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Iesuite: m. A Iesuite; a Priest of the societie of Iesus. Vn Espagnol sans Iesuite est vn Perdrix sans Orange. A Spaniard without a Iesuite is (like) a Partridge without an Orange.

Iet: m. Ieat.

Iette: f. The same.

Ietté: m. ée: f. Cast, throwne; Looke Iecté. Iettée: f. A cast, hurle, throw, fling; also, a iettie, or iuttie; a bearing out, or leaning ouer, in buildings; also, the banke of a ditch, or th' earth cast out of it when it is made; which commonly is a marke of propertie to the owner of the land whereon it lyeth.

Ietter. as Iecter. Iettien: m. enne: f. Made of Iet.

Iettonner. See Iectonner. Ieu: m. A play, sport, game, pastime, recreation; also, play, sport, &c, mirth, ieast; also, a lesson on the Lute, &c; also, the alley wherein they play, at Paille-maille; also, the vpper end of a Tennis court (next to the house) or so much of it as is comprised within the streake of chaulke, &c, drawne ouerthwart the court. Ieux Floraux. A wittie contention (among Rimers, or Poets) wherein the price for the best doer is an Eglantine, for the second a Marigold, of siluer. Ieux de Princes. Are such as please them that play them. Vn ieu de violles. A set, or chest of Violls. À ieu couvert. Secretly, priuately, couertly, vnder hand, in hugger mugger. Le ieu ne vaut pas la chandelle. The businesse will not quit cost; it is not worth the money thats spent, or paines thats taken, about it. À beau ieu bel argent, & À beau ieu beau retour. Square play, roundly, throughly, in good earnest; as good as is brought; one good, or bad turne for another. Il y aura beau ieu si la corde ne rompt. We shall haue sport ynough if the time, or our intelligence, faile vs not. Il y a plus de mine que de ieu. Looke Mine. Faire bonne mine, & mauvais ieu. To beare a great misfortune in a cheerefull fashion; to looke merrily, or set a good face on't, how much soeuer he be troubled. Iouër le gros ieu: &, Iouër ses ieux. Looke Iouër. Mettre en ieu. To produce, to bring or shew forth; also, to stake, in play. Pour ne monstrer son ieu. For feare of discouering his enterprise, or publishing his designes. Trier son espingle du ieu. To slip his necke out of the coller; to flinch, or withdraw his stake, when he likes not the course of the play. À vray dire perd on le ieu: Prov. By speaking truth men (often) loose their game. Apres la feste & le ieu les pois au feu: Prov. Those that will make good shift, must after play vse thrift. Il n'est ieu qu'a ioueurs: Prov. There's no good play but among Gamesters; or the best playing is with them that vnderstand what they play. Il fait bon laisser le ieu quand il est beau: Prov Tis good leauing at play when it is at the fairest; or, tis good to leaue (when one hath got) at play. Les paroles font le ieu: Prov. Words bind the gamester; make the game.

Ieudy: m. Thursday. Ieudy absolut. Maundie Thursday, Sheere Thursday.

Ieun: m. A fast, or fasting.

Ieunastre: com. Youthlie, somewhat young.

Ieunastrer. To youth it; or play a young part; or behaue himselfe like a young man.

Ieune: f. as Ieun.

Ieune: com. Yong; youthlie, youthfull; tender; lustie. Faire la part au plus jeune. Looke Part. Ieune en sa croissance a vn loup en la panse: Pro. A youth in growing hath a Wolfe in his guts; viz. eats rauenously, greedily, or verie much. Amour se nourrit de ieune chair: Prov. Yong flesh is a great nourishment to loue.

Ieunement. Yongly, youthfully, youth-like.

Ieuner. To fast; to abstaine from food. Assez ieune qui povrement vit: Prov. He that liues poorely fasts sufficiently.

Ieunesse: f. Youth, yong age; also, youthes, yong people; also, a youthfull pranke, a tricke of youth. Appellez vous cela ieu de ieunesse? par Dieu ieu n'est ce. (An equiuocation) If that be play I know not whats called paine: ¶Rab. Ieunesse oiseuse vieillesse disetteuse: Prov. An idle youth a needie age. Fy de ieunesse, & de beauté desgarnie d'humilité: Prov. Looke Fy. Si ieunesse sçavoit, & vieillesse pouvoit, iamais povrete n'auroit: Prov. If youth knew what to doe, and age could doe what it knowes, no man would euer be poore.

Ieunet: m. ette: f. Somewhat young, or verie young; prettie and tender. Petite brebiette tousiours semble ieunette: Prov. The little Ewe seemes alwayes young.

Ieuneur: m. A faster.

Ieuneux: m. euse: f. Much fasting, abstemious, meat-forbearing.

Ieuse. The barren Scarlet Oke, Holme Oke, French Oke.

If: m. An Yew, or Yew tree. If barbu. So does th'Author of l'Hippiatrique (most ignorantly) tearme th'Italian Tasso barbasso, which is no kind of Yew (though Tasso be the Yew tree) but the hearbe Mulleyn, Hig-taper, Longwort.

Ignave: com. Lazie, lither, sloathfull, sluggish; also, cowardlie, without spirit, mettall, vertue, or force.

Igné: m. ée: f. Burning, fierie; also, fired, burned.

Ignise: f. A burning, or firing: ¶Norm. Ignition: f. A burning, firing, or firinesse; the being red-hot, as gold is before it melt.

Ignominie: f. Ignominie, infamie, obloquie, dishonour, discredit, reproach.

Ignominieusement. Ignominiously, infamously.

Ignominieux: m. euse: f. Ignominious, infamous, dishonourable, shamefull, disgracefull, reproachfull.

Ignoramment. Ignorantly, vnskilfully, vnlearnedly, simply, vnwittingly, vnknowingly.

Ignorance: f. Ignorance, vnskilfulnesse, want of learning, lacke of knowledge.

Ignorant. Ignorant; vnlearned, vnskilfull, simple, wanting the knowledge of. Tout meschant est ignorant: Prov. Ignoré: m. ée: f. Ignored, not knowne.

Ignorer. To ignore, or be ignorant of, to want skill, not to know.

Iky. for Icy; Here: ¶Pic. Il: m. elle: f. He, the same; also, it.

Ila. Adverb. as Illec. Iles: m. The flankes; or the sides of the lower part of the bellie (so tearmed by Anatomists.) Os des Iles. Looke Os. Iliade de maux: f. As many mischiefes as befell the Troians, at the siege, and destruction of their Citie.

Iliaque: com. Of, or belonging to, les Iles.