  | PAGE | | Prefatory Note by the Editor | v | | Annotations upon ‘Religio Medici,’ | ix | | A Letter sent upon the information of Animadversions, | 1 | | To the Reader" | 3 | | RELIGIO MEDICI | 7 | | PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA | 113 | | To the Reader, | 115 | | The First Book: | | | 1. Of the Causes of Common Errors, | 121 | | 2. A further Illustration of the same, | 127 | 3. Of the second cause of Popular Errors; the
erroneous disposition of the People, | 132 | 4. Of the nearer and more Immediate Causes
of Popular Errors, | 140 | | 5. Of Credulity and Supinity, | 147 | | 6. Of Adherence unto Antiquity, | 152 | | 7. Of Authority, | 161 | | 8. A brief enumeration of Authors, | 168 | | 9. Of the Same, | 178 | 10. Of the last and common Promoter of false
Opinions, the endeavours of Satan, | 182 | | 11. A further Illustration, | 193 | | The Second Book: | | 1. Of Crystal, | 202 | | 2. Concerning the Loadstone, | 216 | | 3. Concerning the Loadstone, | 233 | | 4. Of Bodies Electrical, | 254 | 5. Compendiously of sundry other common
Tenents, concerning Mineral and Terreous
Bodies, | 262 | 6. Of sundry Tenets concerning Vegetables or
Plants, | 285 | 7. Of some Insects, and the Properties of
several Plants, | 299 | | The Third Book, Chapters I.-X.: | | 1. Of the Elephant, | 308 | | 2. Of the Horse, | 314 | | 3. Of the Dove, | 317 | | 4. Of the Bever, | 321 | | 5. Of the Badger, | 326 | | 6. Of the Bear, | 328 | | 7. Of the Basilisk, | 331 | | 8. Of the Wolf, | 338 | | 9. Of the Deer, | 340 | | 10. Of the King-fisher, | 340 |
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