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N.

NAuie of Edgar of 1600 aliàs 3600 sailes, 201, b 50
Nauie of England of thrée sorts, 200, b 30. ¶ Sée Ships.
Nauigation mainteined by the Ro|mãs, 214, a 10. Either neglected or not knowne how hurtfull, 201, b 10
Nauis how to be vnderstood, 200, a 50
Neomagus a citie in England, 189, b 60
Nephilim. ¶ Sée Giant.
Neptune god of the sea, and how he obteined to be so reputed, 3, b 40. His thrée & thirtie sonnes, 4, a 10
Nesse a riuer neuer frosen and well stored with sammon, 88, b 20
Newport a towne of the east Sax|ons, 103, a 50
Newstria lieth opposit frõ Austria, that is, the east region, 6, b 60
Newton baths or wels medicina|ble, 215, a 50
Newtons the surnames of the ladie Cobhams ancestrie, 69, a 20
Nichomedes king of Bithinia, 231, a 50
Nidde riuer called Nidor in y^e booke of statutes, 95, a 10
Niddesdale is so named of the riuer Nide, 88, a 50
Night & the parts thereof, 242, a 10
Nisi prius wherevpon growne to be so manie & so common, 156, a 10
Noah first diuided the earth among his sonnes, 1, b 10. His posteritie in Italie, 4, a 10
Noblemẽs [...]iet in Englãd, 166, a 60
Nones foure or six in euerie moneth & why so named, 243, a 60
Normans first comming into Bri|taine, whense they came, and of what people they consisted, 6, b 60. Builded manie towns & villages in England, 192, b 60. Why dead|lie enimies to y^e English Saxõs, 7, a 10. Preferred to the best pla|ces of authoritie in England, 132, a 40. All (saue thrée or foure) bani|shed out of the land by the king for their vile dealing, 133, a 50. Glut|tonous, 170, b 60
Northampton said to be the middest of England, 48, b 40
Northfolke what hauens it hath, 108, a 50
Northumberlãd a kingdome other|wise called Brennicia vnder Id [...] 16, b 60. In manner inclosed be|twéene the Tweed and the Tine, 88, b 60. What hauens it hath, 108, a 30
Northumbers kingdome how farre sometimes extended, 88, b 40
Norwich sometimes called Venta Icenorum, 104, a 60. The bishop|rikes erection, circuit, and valua|tion, 144, a 50
Nouiomagus a citie in England, 189, b 50
Numbers fatall to women & men, 28, b 10
Nundina dea, 243, a 60

O.

OEnon a citie builded sometime by Cham, 9, a 10
Offices peculiar to the kings house, 164, b 30. Concerning the whole realme, 164, b 30. In the prince of Englands court furnished with books, 197, a 30
Oile in vessels that néerest the top is best, 229, a 20. Odoriferous found in a stone, 236, a 10
Oilie Robert builder of Oxford ca|stell, 149, a 10
Oisters where continuall eaten, 225, a 20
Oke for what vse it is to be reser|ued, 212, b 40. Honored whereon mistle did grow, &c: 20, a 50. Gro|wing in Englãd what sort is the softest, 213, a 10. To what vse it was put in times past, 212, a 40. As fine as wainescot, 213, a 20
Oke barke bought by the faddam to tan lether withall, 212, b 50
EEBO page image 717 Okes whose rootes are verie hard stone, 130, a 20
Orban the Dane a good enginer, maker of y^e Turks guns, 199, a 20
Orchades which inhabited & which not, 42, b 60. The description of them that belong to the crowne of Scotland, 42, a 40. They & other Ilands when perfectlie vnited to the crowne of Scotland, 43, b 60. Their number and situation, 30, a 10. First inhabited by the Sci|thians, 42, a 40
Orchards and gardens in Englãd, 208, a 60. Furnished w^t all kinds of fruits, 210, a 30 ¶ Sée Gardẽs.
Ordalian law brought in by the Saxons, 177, b 60, 178
Order of the garter by whome first deuised, 141, b 10. The institution and ceremonies thereof: note, 159 a 60, b 40, 160. Degrées of reproch inhibiting from the same, 161, a 50. ¶ Sée Knight.
Order of the golden fléese and saint Michaell, 162, a 10
Order of the round table, 159, b 10. ¶ Sée Knights.
Orders that are good & prouided by law why so easilie brokẽ, 111, a 60
Ordinance. ¶ Sée Guns.
Orpiment red and yellow, 236, b 10
Orwell hauen aliàs Urewell why so called, 105, a 40
Os [...]ert of Barnewell runneth at [...]t with a spirit, 129, a 20
Osneie. ¶ Sée Abbe [...]e.
Ospraies where they bréed, 227, b 30
Ostlers knauerie, 220, b 30. ¶ Sée Innes.
Osyris the grandfather of Lestri|go, 4, a 10. Slaine by the sonnes of Nep [...]ne and why, 4, a 20
Oth of king Edward the confessor, 132, b 40
Ouze riuer described, 92, b 60. Cal|led the third Isis and his fall in|to the sea, 102, a 60
Oxen of England not to be matched in all Europe, 220, a 10
Oxford how to be thought and estée|med the elder vniuersitie, 152, a 20 Fiftie miles from London, 148, b 10. The longitude and latitude thereof, 148, b 40. Erection of col|leges therein the ouerthrow of halles, 152, a 30. Colleges there with their founders names, 152, The bishoprikes erection, circuit, and valuation, 143, a 30. ¶ Sée Castell, and Uniuersities.

P.

PAdstow, a corrupted word for A|dlestow, 64, b 60
Palace of the prince, and of striking within it how punished, 197, b 10
Palaces belonging to the prince of this land, 195, a 60
Pal [...]adius accounted the apostle of the Scots, 27, b 50
Pant and what spring méeteth or ioineth with it, 107, a 10. A wa|ter that sometimes hath borne botes: note, 106, a 60
Papist did eat brawne in Lent, 222, a 10
Papists dedicated their citie gates & ports to Botulph & G [...]es, 22, b 10
Parishes how manie in euerie shire of England, 194, a 10
Parkes and Warrens in England, 204, a 50. How commonlie inclo|sed, 204, b 10. More in England thã in all Europe, 205, b 6 [...]. None left in England at the comming of the Normans, 205, b 30. Til|lage and mankind diminished by them, 205, a 10
Parkekéepers ordinarie sée, 204, b 40
Parlement held at Berwike, 125, b 20. At Chester, 73, b 50. At Salis|burie by Edward y^e secõd, 57, a 50 Number of the congregats there|in, 180, a 20
Parlement court, the orders, offi|cers, and authoritie of the same, 173, a 10
Parlement law, 179, b 60
Pasalpine in Scotland and why so named, 121, a 30
Pasture best in what part of Eng|land and Wales, 109, b 50. It dif|fereth according to the soile, 109, b 50
Patrons directed well to bestow benefices in the vacancie, 151, a 10 ¶ Sée Benefices and Ministers.
Paules presence in Britaine, 23, a 10
Peace mainteined within the prince of Englands court: note, 197, a 60
Pedegrées wherin the Britons are diligent and readie, 13, a 60, b 10
Pedlers French whereof compact, 183, b 50. ¶ Sée Beggers and Roges.
Pelagius brought heresie and mo|nasticall life into Britaine at one time, 26, a 10. Attempted to be suppressed, 27, b 30
Pence & small coines when square, and by whome made round, 218, b 60. ¶ Sée Coines and Monie.
People in England of foure sorts, 156, b 60. Lesse neuer than now, 205, b 10. Their deca [...]e by diuerse causes, 205, a 10. Their decaie the destructiõ of a kingdome, 205, a 30
Perie made of peares, 170, b 10
Per [...]urie how punished, 185, a 40
Perle mother in an Ile of Scot|land, 39, b 60
Perles in England, 239, a 60. Mi|nerall, 236, b 20. Why called Ori|ent, 240, a 20. Whether they be good that are found in muskels or no. 240, a 10
Peterpence first granted in Eng|land, and by whom, 121, b 10
Petifoggers. ¶ Sée Lawiers and Promooters.
Peterborow bishoprikes erection, circuit and valuation, 144, b 10
Petriolum, 236, b 20
Pewter how mixed, compounded, & made, 237, b 50. The garnish, 237, b 40
Pewterers verie cunning, 237, b 30. Beyond sea not so cunning as here, 237, b 60
Physicke litle vsed among the Or|chades, 42, b 20, 50
Physicians partition of the daie and night, 241, b 40. Of our time thanksworthie, 210, a 10
Pigmeies Ile in Scotlãd, 41, a 60
Picts longer planted in Britaine than the Scots, and why so cal|led, 5, b 60. Called Redshanks & Pictons, and when they were set|led in Britaine, 6, a 30. Whether th [...]se be they of whom Cesar spea|keth to staine their faces, &c. 6, a 50 When they came out of Sarma|tia and arriued in Britaine, 6, a 40. From whense they came and arriued in Britain, 6, a 30. Their crueltie in slaieng the English, 17, a 10. The first beginner and finisher of their wall, 117, b 30. They sweare to the king of Bri|taine neuer to erect anie peculiar king of their owne natiõ, 118, a 60
Pike a deuouring fish, 224, a 20. As he ageth so he receiueth diuerse names, 224, b 30
Pirats how punished, 186, a 20
Plentie and scarsitie when there is like to be in England. 111, b 40
Plentie recompensed with penurie, 233, b 10
Plimmouth standeth betwéene two rockes, 61, a 10
Plumbum cinereum, 238, b 40
Poisoning how punished, 185, a 30
Policie of throwing of stones in warres at the enimie, 4, a 50
Polymnestor Milesius a swift run|ner, 226, b 40
Pomona an Iland called a conti|nent, 42, b 60
Pontium the name of Reading in times past, 45, b 60
Poore peoples increase in England how it is procured, 193, a 50. Pro|uision for them, 183, a 10. Of thrée sorts, 182, b 50. ¶ Sée Beg|gers.
Pope writeth verie vehementlie to the king of England, 144, a 30. His gaine out of England in time of blindnesse, 146, a 30. His generall correction of the calen|dar, 244, a 50
Poplar growing in England and serue Turners to make dishes, &c. 213, b 10
Porpasse neuer but once heard to be found in Auon, 67, b 10
Porphyrie stone, 239, b 20
Ports noted by scafaring men, for their benefit vpon the coasts of England, 108, a 10
Portchester how called in the Ro|mans time, 191, a 10
Portlands commended to be good slingers of stones, 32, a 10
Potato root venereons, 167, a 60
Pouertie preferred, 140, b 40
Praiers of S. Caim effectuall to worke mir [...]cles, 68, a 30
Prebends superfluous additamẽts to former excesse, 140, a 30
Prescription a law, 179, k 50. What it is, 180, b 30
President lord of the councell his dignitie, 164, b 40
Préests of old in Britaine as arch|bish [...]ps are now, 22, b 40
Préests of the Druides in what e|stimation, 20 b 40
Préests popish beholdẽ to their good fréends the Gothes, 223, b 30. What honour was doone to them of old time in Rome, 21, a 10. Ap|parelled in colours like peacocks with spreaded tales, 139, a 10
Pretious stones, 239, a 10 How to be tried. 239, b 40
Priapus and of the honor that the Saxonish women did him, 27, a 10
Prices of things why become ex|cessiue, 203, b 20. ¶ Sée Markets.
Prime. ¶ Sée Calendar & Yeare.
Prince a title properlie belonging to the kings eldest sonne, 157, a 10
Princes palaces, 195, a 60
Priuileges doo harme sometimes, 240, b 40. A great cause of y^e ruine of the commonwelth, 205, a 60
Priuileges of princes palaces, churches and churchyards, 197, a 60
Promontorie of Helenus otherwise called Cornwell, 34, b 30. O [...] Her|cules in the West countrie, 4, b 40 Or the byland called Holie head, 36, b 20
Promontories of Britaine, 3, a 10
Promooters séeke matters to s [...]t lawiers on worke, 181, a 60. ¶ Sée Lawiers.
Prouincis onelie two now in Eng|land, 131, a 30
Prophesie of Besto castell, 195, a 10
Prophesie or conference vsed in churches of England, 135, b 50. Suppressed, 136, a 20
Prophesies to be doubted frõ what spirit they procéed, 8, a 30
Prouerbe, Abushell of rie and ano|ther of malt worth six pence, 94, a 60. Ne musca quidem, 229, a 60. No better féed on Doue banke, 98, b 60. Of plentie and scarsitie like to be in England, When the sand, &c. 111, b 40. Yoong seruing|men old beggers, 164, a 10
Psal [...]er by whome distributed into psalmes and appointed to be read amongst the pr [...]bendaries, 147, a 20
Pu [...]s a kind of soules described, 44, b 10
Pulpit in S. Paules churchyard. ¶ Sée Sermon.
Punishments in England for ma|lefactors, 184, b 10. For such as smite within the limits of the princes court prohibited, 197, a 60. In England what greatest, 184, b 30
Purueiours pester most places of England: note, 203, b 10
Pyramides of stone of the Romans placing, &c. 113, b 10
Pyrites found in euerie veine of metall in great plentie: note, 215, b 60

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