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5: The first table alphabeticall Conteining an absolute extract of such names and matters as the
description of Britaine and England doth afford, by present view whereof the reader may iudge what
frutefull knowledge is to be gathered out of the same: collected by Abraham Fleming.
Snippet: 7 of 22 (1587, Volume 5, p. 714) G.
- GAgates, 239, a 10, 40 Gaile deliuerie or great as|sises, 155, b 30
- Gailers in what case guiltie of fellonie, 184, b 30
- Galatea married to Hercules, 4, a 30
- Galles receiued their religion from the Britons, 20, a 60. What sort of them aduentured into Britaine, 5, b 20
- Gallies belonging to the quéens maiestie and hir seruice, 201, a 30. In old time of sundrie sorts and seruice, 200, a 60
- Gardens and orchards in En|gland, 208, a 60. Of our time péerelesse, 210, b 10. Ioining to houses how beautified and furnished with floures, herbs, &c. 209, a 10
- Gardens of the Hesperides, 210, b 10
- Garget a disease in cattell, 110, a 40
- Garnish of pewter vessell how much, 237, b 40
- Gauell kind deuised first by the Romans, and why, 180, a 60
- Geat stone, 239, a 10. Of fiue kinds, 239, a 50
- Gelousie of mastifes, 231, a 40
- Gentlemen in England of thrée sorts, 156, b 60. Gentlemen gouernors of two sorts, 164, b 10. Gentlemen of bloud, 161, a 40. Gentlemen, who to be counted, 162, a 50. Gentle|men Italionats, 162, b 30. Gentlemen of the second de|grée, 158, b 20. Gentlemen of the greater sort, 156, b 60. Gentlemen rauenners of cõ|modities, 240, a 60. Gentle|men shifters, robbers, 186, a 40. Gentlemen dingthrifts théeuish practises, 199, b 50
- Gentlemens manours, 188, a 40
- Gentleméns diet. ¶ Sée Diet.
- Germander, 209, a 60
- Giant thrée of whose téeth weid an hundred ounces, &c. 9, b 30. Bones of one seuentéene or eightéene cubits long, 9, b 60. The bodie of one found in a coffin of stone in Alderneie, 32, b 60. Ones mouth of six|téene foot widenesse, 11, b 60. The bones of one whose car|casse was two and twentie foot long, 10, b 50. One of Spaine that died by a fall vp|on the Alpes, 8, a 60. One found dead sitting with a staffe in his hãd like the mast of a tall ship, 9, b 50
- Giants whether anie were or inhabited Britaine, 8, a 40. Sundrie exãples of proofe to confirme the opinion of them, 10, a 10. The last of the race left in the land of promise, 9, a 30. Proued by scripture to haue béene in former times, 9, a 10. To what purpose God created such men of mightie stature, 12, a 60
- Gigas or Nephilim signifieng a giant, 8, a 10. ¶ Sée Gi|ants.
- Gilpins preaching effectuall in Ridsdale, Tiuidale, and Lid|desdale, 91, a 20
- Gir in the old Saxon spéech, signifieth déepe fens and ma|rishes, 101, a 60
- Glasing by whome first brought into this land, 187, b 40
- Glasse how first found, 187, b 60. Of diuerse sorts, 188, a 20. How it might be made tough|er, 238, b 10 Hath béene made in England before the Ro|mans time, 111, b 10
- Glasses to drinke in greatlie v|sed, 167, a 10. Of the best sort from whense, 167, a 10
- Glasses to looke in made of tin, 237, b 60. Of siluer common to euerie dishwasher, 238, a 10
- Glocester how called in the Ro|mans time, 191, a 10. It and Summersetshire by what riuer parted asunder, 68, a 30. Bishoprike verie ancient, 146, b 30. Erection, circuit, & valuation of it, 142, b 30
- Gluttonie of England in Ca|nutus time, 170, b 40
- Godmanchester in old time cal|led Gumicester, whilome a towne of great countenance and verie ancient, 102, b 60.
- Gods inferior how hatched at the first, 21, b 50, 60, 22, a 10, Men made such and so ho|nored, 22, b 10. Who was pro|perlie said in old time to haue a seat among them, 21, b 50
- Gogmagogs hill, a strong place of incamping, 195, a 40
- Gold how ingendered in the earth, 237, a 30 Not wanting in England, 237, a 50. From the west Indies, 237, a 60. Graines thereof inclosed in stones, 235, b 60. Drosse in triall: note, 237, b 10
- Goldwell bishop of Oxford a Iesuit, 143, a 30
- Goodwine of Kent earle father in law to Edward the con|fessor, 7, a 30. Accused of high treason verie slanderouslie, 7, b 10. Defaced by the Nor|man writers, 132, a 40
- Goose doong beneficiall, 223, a 60
- Gooseheard how he leadeth his géese to the séeld, 223, a 50
- Goropius trifling about the names of places noted, 3, b 10
- Gospell preched how effectuall to conuert and amend mens maners, 91, a 20. The suc|cesse thereof after the death of Christ, 22, b 60. Had neuer frée passage in Britaine till Lucius time, 23, b 30. The propagation thereof in Bri|taine, 23, b 24, a b 25
- Gotes great store in England & Wales, 221, b 30. Their milke medicinable, 221, b 40
- Goths deuise for the destruction of their white crowes, 223, b 20, They & Uandals made lawes against learning, 153, a 10
- Gothlanders vse wodden ancors, 3, b 60
- Grafton Richards tale of the bons of a giant, 10, a 60
- Granlings. ¶ Sée Umbers.
- Granta a noble and excellent streame described, 103, a 20
- Grantabrishire so called of the ri|uer Granta, 103, a 20
- Grashoppers powdered in bar|rels and eaten, 229, b 20
- Grasiers growne verie cunning, 220, b 20
- Grasing superfluous how restrai|ned by the Romans, 213, b 60
- Grasse verie fine on Doue banke growne in a prouerbe, 98, b 60
- Gréekes manie trauelled into Britaine in the time of Gur|guntius, 20, b 10. They knew Britaine by none other name a long time than Albion, 5, a 10
- Gréenewich by whome builded & inlarged, 196, a 20
- Gréet outlandish, 234, b 60. ¶ Sée Whetstones.
- Greihounds, 208, a 20. ¶ Sée Dogs.
- Gresham sir. Thomas knight his pauing stones for the bursse, 235, b 30
- Grindstones, 235, b 20
- Groues. ¶ Sée Woods.
- Gun belonging to the Turke drawne with seuentie yoke of oxen, and two thousand men, 199, a 20
- Guns good store and of sundrie sorts in England, their names, weight, widnesse at the mouth, and what powder will serue for shot, 198, b 40. 199, a 10
- Guendolena the wife of Locri|nus gouerned the kingdome of Britaine, hir crueltie, 68, b 30
- Gurguintus builder of Cãbridge castell, 149, a 10
- Gwinbach towne, and why it was so named, 106, a 40. It and Radwinter, the lords where|of were at variance: note, 106, a 60
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5: The first table alphabeticall Conteining an absolute extract of such names and matters as the
description of Britaine and England doth afford, by present view whereof the reader may iudge what
frutefull knowledge is to be gathered out of the same: collected by Abraham Fleming.
Snippet: 8 of 22 (1587, Volume 5, p. 714) H.
- HAbren or Hafren base daugh|ter to Locrinus, 68, b 20. Drowned by Guendolena, 68, b 30
- Hadrian the emperour first be|ginner of the Picts wall, 127, b 30
- Halidon hill how it is seated and standeth, 88, b 50
- Halifax law, 185, b 20
- Halliwell bath, 214, b 30
- Hampton beareth the name of A|uon or Nene a riuer, 101, b 60
- Hampton court by whome buil|ded, 195, b 60
- Hanoch a citie builded sometime by Cham, 9, a 10
- Harald earle of Oxenford sonne to Goodwine earle of Kent and after king of Englãd, &c. 7, b 60
- Harald a gréeuous mall to the Britons in the time of S. Ed|ward, 78, a 60
- Haraldston so named of Harald successor to S. Edward, 78, a 60
- Hartland called Promontorium Herculis, 4, b 40
- Hartlepoole towne lieng ouer into the sea in maner of a byland, 91, b 20
- Hauen of Southhampton called by Ptolomie Magnus portus de|scribed, 53, a 30
- Hauen with little cost might be made of Bride riuers mouth placed betwixt two hilles, 58, b 40
- Hauens in Britaine that the Ro|mans vsed for their passage to and fro, 3, a 30. ¶ Sée Ports.
- Hawkes their seuerall names and kinds, 227, a 10
- Hebrides in old time subiect to I|reland, their number and situa|tion, 29, b 60
- Hecatompolis decaied, 193, a 30
- Hed or heued in old English sig|nifieth chéefe, 105, b 60
- Hedningham or Heuedingham why so called, 105, b 60
- Hell kettels or the diuels kettle, thrée litle pooles so named, 130, b 40
- Hematite stone, 239, b 20
- Hengist and his Saxons arriue in Britaine & purpose a vni|uersall conquest, 6, b 20. Began the first kingdome of the seuen in Kent, 16, a 50. Thirsting for the whole kingdome of south he was banished, &c. 120, a 30
- Henrie first what kind of beasts he cherished to fight withall & to hunt, 226, b 10
- Henrie the second defaced castels & holds in England, 194, b 20
- Henrie the fift swift of foot, 226, b 40. Hunted fallow déere on foot: note, 226, b 40
- Henrie the sixt crowned Henrie Beauchampe king of Wight & Iardscie, 31, b 60
- Henrie the seuenth what kind of dogs he commanded to be han|ged, 231, a 10. His thrée notable piles péerelesse within Europe, 149, a 60
- Henrie the eight the most proui|dent prince that euer reigned in England: note, 194, b 50. His seuere executing of idle persons by thousands at once, 186, b 20. In building not inferior to A|drian or Iustinian, 195, b 10. His answer to certeine sutors for college lands, 152, b 10
- Herbs, Fruits, &c. ¶ Sée Gardẽs.
- Hertoch what kind of president, 157, a 40
- Hercules passage out of Spaine by the Celts to go ouer into I|talie, 4, a 10. He marrieth the daughter of king Lucius, 4, a 30. Whether he came into Bri|taine after the death of Albion, 4, b 40. He killeth Albion & his brother Bergion, 4, a 10. Sun|drie monuments in memorie of him, 4, b 50
- Hereford bishoprikes erection, cir|cuit, and valuation, 142, b 40
- Hereford and Monmouthshires betwéene which Monbecke ri|uer is the march, 73, a 60
- Heremits and monks onelie al|lowed of in Britaine, 26, a 50, 60
- Heresie & monasticall life brought into Britaine at one time by Pelagius, 26, a 10
- Heretikes how punished, 185, a 40
- Hide or Hideland somewhere v|sed in England & somewhere not, 30, b 20. What it is, 205, b 40
- Highwaies foure made somtimes in Britaine by princes there|of, 112, a 40
- Highwaies incroched vpon by the EEBO page image 715 erecting of tenements, &c. 112, b 40 That are common ill séene vnto, 113, b 60. Greatlie incroched vpõ within these twentie yeares, 114, [...]40. ¶ Sée Waies, Thorow [...]ares and Townes.
- H [...] in England great store, 109, a 50. Westward whereon in faire weather one may see the clouds gather together in a certeine thicknesse, &c: 129, b 20. Alps or Snowdo [...]e hils famous as the Alps beyond sea, 80, b 10
- Hindes haue béene milked, 226, b 60
- Hiues. ¶ Sée Home.
- Holds. ¶ Sée Castels.
- Holidaies verie manie vnder ye pope reduced now to seuen & twentie in England, 138, b 60. Necessarie to be remoued quite and cleane from the church, 138, b 60
- Home of England reputed the best, 229, a 10. The néerer the bottom the better. 229, a 30
- Hon [...]e soi [...] qui mal y pense. 162, a 20
- Hops planting growne to be a great trade in England, 108, b 10. In times past plentifull in this land, 208, b 60
- Hora among the Grecians what it signifieth, 242, a 30
- Hornets and Waspes how ingen|dered, 228, b 30
- Horsse more infortunate than ten of S [...]ians colts, 78, b 50
- Horsses in Englãd of sundrie sorts, 220, b 60. Outlandish, 220, b 50. ¶ Sée Innes.
- Horssecoursers. ¶ Sée Ostlers.
- Horssemarkets, 220, b 40
- Horssestcalers, 186, a 60
- Hospitalitie of the clergie bountiful|lie and thriftilie kept, 139, a 10
- Hounds of eight sorts & their names and games, 230, a 10. ¶ Sée Dogs.
- Houre, & the originall of the word, 242, a 30. What portion of time, 241, a 60
- Houres vnequall or temporall, 241, b 10. ¶ Sée Time.
- Houses. ¶ Sée Building & Wood.
- Hugh earle of Chester in the Con|querors tune, 36, b 10
- Hugh earle of Shrewesburie in the Conquerors time, 36, b 10
- Hull water a riuer, 92, b 10. Aboun|ding with sturgeon and lamprei [...], described, 93, a 60
- Humber described & what streames run thereinto, 92, b 20. Where|vpon it was so named, 92, b 40
- Humber K of S [...]thia ouerthrowne in Britaine, 68, b 20. Séeking to be monarch of Britaine is drow|ned in Humber, 92, b 40
- Hundred & wapentak all on, 154, a 10
- Hundreds in England why so cal|led, 153, b 30
- Hunting & which be the best games, 226, a 50. A pastime for ladies and gentlewomen rather than gen|tlemen, 226, a 60. What kind v|sed in old times, 226, a 60. That the princes of Scotland vsed it, 226, b 10
- Husbandmen, 163, b 50. Their good lucke, 217, b 20. Sometimes citi|zens, 190, a 30. Their diet, 167, b 60. ¶ Sée Farmers.
- Husbandrie in England well amen|ded, 109, b 20
- Huntington earldome giuen to Da|uid king of Scots, 123, b 10. For|feited and neuer after restored to the crowne of Scotland, ibidem b 40, 124, a 10
- Hydromel, 170, b 30
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5: The first table alphabeticall Conteining an absolute extract of such names and matters as the
description of Britaine and England doth afford, by present view whereof the reader may iudge what
frutefull knowledge is to be gathered out of the same: collected by Abraham Fleming.
Snippet: 9 of 22 (1587, Volume 5, p. 715) I.
- IAmes the fourth king of Scots maried the king of Denmarkes daughter, 43, b 60
- Ianigenes were the posteritie of Noah in Italie, 4, a 10
- Iardseie an Iland of thirtie miles compasse, 32, a 50
- Icenes ill placed by Leland in Nor|folke and Suffolke, 113, b 50
- Ida, king of Northumberland, 16, b 60
- Idlenes auoided in the court, speci|allie of the ladies, 196, b 20
- Idols monstrous proportions, 22, b 50
- Idolatrie how hatched at the first, 21, b 50, 60
- Id [...]s why so called, 243, b 10. ¶ Sée Moneth.
- Iesuit Goldwell bishop of Oxford: note, 143, a 30
- Iewell Iohn bishop of Salisburie commended, 141, b 40
- Iewes whẽ they begin their weeke, 242, a 50, They and other nati|ons reckon their moneths by the moone 242, b 30. Did cat brawne, 222, a 10
- Ikenild stréet one of the foure prin|cipall highwaies of Britaine and how extended, 113, b 50
- Ilices aliquando in Britannia nisi in|telligatur de quercu, 208, a 20
- Ile of man described, 37, a 50. Ile of Pigmeis in Scotland, 41, a 60. Ile of rats, and why so called, 32, b 20. Ile of S. Clement, and why so called, 33, b 20. Ile of Shrews, 40, a 40
- Iles eastward to the point of Ra [...]s|head, 38, b 60. Iles moouing and remoouing by force of the water, 88, a 60. Iles in Scotland, 39, a 10
- Iland called a continent, 42, b 60. Iland holie otherwise called Lin|des [...]arne, 44, a 40. Iland carried to and fro as the wind bloweth, 129, b 50
- Ilands such as are to be séene vpon the coasts of Britaine, 29, b 30. Such as lie in the mouth of the Thames. 30, a 50. Such as lie vpon the west and north shore, 34, b 30. Such as lie betwéene the Wight and the maine land, 31, a 20. Thrée inuironed with salt streames in Maldon water, 44, b 60. Ilands inuironed with the ocean waues, 29, b 40
- Ingratitude. ¶ Sée Unthankful|nesse.
- Innes and thorowfaires with the maner of vsage, 246, b 10. None worsse than in London, 247, a 10. Of great capacitie and well fur|nished, 247, a 10
- Inkéepers what knaues & théeues they haue to their chamberlens, ostelers, tapsters, &c: 246, b 40
- Inquests at assises, 155, b 40
- Insecta animalcula, 228, b 30
- Intercalation. ¶ See Calendar and yeare.
- Iohn king of England restreineth all taking of wildfoule, and why, 222, b 40. He ouerthrew and spoi|led manie parkes and warrens, 205, b 50. Benefactor to Lich|field bishoprike, 143, a 20. Abused euen by the verie rakehels of the popish clergie, 134, b 20
- Iohn of Ludlow aliàs Mason a sore promooter: note, 181, a 60
- Iosephus preached in England & at what time he came ouer, 23, a all,
- Ireland in times past called Scot|land. 14, b 30
- Irish sometime inhabited a parcell of Britaine, 6, a 10. A kind of Scots noted by Ierom, 6, a 10. yéeld to subscribe to receiue no Scots into their dominion, 6, b 10
- Irish Scots speake the Irish toong 14, b 20
- Iron, 238, a 60
- Isis described and what streames run thereinto, 92, b 20
- Isuriu [...] whense it taketh denomi|nation, 93, a 30
- Italie called the paradise of the world, 110, a 10
- Italians fiue successiuelie bishops of Worcester, 142, b 20
- Iuie cup whether it will hold wine or no, 239, b 50
- Iulius Cesar subdued all Bri|taine, 118, b 30. Corrected the ca|lendar, 242, b 60
- Iupiter why feigned to throw downe stones vpon Albion and Bergion, 4, a 60
- Iustices of peace and coram, other|wise oier and determiner, 156, a 30