GLOSSARY. 359 



in mistake for nugnon. Mignon: m. A minion, fauorite, wanton, 

 dilling, darling. Cotgrave, Fr. Diet. 



Minister, v. t. To supply, furnish: p. 14, 1. 21 ; p. 51, 1. 7. 



Ministry, sb. Service : p. 206, 1. 2. 



Mirabilaries, sb. Collections of marvels : p. 87, 1. 15. 



MITHRIDATUM, sb. See note on p. I 4 o, 1. 31. Methridat : m. 

 Methridate ; a strong Treacle, or Preseruatiue deuiscd at first by the 

 Pontian King, Mithridates. Cotgrave, Fr. Diet. The first he (i.e. 

 Mithridates) was also who devised sundrie kinds of antidots or countre- 

 poisons, whereof one reteineth his name to this day. Holland s Pliny, 



XXV. 2. 



Model, sb. A small plan ; and so, a compendium : p. 54, 1. 2. The Lat. 



has totius orbis tune epitome. Measure, scale: p. 62, 1. 19 ; p. 194, 1. 15. 

 Moe, adj. More: p. 22, 1. 3; p. 166, 1. i. 

 Monastical, adj. Monastic: p. 190, 1. 27. 

 Moneys, sb. Coins, pieces of money: p. 167: 11. 29, 31. 

 Morality, sb. Moral philosophy: p. 177, 1. 23. 

 Morigeration, sb. Obsequiousness : p. 26, 1. 24. 

 Mortalest, adj. Most deadly: p. 184, 1. 25. 

 Most, adv. Mostly : p. 94, 1. 29. 

 Motions, sb. Exercises: p. 124, 1. 19. 

 Mought. Might : p. 79, 1.7; p. 80, 1. 30. The part of Epimetheus, 



mought well become Prometheus, in the case of discontentments. 



Essay xv. p. 61. 

 Mountebank, sb. A quack doctor : p. 135, 1. 16. Cotgrave (Fr. Diet.) 



gives : Charlatan : m. A Mountebanke, a cousening drug-seller, a 



pratling quack-saluer. See Essay xii. p. 45: As there are moim- 



tebanques for the naturall body : so are there mount ebanques for the 



politique body. 



Move, v. t. To excite: p. 125, 1. 21. To propose: p. 244, 1. 32. 

 Moyses. The old spelling of Moses, from the Vulgate Moyses : p. 46, 



1. 28, &c. Bacon is not uniform in adopting this spelling. See p. 83, 



1. 23. 



Mutiner, sb. A mutineer: p. 184,!. 15. See note. 

 Mystery, sb. A craft or trade : p. 89, 1. 29. Mestier : m. A Trade, 



Occupation, Misterie, Handicraft. Cotgrave, Fr. Diet. Comp. Chaucer, 



Cant. Tales, Prol. 615 : 



In youthe he lerned hadde a good metier; 

 He was a wel good wright, a carpenter. 



N. 



Nature, sb. Used in the phrase it is nature for it is natural ; as it is 



reason for it is reasonable: p. 239, 1. 3. 

 Nature, sb. Kind: p. 7, 1. 15 ; p. 168, 1. n. Flo\ver-de-lices, and lillies 



of all natures Essay xlvi. p. 187. 

 Navigation, sb. A sea voyage: p. 96, 1. 31. 

 Near hand, adv. Near: p. 53, 1. 25. 



