Gilbert, Dr. W. work on magnetism, i. 128; his theory of electric effluvia, 161 Girdle, unlucky to be without, ii. 85 Glass, said to be poison, i. 167; probable ground of this error, ib.; a glass repaired for Tiberius, 170 Glastonbury. See Thorn
Glow-worm, various wonders asserted of, i. 368
Glutton, Mustela Gulo, account of, iii. 445 Goat's blood, said to break the diamond, i. 166
God, on the pictures of, with some others,
ii. 72; danger of attempting, ib. and n. ; on his wisdom in the motion of the sun, 130; when first called Lord, in Scrip- ture, iii. 3
Godfrey, of Boulogne, refused to wear a crown of gold where his Saviour wore one of thorns, ii. 264
Gold, conversion of other metals into, asserted specimens among the Empe- ror's rarities, iii. 437; its use in medi- cine, i. 171; its medical estimation at the present day, ib. n.; whether used as an amulet, 173; remarks on this, ib. n.
Golden hen, of Wendlerus, i. 172 Gordon, Major, some recent particulars respecting the fascination of serpents, i. 255, n.
Grafting, rules to be observed in, iii. 346 Grain, increase of, iii. 176; preservation of, 177
Grapes, enormous size of the bunches, iii. 157 and n. Grasshopper, picture of, ii. 6; no such in- sect as the true cicada found in England, ib.; till discovered by the editor, as figured in Curtis's Entomology, 7, n.; its species discriminated, ib.; the locust intended, 9
Grecian cavalry quincuncially arranged, ii. 510
Green, colour, advantages of, ii. 549
Gregorius Magnus, his error concerning crystal, i. 94
Griffins, various fables concerning, among the ancients, i. 273; hieroglyphical testi- mony, 252, n. 273, n.; sculptured at Persepolis, i. 64, n.
Grotius, Hugo, a civilian, wrote excellently on the truth of Christianity, i. 54 Gualdi, Galeazzi, notice of, iii. 467 Guardian angels, Browne's opinions re- specting, ii. 369
Gunpowder, question as to place of its in- vention, ii. 357; its ingredients and mode of manufacture, i. 176; further particulars concerning, ib. n.
Gurney, J. J. extract from his Peculiari- ties of the Friends, ii. 405, n. Gyges, his ring, ii. 281
Gypsies, concerning their original, ii.
HALE, why grey only in man? i. 41; note of explanation, ib.; custom of nourish- ing it on moles, ii. 84; Wren's nostrum for, ib. n.; polling elve-locks, 85; Hun- garian knot, ib. n.
Halcyon, what, iii. 212
Hale, Sir Matthew, trial of witches before, i. liv.
Halec, a little fish used for pickle, iii. 210 Hall, Joseph, D.D. Bp. of Norwich, his picture of a superstitious man, ii. 104, n.; extract from his Hard Measure, i. lxiii. n.
Ham, age of, ii. 223
Haman, picture of, hanged, ii. 69 Hand, right and left, i. 391
Hanging, various ancient modes of, ii. 69 Hannibal, that he brake through the Alps with vinegar, ii. 277; modern opinions thereon, ib. n.
Happiness, none in this world, ii. 450 Hare, that it hath double sex, i. 305; vul- gar dread of one crossing the highway, ii. 79
Harmony of the works of God, ii. 440 Harvey, William, M.D. his book de Cir-
cul. Sang. better than Columbus's dis- covery of America, iii. 483
Hase, John, Esq. Richmond Herald, the editor of Repertorium, iii. 279 Hawks and Falconry, iii. 214; authors to be consulted respecting it, 217 Hazel rods, iii. 162
Heath, what plant, iii. 155; various read- ing, ib. n.
Heathens, examination of the lives of; whether consistent with their own doc- trines; Aristotle, Seneca, &c. ii. 407, n. Heart, whether on the left side? i. 383 Heaven and Hell, their place and nature, ii. 398
Hebrew, whether the original language, ii. 92; whether of Shemitish or Mitz- ritish origin, ib. n.
Hector, why drawn on a horse, instead of in a chariot, ii. 43; picture of, dragged by Achilles round Troy, not consistent with Homer's account, 74; ridiculous picture of his burial, ib. n.
Heineken, Dr. on the reproduction of the claws of spiders and crustacea, i. 246, n. Heister, Frederick, defends Sir Thomas Browne, ii. 301
Heliogabalus, his supper of ostrich brains, iii. 336
Hell torments set forth by fire, ii. 401 Henry, the Emperor, poisoned, ii. 287 Henry VIII. not the founder of our reli-
gion, ii. 323; refused not the faith of Rome, ib.
Heraclitus held that the sun is no bigger than it appears, i. 191
Heraldry, origin of, ii. 35
Herbert, Edw. L. Herbert of Cherbury his works, ii. 302
Heresy distinguished from error, ii. 331. Hercules, fabled labours of, i. 47 Hermaphrodites, i. 307
Hermes, allegorical definition of, i. 333; deems the visible a picture of the invi- sible world, 336
Herod was supposed by some to be the Messias, i. 23, n.
Herodotus of Halicarnassus, has promoted popular errors, i. 59; styled by some mendaciorum pater, 61; defence of him
Herring not known to the ancients, iii. 210 Hierocles on our relative duties, ii. 428, n. Hieroglyphics have been, through the as- sistance of painters and poets, the means of indirectly promoting popular_error, i. 74; picture-writing, ii. 65; Wren's story of a colt and mastiff, 68, n. Hiero's great ship, ii. 280 Hieronymus. See St. Jerome Hills, artificial. See Tumuli.
Hints and extracts to Dr. Edward Browne, iii. 3
Hippocampus erroneously said to be an in- sect, i. 345; what it is, ib. n.
Hippocrates, life of, i. 457; an odd say- ing of, iii. 66
Hobbes, Thos. of Malmesbury, ii. 342, n. Holland, the Grand Seignior's threat against, ii. 344
Home, Sir Everard, account of the lam- prey, i. 281; on the apparent eyes of snails, 319, n.
Homer, his chain, ii. 346; his pining away upon the riddle of the fishermen not likely, 437
Honeycomb, quincuncial, ii. 529
Hooke, Robert, M.D. his experiments on the collision of flint and steel, i. 102 Hoopoe, iii. 211
Horæ combustæ, ii. 390 Horapollo, Dr. Young's account of him, i. 253
Horizon, rational and sensible, ii. 133 Horse, that he hath no gall, i. 232; ex- perimentally and accurately disproved, 233; remarks on the chapter, 234, n. Horse-pismire, Ctesias's story of a, i. 169 Horse-radish a cure for sore throat, i. 215, n.; the prefix horse explained, ib. n. Hospital, St. Bartholomew's, salary of the physician of, iii. 480 Hospital, St. Thomas's, larger than St. Bartholomew's, iii. 482
How, William, M.D. a correspondent of Sir Thomas Browne, i. xlvi. iii. 516 Howard, Henry, brother and successor of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, iii. 398 Howard, Philip, brother of the Duke of Norfolk, a Dominican, the queen's con- fessor, iii. 401
Hudibras, remarks on, iii. 308
Humming-birds, ii. 169
Husks of the prodigal, what, iii. 158
Huss, John, whether a martyr? ii. 360, n. Hydrophobia, cures for, i. 461 Hymn, a Turkish, iii. 220 Hypericon, or Fuga Dæmonis, a magical plant, i. 82, n.
Hyssop, what, iii. 155 and n.
IBIS, Egyptian tradition of, i. 259; Wren's note on this, ib. n.
Ice, not crystal, i. 94; will swim in water, 100, n.
Iceland, account of, in 1662, iii. 309 Ichneumonidæ deposit their eggs in some caterpillars, ii. 524
Idolatrous worship of cats, lizards, and beetles, i. 21, n.
Immortality of the soul doubted by an
Italian doctor because Galen seemed to doubt it, ii. 349; reflections on, iii. 41 Impossibilities, not enough in religion for an active faith, ii. 332
Impostors, the three, ii. 349
Imposture of popish relics, detected by the editor, i. 23, n.
In balneo, explained, i. 92, n.
India, account of a voyage to, iii. 518 Infirmity of human nature, the first cause of error, i. 7
Inquiry, neglect of, a great cause of error, i. 37
Iphigenia, fable of, founded on the narra-
tive of Jephthah and his daughter, ii. 49 Ireland, exempt from venomous creatures, spiders, toads, and snakes, ii. 157; which will die in earth brought thence, ib. n.; no spiders in the roof of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, because it is built of Irish timber, ib.
Iron, digestion of, by the ostrich, i. 334 Iron and steel have polarity, though not excited by the loadstone, i. 115; how far this assertion is true, ib. n. Isaac, sacrifice of, picture of, ii. 28 Isiodorus Pelusiota, errors of, i. 94, 166, 183 Israel, scutcheons of the tribes of, ii. 32; heraldry traced to the Bible by Bishop Hall, and by Morgan and Favine, 35 Israelites, not guilty of dishonesty against the Egyptians, i. 219, n.
Istria, remarkable for cripples, iii. 72 Ivy, that a cup made of it will separate wine from water, found incorrect, i. 216; different kinds of, ib.; remarks on, iii. 154, 386
JAEL and Sisera, picture of, questionable, ii. 76
Jansenius supposes the pigeon to have no gall, i. 236
Janus and Noah the same person, ii. 148 Japheth, age of, ii. 223
Jaundice, a magical cure for, iii. 402; a country remedy for, 406
Jephthah, the picture of, sacrificing his daughter, ii. 47; Adam Clarke's pro-
posed interpretation of the passage, ib. n.; doubtful meaning of the text, 49 Jericho. See Rose
Jerome, St. picture of, ii. 56
Jesse, Mr. remarks on miseltoe, i. 202 Jesuits, expelled from Venice, ii. 323; re- admitted in 1657, and why, 324, n. Jesus Christ, no salvation but to those who believe in, ii. 404; extract from J. J. Gurney, 405, n.; list of heresies respecting, at the Passover, ii. 22; pic- ture of, with long hair, 26; picture of, asleep in the ship, incorrect, 77; pic- ture of, on a pinnacle of the temple, ib.; meaning of the term, ib. n.; date of his nativity and passion, 113; astronomical attempts to decide this, ib.; concluding reflections on his first and second ad- vent, 118; that he never laughed, 261 Jet, and Amber, the electrics of the an- cients, i. 157
Jew, the wandering, his story detailed, ii. 273; Don Espriella's account of, 274, n. Jewish and Oriental feasts, pictures of, ii. 17
Jews, that they stink, i. 413; their diet, 419; their mode of feasting, see Feasts; their practice of sepulture, iii. 11, 12 Jew's ear, i. 214
Joan, Pope, fable of, ii. 274
Job, thought by some an Idumean, ii. 218 John the Baptist, picture of, in a camel's skin, ii. 50; concerning his food, 235 John the Evangelist. See St. John Johnson, Sam. LL.D. his Life of Sir Thomas Browne, i. ix. Joints of elephants, i. 220 Jonah's gourd, iii. 154 and n.
Jonas, Theodore, minister of Hitterdale, his account of Iceland, iii. 309 Judas Iscariot, how perished? ii. 354, n.; various accounts of his death, 242; crimes imputed to him, 268; doubted by Wren, ib. n.
Judgment, day of, ii. 393; its influence on our actions, ib.
Julian calendar, the, ii. 129 Juniper-tree, iii. 185
Juments (horses, oxen, and asses), why they have no eructation? i. 41 Justinus borrowed from Trogus Pompeius, i. 43; more properly epitomized, ib. n.
KALM, P. on the fascination of serpents, i.
Keck, Mr. Thomas, author of Annotations on Religio Medici, ii. 308 Kent, Long-tails of, legend of the, i. 420 King's evil, touching for, i. lxii. Kingfisher, conceit that if hanged by the bill it points to the wind, i. 270 Kings of Cologne, the three, ii. 232 Kiranides, his works collected from Har- pocration and others, and full of vanity, i. 69
Kirby, Rev. Wm. his opinion on quinary arrangement, ii. 555, n.
Kircher, Athanas, Jesuit, his assertion that the magnet will attract red-hot iron, i. 117, n.; his reason for the variation of the compass, 128; his opinion as to Ar- chimedes's burning glasses, ii. 278 Knorn (or Peganius), Christian, B. von Rosenroth, translated and edited Browne's works, in German, ii. 300 Knot, true lover's, ii. 82
Koran, various absurdities of it, i. 34; de- nied by Sale, ib. n.
LABARUM, the, of Constantine, ii. 501 Labyrinth of Crete, ii. 511
Lacepede, Count, opinion on the fascina- tion of serpents, i. 255 Lactantius, his opinion on the figure of the earth, i. 54
Lamb, vegetable, i. 376 Lambs-wool, what, iii. 465 Lamech, his speech, i. 16
Lamps, sepulchral, often obscene in their ornaments, iii. 26
Lampreys, that they have many eyes, i. 316 Land animals, supposed to exist also in their kind, in the sea, i. 344
Language, whether children would natu- rally, and if untaught, speak the primi- tive language of the world, ii. 91 Languages, remarks on, iii. 223 Lash, a provincialism, its meaning, ii. 559 Lead, not changed by aquafortis, i. 335 Leah, the mandrakes of, ii. 227 Learning, promotes humility, ii. 437; that of to-day unlearned to-morrow, ib. Leech, its supposed nutriment, i. 332, n. Leeks, of Egypt, iii. 159
Left side, errors regarding, i. 383, 385 Leibnitz, his account of a dog which could speak, i. 230, n.
Lemery, his experiment on the nature of earthquakes, i. 179, n.
Lentulus, his letter describing our Saviour, a forgery, ii. 26
Leo, John, called the African, ii. 318, n. Leo X. Pope, his profusion led to the Re- formation, ii. 319, n.
Lepanto, the battle of, ii. 433, n. L'Estrange, Sir Hamon, of Hunstanton, i. xlvi.
Lewenhoeck, his remark on codfish,
Libraries, public, how ancient, iii. 268, n.; Adam's, ib.
Libussa, princess of Bohemia, a great sor- ceress, iii. 439
Life, long, not to be desired, ii. 385; of several creatures discussed, ib. n. Lightning, extraordiuary instance of its effects, i. 208 Lilies, iii. 162
Lime, quick, increases the force of gun- powder, i. 181
Lindley, Professor, on the forbidden fruit, ii. 211, n.; on quinary arrangement in plants, 556, n. ; on the growth of misel. toe, i. 202, n.
Linnæus, his sexual system, i. 194, n. Linschotten, his account of porcelain, i. 187 Lion, afraid of a cock? i. 365; experi- ments, ib. n.
Lions' heads, why the common ornament of aqueducts, &c. ii. 85
Loadstone, many opinions concerning it which are true, i. 112
Lobster, has one claw sometimes longer than the other, i. 245; cause of this, and its cure, ib. n.
Longevity of the deer, i. 262; that of vari- ous other creatures, ib.; a very ancient opinion, ib.
Longitude and latitude, differences between ancient and modern compute, ii. 208 Longomontanus on the seventy weeks of Daniel, ii. 118
Lot's daughters, question respecting, ii. 260 Lot's wife, was her transformation real or metaphorical, ii. 241; Dr. Clarke's com- mentary on, 242, n. Lover's knot, ii. 82
Lucian, a plagiarist from Lucius Pratensis, i. 43 Luther, Martin, an Eremite friar; his Reformation, not the setting up of a new religion, but the restoration of the Christian religion to its primitive integ- rity, ii. 318
MACCULLOCH, Dr. on the process by which some insects, &c. reproduce their claws, i. 245, n.
Mace, clove, nutmeg, ginger, &c. vulgarly confounded, i. 199
Macedonian phalanx quincuncially ar- ranged, ii. 511
Macleay, W. S. on quinary arrangements, ii. 554, n.
Magicians of Egypt, i. 79, n.
Magic, how distinguished from philosophy,
ii. 367; of Satanic origin, i. 82; various absurdities of, ib.
Magirus. See Nature's Cabinet Magnesia, in Asia Minor, account of, i. 145, n.
Magnet. See Loadstone
Magnetic needle, its dip, i. 116; poles,
123; variation of the needle, 135; rocks and mountains, 143; these not occa- sioned by the presence of the loadstone, ib.; illustrations, ib. n.
Magnetism of the earth, i. 112; of the human body, 140
Mahomet, his delusions, i. 23; his camel, ii. 281; his tomb, absurdity of the stories respecting it, i. 147
Man, his nature, ii. 372; called a micro- cosm, ib. ; his soul immaterial, 378; Dr. Drake's remark, ib. n.; devoureth him-
self, 379; Moltke's notes on this singular passage, ib. n. ; the 12th part of, made for woman, 438; the whole world and breath of God; woman, the rib and crooked part of man, ib.; has one rib less than woman, ii. 215; his deceptible con- dition, i. 7; his fall, 8; originally de- ceived by Satan, ib. ; angels deceivable as well as he, 11; that he only hath an erect figure, 379; Wren says, incorrectly, baboons and apes also walk erect, ib. Mandeville, Sir John, adopts some of the assertions of Ctesias, i. 63; Dr. Mur- ray's account of his travels, ib. n. Mandrakes, many fables concerning them, i. 193; of Leah, ii. 227.
Mankind, on the origination of, ii. 104 Manuscripts left by, notice of them by the
editor where now preserved, i. vii. Ïxvii. Marsigli, Count, on coral, i. 185, n. Matthiolus says that garlic hinders the at- traction of the loadstone, i. 136; Ross believes it, ib. n.
Meat and drink, whether they go through different passages into the stomach, i. 408; danger of substances getting into the windpipe, 168, 410, n.
Medea, fable of her sorceries arose out of her knowledge of simples, i. 46 Medicine, students in, books useful to, iii.
Mendoza, Gonzales de, inquiries concern- ing porcelain, i. 187
Merlin begotten by the devil, ii. 260 Mermaids, &c. picture of, ii. 59; collec- tion of modern opinions about mer. maids, ib.
Merrett, Chr. M. D. his correspondence with Sir Thomas Browne, iii. 502 Merryweather, John, B.D. notice of, and his works, i. xv. xlii.; letter from, iii. 486
Meteorites, account of, i. 36, n. Metempsychosis, remarks on, ii. 379 and n. Methuselah the longest liver, ii. 216 Mice, whether bred of putrefaction? i. 378; Ross's note, showing him to be a stout believer of equivocal generation, ib. Milo, fable of his carrying a bull, ii. 279 Milton, quotation from, applied to Browne, i. xxxviii. n.
Minotaur, whence the fable of, i. 47 Miracles, the author thankful that he lived not in the days of, ii. 332; their cessa- tion, 362; of the Jesuits, ib.; of popish relics, ib.; Browne's life a miracle of thirty years, 444; Johnson's remarks on this passage, i. xiv.
Misapprehension and fallacy, causes of error, i. 26
Miselthrush, turdus viscivorus; why so called, i. 203
Miseltoe, supposed by the ancients to be produced from seeds dropt on trees by birds, especially thrushes, i. 201; va-
rious species of, 203, n.; magical virtues ascribed to it; the relic of Druidism, ib.
Mist, account of the, which happened Nov. 27, 1674, iii. 339
Moles, that they are blind, i. 312 Moltke, Levin Nicol von, or L. N. M. E.
N. his opinion of Religio Medici, ii. 299 Moly, mentioned by Homer, ii. 272 Monstrous productions, ii. 377; Blumen- bach reprobates the notion, ib. n. Montagu, Basil, Esq. extract from his lec- tures on Bacon, i. lxxi.
Months, how best computed, ii. 208 Moon, pictured with a human shape, ii. 74 Moore, Jonas, chief surveyor of fen drain- age, iii. 493
Morgan, Sylvanus, on nobility native and nobility dative, ii. 35
Moses, earlier writers than? ii. 355; pic- ture of, with horns, 29; occasioned by an ambiguity in a Hebrew word, ib.; perhaps the same person as Bacchus, 31; pictures of, praying between Hur and Aaron; several inconsistent with the Scriptural account, 76; his rod, for di- vination, 96
Motion of the heavens; whether on its cessation all things would perish? ii. 209; of animals, quincuncial, 534; propor- tion in the parts of motion, 537 Mountains, comparative height of. ii. 168 Mozer, Mr. his character of the European nations, ii. 424
Mugil, not the mullet, iii. 210 Multitude, the, "one great beast, more prodigious than hydra," erroneous dis- position of, the great cause of popular errors, i. 16; led rather by sense than reason, rather by example than precept, 18; led into idolatry, 21; examples of their delusion, 23
Mummies, Vansleb's account of, iii. 447; the quincuncial arrangement of their folds, ii. 532; the Statue Isiaca found about them, ib.
Mummy become merchandise, iii. 46 Musæum Clausum, an imaginary catalogue of lost books, iii. 268
Music, of love, ii. 438; the spheres, 439; philosophical theory of musical effect, ib.; remarks on the passage, ib. n.; tavern music, ib.
Mustard-seed, its size, iii. 167 Mutiny in the wilderness, i. 21 Myrtle, iii. 157
Myrrh, what, iii. 158 and n. Μύθικον, i. 44, Ι.
NAILS, superstitions about paring, ii. 84; spots in, popular presages from, 91; Cardan applied them to himself, ib.; how dyed red, 369
Names of plants, i. 214; errors springing from, ib.
Naphtha, ii. 347 n.; Creusa and Alexander's boy set on fire by, i. 328
Narborough, Capt. his voyage to the South Sea described in a letter from Dr. Edward Browne, iii. 527
Nard, the ointment of the Evangelists, ii. 229
Natural arrangement. See Quinary Nature's Cabinet Unlocked, professing to be by Browne; disclaimed, ii. 564 Navel. See Adam and Eve Navigation of the ancients, how performed, i. 130
Necromancy, belief in, a delusion of Satan, i. 82
Needle. See Magnetic needle
Negro slavery, its termination prophesied, iii. 264
Negroes, blackness of, ii. 180 News-letters, supplied the place of printed journals, iii. 467
Newton, Sir Isaac, at one period disposed to alchymy and astrology, i. lx Nicander, the poet, his works, i. 67 Nidor and fuligo, distinguished, ii. 198 Niger, its overflow, ii. 169
Night-mare, charm against, ii. 101 Nightingale, its tongue, i. 57; sitting against a thorn, 378
Nile, number of its mouths, ii. 163; sup- posed cause of the overflow of Nile, 170; various attempts to cut a canal from the Red Sea to it, 175; speculations on similar attempts, 176, n.
Nimrod the same as Belus, i. 147 Nineveh, larger than Babylon, ii. 511 Ninus, the same person as Assur, ii. 147 Niobe, fable of explained, i. 47 Noah, the same person as Janus, ii. 148; or the same as Saturn, 224 Norfolk birds, account of, iii. 311; fishes,
Norfolk provincialisms, iii. 233 and n. North-east passage, its discovery prophe- sied, iii. 266; Mr. Barrow's remarks on, ib. n.
Norwich, monuments in the cathedral of, iii. 277; thunderstorm at, 341 Noses, Moorish, ii. 187; inarching of, i. 269, n. See Taliacotius Nutmeg, what, i. 200
Nut-trees dug up in Marshland, iii. 499 Nycticorax, the night raven ? iii. 213 Nysus, a kind of hawk, iii. 213
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