1.
Declaration: explanation, clarification
1.
Waying: weighing
2.
sore: intensely
2.
vnquiet: restless
3.
mislike of: begrudge, disapprove of
3.
estate: status, situation
3.
calling: vocation
4.
go about: undertake
4.
enter into: take up
5.
lyuings: vocations, positions in life
5.
the fewest numbre of: very few
8.
for all that: despite the fact that
9.
inconueniences: misfortunes
11.
trauaile: strive
16.
yet: still
16.
studieth: exerts himself in planning
20.
carnall: worldly
22.
careful: anxious
22.
moyle: drudge
27.
gapeth for: longs for
28.
graunted of: granted by
34.
proceede of: derive from
35.
for this . . . vs: that is given to us for this
purpose
35.
vnquietnesse: discontent
53.
deceipte: deceit
57.
the rather: the more easily
58.
couete after: long for
63.
more a greate deale: a great deal more
70.
thorough: through, by means of
76.
in it is no suche default: in the right use of worldly goods there is no moral defect
76.
onely I meane: I only mean
80.
propre: legitimate
87.
possessed of: possessed by
93.
confidence: impudence
93.
chasyng: chasing away, expulsion
98.
thraldome: captivity
101.
set by: esteem
109.
wel: convincingly
111.
vnsaciable: i.e., insatiable
113.
contentation: contentment
119.
aduouched: attested
121.
inconueniences: improprieties
122.
come to great estate: come into great wealth (or achieve
eminent status)
122.
endued: endowed
123.
wil not be: wish not to be
124.
them: referring to the divers and sundry kindes of
wantonnesse and other inconveniences
125.
of other: for others
133.
flyttereth: flutters
134.
faster: more tightly bound
136.
estimations: repute
137.
happy: fortunate, blessed
140.
erre: stray, wander
144.
occupieth: possesses
145.
bee happie by: be made happy by
150.
that, . . . onely: that alone which is
153.
quietnesse: peace of mind
159.
carefulnesse: anxiety
168.
in bankettyng: feasting
168.
more lyker: more like
169.
gall: bile
169.
dayntinesse: deliciousness
179.
amorous of: enamored of, desired
182.
noteth: indicates, denotes
193.
Sophistries of goodes: material enticements
193.
Sophister: one adept in specious persuasion, a Sophist
194.
silly: innocent
195.
science: learning, craft
196.
semblant: appearance, semblance
198.
rentes: sources of income
199.
onely their: only during their
202.
Plagaria: injury, misfortune
209.
commoditie: profit, benefit
216.
fructifie: produce fruit
220.
meete: suitable
222.
his: its (proper)
226.
auoide: be gone
226.
least: lest
230.
copwebs: cobwebs
231.
dyuers: diverse
232.
tentations: temptations
233.
noysome: noxious, injurious
234.
dispraiseth: deprecates
243.
frantike: insane, delirious
243.
which supposed: who imagined himself
244.
trim: excellent
247.
delyuered: cured
248.
phrenesie: frenzy
248.
frustrate: deprived
252.
haste: i.e. hast
255.
conceits: minds, thoughts
256.
it: i.e., their true estate
258.
common weales: commonwealths
265.
publyke and pryuie: public and private
265.
Sclaunders: slanders
269.
diuersitie: difference
271.
a gayne perpetuall: an eternal gain, advance
272.
Gyauntes: giants
278.
S. Austine: St. Augustine
290.
make the goodes forfaite: confiscate their goods
298.
wracke: ruin, wreck
301.
pilling and pollyng: plundering and stripping bare by robbery
302.
myschieues: harms
303.
of: because of
304.
of: by
304.
puissant: powerful
312.
curiousnesse: strangeness
314.
vncomlynesse: unseemliness, impropriety
319.
cleane: entirely wickedness
322.
plucketh: draws, pulls
330.
waxeth wyse: proceeds with wise caution
339.
rehearse: recount
352.
crosses: misfortunes, impediments
354.
commodities: useful things, goods
357.
the liuelier: more vividly
359.
to the ende: so that
368.
honestly: honourably, chastely
383.
vnderstode: meant
386.
to wete: to wit
399.
are . . . one: share a single approach
401.
stay hym selfe: rely
402.
fansie: fantasy
403.
passed ouer: spent
405.
what with . . . what in: in consequence of . . . and in
consequence of
407.
considering with him self: reconsidering, reflecting
409.
to Godwarde: toward God
411.
described of: described by
417.
Arke triumphant: triumphal arch
426.
wherout . . . flushing: out from which a bird abruptly
flying upwards
426.
hundreth: hundred
428.
draue: drove
430.
goeth about: endeavours
435.
had to: had for
436.
following: deriving from
441.
cast . . . teeth: reproached them
453.
Figures: images
455.
Pourphere: porphyry
455.
Emplaster: plaster of Paris
456.
grauen: carved
456.
other some: some others
458.
priuie: secret
459.
particular: narrowly self-interested
462.
from time to time: from age to age
463.
president: appointed governor, viceroy
467.
they: the Christians
470.
enorme: egregious
475.
Eastgothes . . . Westgothes: Ostrogoths and Visigoths
478.
rased: razed
485.
like estimation since: comparable prestige
486.
in his floure: at its height, in its flower
503.
quietnesse: ease
505.
mind to: interest in
513.
the roum of it: its place
520.
other like: others similarly, i.e., other heretical sects
believed similarly
522.
mutations: upheavals
529.
sclandred: slandered
532.
left behind: untried
537.
hairen cloath: sackcloth, coarse cloth [Heb. saq] made of goat’s hair, often used to make garments for mourning, submission, or ritual penance.
546.
lieuetenant: The term is used here in its technical sense,
i.e. place-holder, or vice-regent.
551.
Talmuith: Talmud
557.
Whervnto: to which end
557.
the rather: the sooner
558.
brought in: introduced
558.
as: such as
561.
diriges, obsequies: funeral or commemorative rites
568.
foreseing: establishing
570.
trumperie: ostentatious fraud
571.
hie: high
602.
odible: odious
616.
blowe . . . eares: whisper to them concerning, secretly
propose
621.
found out: invented
630.
Hereout . . . like: from these and similar instances
631.
ghostly: spiritual
642.
wher with: by means of which
642.
suborne: adorn
643.
estimation: reputation
646.
patriarks: the highest-ranking of Catholic bishops
646.
protonotaries: high-ranking Monsignors of the Catholic
church
647.
officialls: bishops’ representatives to diocesan
ecclesiastical courts
647.
commissaries: papal appointees with special commissions
647.
prebendaries: cathedral administrators
647.
vicars: representatives
666.
honest: chaste
668.
tokens: signs
670.
il fauored of fashion: ugly in shape
671.
stoutnesse: stubbornness
681.
Paralipomenon: I.e., Chronicles.
693.
Sodometrie: sodomy
701.
in the comparison of: i.e., compared to
706.
to the ordinaunces: in comparison to the ordinaunces
709.
After this sort: accordingly
717.
sheade: shed
719.
obseruings: observances
727.
perfect: fully trained
728.
silly: innocent
729.
stablysh: establish
734.
the rather: instead
735.
On this maner: in this way
737.
roume: domain
747.
ignomie: ignominy
753.
tasted: experienced
757.
aucthority: authority
759.
amongs: amongst
764.
Botches: sores
767.
necessitie: necessities
769.
good: goods
770.
shriuing: hearing confession
786.
set by: esteemed
795.
fashion: pretense
798.
narowely: strictly
800.
deceiuable: deceitful
801.
throughly: thoroughly
802.
very Antechrist: truly the Antichrist
809.
Other some wyll not bee: some others wish not to be
810.
well halfe: at least half
819.
after thys sorte: in this way
821.
Chirurgians: surgeons
823.
ioylye: lovely
827.
grossenesse: extremity
831.
Gaudeamus: ‘Let us rejoice’
857.
consistories: ecclesiastical councils
858.
straight: strait, strict
859.
beggerly: destitute of value
866.
wyll . . . be: would have it that Christ not be
866.
alone: sole
893.
pollitike: political
899.
Helias: Elijah
905.
whereout: from whence
920.
stocke: log
923.
forthcomming: within easy reach of prosecution
924.
placcate: Placard, edict
925.
fortifie: confirm
926.
otherwyse: neither vanquished nor condemned
935.
shrift: auricular confession
946.
comfort: solace
955.
be participant of: share
955.
ordeined: readied, put in order
969.
of the Lamb: by the Lamb
973.
giue place: defer, accede
975.
certifie: assure, make certain
976.
wrytten to: written for
979.
wil: wishes, wills
982.
the rather: rather, instead
983.
sense: state of mind
986.
must: [the killer or killers] must
996.
imaginations: imaginings
1002.
thrusteth them in: pierces them
1016.
wherout: from which
1024.
haue . . . be: effectively counterfeit
1026.
vnderstanding: meaning
1026.
Wherout: from which
1028.
discearning: indicating
1030.
neither hath: nor has it
1038.
stockes: tree trunks without branches, stumps
1047.
chopped and chaunged: altered
1051.
belly God byshops: bishops who make their bellies their God
1061.
generation: offspring
1064.
routes: roots
1075.
chayre: throne
1087.
aduenture: risk
1098.
vernyshed: varnished
1103.
sette by: esteemed
1112.
greene bowes: newly budded or blossoming boughs
1118.
pike: pick
1118.
stewes: brothels
1119.
vittaylers: innkeepers
1120.
haunted: frequented
1130.
gibets: gallows
1133.
diners: dinners
1136.
intreated: treated
1140.
woode: frenzied, insane
1148.
cloutes: cloths
1165.
straightly: straitly
1176.
stand to: stand by
1200.
graffed: fixed, grafted
1203.
pledge: guarantee
1206.
shrifts: acts of confession to a priest
1212.
to haue no regarde to: to hold in no esteem
1219.
occupie: take possession of
1221.
peuish: foolish, spiteful
1227.
serch of: search for, inquiry into
1227.
to the entent that: so
1235.
incontinent: immediately
1247.
cast ouer: reckon
1249.
hold for: esteem as
1259.
Latinists: Latin speakers
1259.
of a truthe: in truth
1261.
behalf: respect
1276.
sonne: sun
1317.
that this: that neither this
1329.
whole: entirely
1348.
coapes: copes
1349.
crimosin: crimson
1375.
naughty: wicked
1388.
the towne of the Chaldees: Babylon
1395.
of murther: by [the] murder
1400.
called of: called by
1421.
fetches: tricks
1422.
plackets: placards, decrees
1424.
without: outside, in neglect of
1425.
prescript: prescribed
1431.
fonde: foolish
1443.
light: unchaste
1445.
mislike: dislike
1445.
frameth . . . to: undertakes to provide for
1447.
vnlawfull: improper, disorderly
1448.
meaning: seeking to protect
1451.
fainednesse: deceitfulness
1457.
by the meanes: by means
1462.
passe vpon: concern themselves with
1463.
vsages: customary behavior
1465.
obeisaunce: obedience
1467.
Metropolitanes: officers of the Church who preside over an
entire ecclesiastical province
1468.
Of which, many ensamples: ‘Of which, many examples [of secular
and ecclesiastical magistrates who have turned against the Whore]’
1471.
albeit . . . withal: ‘notwithstanding that they were the
horns of the Beast, by means of which it defends the Whore’
1474.
cleare trumpe: brilliant trumpet
1474.
that: so that
1486.
cry out vpon: inveigh against
1488.
temporal: secular
1488.
confound: confute, defeat
1489.
iudgement: interpretation
1491.
all to burne hir: burn her up
1504.
proues: proofs
1513.
giuen . . . to accomplishe: provided . . . for the achievement
of
1521.
enuironed: surrounded, enveloped
1522.
published: proclaimed
1526.
to: on behalf of, in the interest of
1529.
light of: shining with
1534.
hie minded: haughty
1540.
seruice: religious obligation
1547.
haling: tearing apart
1549.
make your accompts: expect
1570.
folish: foolish
1572.
stewes: brothels
1573.
ioyne and declare: append an exposé of
1577.
corners: out-of-the-way places
1578.
riggish: promiscuous
1579.
kinreds: families, races
1580.
seely: innocent
1586.
narowly searched: meticulously sought
1606.
factors: commercial agents
1619.
Warrennes: game preserves
1631.
liuings: benefices
1632.
Couents: convents
1633.
passe: surpass
1643.
hir: the Whore
1644.
Caldee: Chaldea
1645.
Lothe: Lot
1653.
loden: laden
1661.
the same: the church
1691.
letted them of: hindered them in
1713.
narowly: closely
1713.
Crie vpon: Cry out against
1721.
the double: twofold
1736.
crauings: humble petitions
1744.
wherewithall: by means of which
1762.
After thys sorte: In this fashion
1769.
stick: stand opposed
1772.
once: at one particular future time
1799.
frame: dispose
1803.
of: for
1804.
of: for
1809.
Chanons: canons; resident clergy of a cathedral
1810.
rude: simple, inelegant
1812.
principall . . . dayes: The Principal Feasts of the liturgical
calendar
1814.
prick song: formally composed (‘written’) music
1828.
Mahometistes: Mohammedans, Muslims
1833.
nothing set by: held in no esteem
1845.
Massing: occupied with saying mass
1851.
attendance giuen vpon: attended upon, assiduously served
1857.
vnderstanding: intellect
1872.
haue to do: have anything to do
1874.
where as: whereas
1886.
men plesers: sycophants
1887.
Canonists: specialists in canon law
1887.
Sorbonists: scholars at the Sorbonne
1901.
heauinesse: sorrow
1902.
remember of: remember
1.
.14.: fourteenth
1920.
a right . . . a trouth: rightly . . . truthfully
1921.
indued: imbued
1930.
sendeth: conveys, communicates
1935.
vnderstanded: understood, meant
1939.
lighten: illumine
1958.
Sabaoth: Hosts (Heb.)
1971.
rayed: smeared (as with fæces), defiled
1976.
stripes: whip-marks
1981.
guid: guide
2001.
after the flesh: in a fleshly manner, carnally
2002.
mighty . . . to: sufficiently mighty to
2002.
holds: strongholds
2007.
cut of: cut off
2014.
comfortable: consoling
2023.
cleare: lustrous, shining
2035.
conuersation: behaviour, manner of being
2060.
loftie stomacks: ambitions
2064.
Regard: esteem
2067.
checke: oppose, strike
2082.
vnaduisedly: incautiously
2086.
commens: common people
2095.
friendable: amiable
2100.
Weathers: wethers, rams
2105.
catchpols: tax-collectors, petty officers
2126.
leude: base, ignorant
2157.
astonied: astonished
2158.
haunted: visited
2160.
wist: knew
2164.
inuocated: invoked
2165.
securitie: complacent overconfidence
2171.
springing: vigorous
2186.
othe: oath
2190.
declared at large of: recounted at length by
2192.
laugheth them to scorne: scoffs at them
2198.
inexpugnable: impregnable
2202.
predestinated: predestined
2224.
graffed: grafted, implanted
2236.
prescript: prescribed
2245.
heart: affection
2249.
none: no wife
2254.
the rather: all the more
2254.
passing: caring
2256.
after theyr owne minde: according to their own taste
2258.
here hence: as a result
2259.
vse: are accustomed
2261.
queanes: prostitutes
2332.
in theyr floures: flourishing
2333.
consume away: waste away, dissipate
2349.
of: from
2354.
veritie: actuality
2355.
complection: constitution
2373.
trimmed: adorned, prepared
2376.
perfect: perfectly
2382.
for so much as: insofar as
2382.
laide off: removed from herself
2382.
put away: renounce, repel
2398.
wel fauoredly: handsomely
2402.
vesture: garment
2408.
commoditie: benefit
2423.
nether: neither
2426.
shrinke: cause [them] to withdraw
2434.
drink dronke: drink to the point of intoxication
2445.
ashamed: put to shame
2448.
boule or speare: bowl or sphere
2451.
figure: metaphor
2452.
preferment: superior status
2492.
draw . . . out of: detach from
2500.
for so much that: in as much as
2504.
although . . . after him: No matter how long before or after
him they lived
2511.
agreeable: pleasing
2531.
onely: alone
2531.
they: those
2538.
perfecte: complete
.
notifieth, noteth: indicates
2565.
throughe: by virtue of
2569.
vertuous: endowed with useful properties
2571.
straightly: straitly
2592.
Sardius: a type of cornelian
2607.
therewithall: therewith
2620.
Topace: topaz
2637.
noddies: simpletons
2644.
small: minor
2646.
Ametist: amethyst
2646.
purpure: purple
2651.
Iames the greater: the apostle James
2656.
On this maner: Thus, In this manner
2666.
stomacher: breastplate
2695.
springyng: gushing
2768.
a few yeres hitherwards: the last few years
2.
desolatour: one who makes desolate
2778.
Satisfaction: the compensatory component of penance
2804.
Dispensation: relaxation of an (ecclesiastical) law
2815.
pardition: perdition
2833.
vnspeakable: indescribable, ineffable
2860.
confesse: avow allegiance to
2901.
chambering: fornication
2908.
workers: practitioners
2911.
long suffering: forbearance
2916.
deceiuable: deceitful
2917.
after: in imitation of
2934.
it: cf. 2758-9
2950.
plentuously: plenteously, abundantly
2983.
indifferent: without distinction
2985.
shew . . . ensample: make of yourself an example
2987.
irreprehensible: irreproachable
2989.
to speake . . . with the truthe: justly to speak
2996.
affectioned: warmly disposed
2999.
vnto the necessitie: in response to the neediness
3000.
giuing . . . to: giving yourself over to
3005.
other: others
3024.
to send . . . house: ‘First to chastise [those who dwell in]
his own house’
3027.
to exercise: for exercising
3046.
ouerrunne: review
3049.
contempned: disdained, treated with contempt
3056.
vntempered: unstable
3058.
haue muche rather: much prefer
3098.
assaultes: attacks by spiritual adversaries
3098.
necessities: enemies
3101.
watche: be vigilant
3110.
Take ye heede . . . to: Be careful not to
3117.
proued: tested
3123.
bringeth: invents
3124.
particularities . . . vnto: particular qualities especially
associated with
3125.
be ye sure: you may be confident
3135.
floure: flower
3137.
where ouer: over which
3155.
the which: who
3160.
studie: studies
3161.
receue: accept
3162.
charge: office
3170.
reade . . . Philosophie: lecture on Philosophy
3173.
Samnites: people of Samnium, an ancient location in
south-central Italy
3176.
Varales: Bareales
3176.
aduertised: informed
3178.
bicause they: so that their neighbors
3180.
moued: posed
3190.
they: the heathens
3204.
A wittie man . . . wisely: cf Prov 13:20
3214.
bellygods: Gluttons; those who care only for indulging their
appetites
3215.
are of no continuaunce: will not remain
3216.
consume: dissipate
3226.
ylfauored: ugly, offensive
3247.
purpose: plan
3260.
neyther yet: and also not
3268.
regenerate of: spiritually reborn by means of
3270.
vppon the little foote: in small measure
3273.
your owne: your selves