= = GLOSSARY E Essay, F Essay Of Fame, C= Colours of Good and Evil. References to The Advancement of Learning are by pages. To some of the longer explanations W. is added to emphasize obligations to Mr. Aldis Wright's glossary to the Essays. 296. Apricockes: apricots. E. xlvi. Apprompt: give facility to. Arbitrement: arbitration, decision. E. iii. Are not do not exist. E. iii. Argument: a subject for consideration. E. xxix. Arietation: an assault with a batE. lviii. tering ram. Arras tapestry. E. xxvii. As: that. E. vi. xxiii. So as = so that. viii. xxix. Aspect: the appearance of a planet, which varied with its position among the stars. E. ix. C. 7. Aspersion: intermixture. 189. Assay: attempt. E. xv. Assured: sure, trustworthy. E. Attemper: to moderate. E. xiv. lvii. C. 8. Aversation: aversion. E. xxvii. Avoidances: outlets. E. xlv. Away: used as a verb, to remove, or go away. E. liii. 303. Baladines: dancers. Banquet a dining hall. E. xlv. Barriers the lists within which a tournament was fought. E. xxxvii. Bartholomew-Tide: St. Bartholomew's Day is on 24th Aug. E. xlvi. Battle: a body of troops. E. lviii. Baugh. E. xxxv. Probably the Bass Rock. Bears-foot; Helleborus foetidus. E. xlvi. Because in order that. E. viii. XXV xxxiv. Beholding beholden, indebted. Belike probably. E. li. : E. xxxii. Capital: chief. E. lvi. Castoreum a natural product contained in two sacs of the beaver; formerly used as a medicine, now chiefly as a perfume. E. xxvii. Casualty uncertainty. 185. Catchpole a bailiff. E. liii. Cautels: deceits. 332. Caveat a warning. 170, 185. 201. 232. Commenter: commentator. Commiserable: deserving compassion. E. xxxiii. Commodities: advantages. E. xli. Commodity: convenience. Commonalties: corporations. 191. Common place: a theme, or college exercise, in which a particular subject was discussed. E. xxxii. Communicate: shared. E. xiii. Communicate with: to share with, impart to. E. xx. xxvii. Compass: circuit. E. xxix. Contrivance. C. 9. Complexions: constitutions. 177. Composition: temperament. E. xlii. Compounder: maker of an abstract. 201. Concatenation: connection. 196. Conceits conceptions, ideas. E. vi. Concurrents: rivals. 361. Condemned men: convicts. E. xxxiii. Confections: medicines. 187. Confer to consult. E. 1. Conferreth: contributes. 250. Confidence: credit. E. xv. xl. Boldness. xvi. Conjugations: connections. 240. Conscience: consciousness. E. xi. Consenting agreeing. C. 7. Consequence: inference. 187. Consociateth joins. 226. Cornelian-tree: the Cornel tree. E. xlvi. Cornelians: the fruit of the Cornel tree, sometimes called Cornelian cherries. E. xlvi. Corn-master: an owner of corn. E. xxxiv. Corrective spice: an antidote. 172. Correspondence, hold: to bear a proportion, correspond. E. xv. Corroborate: strengthened, confirmed. E. xxxix. 183. Corrupt: to become corrupt, putrefy. E. xvii. xxxiv. Cosmetic art of adornment. 284. Count: to reckon, consider. E. i. xxxvi. xlvii. Countenance: appearance, favour, authority. 176. Country: belonging to country; like the Lat. patrius. E. xviii. one's Courages: spirits. E. xxix. Covert: sheltered. E. xlvi. Creature: in the literal sense of 'a thing created,' applied both to animate and inanimate objects. E. i. vii. Cringe: a servile bow. E. iii. Crocus Vernus: the common yellow crocus (C. luteus) was not introduced till 1629. The C. susiana, which has a yellow flower, was introduced in 1605. Gerarde calls the Crocus vernus 'the early flouring wilde Saffron,' and gives two kinds C. V. flore luteo, Yellow Spring Saffron, and C. V. flore albo, White Spring Saffron, which may be those to which Bacon alludes. W. Crook : to twist, pervert. E. xxiii. xxvii. Cross: opposing, contradictory. E. iii. Curious: ingenious. E. ix.; careful. 183. Curious arts: magical arts. E. |