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Author: Vergil, Polydore, 1470?-1555.
Title: An abridgement of the notable woorke of Polidore Vergile conteignyng the deuisers and firste finders out as well of artes, ministeries, feactes & ciuill ordinaunces, as of rites, and ceremonies, commo[n]ly vsed in the churche: and the originall beginnyng of the same. Co[m]pendiously gathered by Thomas Langley
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Print source: An abridgement of the notable woorke of Polidore Vergile conteignyng the deuisers and firste finders out as well of artes, ministeries, feactes & ciuill ordinaunces, as of rites, and ceremonies, commo[n]ly vsed in the churche: and the originall beginnyng of the same. Co[m]pendiously gathered by Thomas Langley
Vergil, Polydore, 1470?-1555., Langley, Thomas, d. 1581. aut
Imprinted at London: VVithin the precincte of the late dissolued house of the Grey Friars, by Richard Grafton printer to the princes grace, the. xvi daie of Aprill, the yere of our lorde M.D.xlvi. [1546]
Alternate titles: De rerum inventoribus. English. Abridgments
Subject terms:
Catholic Church -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Civilization -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Inventions -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Rites and ceremonies -- Early works to 1800.
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TO THE RIGHT vvorshipfull sir Antony Denny knight his daily oratour Thomas Langley vvisheth prospe∣ritee and long continu∣ance of vvor∣shippe.
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The first booke.
The fyrst Chapiter. ¶The original of the Heathen Goddes.
The .ii. Chapiter. ¶The principles of natural thinges.
The .iii. Chapiter. ¶The procreacion of man, the diuersitee of languages, and diuision of nations.
❧The .iiii. Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng of mariage and sundry rightes of the same.
❧The .v. Chapiter. ¶The institucion of religion and who worshopped goddes fyrst with sacrific.
❧The sixt Chapiter. ¶Who founde the leters, and the nomber of them.
❧The .vii. Chapiter. ☞The inuencion of Grammer.
¶The .viii. Chapiter. ¶Of Poetrie, and Meter, and sun∣dery kyndes of the same.
¶The .ix. Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng of Tragedies, Come∣dies, Satyres, and newe Comedies.
❧The .x. Chapiter. ¶The deuisers of Hystories, Prose and Rhethorike.
¶The .xi. Chapiter. Who founde Musyke, and what efficacie it is of in humayne affayres.
¶The .xii. Chapiter. Who found Musical instrumentes and brought thm into Italy.
¶The .xiii. Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng of Philosophie.
❧The .xiiii. Chapiter. ¶Astrologie, the course of the sterres, sphere, nature of the wyndes.
❧The .xv. Chapiter. ¶Who founde Geometrie, Arith∣metike, with other thynges.
❧The .xvi. Chapiter. ¶Phisike, and the par∣tes therof.
❧The .xvii. Chapiter. ¶The inuentours of Herbes medi∣cinable, what remedies menne learned of beastes.
¶The .xviii. Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng of Magike. Driuyng out of spirites, Charmes, prophe∣siyng in sundry maners
¶The .xix. Chapiter. ¶Two kyndes of diuinacion, sothsaiyng castyng ttes, and readyng of dreames.
book 2
¶The fyrst Chapiter. ☞The original of lawes, and who made the fyrst lawes.
¶The .ii. Chapiter. ¶Who ordeyned the fyrst gouernaunce of a cōminaltie, tyranny, with o∣ther constitucions.
❧The .iii. Chapiter. ¶The .iii. maner of regimentes in Rome, the beginnyng of ornamentes royal with other matters perteinyng to a common wealth.
The .iiii. Chapiter. ¶Who ordered the yere, the diuersite of it, monthes, nones, Ides, ha∣lendes and prime.
¶The .v. Chapiter. ¶Who ordeyned the houres, dyals cloc∣kes, deuidyng the day and night.
The .vi. Chapiter. ¶Who set furth bookes fyrst, or made a library, Printyng, paper, parchement arte of memory.
The .vii. Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng of warre with other thynges concernyng the same.
The .viii. Chapiter. ¶The institucion of Olimpiades with other shewes and games.
❧The .ix. Chapiter. ¶Certain plaies of the Romaines.
The .x. Chapiter. ¶Who found trus, leages, sundrye kyndes of makyng it, triumphe and ouacions.
The .xi. Chapiter. ¶Garlandes or crounes, the diuersity of them, & of oyntmentes.
❧The .xii. Chapiter. ¶Who found out metals, smiths toles, fyre, candels, and belowes.
The .xii. Chapiter. ¶Who ordeyned coynes, lokyng glasses, rynges with preciouse stones.
The .xiiii. Chapiter. ¶The original of glasse, Ambre, Vermi∣lon, Mirrha, and Christal.
The .xv. Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng of Imagery, and of Alexanders Image.
The .xvi. Chapiter. ¶Paintyng, and pottrs crafte, or workng in yarth.
The third booke.
The fyrst Chapiter. ¶The inuencion of husbandry with other thinges concernyng the same.
The .ii. Chapiter. ¶Wyne, oyle, honye, chese, and strange trees brought into Italy.
The .iii. Chapiter. ¶Who named beastes, instituted sacri∣fices, huntyng, fait, pultries.
The .iiii. Chapiter. ¶Who found flaxe and wolle with suche instrumentes and artes as long to the same, and sylke.
The .v. Chapiter. ¶Buildynges made of clay, bricke, stone, with other matters.
The .vi. Chapiter. ¶Who made the fyrst citie, tentes, temples, and pyttes.
The .vii. Chapiter. ¶The Laborynthes, turrettes, sundry fashions of burials.
The .viii. Chapiter. ¶Who made spires called Obelisti, the markes of the broches, the Egipci∣ans letters, firste Sanctuary.
The .ix. Chapiter. ¶Of Theatres, and Amphi∣theatres, and Bathes.
❧The .x. Chapiter. ¶Who founde the Carpenters craft, and instrumentes of thesame, Vesselles of diuerse measures.
¶The .xi. Chapiter. ¶Who ruled firste on the sea, founde shippes, marchandise.
The .xii Chapiter. ¶Who instituted stewes, diyng of heare, barbours with other thinges.
The fourth booke.
The fyrst Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng, and encrease of Christes religion.
The .ii. Chapiter. ¶The institucion of circumcision and baptisme.
The .iii. Chapiter. ¶Of the priesthod of the Hebrues, and degrees of the same.
The .iiii. Chapiter. ¶Of our priesthod, howe it is double, what laiyng on of handes meaneth.
The .v. Chapiter. ¶The maner of shauyng priestes crou∣nes, who maie no be prieste, what age he muste bee of.
¶The .vi. Chapiter. ¶Who diuised Parishes, and Dioceses the order of Cardinalles, Notaries and Chamberlaynes.
❧The .vii. Chapiter. ¶The prerogatiues of the bishoppe of Roome and his eleccion.
The .viii. Chapiter. ¶The deuidyng of Priestes into sūdry degrees, a maner of swe∣ryng, and excomunicacion.
The .ix. Chapiter. ¶Consecratyng Nunnes, takyng of our cappes, kissyng the Popes feete, and washyng of feet.
The .x. Chapiter. ¶The institucion of priestes called Flamines, with other religions of the Romaynes.
The fifth booke.
The fyrst Chapiter. ¶Of the deckyng of churches on holy daies, offeryng of Images of waxe and tables of miracles, solemni∣syng first masses of priestes.
The .ii. Chapiter. ¶The maner of castyng mony to the peo∣ple, Newyeres giftes, daunsyng, Ma∣yng, Christenmas lordes.
The .iii. Chapiter. ¶The maner of annoyntyng priestes, kynges,, them that be christened, confirmed or sore sicke.
The .iiii. Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng of mariage of priestes, when it was forboden, with other lawes touchyng mariage.
❧The .v. Chapiter. ¶Of the temples, churcheyardes, when the crosse was firste had in reuerence.
¶The .vi. Chapiter. ¶Of the auncient rite of sacrificyng, feast¦full daies, dedicatyng temples, the mi∣stery of Fire, holy Water.
❧The .vii. Chapiter. ¶Who ordaigned praiyng, why wee loke Eastward, preachyng the Sacramente of the alter.
The .viii. Chapiter. ¶Who sacrificed first after Christes tradicion, and encreased the partes of Masse.
The .ix. Chapiter. ¶Why wee saie Ite missa est, whereof the worde masse and ceremony came, the first maner of takyng the Sacramente.
The sixt booke.
The fyrst Chapiter. ¶Auricular Confession.
The .ii. Chapiter. ¶Matyns, singyng of psalmes by course, Legendes of sainctes.
The .iii. Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng of fastyng, almesse, Aduent, Lent, Embryng daies.
The .iiii. Chapiter. ¶Watches were turned into fastes, fastyng of Fridaies and Wednes∣daies, namyng the daies of the weke in sundry wise.
❧The .v. Chapiter. ¶The originall of holy daies, Pa∣schall candelles, birthe daies.
❧The .vi. Chapiter. ¶Of the institucion of holy daies, and canonisyng.
❧The .vii. Chapiter. ¶Institucion of yere daies or Obites, and the maner of Mournyng.
❧The .viii. Chapiter. ¶Of the seuenth daie, thirty daie, old ma∣ner of buriall, hallowyng chalices, prie∣stes garmentes with other thynges.
The .ix. Chapiter. ¶Of vowes, goyng barefoote, Letanies, praiyng for them that neese, crossyng the mouth when men yawne.
❧The .x. Chapiter. ¶Of Images, tithes, and who permitted the Clergye to haue possessions.
The seuenth booke.
The fyrst Chapiter. ¶The beginnyng of the solytary lyfe of religiouse persons.
❧The .ii. Chapiter. ¶The diuision of monastical life into sundry secs and actions.
❧The .iii. Chapiter. ¶Of the Hierominians, Chanons, Chat¦terhouse Monkes, Whyte frears, Crouchefryes with other.
The .iiii. Chapiter. ¶Blacke, and Gray friers, the Trinite order, Brigidians, Iesuates, new Hermites and Bonhomes.
The .v. Chapiter. ¶The original of sacred knightes and white secte.
The .vi. Chapiter. ¶The Niniuites, Assirians, Anto∣nians, and Ceretanes.
❧The .vii. Chapiter. ¶The originall of Ma∣hometes sect.
The eight booke.
❧The firste Chapiter. ¶Of Reliques, stacions, the yere of Iubilie, Pardons.
❧The second Chapiter. ¶The bishoppe of Romes titles Colla∣ges of Scribes, sealyng Bulles with Leade, Annates,
❧The thirde Chapiter. ¶Of the secte of Symoniakes, Heretikes, Schismes.
¶The .iiii. Chapiter. ¶When the firste generall counsaill was kepte, and whiche wer a∣lowed by the fathers.
The .v. Chapiter. ¶Of the fyrst persecutours of the christen, and fyrst Martyres.
❧A Table by the whiche ye❧ maie lightly fynde euery spe∣cial matter or sentence con∣teined in this booke.
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