Fift, fifth: Fift Essence = quintessence, the immutable essence of which the heavenly bodies are formed 57. Figure, in, i.e., so as to form a pattern, as a complete picture 99. Flash, for a, for a moment 113. Flashy, insipid, 'flat' 185. Flos Africanus, a kind of marigold 169. Flower-Delices, irises (fleurs-de-lis) 168. Foot, under: see Under. Foot-pace, a raised floor or platform (on which the bench is set) 201. Foreseene, provided 52. Forwardnesse, in, making progress 129, 183. Frettellaria, fritillary 168. Friarly, friar-like 130. Fume, empty fancy 208. Futile, incontinent of speech, talkative 18, 75. Galliard, an old French dance of a spirited character 123. Gallo-Grecia, Galatia 211. Gauderie, showy display 117. Gingles, jingles, rattles 128. Ginnitings, jennetings (a kind of early apple) 169. Given over, given up, abandoned 195, 209. Globe, a compact body of things clustered together 36. Glorious, ostentatious, vain-glorious 133, 179, 193, 194. Glory, vain-glory 194, 200; fine show 142. Goeth away with it, wins the advantage, comes off the winner 187. Gracing, complimenting 201. Gracious, acceptable to others, deserving their thanks 182, 195. Great Yeare, Plato's, a great cycle of years, at the end of which the celestial bodies would be found to have returned to the positions they were in at the beginning of the cycle 208. Grotta, grotto 166. Ground, settled rule 161. Growing Silke, vegetable silk, 'grass silk' 127. Haberdashers, retail dealers or vendors 81. Habilitation, qualification, a making apt or able 113. Halfe Peece: i.c., like a silver penny cut in halves, to supply the want of a minted half-penny 97. Of even hand, at an Hand, at a deare, at a dear rate 90. even balance (of accounts) 104. To come at even hand, to come to an equality, to be even (with another) 26. Healths, i.c., the drinking of healths or toasts (which, in Bacon's time, meant deep drinking) 65. (Cf. 143.) Heath, a 'wilderness' 170, 174. Heigth, Heighth, height 46, 96. Herba Muscaria, Muscari, a genus of plants allied to the hyacinth 169. Herselike, hearse-like, funereal 16. Hiacynthus Orientalis, the ordinary cultivated hyacinth 168. Hollyokes, hollyhocks 169. Holpen, helped 76, 105. Hooded, having the head covered up so that they cannot see (a term of falconry) 63. Hortatives, exhortations 24. Humorous, guided by one's own 'humour,' full of odd 'humours' or fancies 24. Imbaseth, degrades 34. (Cf. embaseth.) Imbosments, embossments, projections 173. Impertinency, irrelevance 200. Impertinent, irrelevant 92. Importeth, is of importance 9, 107, 113. Importune, importunate 31, 179. Impostumations, impostumes, abscesses 54. Impression, of the last, bearing the mark of what they have been last impressed by 181. Impropriate, appropriate 117. Inbowed Windowes, bow-windows 165. Incensed, burnt (as incense) 16. Incommodities, disadvantages, drawbacks 151. Incurreth. into the note, comes under the observation (of others) 28. Indifferent, impartial 19, 46, 78. Industriously, purposely 18. Infamed, made infamous 69. Information, make an, make something known, bring something to the notice of others 181-2. Ingaged (with), bound, stuck fast in 146. Ingrossing, engrossing, monopolising; buying up goods wholesale in order to secure a monopoly and raise prices 29, 53. Inordinate, ungoverned (in one's passions) 33. Intend, devote oneself to, give earnest attention to 113; so Intention (same passage). Interessed, interested 13. Interest, at, i.e., on terms for which they would have to pay heavily later on 69. Interlocution, speaking turn and turn about with others 124. Intervenient, intervening 203. Inure, to train, habituate 139. Inward, intimate, confidential 38, 75. Inward Beggar, i.e,, a secret bankrupt, concealing his poverty 93. Jade, to over-drive 122. Just (cure), i.e., proper, exact 52. Justs, jousts, tilting with the lance 142. Kinde, in that, in that way 18, 154. Knap, hillock, knoll 162. Knee Timber, timber that is bent or grown crooked 44. Knots, garden beds, plots 171. Laudatives, eulogies 116-17. Leese, lose 71, 106, 120, 125. Legend, the Golden Legend (Legenda aurea) or collection of Lives of the Saints, compiled in the thirteenth century by Jacobus de Voragine (57). Lelacke, lilac 168. Letting, for, for fear of hindering or obstructing 172. Lightly, usually 187. Like, likely 82 (and elsewhere). Lilium Convallium, lily of the valley 169. Loading Part, on the, on the side which adds to the load or weight, (and so aggravating the misfortune) 44. Look: used to call attention or give emphasis to the statement that follows; e.g. 191, 212. Loose, lose 35, 202. Looses (in the Conclusion), ways out of difficult or 'tight' places 85. Lot, the spell cast by witchcraft or sorcery 30. Lurcheth, swallows up, absorbs 162. Maine, the body of a thing, the chief or principal part (? main stream) 84. Mainly, strongly, greatly 50, 131. Maintaine, support, back 97; so maintained 60. Make for, to be conducive to 1, 115; for whom it maketh, for whose advantage it is 58. Mannage, management 156. Mannaged, well, properly broken and trained (in the manège), well in hand 17. Manure, to till or cultivate 127. Many times, often, in many cases 21, 22, 87, 159. Masteries, superiority, superior strength 120; to try Masteries with, to contend with for victory, to measure one's strength against 68. Mate, to overpower 5, 51. Materiall, occupied exclusively with the matter in hand (i.e., dealing nakedly and abruptly with the real matter, without circumstance' or circumlocution) 91. Matted Pinck, a small creeping pink, used for borders 170. Matter, the: (we now omit the definite article) 3, 207. Matter, upon the, all things considered, on the whole 161. May, ? the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth 136. In a Meane, means (to an end) 68, 181, 183; an agent or gobetween 183 ('in the choice of his Meane'). Meane, i.c., in moderate terms or language 15. Meerely, absolutely, entirely 9, 116, 207. Meere Stone, a boundary stone 198. Meeteth with it, answers it, hits the point 94. Melo-Cotones, a large kind of peach 169. Mercury Rod, the caduceus, borne by Mercury when he con ducts the shades of the dead to Hades 12. Mew, to moult 108. Mezerion Tree, the Mezereon, a shrub with very fragrant flowers 168. Middest, in the, in the midst 22, 163. Militar, military 194. Militia, an army, soldiery 108, 112. Modell, the plan of a work, the scale on which it is made or done 9, 163, 176; little model, a frame or plan in little 117. Moderator, one who presides at and directs a debate, and gives a summing-up and decision upon it 90. So Moderate, to act as a moderator 122. Momus, in the fable, found fault with a house for not being built on wheels, so that its occupant might get away from bad neighbours 162. Morris daunce, a dance of mummers on May-day 8. Muniting, fortifying 11. Mystery, secret or hidden meaning 15. Mysteries are due to Secrecy: i.e., the man who can keep silence is the right person to impart mysteries to (18). Naught, bad, deserving condemnation or contempt 131, 191. Neastling, nestling-place 176. Nephews, grandsons 97. Newell, the central column of a winding staircase; where the steps are pinned into the wall and there is no central pillar, the staircase is said to have an open newel (164). Nice, scrupulous, 'particular' 111; over-delicate in style, (finikin') 141. Nicenesse, fastidiousness 5. Note, notice 28; something notified, information 183. Nothing to, i.e., contributing nothing to 174 (cf. the end of the essay). Nourish little, receive little nourishment 71. Obnoxious, exposed, liable, or subject (to) 77, 139; submissive 161. Obtaine, attain (to) 17; obtaineth, prevails, wins its cause 201. Odds, eminent, marked advantage or superiority 180. |