Purple, though vsurped at this day by a kind of bright Tawnie, which we also tearme de roy colour; and yet some hold, that this comes neerer the true Purple of the Ancients then the moderne one; (Howsoeuer, the Violet is held the French Kings proper colour.) La Court du Roy Petaud. See Petaud. La feste des roys. as Les Roys. Mesure de roy. The Kings measure; which in surueying allowes 22 feet to the Perche (sayes the Author of La maison Rustique;) but that proportion is either out of date, or restrained vnto some few places, the more common one being of no more then 20. Monnoye de roy. The Kings money; coyne bearing the French Kings stampe, or made within his dominions. Pied du roy. The ordinarie twelue-ynch foot; a foot according to the Standard. Toise de roy. Is three moderate paces. Bailler mornifle à la levre du roy; &, Bailler sur le nez du roy. To make false money, to counterfeit the Kings coyne. Sans espargner ny roy, ny roc. Equally rigorous, hard, or seuere, vnto all. Iouër au roy despouillé. Chascun iouë au roy despouillé. Where the hedge is lowest euerie one leapes ouer, when a man is falling euerie one helpes him on; a Prince once beaten, growne poore, or otherwise declining, happie is he that can pull a fleece from him, euerie one indeauors by pluming of him to feather their owne neasts. Aujourd'huy roy demain de rien: Pro. Now a King ere long nothing. Boy vin en roy: Pro. viz. Moderately. Chascun est roy en sa maison: Prov. Euerie one is a King in his owne house. De meschant homme bon roy: Prov. Looke Meschant. Il ne parle pas au roy qui veut: Pro. Not euerie one that would, may speake to Kings. Que veut le roy ce veut la loy: Prov. The King and Law haue but one will and pleasure; the Law is wholly gouerned by the King; euen as he will so is it interpreted, so vnderstood. Qui mange l'oye du roy il en chie la plume cent ans apres: Prov. He that eateth a Goose of the Kings doth spue vp her feathers a hundred yeares after; (Applyable to vntrue Exchequer men; and vnto any purloyners of his Treasure, concealers of his Titles, withholders of his Rights.) Qui sert le roy il a bon maistre: Pro. He that serues the King serues a good Maister; or, he needs none else, that hath a King, to Maister.
Royal: m. An old coyne of gold, worth about 68 solz.
Royal de France. Another of a later stampe, worth 55 solz Tourn.
Royal: m. ale: f. Royall, regall, kinglie, princelie, maiesticall.
Cas royaux. Looke vnder Cas.
Chemin royal. The Kings high way; which, by the customes of Amiens and Boullenois, is to be 60 foot broad; and by those of Vallois, but 30 in erable, and 40 in wooddie grounds.
Droicts royaux. Looke vnder Droict.
Lettres royaux. Letters Patents.
Milan royal. The ordinarie Puttock, or Glead.
Noix royale. A Wallnut.
Pied royal. A foot according to the Standard; the ordinarie twelue-ynch foot.
Royalement. Royally, kingly, princely, maiestically.
Royaliste: com. Taking the Kings part, siding with the King.
Royaulme: m. A Realme, a Kingdome. Royaulme de Suerie. Cornelius his Tub; or, the sweating kingdome, whereof the Pockie are your onely subiects. Le royaulme des Taupes. The ground, the earth.
Royaulté: f. Royaltie, kinglinesse, maiestie, princelineße.
Royaume. as Royaulme. Roye: f. A ray, line, streake, furrow, &c; as Raye. Royer. To raze, blot out, efface, deface.
Royeu: m. The Meazles.
Royne: f. A Queene. La Ceincture de la royne. iij d vpon a Muid, and iij d vpon a Queuë, of all Wines (that were not gotten in the owners grounds) leuied within Paris, euerie third yeare, to the Queenes vse.
Roynette: f. A little, or poore, Queene; also, Maid-*sweet, Meddow-sweet, Queene of the Meddowes; (an hearbe.)
Roytelet: m. A little, or poore, King; also, a Wrenne; also, a thing, like Tynne, found often in Antimonie, and keeping it, moulten, from being transparent.
Royzelet: m. A Ginne, or deuise to catch Woodcocks.
Rozat. Of Roses. Aromatic rozat. Looke Aromatic. Rozelet: m. A verie small, and beautifull bird, which vseth to sing verie much, and in singing, to flye vp suddainely into the aire, and as suddainely downe againe, into the reeds, or willowes, among which he liues.
Rozereaux: m. A kind of Martins, whose skinnes are of much request.
Ru: m. A brooke, small streame, or gullet of water; also, a gutter in the middle of a street; also, a cast, hurle, throw, swindge. Il entend le ru du baston. He is a cunning fencer, old-beaten souldior, of much experience in the world.
Ruade: f. A horses kicking, winsing, yerking, striking, flinging, flying out with the heeles. Ruade seiche. A dry bob, ieast, or nip; a stroke that crushes, though it cut not.
Rubarge. as Roberge. Rubefié: m. ée: f. Redned, made red.
Rubeline: f. A Robin-red-breast.
Ruben: m. Ribbon; also, a ribbon; whence; Ruben de teste. A fillet, head-band, haire-lace of ribbon.
Rubenner. To decke, trimme, tye, set, or lace with ribbon.
Rubennier: m. A ribbon-maker, head-band maker.
Rubette: f. A greene earth-Frog, or red Toad; very full of poyson, and of great vse among Witches.
Rubi. as Passefleur; also, as Rubis. Rubicans: m. The white haires that be scattered here and there vpon the coats of some coloured horses.
Rubicon: m. The name of a Riuer in Italie, ouer which Iulius Cæsar paßed in the beginning of his Expedition against Pompey; whence; Franchir, ou passer le Rubicon. To vndertake, or enter into, a great, and dangerous exploit.
Rubicunde: com. Verie red, verie ruddie, vermillion, bloud-red.
Rubie maieur, ou des taincturiers. The hearb Madder, red Madder.
Rubie mineur. Clauer, Loue-man, Goose-share, Goose-grasse.
