the moderne Baronies are but the members of some Dutchie, or Countie (vnited, a good while agoe to the Crowne; or of later time erected, by the King) and are held (those by a direct, these by a dependant, Tenure) onely of the king, as, or in respect of, one of them: yet are they but little inferiour to th' ancient ones in other points; for being erected at first in emulation, or by the patterne, thereof, either by the old Dukes, or Earles (who hauing vsurped the absolute soueraignitie of their territories, would also haue their Barons as well as the King had his) or since the revnion of their estates to the Crowne, by Kings, they conferred on them all kind of (subalterne) iurisdiction, and authoritie; which they still retaine; and in the right thereof haue (or should haue) each of them a Bailli, &c; as also, a walled, or fortified towne, and the gouernement thereof; a colledge, or Collegiate Church; an Abbey, or Priorie; an Hospitall; Forest; Faires, or Markets; a Travers, or Through-toll; a publicke seale for contracts, and diuers other priuiledges belonging to them: At this day, an inheritance, or Lordship, worthie of this title, must comprehend at the least three Chastellenies, all vnited together, that they may be held by one homage of the King.
Barque: f. A barke, little ship, great boat.
Barquerot: m. A sayler, or skipper in, a sterresman vnto, a barke.
Barquette: f. A little barke; a boat.
Barrage: m. as Barriquade; Also, a passage toll, or through-toll; so tearmed of the barre that ordinarily stands on the way wherein tis payable. Barragoüin. Pedlars French, fustian language; any rude gibble-gabble, or barbarous speech; (tis compounded of two Brittish words, barra, bread; and goüin, wine.)
Barragoüiner. To speake fustian; to vse a language that no bodie vnderstands.
Barraté: m. ée: f. Churned; or, tossed, as butter is in the churning.
Barraut: m. A little barrell; or vessell, holding (most commonly) 36 Parisian pintes; and therefore not much different from our kilderkin, or beer-firkin of 36 quarts; also, a water bag, or budget.
Barre: f. A barre, or sparre, for a doore; also, the crosse-barre thats on the head of a peece of caske; generally, any barre; also, a hawkes pearch; also, the part of a horses nether iaw wheron his bit resteth (a little aboue his tushes.)
Barres. The martiall sport called Barriers; also, the play at Bace; or, Prison Bars; also, (in the stile of pleading) defences, and exceptions (whether dilatorie, or peremptorie) propounded in order; or, as we say, pleaded in barre.
La barre de parlement. The barre without which Aduocates, or Councellors do plead; (hence it seems are ours called Vtter-barresters.)
La barre du timon. The whip of the Rudder (of a ship.)
Le barre d'vne ville. The barres of a towne.
Auoir barre sur. To haue the aduantage, or get the start of; to be before hand with; Prendre barre sur. The same.
Donner barres à. To stop, to stay the course, or current of.
Planter à la barre. To plant the slips of vines in order, either two together, or one against another, or one by one, as we set willowes.
Retraict de barre, ou de Cour. Looke Retraict.
Barré: m. ée: f. Barred, sparred; boulted; grated,
lattised. Os barré. Looke Os. Barreau. A little barre, or sparre; a boult; also, the bar of a Court whereat Lawyers plead. Barreaux. Grates, or strong lattises (of wood, &c,) in a house, prison, or ship. Le barreau des Pairs. The most honourable barre in the Court of the Parisian Parliament (celuy qui est pres la cheminée de la Chambre dorée) whereat the Aduocates of a Peere of France do plead. Les Gens de barreau. Barresters, Aduocates, Councellors, pleading Lawyers.
Barrer. To barre, or sparre; to boult; also, to lattice, or grate vp.
Barres. Looke Barre. Barretade: f. Cap-courtesie, hat-reuerence; the vailing of the bonnet; the putting off of the hat, or cap, in a salutation, &c.
Barrette: f. A cap, or bonnet. Parler à sa barette. To expostulate with him face to face; to speake home, and to his teeth, vnto him.
Barrez. The Carmes, or White Friers were called so in old time, by reason of certain clokes (crosse garded with white, and blacke) which then they wore.
Barricade. See Barriquade. Barricadé: m. ée: f. Barricadoed; stopped vp by a barricado.
Barricave: f. A hole, pit, or hollow place aboue ground; also, a low bottome, steepe valley; or deepe path, in a wood, or valley.
Barriere: f. A rayle, or barre; also, a stop, or let. Barrieres. The rayles, or lists within which a Tilting, Turnay, &c, or single combat is to be performed. Barriere de Charpentier. A great peece of timber borne vp, gibbet-like, by two posts, and set before the doore of a great house to the streetward. Faire barriere à. To stop, hinder, let; also, to backe; also, to shrowd, or shield.
Barril: m. The (French) barrel; a vessell which (holding 72 Parisian pintes) comes neere to the Beere kilderkin, (which holds 72 of our quarts.) Nourri dans vn barril. Brought vp in a Tub (a speech vsed to the disgrace, or as a description, of a simple, ignorant, vnexperienced, and home-bred hoydon.)
Barrillet: m A little barrell; a ferkin, or halfe barrell.
Barriquade: f. A barricado; a defence of barrels, timber, pales, earth, or stones, heaped vp, or closed together; and seruing to stop vp a street, or passage, and to keepe off shot, &c.
Barrique: f. The halfe of the Queuë, or Poinson; a vessell thats somewhat bigger than our barrell. De Corsaire à Corsaire n'y pend que barriques rompuës: Prov. Nought's to be got of a roauer but trash, or blowes.
Barriqué: m. ée: f. Barricadoed; stopped, fortified, or defended by barricadoes.
Barriqueau: m. A ferkin; or, halfe of the Barrique.
Barriquer. To barricadoe; to stop, fortifie, or defend with barricadoes.
Barrit: m. The braying, or cry of an Elephant.
Barroir: m. A Turrell; th' Oager wherewith Coopers make holes for the barre-pinnes of a peece of caske.
Barrot: m. A ferkin, or barriket.
Barroyements: m. Delayes in Law, vsed for the better instruction, furnishing, or strengthening of a cause.
Barroyer. To vse delayes (as in Barroyements.)
