that these Notes in great part collected from his first Edition had never reproached his Theft to the World First therefore this gallant Peice faces it with a pompous Frontispiece wherein are sculped our two famous Universities the Pictures of Sir Francis Bacon Sir Henry Spelman Mr. Selden Camden and others of our most Learned Men of the last Age with a Scholar of each Vniversity in his Formalities And the Title Page affirms the work to be very necessary for strangers as well as our own Countreymen As if our Author intended the World should believe his Book to be the Fac totum of all Great Britains learning and himself the Parent of so immense a Production Soon after we find a Catalogue prefixed of the names of divers Learned Persons of this Age Eminent in or contributary to any of those Arts Sciences or faculties contained in the following Work Whereby the Author would at least obscurely insinuate that those Learned Persons had contributed to or assisted him in it thereby to advance its reputation but I believe nothing less having heard some of the cheif of them utterly disown both the Author and his Work Thus does the Book pride it self in vanity and outward form but when you come to the substance you will find Dr. Skinners Judgment both of it and the Author most true In one place he says Et pro more Authoris exponitur absurdissime In another Ridicule ut solet omnia In a third Ubi notare est miserimam Authoris ignorantiam c. What then will Strangers think of it what our own Countreymen They will say Canis festinans caecos parit catulos That such a Dictionary cannot be hudled up in Eight or ten Moneths nor without much industry and care though the Author be never so learned For we read of an Italian Dictionary that was Forty years in compiling by the joynt-labor of several Learned Men and that Sir Francis Bacon after he had written his Instauratio Magna did year by year for Twelve years revise and alter it before he would commit it to the Press All Writers may modestly claim the benefit of Humanum est Errare but certainly our Author has transgressed the bounds of that Indulgence For I did not read half his Book to pick up these with many more Exceptions What then would a more knowing Reader discover that should seriously peruse the whole Miserimam Authoris ignorantiam But that which cheifly incited me to this publication was in some measure to redeem the Terms of the Common Law of the Land from the scandal of a most Barbarous and Senceless Interpretation which too too often occurs through his Book though all other subjects have not scaped too without their share in his mistakes As first for Words of Ecclesiastical use How grosly hath he abused the two common words Candlemass and Ember-week Are we not like to have an accurate account of obsolete difficult or foreign words from him who stumbles so miserably at plain Ember-week There being a particular Devotion ordered for those weeks in the Liturgy of the Church of England But he still fancies himself under a Commonwealth and a Church without Bishops as appears in Sequestration Down Court of Peculiars Perhaps he hath been more versed in Military Affairs alass no his interpretation of Blunderbuss and Dag shews how little he is to be trusted with Weapons He hath also given a fair specimen of his skill in Sea-Terms by interpreting Balass and Jetson nay he hath shewn an extraordinary