The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3Browne, Thomas, Sir
Religion
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3
Browne, Thomas, Sir
Christianity; Ethics; Religion and medicine
15. Spirits and Salt of _Sargasso_ made in the Western Ocean covered
with that Vegetable; excellent against the Scurvy.
16. An extract of _Cachundè_ or _Liberans_ that famous and highly
magnified Composition in the _East Indies_ against Melancholy.
17. _Diarhizon mirificum_; or an unparallel'd Composition of the most
effectual and wonderfull Roots in Nature.
℞ _Rad. Butuæ Cuamensis.
Rad. Moniche Cuamensis.
Rad. Mongus Bazainensis.
Rad. Casei Baizanensis.
Rad. Columbæ Mozambiguensis.
Gim Sem Sinicæ.
Fo Lim lac Tigridis dictæ.
Fo seu.
Cort. Rad. Soldæ.
Rad. Ligni Solorani.
Rad. Malacensis madrededios dictæ an._ ℥ij.
_M. fiat pulvis, qui cum gelatinâ Cornu cervi Moschati Chinensis
formetur in massas oviformes._
18. A transcendent Perfume made of the richest Odorates of both the
_Indies_, kept in a Box made of the Muschie Stone of _Niarienburg_, with
this Inscription,
----_Deos rogato
Totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, Nasum._
19. A _Clepselæa_, or Oil Hour-glass, as the Ancients used those of
Water.
20. A Ring found in a Fishes Belly taken about _Gorro_; conceived to be
the same wherewith the Duke of _Venice_ had wedded the Sea.
21. A neat Crucifix made out of the cross Bone of a Frogs Head.
22. A large Agath containing a various and careless Figure, which looked
upon by a Cylinder representeth a perfect Centaur. By some such
advantages King _Pyrrhus_ might find out _Apollo_ and the nine Muses in
those Agaths of his whereof _Pliny_ maketh mention.
23. _Batrachomyomachia_, or the Homerican Battel between Frogs and Mice,
neatly described upon the Chizel Bone of a large Pike's Jaw.
24. _Pyxis Pandoræ_, or a Box which held the _Unguentum Pestiferum_,
which by anointing the Garments of several persons begat the great and
horrible Plague of _Milan_.
25. A Glass of Spirits made of Æthereal Salt, Hermetically sealed up,
kept continually in Quick-silver; of so volatile a nature that it will
scarce endure the Light, and therefore onely to be shown in Winter, or
by the light of a Carbuncle, or Bononian Stone.
* * * * *
He who knows where all this Treasure now is, is a great _Apollo_. I'm
sure I am not He. However, I am,
_Sir, Yours_, etc.
A
LETTER
to a
FRIEND
upon occasion of the
DEATH
OF HIS
Intimate Friend
1690
A LETTER TO A FRIEND,
Upon Occasion of the
Death of his Intimate Friend.
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