344 GLOSSARY. 



Declination, s&. Decline: p. 143, 1. 25. And the one of them said, That 

 to be a secretary, in the declination of a monarchy, was a ticklish thing, 

 and that he did not affect it. 1 Essay xxii. p. 94. 

 Deducement, sb. Deduction : p. 225, 1. 6 ; p. 260, 1. 30. 

 Defeat, v./. To ruin, undo: p. 207, 1. n. Desfaire. To vndoe ; breake, 

 defeat, discomfit, ouercome; mine, destroy, ouerthrow. Cotgrave, Fr. 

 Diet. 



Deficience, sb. Deficiency: p. 84, 11. 6, 22 ; p. 118, 1. 33. 

 Define of. To define: p. 116, 1. 28; p. 257, 1. 5. 

 Defunct, sb. A dead man: p. 149, 1. 26. 



Degenerate, p.p. Degenerated: p. 81,1.32. Reduce things, to the 

 first institution, and observe, wherein, and how, they have degenerate. 

 Essay xi. p. 41. 



Degrees, sb. Ranks in society : p. 96, 1. 17. 

 Delectable, adj. Delightful : p. 64, 1. 17 ; p. 89, 1. 24. 



4 Making the hard way sweet and delectable. 



Shakespeare, Rich. II. ii. 3. 7. 

 Delectation, sb. Delight: p. 102, 1. 7. Delectation: f. Delectation, 



delight, pleasure, oblectation. Cotgrave, Fr. Diet. 



Delicacy, sb. Effeminacy: p. 19, 1. 14. Delicatesse : f. Delicacie, dainti- 

 nesse, tendernesse, nicenesse, wantonnesse, effeminacie ; sensualite. Cot- 

 grave, Fr. Diet. 



Delicate, adj. Affected, effeminate : p. 28, 1. 10. 



Deliver, v. f. To pronounce, communicate, as a message: p. 7, 1. 21. 

 The former delivers the precepts of the art ; and the latter the perfection. 

 Essay xlv. p. 181. 

 Demand, v. t. To ask, simply ; not as now, to ask with authority or as 



a right : p. 85, 1. 7. See 2 Sam. xi. 7. 

 Demonstrate, p.p. Demonstrated: p. 39, 11. 10, II. 

 Demonstrative, adj. Capable of demonstration, demonstrable: p. 14, 

 1. 29. 



He sends you this most memorable line, 

 In every branch truly demonstrative. 



Shakespeare, Hen. V, ii. 4. 89. 

 Dependences, sb. Dependents: p. 229, 1. 7; p. 231, 1. 9; p. 235, 



1. 14. 



Depending, p.p. Impending: p. 218, 1. II. 

 Deplored, p.p. Despaired of: p. 140, 1. 20. 

 Your love, sir, like strong water 

 To a deplor d sick man, quicks your feeble limbs 

 For a poor moment. 



Albumazar, i. 2. (Dodsley s Old Plays, vii. 115, ed. 1825.) 

 Depravation, sb. Depreciation, defamation, slander: p. 17, 1. 2. 



Apt, without a theme, 



For depravation. Shakespeare, Tr. and Cr. v. 2. 132. 



Deprave, v. t. To defame, depreciate, disparage : p. 27, 1. 25 ; p. 37, 1. 15. 

 4 If affection lead a man, to favour the lesse worthy in desert, let him 

 doe it without depraving or disabling the better deserver. Essay xlix. 

 p. 202. 

 Depredation, sb. A robbing, plundering : p. 1 06, I. 6. 



