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GLOSSARY 



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. fore 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.; care- 

 ful. 183. 



Curious arts : magical arts. E. 

 xxxv. 



Curiosities : nice questions. E. ix. 



Curiosity: elaborate work. E. xlvi. 



Curiously : carefully, accurately. 

 C.I. 



Currently : continuously. E. xxxi. 



Custom : tax, impost. E. xix. 

 xxxiii. 



Daintily: elegantly. E. i. xlv. 

 Dainty : elegant. E. xxxvii. 

 Dammasin : the Damascene plum, 



or damson. E. xlvi. 

 Danger : to come in danger = to be 



endangered. E. xiii. 

 Deceivable : deceptive. E. xliv. 

 Deceive : to defraud, deprive. E. 



xlvi. C. 7. 

 Decent : becoming, graceful. E. 



xliii. xlv. 

 Declination : decline, declension. 



E. xxii. xxix. 



Decline : to turn aside. E. xl. 

 Deduced : brought down. E. Ivi. 

 Deducements : deductions. 353. 

 Deep : profound. E. ix. 

 Deface : to destroy. E. iii. xvi. 

 Defatigation : weariness. C. I o. 

 Delicacy: luxury. 182. 



Deliver : to describe. E. xlv. 

 Deliver: to let in, admit. E. 



xlvi. 

 Delivered: let in, admitted. E. 



xlvi. 

 Deliveries : means of escape from 



difficulties. E. xix. 

 Depending : impending. 347. 

 Depravation: slander. 180. 

 Deprave : to misrepresent, dispar- 

 age. E. xlix. 189. 

 Deputy : the Lord Lieutenant of 



Ireland. E. xxxix. 

 Derive : to turn aside. E. ix. 



To be derived. C. 9. 

 Designments : designs. 179. 

 Destitute : to leave destitute. E. 



xxxiii. 

 Diet: to take one's meals. E. 



xviii. 

 Difference : distinguishing mark. 



170. 



Difficile: difficult. 346. 

 Difficilness : stubbornness. E. xiii. 

 Difficulty: hesitation. 252. 

 Digladiation : obstinate fighting. 



194. 



Dilatation : vastness. 263. 

 Disable: disparage. 177. 

 Disadvantageable : disadvantageous. 



E. xxviii. 



Disallowed: disapproved. 188. 

 Discommodities: disadvantages. E. 



xxxiii. xli. 

 Discontent : discontented. E. xv. 



xlviii. 

 Discontentment : discontent. E. 



ix. xv. 

 Discoursing : discursive, rambling. 



E. i. 

 Discover : to uncover, disclose. 



E. v. 170. 



Discovery : disclosure. E. vi. xli. 

 Disesteem : disparage. 183. 

 Dispeople : to depopulate. E. Iviii. 

 Displant : to displace. E. xxxiii. 

 Displeasure : to displease. E. xxxvi. 

 Disreputation : disrepute. E. xlviii. 



