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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

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 y^e 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

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

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