Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX A-B-C book, 1o1. abracadabra, 88. absey, 1o2. Adam Bell, 2o3, 241, Adonai, 244. a-good, 236. ale-tasters, 4o. Alveston, 28, 31. Ambrose, Earl of Warwick, 75, 171. amulets, 87. amusements, indoor, 67. Anne, Lady, 8. apricocks, 2o8, 244. archery, 142. Arden, Forest of, 222. Arden. Richard, 53. articles (in grammar), 226. Ascham, Roger, 96, 115, 143, 224. ash-tree (in charms), 89. Aubrey, John, 184, 236. Avon, the, 24. backgammon, 7o. bait (in hawking), 157. ball-games, 123. Bancroft, the, 45. Barclay, Alexander, 126, 23o. barley-break, 124. base-ball, 123. bat-fowling, 153. bay-leaf (as charm, 9o. Baynes, Professor, 145, 231. Bear (of Warwick), 4. bear-baiting, 132. bearing-cloth, 82. Beauchamp, Richard, 7, 9. Beauchamp, Thomas, 7. beer, 58. bells (of hawk), 157. beshrew, 223. Bevis, 2o3, 241. bewraveth, 228. bid a base, 125. bird-bolt, 145. blind-man's-buff, 122. Bolingbroke, Henry, 15. bone-fires, 187. Book of Riddles, 67, 71. Books of Nurture 6o. books, popular, 71. fordarii, 28. bottom (of thread), 73. boundary elm, 174. brach, 231. bread, 58. bride-ale, 184. Brinsley, John, 66, 1o9, 229. broken coxcomb, 2o3, 242. Browne, Sir Thomas, 173, 235. Browne, William, 183, 235. Bullein, William, 56, 219. Burbage, Richard, 234. Bursall, Thomas, 33. Burton, Robert, 57, 9o, 127, 219, 224. Butler, Bishop, 127, 23o. butts, 41, 217. caddises, 2o2, 24o. Cage, the, 172, 234. cai1eh. 23o. calendars, 223. cankers (=canker-worms), 79, 222. cantabanqui, 2o3, 241. cappers, 16, 215. caps, statute, 41, 2o3, 242. caraways, 62, 83, 219, 223. card-playing, 69. caret, 227. Carew, Richard, 185, 236. chambers (cannon), 17o, 234. changelings, 84. chantry, 32, 216. Chapel Lane, 45. Charlecote Hall, 19. charms, 87. chess, 71, 221. chiding, 231. children, ...
