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Remy: m. A proper name for a man; and particularly, the name of a Saint, which was the sixteenth Bishop of Rheims, and baptised Clouis the first Christian King of France: he died in the yeare 545. La Sainct Remy. S. Remyes day; the first day of October, kept holyday in most parts of France.

Renager. To swimme backe.

Renaissance: f. A new birth. Renaissances de forests. Young trees that come vp after a felling, or cutting of the old ones.

Renaissement: m. as Renaissance; or, being new borne.

Renaistre. To be borne anew; to rise, grow, spring, or begin, againe.

Renal: m. ale: f. Of, or belonging to, the kidneyes. Artere renale. A branch of the great arterie, which enters into the kidneyes, and brings vnto them the serositie of the arteriall bloud. Veine renale. Seeke Veine. Renaquer. To sweare horribly or most idly, to blaspheme, or to renounce, Almightie God.

Renard. A Fox; Looke Regnard. Renardaille: f. as Regnardaille. Renarde: f. A Bitch-fox.

Renardeau: m. A Fox-cub, or young Fox.

Renarder. See Regnarder. Renardesque: com. as Regnardesque. Renardier: m. ere: f. Of, or belonging to, a Fox.

Renardise: f. as Regnardise. Renasquer. Looke Renaquer. Renavigé: m. ée: f. Renauigated, sayled backe.

Renaviger. To renauigate, sayle backe, or sayle ouer againe.

Renavrer. To wound, or hurt againe.

Renaut. Looke Regnaut. Renchainer. To reinchaine; to chaine, or bind in chaines, againe.

Renche. Looke Rang. Rencheoir. To fall againe.

Rencheri: m. ie: f. Growne deerer or higher prised, held or come to a greater rate, then it was at. Il fait du rencheri. He keepes off, holds aloofe, makes it daintie, seemes coy or squeamish; also, he is very churlish, froward, harsh, vntractable, hard to be dealt with.

Rencherir. To raise the price of, to make deerer then it was.

Rencheute: f. A recidiuation, or new fall.

Renchier: m. A Rayne-Deere.

Renclorre. To reinclose.

Renclouër. To nayle againe.

Rencocher. To nocke the second time.

Rençon: f. A ransome; that which is payed for the libertie of a prisoner of warre; also, corne giuen backe by a Miller in meale; whence, Tel musnier faict mauvaise rençon; yeelds not so much grist, or makes not so much meale, as he should doe. Aide de rençon. Looke in Aides chevels. Rençonnement, & Rençonner. as Rançonnement, & Rançonner. Rençonneur: m. A ransomer; and thence, an oppressor, extortioner, vniust exactor, hard or sore dealer.

Rencontre: f. A hap, or aduenture; also, a meeting, or incounter (as of aduerse troopes, which on a suddaine, or by chaunce, fall foule one on the other;) an accidentall getting, obtaining, or lighting on; also, an occurrence; also, an apt or vnpremeditated ieast, conceit, wittie saying.

  Cheval de rencontre. A horse of seruice, or the value of one, due by a new vassall vnto his new Lord, both falling out to be so by the death of their predeceßors within one yeare. Mot de rencontre. An apt or vnpremeditated ieast, &c, as before in Rencontre. Nom de rencontre. A good, acceptable, honest, or happie name.

Rencontré: m. ée: f. Incountered, met, occurred with, hit, or light vpon. Voilà bien rencontré. A good and wittie ieast, a fit and quicke reply, beleeue me. Ils ont rencontré chaussure à leur pied; Looke Chaussure. Rencontrer. To incounter, meet, occurre, with; to come to, or light on, casually; also, to speake merrily, wittily, prettily, vnhappily, properly, or to the purpose; to hit vpon a ieast, to make a wittie incounter. Deux hommes se rencontrent bien, mais iamais deux montaignes: Prov. Two men may sometimes meet, but mountaines neuer.

Rencontreur: m. A mocker, flowter, giber, ieaster, pleasant companion, facetious person, merrie man.

Rencourager. To reincourage. Rencuser. To detect, appeach, bewray, betray.

Rendable: com. Rendible, renderable, yeeldable, restorable. Rente rendable. A rent-secke or charge, which may be extinguished, redeemed, or bought out.

Rendage: m. A rendering, or yeelding; a restoring, or giuing backe. Droict de rendage de chascun ouvrage. Looke vnder Droict. Se Rendebter. To runne or grow in debt againe.

Rendement: m. A rendring, retribution, restoring, yeelding backe.

Rendenter. To reindent, or set new teeth vnto.

Rendez-vous: m. A Rendeuous; a place appointed for the assemblie, or meeting of souldiors. Le rendez-vous d'un'affaire. The end, or scope of a matter, the drift, or purpose whereto it is directed.

Renditer. To reindite, or frame a new Jndictment against; also, to demonstrate, manifest, or point at, againe.

Rendon: f. Randome, vncertaintie; or, as Randon. Se Rendormir. To fall asleepe againe.

Rendormissement: m. A falling asleepe againe.

Rendouble. as Redouble.

Rendouër: m. A retribution; or the time, or veßell, of restoring. ¶Rab.

Rendre. To render, yeeld, giue, or pay, backe; restore, make restitution vnto; also, to yeeld, giue, affoord, assigne, vnto; also, to cause, make, effect, or bring to passe; also, to vomit, spue, or cast vp againe; also, to runne, as a sore, &c.
  Rendre les abbais, ou abbois. To hold the dogs at a bay; a defence made by a Deere, when he can runne no longer; by a Bore, at his first raising, and before he begin to runne.
  Se rendre à. To meet with, or at; also, to resort, repaire, come, or get him, vnto.
  Des yeux se va rendre au cerveau. It reaches, runnes, or goes from the eyes to the braine.
  Ou rendre, ou pendre, ou mort d'enfer attendre: Pro. Restore, or hang, or looke to be damn'd.
  Au prester ange, au rendre Diable; &, Au prester cousin, au rendre fils de putain: Prov. Borrowers when they would haue coyne, speake faire, but when