1. Cothurnus (Latin entry by Thomas Cooper 1565, fol. ff5v)

   Cothurnus, cothúrni. Cic. A kynde of buskins that might indifferently be out on bothe legges. A slipper high soled.
   Purpureóque altè suras vincire cothurno. Virg.
   Cothurnus. Iuuenal. A slipper, moyle, or pantople.
   ¶ Cothurnos inducebant tragœdi, quum in theatro dicturi erant. Vnde pro ipsis tragœdis, & pro alto dicendi genere
   accipiuntur. Virg. A lofty and high stile.
   Tragici cothurni. Horat.
   Duro cothurno reserare aliquid. Ouid. To make a tragedy of a thyng.
   Magnum loqui, nitíque cothurno. Horat. To speake loftily and trust much to his high and ample style
   Sophoclæus cothurnus. Virgil.
   

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