GLOSSARY. 3^1 



Fastest, adv. Most closely: p. 18, 1. 26. 



*tfS?JL A u uck S d fortune: P- &quot;7, 1. 15- The pencil! of the 

 holy Ghost, hath laboured more, in describing the afflictions of lob, 

 then the felicities of Salomon. Essay v. p. 17. 



Find strange. To wonder; p. 78, 1. 14; p. 94, 1. 25; p . , 4 ,, j. 2I . 

 It cannot be found strange, it cannot be wondered at: p. 140, I. 31. 

 Lat. non est cur miretur quispiam. 

 Fitteth, is befitting: p. 82, 1. 3. 

 Fixing, sb. Fixed position: p. 47, |. 32. Compare fixure in Troilus 



and Cressida, i. 3. 101. 



Flexuous, adj. Winding, intricate: p. 1 1 8, 1. 15. 

 Fluctuant, adj. Floating : p. 98, 1. 26. 



Fly, v. t. To chase flying, as with a hawk : p. 209, I. 10. But now, 

 if a man can tame this monster, and bring her to feed at the hand, 

 and govern her, and with her fly other ravening fowle, and kill them, 

 it is somewhat worth. Essay of Fame, p. 240. 

 For = as for: p. 71, ]. 8. 



Force. Of force = of necessity, necessarily : p. 106, I. 1 7. 

 Forth, redundant in the phrases how far forth, as far forth : 

 p. 176, 1. 12; p. 257, 1. 30. Forth of = out of: p. 231, 1. 14. See 

 Gen. viii. 16. 



Fortify, v. i. To become strong : p. 209, 1. 4. 



Forwards. In the phrase so forwards = so forth, so on : p. 48, 1. 9. 

 Frame. Out of frame = out of order: p. 217, 1. 19. And therfore, 

 when great ones, in their owne particular motion, move violently. . . . 

 it is a signe, the orbs are out of frame. Essay xv. p. 56. 

 Fret, v. t. To eat away : p. 91, 1. 7. See Lev. xiii. 55. 

 Frets, sb. p. 162, 1. 17. Figures in architecture, used in ornamenting 

 the roofs of houses, formed by small fillets intersecting each other 

 at right angles. Parker s Glossary of Architecture. The Egyptian key 

 pattern is a familiar example. Fringotteries : f. Frets ; cranklings, wrigled 

 flourishing, in caruings, &c. Cotgrave, Fr. Diet. A. S.frcetu, an ornament. 

 Fripper, sb. A dealer in old clothes: p. 176, 1. 25. Fripier: m. A 

 Fripier ; or broker; a mender, or trimmer vp of old garments, and 

 a seller of them so mended. Cotgrave, Fr. Diet. Shakespeare (Temp, 

 iv. I. 225) uses a frippery for an old-clothes shop. 

 Fro, prep. From : p. 68, 1. 10. 



Fume, sb. Vapour, smoke ; used metaphorically : p. 89, I. 35. 

 Funambalo, sb. A rope-dancer: p. 165, 1. 23. We see the industry 

 and practice of tumblers and funambulos, what effects of great wondei 

 it bringeth the body of man unto. Bacon, Disc, touching Helps for 

 the Intell. Powers (Works, vii. p. 99). 



Futility, sb. Idle talkativeness, blabbing of secrets : p. 248, I. 33. 

 Bacon (Essay vi. p. 20) uses the adjective futile. As for talkers 

 and futile persons, they are commonly vaine, and credulous withalL 

 And again in Essay xx. p. 84. 



