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 Valerian, or red cow-Basill, Behenrubrum; See Been. Benarric. The little black-headed bird called, a Gnat-snapper.

Bende; Bendelette. See Bande & Bandelette. Bender. as Bander. Bene. A measure of coales, worth about three sous. Benedict: m. te: f. Blist, happie, blessed.  Huile benedict. Oyle extracted by distillation from tyles, or brickes, which haue beene steeped some time in very old oyle.

Benediction: f. A benediction, benison, blessing; a wishing of all good lucke vnto.

Benefice: m. A benefit, fauour, pleasure, good office, good turne; also, a Benefice; also, a Prize, or Billet in a Lotterie; (in old time a fief was also called, Benefice.)  Benefice à simple tonsure. The place of a Prebend, or Canon; any Benefice, or spirituall liuing, that is without a charge of soules.

Beneficence: f. Liberalitie, bountie, beneficence, pleasure-doing.

Beneficial: m. ale: f. Belonging to a Benefice.

Beneficié. An Incumbent, or beneficed man; one that hath a Benefice.

Beneficience: f. Beneficence, liberalitie; a bestowing of fauours, a conferring of benefits, a doing of pleasure any way.

Beneficier: m. as Beneficié. Beneficier. To giue a Benefice; also, to conferre benefits, bestow fauors, doe pleasures, good offices, good turnes.

Benest. as Benet. Benestier: m. A holy-water pot, or stocke.

Benet: m. A simple, plaine, doltish fellow; a noddipeake, a ninnyhammer, a pea-goose, a coxe, a sillie companion.

Benevole: com. Well-willing, friendly, kind, gracious, fauourable; gentle, courteous.

Benevolence: f. A well-willing, or good will; a fauour, kindnesse, beneuolence.

Benict: m. icte: f. Blessed, holy, blissefull; See Benist. Benignement. Benignely, gently, courteously, fauourably, graciously, kindly; liberally, bountifully.

Benigneté: f. Benignitie, humanitie, gentlenesse, courtesie, grace, fauour, kindnesse, bountie, goodnesse.

Bening: m. Benigne: f. Benigne, gentle, courteous, gracious, fauourable, kind, good, liberall, bountifull.

Benjoin: m. The aromaticall gumme, called Benjamin, or Benzoin. Benjoin francois. The hearbe Maisterworte, or false Pellitorie of Spaine.

Benir. To blesse; to wish well vnto.  Benir la table. To say grace.

Benisson. A blessing, or benison.

Benist: m. Beniste: f. Holy, blessed.  Eau beniste de Cave. Good drinke.  Eau beniste de Cour. ''Good words. Looke'' Eau. Pain benist. ''Holy bread. Looke'' Pain. Benistre. as Benir. Benne: f. A Binne; or, as Banne; also, a great sacke for corne, or coales; also, the head, or horns of a Stag.

Bennel: m. A Tumbrell, or close cart; a dung-cart, or dung-pot.

Bennerie: f. Base, or low iurisdiction (called so in old time.)

Benoict: m. Bennet (a mans name;) also, as Benet. Benoict: m. cte: f. Looke Benist. Benoicte: f. Hearbe Auens, Bennet, or blessed.

Benoist. as Benet, & as Benoict. Benoistier: m. A holy-water pot, or stocke.

Benoitte. as Benoicte. Benzoin. as Benjoin. Bequarre, b, sharpe, (a terme of Musicke.)

Beque: f. A sea-cob, or Sea-gull.

Bequée. as Bechée. Bequebo: m. A wood-pecker, or highawe. ¶Pic. Bequenauld: m. A prattle-basket; a prating boy.

Bequenaulde: f. A pratling girle.

Bequer. as Becquer. Bequeru: m. A weeuell, or little blacke, and corne-deuouring vermine.

Bequerut. A kinde of Oliue.

Bequet: m. The fish called a pike; also, the name of a sowrish aple; as Becquet. Bequet de mer. A daintie, little, and long-nosed rock-*fish; not very common, nor aboue sixe fingers long.

Bequilles: f. Crutches, for lame persons.

Bequillon: m. A little beake, or bill of a bird, &c.

Bequu. as Bechu. Ber. An old word, signifying as much as, haut Seigneur; or Baron, also, as Berceau; a cradle; and, hence;  Apprins au ber dure iusques au ver: Pro. Men loose not till they dye the dy their youth sets on them.

Berangene: f. A certaine Spanish fruict, that resembles a peare, and growes neere the ground like a Melon.

Berberis. The barberie tree.

Bercail: m. A flocke, as of sheep, &c.

Bercé: m. ée: f. Rocked, shogged, or wagged vp and downe, as in a cradle.  Ie suis tout bercé de cela. I am throughly acquainted with that; Looke, Bersé. Berceau: m. A cradle; also, an arbor, or bower in a garden; also, a case of tinne, wood, barke, &c; wherein a broken member is inclosed, thereby to repose it, and keep it in the iust forme which it hath pleased the Surgeon to giue it.

Bercement: m. A rocking; shogging, swinging.

Bercer. To rocke in a cradle, also, to shog, or swing; See Berser. Berche: f. The peece of ordnance called, a Base.

Bercherie: f. Prouision, or Store, of Bases (in a ship.)

Berchot: m. The little wrenne; our Ladies henne.

Berdin: m. The shell-fish called, a Lympyne, or a Lempet.

Berée: f. A spinke, sheldaple, chaffinch.

Bergamasque. Il boucle sa feme à la Bergamasque. As the (Italian'') Bergamasks, who buckle vp their wiues &c. with a deuice like a trusse for a burst man. Bergamotte: f. A yellow peare with a hard rind, good for perrie; also, the delicate Italian small peare called, the Bergamotte peare.

Berger: m. A shepheard.  Bourse de berger; as Malette de berger. Malette de berger. The herbe shepheards purse, shepheards scrip, picke-purse, toywood, cooseweed, or caseweed.  Verge à berger. The tazle, or fullers thistle; also, water plantaine.  Vn berger à peu de bruit gardant les brebis à la Lune. sayd, of one that hangs in chaynes.

Bergere: f. A Shepheardesse.

Bergerette: f. A drinke made of old hard wine, and honnie.