Prophecies, predictions, Or where they abide, Stories and fictions, On this or that side, Allegories, rhymes, Or under the mid line And serious pastimes Of the Holland sheets fine, For all manner men, Or in the tropics fair Without regard when, Of sunshine and clear air, Or under the pole Of chimney and sea coal: Read they that list; understand they that can; _Verbum satis est_ to a wise man. BOOK OF RIDDLES. CHAPTER CCXXXII.—p. 357. THE DOCTOR'S FAMILY FEELING. It behoves the high For their own sakes to do things worthily. BEN JONSON. CHAPTER CCXXXIII.—p. 370. THE PETTY GERMAN PRINCES EXCELLENT PATRONS OF LITERATURE AND LEARNED MEN.—THE DUKE OF SAXE WEIMAR.—QUOTATION FROM BP. HACKET.—AN OPINION OF THE EXCELLENT MR. BOYLE.—A TENET OF THE DEAN OF CHALON, PIERRE DE ST. JULIEN,—AND A VERITABLE PLANTAGENET. _Ita nati estis, ut bona malaque vestra ad Rempublicam pertineant._ TACITUS. CHAPTER CCXXXIV.—p. 380. OPINION OF A MODERN DIVINE UPON THE WHEREABOUT OF NEWLY DEPARTED SPIRITS.—ST. JOHN'S BURIAL, ONE RELIC ONLY OF THAT SAINT, AND WHEREFORE.—A TALE CONCERNING ABRAHAM, ADAM AND EVE. _Je sçay qu'il y a plusieurs qui diront que je fais beaucoup de petits fats contes, dont je m'en passerois bien. Ouy, bien pour aucuns,—mais non pour moy, me contentant de m'en renouveller le souvenance, et en tirer autant de plaisir._ BRANTÔME. CHAPTER CCXXXV.—p. 389. THE SHORTEST AND PLEASANTEST WAY FROM DONCASTER TO JEDDAH, WITH MANY MORE, TOO LONG. _Πόνος πόνῳ πόνον φέρει Πᾶ πᾶ γὰρ οὐκ ἔβαν ἐγώ._ SOPHOCLES. CHAPTER CCXXXVI.—p. 418. CHARITY OF THE DOCTOR IN HIS OPINIONS.—MASON THE POET.—POLITICAL MEDICINE.—SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE.—CERVANTES.—STATE PHYSICIANS.—ADVANTAGE TO BE DERIVED FROM, WHETHER TO KING, CABINET, LORDS OR COMMONS.—EXAMPLES.—PHILOSOPHY OF POPULAR EXPRESSIONS.—COTTON MATHER.—CLAUDE PAJON AND BARNABAS OLEY.—TIMOTHY ROGERS AND MELANCHOLY. Go to! You are a subtile nation, you physicians, And grown the only cabinets in court! B. JONSON. CHAPTER CCXXXVII.—p. 437. MORE MALADIES THAN THE BEST PHYSICIANS CAN PREVENT BY REMEDIES.—THE DOCTOR NOT GIVEN TO QUESTIONS, AND OF THE POCO-CURANTE SCHOOL AS TO ALL THE POLITICS OF THE DAY. A slight answer to an intricate and useless question is a fit cover to such a dish; a cabbage leaf is good enough to cover a pot of mushrooms. JEREMY TAYLOR. CHAPTER CCXXXVIII.—p. 442. SIMONIDES.—FUNERAL POEMS.—UNFEELING OPINION IMPUTED TO THE GREEK POET, AND EXPRESSED BY MALHERBE.—SENECA.—JEREMY TAYLOR AND THE DOCTOR ON WHAT DEATH MIGHT HAVE BEEN, AND WERE MEN WHAT CHRISTIANITY WOULD MAKE THEM, MIGHT BE. _Intendale chi può; che non è stretto Alcuno a creder pïu di quel che vuole._ ORLANDO INNAMORATO. CHAPTER CCXXXIX.—p. 449.