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D.

DAie naturall when it begin|neth, 241, a 60. Longest in some parts of Britaine, 2, b 40. Of how manie houres it consisteth: note, 241, a 40. Di|uersite accounted by hour [...]s, 241, b 10. Artificiall, 241, b 30
Daies of the wéeke named after the English, Saxonish, and Scotish maner, 244, b 20. Ca|ied Atri among the Romans, why, 243, a 20. Diuerslie ac|counted and named of diuerse people, 242, a 60
Daies thrée whereof men doub|ted whether théeues or true men doo most abound in them, 91, a 20
Danes how they came first into Britaine, 6, b 30. Prospered not in their purpose establish|ing of themselues in Bri|taine, and why, 6, b 40. Arriue in Scotland & kill king Con|stantine, 121, a 60. Some|times lords of Pomona an Ile in Scotland, 42, b 60
Danefield and why so named, 93, b 10
Dãsers, a kind of dogs, 231, b 60
Darbie towne so named of the riuer Darwent, 96, a 10
Dartford by whome builded, now a palace roiall, 196, a 30
Darwẽt riuer described, 92, b 50
Dauid king of Scots earle of Huntington, 123, b 10
Deacons in the church of Eng|land but no subde [...]cons, 136, a 40
Deanes of cathedrall churches not knowne before the con|quest, 135, a 10. Of Paules in their succession to the last na|med Alexander Nowell, 147, b 20
Deceit in saffron, and how to be perceiued, 233, b 60
Dée or Deua a noble riuer rising in M [...]rionethshire, 82, a 50. A troublesome streame when y^e wind is at southwest: note. 83, a 10
Dele an old Saxon word signi|fieng a bottome or vale, 206, b 20
Demetrius his vaine tales told in his treatises, 128, b 50
Dennie Iland in the [...]ddest of the Seuerne, 37, b 40
De [...]aticus king of the Swes|sions held Britaine in sub|iection, 5, b 20
Deuonshire parted from Corn|wail by the intercourse of the riuer Thamar, 61, a 10. The bredth of it and Cornwall, 66, a 30
Dials, 241, a 60
Diamond stones, 239, b 20
Diamond foũd in a marble qua|rie at Naples, 235, b 60
Diet of the English, 165, b 30. Of the nobilitie, 166, a 60. Of merchants, 167, a 40. Of arti|ficers, &c. 167. b 50. Of the an|cient Gentiles, 170, b 50, 171, a 10
Dinas Bren a castell: note. 227, b 20
Dis one of the sons of Iaphet originall beginner of Bri|taine. 3, a 60
Discipline sent for to Eleuthe|rius from Lucius, 24, b 40. Uerie necessarie in y^t church, 24, b 40. Wished. 213, b 50
Doctrine that Cham & his dis|ciples taught, 21, b 30. That Druius preached to his hea|rers in Albiõ, 19, b 30, 20, a 10
Doctor a word of large signifi|cation, 150, b 10
Dodon riuer y^t bound to Cum|berlãd & Westmerlãd, 86, b 20
Dogs of England & their qua|lities, 229, b 40. That serue y^e falcon of two sorts called spa|niels, 230, a 60. What sort of all most cruell & iugging, 232, a 10. Of a homelie kind, 230, b 40. Diuided into seuerall kinds, 230, a 10
Dolphin of France the title of the French kings eldest son, 157, a 10
Domitians follie noted plaieng with flies, 226, a 40
Doue a swift riuer and for his noblenesse notable, 98, b 50
Douer castell whense of likeli|hood it tooke the name, 53, a 60
Drake sir Francis knight his voiage, 1582. 237, b 10
Driféeld sometimes a goodlie towne now a small village, 93, a 60, b 10
Drinke vsed in England, 169, a 20. ¶ Sée Beere.
Drinkers great & yet no drun|kards, 42, a 60
Dropping well and the wonder|full nature thereof, 129, b 60
Drugs. ¶ Sée Simples.
Druides or Dru [...] preests and their estimation, 20, b 30. Why so called, 19, b 10
Druius and what points of doctrine he preached & taught in Albion, 19, b 30, 20, a 10
Duchesse of Lancaster the ladie Wake, 143, b 40
Duke in Latine Dux, à ducen|do, a name now of honor, 157, a 10. Created of the prince, 158, a 60. In England none, 164, b 60
Duke Humfreie of Glocester builded Grenewich, 196, a 20
Duke of Summersets in king Edward the sixts time, wise answer to sutors for college & church lands, 152, b 20
Duke William of Normandie, &c: arriued in Britain to visit Edward the confessor, 7, a 10. His dead carcase twelue in|ches longer than anie mans dwelling in y^t coũtrie, 10, b 30 ¶ Sée William.
Dunwallon king of Britaine caused foure principall waies to be made in his kingdome, and why, 112, a 10. His laws, priuileges, & other acts, 117, b 10. He is praised, 177, a 10
Durham what hauens it hath, 108, a 30. The bishoprikes c|rection, circuit, and valuatiõ, 145, b 40
Durham place conuerted into a palace roiall, 195, b 40

E.

EAdmerus abbat of S. Al|bons, 191, b 60
Ebranke the lineall he [...]re from the bodie of Loc [...]ne, 117. a 30
Ebranke now called Yorke, 117, b 40
Ecberts edict to call Britaine Angles land, 5, a 20
E [...]ẽborough castell why so cal|led, and by whome builded, 117, a 40
Edgar king of Britaine sitting in a barge is rowed vpon the water by six or seuen kings, 122, a 60. His nauie of one thousand six hundred, aliàs thrée thousand six hundred saile, 201, b 50
Editha (wife to Robert d'Oilie) EEBO page image 713 superstitious & credulous: note, 149, a 10
Edward the first did first coine the penie & small péeces round, 218, b 60
Edward the second held a parle|ment at Salisburie, 57, a 50
Edward the confessor of whome descended, & his laws, 122, b 50. Son in law to earle Goodwine, 7, a 30. Surnamed the saint, 7, b 60. Preferreth the Normans to the greatest offices in y^e realme, 7, a 10. Uisited by duke Williã of Normandis, 7, a 10. He had no issue, 123, a 10
Edward the third deuiser of the order of y^egarter, 141, b 10. Got the Ile of Wight wholie into his hands, 31, b 60, First plan|ted saffron in Walden, 232, b 50
Edward the fourth granted licẽce to transport rams & ewes into Spaine, 221, a 10
E [...]les deuouring fishes, 224, a 10. How to haue brood of them, 224, a 50. ¶ Sée Fishes.
E [...]ts both of land and water, 228, b 30
Egs great store laid by diuerse kinds of [...]oules in the Ile of [...], 44, a 60
Egbert the first that began to know the necessitie of a nauie, 201, b 40
Egbright king of Northumbers and his palace where seated, 93, b 10
Egles in England: note, 227, b 10
Eldred abbat of saint Albons, 191, b 50
Eleutherius sendeth preachers o|uer into Britaine, 24, a 20. Be|ing dealt therein by king Lu|cius. 23, 24, 25
Elie a famous Ile seuen miles e|uerie waie, and not accessible but by thrée causies, 112, a 10. In the Normans time called the Ile of wines, 111, a 20. Bi|shoprikes [...]rection, circuit, and valuation, 143, a 50
Elisabeth quéene furnisheth En|gland with munition, & where|vpon, 198, a 20
Ella the S [...]xõ first held the king|dome of Sussex, 16, b 10
Elmes great store in England, 213, a 30. On the southside of Douer court notable, 213, a 40
Eltham by whome builded, 196, a 30
En [...]lius opinion of the gene|ration of gold and siluer, 237, a 30
England called Lhoegres, 116, a 50. Why called Britaine the great, 118, b 40. Angellandt, or Angles land, 5, a 20. The cen|tre, nauill, or middest of it wher|abouts, 48, b 30. How manie ci|ties and townes it hath, 189, b 20. Lesse néed of other nations than other nations of it, 235, a 10. Gouerned by thrée sorts of persons, 164, a 60. Little En|gland or low England, 44, b 30. Miles betwixt the greatest townes for trauell, how manie, 247, a 40. Degrées of people there, 136, b 50. Poore people in it of thrée sorts, 182, b 50. Laws since the first inhabitatiõ ther|of, 176, b 50. It and Scotland by what riuers diuided on the east and the west, 107, b 20. Of the ancient and present estate of the church thereof, 131, a 30. Thrée things growne to be ve|rie gréeuous in it, 189, a 30. It will as well yéeld wine, as kéepe it long, 110, b 60, 111, a 10. When there is like to be plentie and when scarsitie there, 111, b 40. Of the aire, soile, wind, hils, pastures, corne, ground, &c: 108, b 40. Not vnfurnished of hot baths and wels, 214, b 20. How the souereigntie of it remaineth to the princes of the same, 116, b 50. The tax of the whole realme, 137, a 50. Gouernement thereof vpon what thrée kinds of lawes it depéndeth, 179, b 50. Building and furniture of houses in it, 187, a 10 The par|tition wall betwéene the Picts and Scots, 127, b 10. Thrée things greatlie amended there|in, 188, b 30. The partition of it into shires and counties, 153, a 10. The accompt of time and hir parts there, 241, a 40. Of the maruels thereof, 128, b 20. Punishments therein for ma|lefactors, 184, b 60. Of castels and holds in it, 194, a 40. It and Wales in times past full of woods, 211, b 60. Of parkes and warens therin, 204, a 50. Lesse people in it neuer than now, 205, b 10. Foure things wished to be reformed therein, 213, b 50. Of the princes court and the courtiers of England, 196, a 50. Palaces for the prince in England, 195, a 60. How ma|nie parishes and market towns it conte [...]eth, 194, a 10. Able men that it can make out a|gainst the enimie, 198, a 60. Of armour and munition in it, 198, a 10. Well furnished with guns and artillerie, 198, b 40. Coines thereof in times past and now present, 218, a 50. Of cattell kept for profit therein, 219, a 40. It and Scotland diuided by the riuer Twéed, 88, [...] 60. Much euill transported into it out of France, 20, b 10. The number of religious houses therein at their dissolution, 26, b 10. In the south parts of it are thrée seuerall toongs vsed, 14, b 10. Six times subiect to reproch of conquest, 8, a 10. The cause of the conquest thereof by the Normans, 7, a 10. ¶ Sée Albion, Britaine, Conquest, Danes, Normans, Saxons, &c.
Englishmẽ noisome to their owne countrie, 153, b 10. Their foo [...] and diet, 165, b 30. Best on foot, 163, b 40. Disguised in cuts, iags, &c. 172, a 20. Their mise|rie vnder the French and Nor|mans, 7, b 30. Their apparell, 171, b 60. Brought in loue with outlandish to [...]es, 235, b 10. 236, a 40
Emerita néece vnto Lucius, 24, b 30. Martyred in Rhetia, 25, b 60
Emma the mother of duke Wil|liam of Normandie, 7, a 10
Epaminondas neat saieng touch|ing the age of thirtie, and thrée score, &c. 115, b 20
Epistle of Eleutherus to Lucius 25, a 10
Equinoctiall. ¶ Sée Calendar and Yeare.
Equites. 158, b 60
Erasmus Roterodamus was in the vniuersities of England, his report of both, 149, b 20
Erkenw [...]n king of Essex, 16, b 20
Erle and aldermen by whom first appointed, 153, b 30. Baldwin [...]e Be [...]oun first earle of the Ile of Wight, 31, b 50. Of Bu [...]en maried king of Scots daugh|ter, 205, b 50. G [...]reie of Essex constable of the towre, 111, a 20. Goodwine defaced by the Norman writers, 132, a 40. Iohn of Sũmerse [...], 127, a 50. Hugh of Chester in William Conquerors time, 36, b 10. Hugh of Shrewesburie in William Conquerors time, 36, b 10. Of [...]ent Goodwins father in law to Edward the confessor, 7, b 60. Of Kent He|rald sonne to Goodwin, 7, b 60. Leo [...]ric of Chester, 132, b 30. Richard of Warwike, 31, b 60. Of Sarum lord Wiliam Montacute, 37, b 50. Siward of Northumberland sirna|med Fortis, 132, b 30. Tho|mas of Lancaster, 126, a 20. Uoldosius of Huntington & Northumberland, 123, b 10. A name of office among the Romans, in Latine Comes: note. 157, a 30. Created of the prince, 158, a 60
Erles in England how manie, 164, b 60. Now farmers and grasiers, 204, b 60. Eight slaine in a conflict of Athel|stane against certeine aliens, 59, a 30, Of Darbie common|lie said to be kings of the Ile of Man, 37, b 50
Erne and eagle taken to be all one, 227, b 20
Erne stone, 239, b 20
Erning stréet one of the foure highwaies principall of Bri|taine and how it is extended, 113, b 30
Erth diuided into fiue parts, 1, b 30. Unto what portiõ ther|of Britaine is referred, 2, a 30. Uariance among writers about the diuision of it, 1, b 10. The diuisiõ of it not yet per|fectlie knowne, 1, a 30. Diui|ded into thrée patts, 1, a 10
Erth worth fiue shilling a lode thirtie yeares ago, 236, b 60
Erths sundrie kinds in Bri|taine, and which kind most common and best, 111, b 30
Esquire a French word, and who be such. 162, a 40
Essex a kingdome begun vnder Erken [...]n, 16, b 20, In time past hath wholie béene forrest ground, 206, a 60. What ha|uens it hath, 108, a 60. It and Suffolke parted by the ri|uer Sture, 105, a 40
Estrildis drowned by Guen|doline, 68, b 30
Euesham monasterie fell downe by it selfe, 67, b 10
Excester bishoprike when it first began, the circuit [...] the same, &c. 141, b 60
Excheker when it openeth, 182, a 10
Excommunicate persons how disabled, 197, b 60

F.

FAculties a great cause of the ruine of the cõmonwealth, 205, a 60. Commodious to the prince and yet exclaimed a|gainst, 136, a 60
Faires and markets in Eng|land, 202, a 10. When and where kept through out the yeare, 245, all. Paltrie fairs and their abuses, 244, b 60. One or two euerie yeare in the great market townes of England, 204, a 30
Fallow déere by whome first brought into this land, 204, b 20
Fam [...]e at hand is first séene in the horss [...]manger, 168, b 20
Farmers when hardlie pa [...] could their rents, 188, b 60, 189, a 10
Fastidius archbishop of Lon|don. 27, b 40
Fawie towne in what kings dais it grew first famous, 62, a 20
Fellon a word deriued from the Saxon toong, 184, b 60
Fellons that speake not at their arreignement how punished, 185, b 60
Fellonie how punished, 186, b 50. In what cases the gailor doth commit it, &c. 184, b 20. Compriseth mani [...] gréeuous crimes: note. 185, a 10
Fennes in England and with what things indued, 111, b 60 ¶ Sée Marishes.
Fergus why made king of the Scithians that arriued in Albanie, 117, b 60
Ferrex and Porrex miserabli [...] slaine, 117, a 60
Festiuall daies. ¶ Sée Holidais
Fire hindred by al [...]me, 236, b 10
Firre growing in Englãd, 213, a 60. In times past in Lan|cashire, 214, a 40
First fruits. ¶ Sée Tenths.
Firth streame of some called the Pictish and Scotish sea, 88, b 40. And what riuer or streames it receiueth, 88, b 50
Fishes of sundrie sorts great store in the [...]hames, 46, b 10. Thrée kinds in a lake, which fishes haue but one ei [...], ap|péere, 129, b 50. Fiue sorts, 224, b 40. A [...]erd to come with in the wind of Ospraie oile, 227, b 50. What sorts vsual|lie taken vpon the English coasts, 223, b 60. Of the sea how they come in season, 224, b 20. What kind preserued by prouiso of sharpe lawes, 224, a 10. Without [...]ns in Lomund lake, 88, a 60
Fitzhenries originall and ad|uancement, 15, b 60
Fitzwaters necke broken as he was taking horsse [...]acke, 106, b 20
Flamines and archflamines in Britaine, [...]2, b 40. Eight and twentie, 189, b 20
Flax ought to be sowne by law in England, 111, a 60
Flies of a noisome kind, 228, b 30, 229, a 40
Folkmote ordeined by king Ar|thur, 155, b 20
Fornication ridiculouslie puni|shed, 185, a 50
Forrestes in England & Wales diuerse, 206, a 50
Forts how they came to be erls of Aumarle, Wight, and De|uonshire, 31, b 60
Fosse dike clensed by bishop At|water, 100, b 40
Fosse one of the highwaies of Britaine, and how it is ex|tended, 112, b 60
Fosse streame able to beare a good vessell, 94, b 10
Fo [...]ks de Warren y^e red knight, 15, b 40
Fowles wild & [...]ame in Eng|land, 222, b 10. [...]ame of di|uerse kinds, 223, a 10. From beyond sea, 223, a 10. R [...]ue|nous to be destroied by law, 223, b 10. 227, b 10. Uncleane. 223, b 10
Founteins abbeie famous, how seated, 94, b 60
Fox bishop builder of Corpus EEBO page image 714 Christi college in Oxford, his opinion, 150, b 40
Foxes in England, 225, b 30
Fraie betwéene the duchesse of Lancasters men and the bi|shop of Elies, 143, b 60. ¶ Sée Quarell.
France how manie archbishop|riks, bishopriks, & churches it hath, 139, b 10. Much euill transported from thense into England, 20, b 10
Franke chase, 206, a 10. ¶ Sée Parke.
French best on horssebacke, 163 b 40. Exiled out of England, 7, a 50. The first footing of them in Britaine since the time of Ethelbert and Sige|bert, 7, a 10. The miserie of the English vnder them, [...], b 20. In reporting their owne affaires not to be trusted, 115, a 60. They deride our new archerie, 198, a 60
Fréendship betwéene fishes by nature, 224, a 20
Fridaie why called the king or the worling, 242, a 40
Frith an arme of the sea diui|ding Pentland from Fiffe, 118, b 40
Frobishers voiage for gold, in the yeare of our Lord, 1577. 237, b 10
Frogs commonlie found where adders be, 228, a 60
Furniture. ¶ Sée Houses and Building.

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