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Ancient Books ~ Politics, Philosophy & Liberty Religio Medici, Hydriotahia, And The Letter To A Friend ~ NOTES TO HYDRIOTAPHIA. 1. Just. 2. Destruction. 3. A chemical vessel made of earth, ashes, or burnt bones, and in which assay-masters try their metals. It suffers all baser ones when fused and mixed with lead to pass off, and retains only gold and silver. 4. This substance known to French chemists by the name "adipo-cire," was first discovered by Sir Thomas Browne. 5. From its thickness. 6. Euripides. 7. Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Egyptian, Arabic defaced by the Emperor Licinius. ---------- NOTES TO LETTER TO A FRIEND. 1. Will not survive until next spring. 2. Wasting. 3. An eminent Italian Physician, lecturer in the University of Pavia, died 1576. He was a most voluminous medical writer. 4. An eminent doctor and scholar who passed his time at Venice and Padua studying and practising medicine, died 1568. 5. Charles V. was born 24th February, 1500. 6. Francis I. of France was taken prisoner at the battle of Pavia, 24th February, 1525. 7. One of the greatest Protestant generals of the seventeenth century. He died at Zara, 1626. 8. An inflation, or swelling, from the French bouffee*. 9. August 20th, 1526. He was defeated by Solyman II., and suffocated in a brook, by a fall from his horse, during the retreat. 10. The caul. 11. Money-seeking. 12. Cacus stole some of Hercules' oxen, and drew them into his cave backward to prevent any traces being discovered. Ovid Fast, 1. 554. 13. Narrow, like walking on a rope. 14. A Greek philosophical writer. This [Greek omitted] is a representation of a table where the whole human life with its dangers and temptations is symbolically represented. 15. Picture. 16. The course taken by the Spanish Treasure ships. See Anson Voyages. 17. A recommencement. "Dulcique senex vicinus Hymetto Qui partem acceptae sava inter vincia cicutae Accusatori nollet dare,"--Juv. Sat. xiii. 185. 19. A small revolution made by one planet in the orbit of another. Religio Medici, Hydriotahia, And The Letter To A Friend ~ |
