bel sangue (It.), gentle blood.

beltà e follia vanno spesso in compagnia (It.), beauty and folly often go together.

belua multorum capitum (L.), monster with many heads—the irrational mob.

bene decessit (Late L.), he has left well—a leaving certificate given to a schoolboy, curate, &c.

bénéficiaire (Fr.), the person receiving a benefit.

beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere (L.), to accept a favour is to sell one's liberty.

bene merentibus (L.), to the well-deserving;—bene meriti (acc. -tos), having well deserved.

bene orâsse est bene studuisse (L.), to have prayed well is to have endeavoured well.

beneplacito (L.), by your leave.

bene qui latuit bene vixit (L.), he has lived well who has lived obscure.