The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 1
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Browne Thomas. The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 1
PREFATORY NOTE
ANNOTATIONS UPON RELIGIO MEDICI
THE ANNOTATOR TO THE READER
ANNOTATIONS UPON RELIGIO MEDICI
A Letter sent upon the information of Animadversions to come forth, upon the imperfect and surreptitious copy of Religio Medici, whilst this true one was going to Press
TO THE READER
RELIGIO MEDICI
PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA OR ENQUIRIESINTO VERY MANY RECEIVEDTENENTS AND COMMONLYPRESUMED TRUTHS
TO THE READER
THE FIRST BOOK. OR GENERAL PART
CHAPTER I. Of the Causes of Common Errors
CHAPTER II. A further Illustration of the same
CHAPTER III. Of the second cause of Popular Errors; the erroneous disposition of the People
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V. Of Credulity and Supinity
CHAPTER VI. Of adherence unto Antiquity
CHAPTER VII. Of Authority
CHAPTER VIII. A brief enumeration of Authors
CHAPTER IX. Of the Same
CHAPTER X. Of the last and common Promoter of falseOpinions, the endeavours of Satan
CHAPTER XI. A further Illustration
THE SECOND BOOK. Of sundry popular Tenets concerningMineral, and vegetable bodies, generallyheld for truth; which examined, proveeither false, or dubious
CHAPTER I. Of Crystal
CHAPTER II. Concerning the Loadstone
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV. Of Bodies Electrical
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII. Of some Insects, and the properties of several Plants
THE THIRD BOOK. Of divers popular and received Tenets concerning Animals, which examined, prove either false or dubious
CHAPTER I. Of the Elephant
CHAPTER II. Of the Horse
CHAPTER III. Of the Dove
CHAPTER IV. Of the Bever
CHAPTER V. Of the Badger
CHAPTER VI. Of the Bear
CHAPTER VII. Of the Basilisk
CHAPTER VIII. Of the Wolf
CHAPTER IX. Of the Deer
CHAPTER X. Of the King-fisher
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A. Gellius (noct. Attic. l. 20. cap. ult.) notes some Books that had strange Titles; Pliny (Prefat. Nat. Hist.) speaking of some such, could not pass them over without a jeer: So strange (saith he) are the Titles of some Books, Ut multos ad vadimonium deferendum compellant. And Seneca saith, some such there are, Qui patri obstetricem parturienti filiæ accersenti moram injicere possint. Of the same fate this present Tract Religio Medici hath partaken: Exception by some hath been taken to it in respect of its Inscription, which say they, seems to imply that Physicians have a Religion by themselves, which is more than Theologie doth warrant: but it is their Inference, and not the Title that is to blame; for no more is meant by that, or endeavoured to be prov'd in the Book then that (contrary to the opinion of the unlearned) Physitians have Religion as well as other men.
The German, to do him right, hath in his Annotations given a fair specimen of his learning, shewing his skill in the Languages, as well antient as modern; as also his acquaintance with all manner of Authors, both sacred and profane, out of which he has ammas'd a world of Quotations: but yet, not to mention that he hath not observed some Errors of the Press, and one or two main ones of the Latin Translation, whereby the Author is much injured; it cannot be denyed but he hath pass'd over many hard places untoucht, that might deserve a Note; that he hath made Annotations on some, where no need was; in the explication of others hath gone besides the true sense.
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The Turk in the bulk that he now stands, is beyond all hope of conversion. ] That is, in respect of his great strength, against which it is not probable the Christians will prevail, as it is observed by Monsieur de Silhon. La Race des Ottomans (saith he) quæ oste a Dieu la Religion qu'il a revelee, et aux hommes la liberte que le droit des Gens leur laisse a fait tant de progres depuis trois Cens et quelques annees qu'il semble qu'elle n'ait plus rien a craindre de dehorse, et que son empire ne puisse perir que par la corruption de dedans, et par la dissolution des parties qui composent un corps si vaste. Mr. de Silhon en son Minist. D'Estat. l. 1. c.
To instance in some Particulars: with what an inconsiderable strength did he enterprize the conquest of Egypt, and afterwards went to attaque the forces of Scipio and Juba, which were ten times more than his own? after the Battle of Pharsalia, having sent his Army before into Asia, and crossing the Hellespont with one single Vessel, he there meets Lucius Cassius with ten men of War, he makes up to him, summons him to render, and he does it. In the famous and furious siege of Alexia, where he had 80,000 men to make defence against him, and an Army of one hundred and nine thousand Horse, and two hundred and forty thousand foot, all marching towards him, to raise his siege; yet for all that he would not quit the siege, but first fought with those without, and obtain'd a great Victory over them, and soon afterwards brought the besieged to his mercy.
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