shades between white and black, which were styled extremu colores. See Beyerlinck's Magn. Theat. t. iii. p. 304. P. 179. Helmont's tree] The botanist J. B. van Helmont (1577-1644) supported his theory of the production by plants of all kinds of material from water, by an experiment upon a willow, which he watered in a pot with rain-water for five years. See Sach's History of Botany, p. 455 (Oxford, 1890). P. 181. Pluto, C*, D; Plato, A, B, C, E. P. 182. light but the shadow of God] In the Rel. Med., pt. i. § 10, Sir T. B. uses the same expression in Latin as a quotation," Lux est umbra Dei." P. 182. The greatest mystery of religion] That is, the Incarnation, as expressed by the words "virtus Altissimi obumbrabit tibi" (St. Luke i. 35, Vulg.). P. 182. This paragraph seems to contain the germ of Blanco White's "great" sonnet, "Night and Death," the curious literary history of which, with the variations in the text, is given by Mr. Dykes Campbell in the Academy, Sept. 12, 1891. See also Main's Treasury of English Sonnets, pp. 125, 397. [Last note written by Dr. Greenhill.] P. 185. Of this figure Plato made choice] Timæus, xxxvi. P. 186. Justin Martyr took for granted] Apologia, i. 60. P. 186. which was the systasis, A, B, C, E; om. was, C, D. P. 187, note 1. Èxíaσev, K.T.λ.] These words are among the additions in C, D, but they are not given in any former edition. P. 187. the mercurial characters] the character of the planet Mercury. See p. 97, supra. P. 187. èxíaσeV, K.T.A.] The words occur in Justin Martyr, Apologia i. 60, and have been explained as meaning,—“ He impressed him as a xíaoua, i.e. in the form of the letter X, upon the universe. Plato is speaking of the soul of the universe." (Justin Martyr, Clark's Ante-Nicene Christian Library, p. 58, note.) P. 188. yet cannot omit, A, B, C, E; I cannot, D. P. 188. five surnamed the number of justice] Sir T. B. seems here to have confused four, the number of justice, and five, the number of marriage. See Macrobius, Somnium Scipionis, lib. C, p. 18. P. 188, note 2] The nine asterisks are omitted in B. P. 189. the middle point, &c.] Referring perhaps to the description of the game called To Teσσóv in which, according to Julius Pollux—τῶν δὲ πέντε τῶν ἑκατέρωθεν γραμμῶν μέση τις ἦν ἱερὰ καλουμένη γραμμή· καὶ ὁ τὸν ἐκεῖθεν κινῶν πεττὸν παροιμίαν ἐποίει, κινεῖ τὸν ἀφ ̓ ἱερᾶς. (Onomasticon, IX. vii. 97-98.) P. 189. Plutarch and the ancients] See Plut. De Orac. Def. 426-30. P. 190, note 2. as herons, &c.] This note is among the Additions in C, D, but is omitted in E. P. 190. the conjugal or wedding number] See Plutarch, Quæst. Rom. P. 192, note 1. oscula quæ Venus, &c.] These words (from Horace, Od. i. 13. 15) are among the Additions in C, D, but are omitted in E. P. 193. one of the numbers that makes up, &c.] All the old editions read "makes," which therefore has not been altered to "make." P. 193. the notion of Trismegistus] Noûs pèv vooúμevos, mens quidem intelligibilis, ὕλης μὲν γὰρ τὸ λεπτομερέστερον ἀήρ, ἀέρος δὲ ψυχή, ψυχῆς δὲ νοῦς, νοῦ δὲ ὁ θεύς. (Hermes Trismegistus, Pamander, ch. v.) P. 194. the same is twice repeated] And, for this reason, Jews still regard Tuesday as a day of good omen. P. 195. radical letters in the pentateuch] This would seem to refer to the tradition, mentioned in Midrash Tanhuma on Exod. xxx. 12, that Moses, by command of God, took the first letters of the names of the tribes, and found them equal to the number of the Israelites, - deducting those who were slain in the affair of the golden calf. P. 196. parts of water unto their wine] Alluding to the Greek rule, ἢ πέντε πίνειν, ἢ τρί, ἢ μὴ τέσσαρα. See also Plutarch, Symposiacon, iii. 9, and Athenæus, x. 426. P. 197. the cure of the blind man by Serapis, &c.] This is recorded in one of the inscriptions collected by Gruter. See also, Ennemoser's History of Magic, vol. i. p. 438 (Howitt's translation). P. 197. more or less than five acts?] The rule is laid down by Horace : "Neve minor, neu sit quinto productior actu, Fabula, quæ posci vult et spectata reponi." (Ars Poetica 189-90.) P. 199. to hinder the birth of Hercules] Ovid, Met. ix. 298-300. P. 199. the amphidromical feasts] See Aristophanes, Lys. 757; Plato, Theat. 160; Athenæus, ix. 370; and Suidas, whose words are καὶ δῶρα πέμπουσιν οἱ προσήκοντες ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον πολύποδας καὶ σηπίας. P. 199. the men of Cadmus ?] Apollodorus, iii. 1. 1. P. 199. the fifth year's ox] Homer, Il. ii. 403; vii. 315. P. 199. the soul a rhombus] Meditations, viii. 41; xi. 12. P. 200, note 1. Hyades . . . at that time] In our latitudes, the Hyades are near the western horizon at midnight at the beginning of March. Thus we have an interesting, and very characteristic, intimation of the date when the last words of this book were penned. P. 201. Night... the daughter of Chaos] Hesiod, Theog. 123. 1 INDEX OF AUTHORS QUOTED OR REFERRED TO. [The references in this Index are to the pages of the First Edition, which are indicated by the figures in the inner margins.] Abram, Nic. (Abrahamus) [Pharus Veteris Testamenti, sive Sacrarum Quæstionum libri xv. fol. Paris, 1648], 102. Abydenus [fragments in Scaliger, De emendatione temporum. fol. Paris, 1583], 99. Achmet. See Apomazar. Ægineta, Paulus. See Paulus. Elianus Tacticus (Περὶ Στρατηγικῶν Τάξεων Ελληνικῶν. Venet. 1552), 115. Agathias, Byzantine Historian, 115. Agostino, Ant. (Augustinus) [Dialoghi intorno alle Medaglie, Inscrittioni, et altri antichita. Translated from the Spanish. 4to, Roma, 1600], 117. Alberti, Leo Bapt. [De Re Edificatoria libri x. 4to, Argent. 1541], 106. Alexander ab Alexandro [Genialium dierum libri sex, cuin annott. Andr. Tiraquelli. fol. Francof. 1594], 5 note. Amandus Zierexensis [Scrutinium, sive Venatio Veritatis Historicæ. Lovan. 1534], 25. Ammianus Marcellinus, 4, 115. Anastatius, 106. Anthologia Græca, 123. Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius [ed. Meric Casaubon. 199 note. Antoninus, Itinerarium, 18. Meditationes, 199. Lond. 1643], 38, Apomazar (Achmet, or Ahmed, Ibn Seirím. See Smith's Dict. of Gr. and Rom. Biogr., in v. Achmet) [Oneirocritica, published with Artemidorus. 4to, Paris, 1603], 200. Appianus, 114. Aquila. See Jo. Drusius, 78. Archimedes, 174. Aristotle, 113. Meleor, 134. Mechan., 108, 119. Polit., 100. Arnoldus Montanus, 4. See Cæsar. Artemidorus (Oneirocritica. 4to, Paris, 1603). [Both Artemidorus and Achmet are used by Daubuz, in his Symbolical Dictionary, 16, 17], 200. Athenæus, 39. Bado-Aureo, Johannes de [Tractatus de armis cum Franc. de Foveis, cura 4to, Bas. 1623; referred to by Sir T. B. as Theatrum Botanicum]. But there appears to be some confusion, as he speaks of "three folios," which is the description of the "Historia Plantarum," by J. Bauhin (1650), 2nd Ep. Ded. ix, 123, 133. Becanus (Jo. Goropius) [Niloscopium?], 35 note. Belon, Peter (Bellonius) [Plurimarum memorabilium rerum in Græcia, Asia, Egypto, etc., observationes. 8vo, Ant. 1589], 146, 172. Beringuccio, Pyrotecnia?, 36. Beslerus, Basil [Hortus Eystettensis. Nuremb. 1613], 2nd Ep. Ded. ix. Blancanus, Josephus [Aristotelis loca mathematica explicata. 4to, Bonon. 1615], 108. Bosio (Antonio) [Roma sotterranea. fol. Rom. 1632], 30, 39 note, 96. Bosio, Jac. [La trionfante e gloriosa croce, con lettione varia: 6 libb. fol. Rom. 1610], 97. Bovillus, Carolus (Bovelles) [Opera varia; sc. de intellectu, etc. fol. Paris, 1510], 185. Brompton (Jo) [Abbas Jorvalensis, Chronicon, in Twysden's Histor. Anglic. Scriptores decem. fol. Lond. 1652], 19 note. Burgonovensis, Archangelus [Interpretationes in obscuriora cabalistarum dogmata, ex commentationibus Joh. Pici Mirandulæ, p. 732, vol. i. Artis cabalisticæ per Jo. Pistorium. fol. Bas 1587], 192. Burton, William [Description of Leicestershire, 1622], 49. Cabeus, Nicol. [In libros Metcor. Aristot. Comment. et Quæst. 4 tom. fol. Rom., 1646], 2nd Ep. Ded. ix, 134. Cæsar [cum notis variorum, studio Arnoldi Montani. Lugd. Bat. 1651], 4, 17, 25 bis. Calaber, Quintus, or Quintus Smyrnæus, 4. Camden, William [Britannia, etc. Lond. 1586], Ep. Ded. vii, 28. Cardan, Jerome [De Vita Propria. Paris, 1643], 75: Casalius, Jo. Bapt. ? [De Urbis ac Romani Imperii splendore. Rom. 1650], 30. [De profanis et sacris veteribus ritibus. 4to, Rom. 1644], 97. Casaubon (Isaac), 37. See Suetonius. (Meric), 38. See Antoninus. Cassiodorus [Variarum libri xii. Aug. Vind. 1533], 41. Cato [De Re Rustica], 2nd Ep. Ded. xii. Chifletius (Chifflet), Joannes Jac. [Anastasis Childerici I, Francorum Regis. 4to, Antw. 1655], 24, 107. Cicero, 25, 94 Clusius [Cure Posteriores? Antw. 1611], 172, 193. 12mo, Paris, 1572], 44. |