PREFATORY NOTE
CONTENTS
PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA
THE THIRD BOOK continued
CHAPTER XI Of Griffins.
CHAPTER XII Of the Phoenix.
CHAPTER XIII Of Frogs, Toads, and Toad-stone.
CHAPTER XIV Of the Salamander.
CHAPTER XV Of the AmphisbAEna.
CHAPTER XVI Of the Viper.
CHAPTER XVII Of Hares.
CHAPTER XVIII Of Moles, or Molls.
CHAPTER XIX Of Lampries.
CHAPTER XX Of Snayls.
CHAPTER XXI Of the Chameleon.
CHAPTER XXII Of the Ostrich.
CHAPTER XXIII Of Unicorns Horn.
CHAPTER XXIV That all Animals of the Land, are in their kind in the Sea.
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI Of Sperma-Ceti, and the Sperma-Ceti Whale.
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII Of some others.
THE FOURTH BOOK Of many popular and received Tenents concerning
CHAPTER I Of the Erectness of Man.
CHAPTER II Of the Heart.
CHAPTER III Of Pleurisies.
CHAPTER IV Of the Ring-finger.
CHAPTER V Of the right and left Hand.
CHAPTER VI Of Swimming and Floating.
CHAPTER VII Concerning Weight.
CHAPTER VIII Of the passage of Meat and Drink.
CHAPTER IX Of Sneezing.
CHAPTER X Of the Jews.
CHAPTER XI Of Pigmies.
CHAPTER XII Of the great Climacterical year, that is, Sixty three.
CHAPTER XIII Of the Canicular or Dog daies.
THE FIFTH BOOK Of many things questionable as they are commonly described in Pictures.
CHAPTER I Of the Picture of the Pelecan.
CHAPTER II Of the Picture of Dolphins.
CHAPTER III Of the Picture of a Grashopper.
CHAPTER IV Of the Picture of the Serpent tempting Eve.
CHAPTER V Of the Picture of Adam and Eve with Navels.
CHAPTER VI Of the Pictures of Eastern Nations, and the Jews at
CHAPTER VII Of the Picture of our Saviour with long hair.
CHAPTER VIII Of the Picture of Abraham sacrificing Isaac .
CHAPTER IX Of the Picture of Moses with horns.
CHAPTER X Of the Scutcheons of the Tribes of Israel.
CHAPTER XI Of the Pictures of the Sibyls .
CHAPTER XII Of the Picture describing the death of Cleopatra .
CHAPTER XIII Of the Pictures of the Nine Worthies.
CHAPTER XIV Of the Picture of Jephthah sacryficing his daughter.
CHAPTER XV Of the Picture of John the Baptist.
CHAPTER XVI Of the Picture of St. Christopher .
CHAPTER XVII Of the Picture of St. George .
CHAPTER XVIII Of the Picture of Jerom .
CHAPTER XIX Of the Pictures of Mermaids , Unicorns , and some others.
CHAPTER XX Of the Hieroglyphical Pictures of the Egyptians .
CHAPTER XXI Of the Picture of Haman hanged.
CHAPTER XXII Compendiously of many questionable Customs,
CHAPTER XXIII Of some others.
THE SIXTH BOOK Of sundry common opinions Cosmographical and Historical
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII Of East, and West.
CHAPTER VIII Of the River Nilus .
CHAPTER IX Of the Red Sea.
CHAPTER X Of the Blackness of Negroes .
CHAPTER XI Of the same.
CHAPTER XII A Digression concerning Blackness.
CHAPTER XIII Of Gypsies.
CHAPTER XIV Of some others.
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