Pseudodoxia Epidemica

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1. 01Full text
2. 02OR ENQUIRIES
3. 03INTO VERY MANY RECEIVED
4. 04TENENTS AND COMMONLY
5. 05PRESUMED TRUTHS
6. 06TO THE READER
7. 07THOMAS BROWN.
8. 08THE POSTSCRIPT
9. 09THE FIRST BOOK
10. 10OR GENERAL PART
11. 11CHAPTER I
12. 12CHAPTER II
13. 13CHAPTER III
14. 14CHAPTER IV
15. 15CHAPTER V
16. 16CHAPTER VI
17. 17second Book whereof containing the exploit of Sinon and the Trojan
18. 18CHAPTER VII
19. 19CHAPTER VIII
20. 20CHAPTER IX
21. 21CHAPTER X
22. 22CHAPTER XI
23. 23THE SECOND BOOK
24. 24CHAPTER I
25. 25CHAPTER II
26. 26CHAPTER III
27. 27CHAPTER IV
28. 28CHAPTER V
29. 295. Of white powder and such as is discharged without report, there is no
30. 30CHAPTER VI
31. 31CHAPTER VII
32. 32THE THIRD BOOK
33. 33CHAPTER I
34. 34CHAPTER II
35. 35CHAPTER III
36. 36CHAPTER IV
37. 37CHAPTER V
38. 38CHAPTER VI
39. 39CHAPTER VII
40. 40CHAPTER VIII
41. 41CHAPTER IX
42. 42CHAPTER X
43. 43Volume II
44. 44THE THIRD BOOK (continued):
45. 4511. Of Griffins, 1
46. 4612. Of the Phœnix, 4
47. 4713. Of Frogs, Toads, and Toad-stone, 13
48. 4814. Of the Salamander, 18
49. 4915. Of the Amphisbæna, 22
50. 5016. Of the Viper, 26
51. 5117. Of Hares, 33
52. 5218. Of Moles, or Molls, 42
53. 5319. Of Lampries, 46
54. 5420. Of Snayls, 48
55. 5521. Of the Chameleon, 50
56. 5622. Of the Ostrich, 62
57. 5723. Of Unicorns Horn, 66
58. 5826. Of Sperma-Ceti, and the Sperma-Ceti Whale, 85
59. 5928. Of some others, 103
60. 60THE FOURTH BOOK:
61. 611. Of the Erectness of Man, 109
62. 622. Of the Heart, 113
63. 633. Of Pleurisies, 116
64. 644. Of the Ring-finger, 117
65. 655. Of the right and left Hand, 122
66. 666. Of Swimming and Floating, 134
67. 678. Of the passage of Meat and Drink, 142
68. 689. Of Sneezing, 144
69. 6910. Of the Jews, 147
70. 7011. Of Pigmies, 155
71. 7112. Of the great Climacterical year, that is, Sixty-three, 160
72. 7213. Of the Canicular or Dog daies, 183
73. 73THE FIFTH BOOK:
74. 741. Of the Picture of the Pelecan, 202
75. 752. Of the Picture of Dolphins, 205
76. 763. Of the Picture of a Grashopper, 207
77. 774. Of the Picture of the Serpent tempting Eve, 209
78. 785. Of the Picture of Adam and Eve with Navels, 212
79. 796. Of the Pictures of Eastern Nations, and the Jews at
80. 807. Of the Picture of our Saviour with long hair, 224
81. 818. Of the Picture of Abraham sacrificing Isaac, 226
82. 829. Of the Picture of Moses with horns, 227
83. 8310. Of the Scutcheons of the Tribes of Israel, 229
84. 8411. Of the Pictures of the Sibyls, 233
85. 8512. Of the Picture describing the death of Cleopatra, 235
86. 8613. Of the Pictures of the Nine Worthies, 237
87. 8714. Of the Picture of Jephthah sacryficing his daughter, 241
88. 8815. Of the Picture of John the Baptist, 245
89. 8916. Of the Picture of St. Christopher, 247
90. 9017. Of the Picture of St. George, 249
91. 9118. Of the Picture of Jerom, 251
92. 9219. Of the Pictures of Mermaids, Unicorns, and some others, 253
93. 9320. Of the Hieroglyphical Pictures of the Egyptians, 258
94. 9421. Of the Picture of Haman hanged, 260
95. 9523. Of some others, 276
96. 96THE SIXTH BOOK:
97. 972. Of mens Enquiries in what season or Point of the
98. 983. Of the Divisions of the seasons and four Quarters
99. 994. Of some computation of days and deductions of one part
100. 1007. Of East and West, 338
101. 1018. Of the River Nilus, 349
102. 1029. Of the Red Sea, 363
103. 10310. Of the Blackness of Negroes, 367
104. 10411. Of the same, 380
105. 10513. Of Gypsies, 395
106. 10614. Of some others, 397
107. 107PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA
108. 108THE THIRD BOOK--continued
109. 109CHAPTER XI
110. 110CHAPTER XII
111. 111CHAPTER XIII
112. 112CHAPTER XIV
113. 113CHAPTER XV
114. 114CHAPTER XVI
115. 115CHAPTER XVII
116. 116CHAPTER XVIII
117. 117CHAPTER XIX
118. 118CHAPTER XX
119. 119CHAPTER XXI
120. 120CHAPTER XXII
121. 121CHAPTER XXIII
122. 122CHAPTER XXIV
123. 123CHAPTER XXV
124. 124CHAPTER XXVI
125. 125CHAPTER XXVII
126. 126CHAPTER XXVIII
127. 127THE FOURTH BOOK
128. 128CHAPTER I
129. 129CHAPTER II
130. 130CHAPTER III
131. 131CHAPTER IV
132. 132CHAPTER V
133. 133CHAPTER VI
134. 134CHAPTER VII
135. 135CHAPTER VIII
136. 136CHAPTER IX
137. 137CHAPTER X
138. 138CHAPTER XI
139. 139CHAPTER XII
140. 140CHAPTER XIII
141. 141THE FIFTH BOOK
142. 142CHAPTER I
143. 143CHAPTER II
144. 144CHAPTER III
145. 145CHAPTER IV
146. 146CHAPTER V
147. 147CHAPTER VI
148. 148CHAPTER VII
149. 149CHAPTER VIII
150. 150CHAPTER IX
151. 151CHAPTER X
152. 152CHAPTER XI
153. 153CHAPTER XII
154. 154CHAPTER XIII
155. 155CHAPTER XIV
156. 156CHAPTER XV
157. 157CHAPTER XVI
158. 158CHAPTER XVII
159. 159CHAPTER XVIII
160. 160CHAPTER XIX
161. 161CHAPTER XX
162. 162CHAPTER XXI
163. 163CHAPTER XXII
164. 164CHAPTER XXIII
165. 165THE SIXTH BOOK
166. 166CHAPTER I
167. 167CHAPTER II
168. 168CHAPTER III
169. 169CHAPTER IV
170. 170CHAPTER V
171. 171CHAPTER VI
172. 172CHAPTER VII
173. 173CHAPTER VIII
174. 174CHAPTER IX
175. 175CHAPTER X
176. 176CHAPTER XI
177. 177CHAPTER XII
178. 178CHAPTER XIII
179. 179CHAPTER XIV
180. 180Volume III
181. 181PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA--
182. 182THE SEVENTH BOOK:
183. 1831. Of the Forbidden Fruit, 1
184. 1843. Of Methuselah, 8
185. 1855. Of Sem, Ham, and Japhet, 15
186. 1867. Of the Mandrakes of Leah, 19
187. 1878. Of the three Kings of Collein, 25
188. 1889. Of the food of John Baptist, Locust and Wild Honey, 27
189. 18912. Of the Cessation of Oracles, 39
190. 19013. Of the death of Aristotle, 42
191. 19114. Of the Wish of Philoxenus, 49
192. 19215. Of the Lake Asphaltites, 52
193. 19316. Of divers other Relations, 56
194. 19417. Of some others, 65
195. 19519. Of some Relations whose truth we fear, 81