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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.

204

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

59, n.

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.

255

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,

iii. 464

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.

483

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.

VOL. III.

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

Nazarites, ii. 27

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,

323

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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