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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37219	A memorial for the learned, or, Miscellany of choice collections from most eminent authors in history, philosophy, physick, and heraldry / by J.D., Gent.	J. D., Gent.; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.	1686 (1686)	Wing D38; ESTC R18713	93,900	252

ever shall strictly examine both Extreams will easily perceive there is not only Obscurity in its end but its beginning that as its Period is inscrutable so is its Nativity indeterminable For first The Histories of the Gentiles afford us slender Satisfaction for some thereof and those the wisest amongst them are so far from determining its beginning that they opine and maintain it never had any at all as Epicurus and Aristotle declare Thus the Heathens afford us no satisfaction herein for the Account of their ancientest Records arise no higher than 95 years after the Flood Now what is delivered in holy Scripture is most likely to manifest the truth and what is set down in the sacred Chronology of Moses who distinctly sets down this Account But amongst the Christians this Account hath received many Interpretations and many have differed much herein But that which agreeth to most learned Men and most inquisitive herein is wherein ours was 1645 it is from the year of the World 7154 which Account they reckon by at Constantinople and by the Muscovite and many more Thus seeing the wide Dissent of mens Opinions the Hebrews not only dissenting from the Samaritans the Latins from the Greeks but every one from another Insomuch that all can be in the right it is impossible that any one is so not with assurance determinable The End of the Sixth Book The Seventh Book Concerning many Historical Tenents generally received and some deduced from the History of holy Scripture CHAP. I. Of the forbidden Fruit. THAT the forbidden Fruit of Paradise was an Apple is commonly believed and confirmed by Tradition and some from thence have derived the Latin word Malum because that Fruit was the first occasion of Evil wherein notwithstanding Determinations are presumptuous and many are of another belief for some have conceived it a Vine others a Fig. Again Some Fruits pass under the Name of Adam's Apples which in common acceptation admit not that Appellation described by Mathiolus to be a very fair Fruit and not unlike a Citron but somewhat rougher chopt and cranied vulgarly conceived the Marks of Adam's Teeth But yet we cannot from hence infer they were this Fruit in question no more than Arbor Vitae so called to obtain its Name from the Tree of Life in Paradise or Arbor Judae to be the fame which supplied the Gibbet unto Judas Again There is no Determination in the Text wherein is only particularized that it was the Fruit of a Tree good for Food and pleasant unto the Eye in which regards many excel the Apple and therefore learned Men do wisely conceive it inexplicable and Philo puts Determination unto Despair when he affirmeth the same kind of Fruit was never produced since Now the Ground or Reason that occasioned this expression by an Apple might be the Community of this Fruit and which is often taken for any other And to speak strictly in this Appellation they placed it more safely than any other for beside the great variety of Apples the word in Greek comprehendeth Oranges Lemmons Citrons Quinces and as Ruellius defineth 〈◊〉 Fruits as have no Stone within and a soft Covering without Since therefore after this Fruit Curiosity 〈◊〉 enquireth we shall surcease our Inquisition rather troubled that it was tasted than troubling our selves in its Decision Here many likewise strive to 〈◊〉 the species of the Serpent that deceived but to the same purpose CHAP. II. That a Man hath one Rib less than a Woman THAT a Man hath one Rib less than a Woman is a common Conceit derived from Genesis wherein it stands delivered that Eve was framed out of the Rib of Adam But this will not consist with Reason or Inspection for if we survey the Skeleton of both Sexes and therein the Compage of Bones we shall readily discover that Men and Women have 24 Ribs that is 12 on each side 7 greater annexed unto the Sternon and 〈◊〉 lesser which come short thereof CHAP. III. Of the Death of Aristotle THAT Aristotle drowned himself in Euripus as despairing to resolve the cause of its Reciprocation or Ebb and Flow 7 times a day with this Determination Si quidem ego non capio te tu capies me was the Assertion of learned Authors and is generally believed among us Now an Euripus is any Strait Fret or Channel of the Sea running between two Shores But to pass this over Diogenes Laertius tells us That being accused of Impiety he withdrew into Chalcis where drinking Poyson he died And Apollodorus That he died there of a natural Death in his 63d or great Climacterical year It is likewise false what is said of this Euripus of its Ebb and Flow 7 times a day for as we have it from very good Evidence it ebbeth and floweth by 6 hours as it doth at Venice Primus sapientiae gradus est falsa intelligere AN ABRIDGMENT OF HONOUR Priviledges due to Gentility FROM the word Gentil-homme or Gentleman unde Gentil-hombre which we received from the French for till the Normans we had it not we made out this word Gentleman which was before called Aedel But this word Generosus hath been in use Generosus amongst us but since the Time of Henry the Eighth since when it hath been constantly used for a Gentleman of what sort soever if he had no Title above it Some of the Priviledges to Gentlemen are these 1. In Crimes of equal Constitution His Punishment provided not capital a Gentleman shall be punished with more favour than a common Person 2. In giving Evidence he hath much Evidence the precedence as also in Elections by Vote 3. The Clow●● may not challenge a Combat Gentleman to Combat quia conditione impares Many others there he but it would be too tedious to insert them I refer the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sir John Fern his Glory of Generosi●● To the making of which Gentleman A compleat Gentleman perfect in his Blood was required a lineal descent of the part of his Fathers side from Atavus Abavus Proavus Avus and Pater And as much on the Mothers Line then he is not only a Gentleman of Blood perfect but of Ancestors too Of the Esquire THE division of these Dignities of Honour Titles of Honour by the addition of a Knight-Baronet is into 13 parts The first 5 only Noble as the Gentleman Esquire Knight-Batchelor Knight-Banneret and Knight-Baronet The other 8 Princely and are allowed Coronets as the Baron Viscount Earl Marquess Duke Prince King and Emperor The Esquire or Escuyer 〈◊〉 called in 〈◊〉 The Esquire Armiger but more anciently Scaliger 〈◊〉 the Office of bearing a Shield as 〈◊〉 upon a Knight and were 〈◊〉 ordinis Candidati in the Field Of these there are 4 sorts By 〈◊〉 by Birth by Dignity and by Office The Esquire by Creation are the Heralds By Creation and Serjeants at Arms and are sometimes made by Patent The King gives them a silver Spur from whence they

abrogated 87 Stews put down 93 A great Sleeper ibid Serges made in England 100 A Star at Noon at King Charles the 2ds Birth 107 T. ORders of Templers Page 49 Wonderful Accident of Thunder 51 Thames almost dry 50 Decrease of Teeth in Men. 68 1500 executed for Treason 69 Five M●●n hang'd at Tyburn yet lived after 77 A wonderful Tempest 97 Tobacco brought into England 99 U. UTer Page 4 A strange Vision 89 A miraculous Victory 94 W. WIlliam sirnamed Rufus Page 10 His Expedition into Normandy 11 Death and Burial ibid Wales subdu'd 17 Woolsey Cardinal 30 Woolston's Miracle 48 Westminster first built 49 Prince of Wales whence first 59 Wales and England united Apparel for Whores 67 King Edward and the Widow 81 A large Whale taken 101 〈◊〉 brought to London 104 Y. YEomen of the Guard first instituted Page 86 Collections of Life and Death NAture durable and not durable in Stones Metals Page 111 In Herbs and Fruit-trees 112 Length and shortness of Life in Creatures viz. The Elephant Camel Dog Sow Vultures ib Birds Fishes Crocodiles tame Animals 113 Of Nourishment 114 To make large Fruit. ibid Where Men live longest ibid To try Healthfulness of Air Signs of long Life Medicines for long Life Blood-letting Strong Liquors and Spices Spare Diet Exercise 115 Of Joys Grief and Fear Anger and Envy Pity and Shame Love and Hope Admiration 116 Chief Promoters of Longaevity Desarts and Mountains Anointings Sweatings Woollen Clysters Bathing Meats c. 117 118 The Porches of Death SUdden Death Poysons Extream Passions Strangling Page 119 To recal Life if possible 120 Collections of Natural History containing many choice Experiments viz. PErcolation Separating Bodies by weight c. To make Vines fruitful Meats and Drinks most nourishing An admirable Drink To keep long under Water To prolong Life Make Drink fresh Keep Fruit green Ripen Apples To make Gold Accelerate Growth Make Whelps little Preserving Rose-leaves Candles long last To make a hot Bed Fruit grow into shape To make Inscriptions on Trees Fruit without Core or Stone To try Seeds if good When to gather Fruits Easiest Death Of Drunkenness Prognosticks of unwholsom Years Induration of Quick-silver Apples without Core Raise Water by Flame Of Sneezing Audacity Food beneficial to the Brain To help Courage and Ingenuity Infallibly to take away Warts From Page 121. to Page 132. Vulgar Errors First Book THeir Causes Page 132 A further Illustration 133 Second Cause 135 Nearer and more immediate Causes in wise and common sort of People viz. Misapprehension Fallacy Credulity Supinity Adherence to Authority Antiquity and Tradition 137 Brief Enumeration of Authors 141 Of the same 143 The last Promoter of Common Errors Satan 144 Second Book OF Chrystal Page 145 Of the Loadstone 148 Of Bodies Electrical 149 Tenents of Vegetables 151 Insects and Properties of Plants 153 Third Book OF the Elephant Page 154 Of the Horse 155 Of the Dove 156 Of the Bever 157 Of the Badger 158 Of the Bear ibid Of the Basilisk 159 Of the Wolf 160 Of the Deer 161 Of the Kingfisher 163 Of Griffins 164 Of the Phoenix 165 Of Frogs Toads and Toadstone 166 Of the Salamander 167 Of the Amphisbaena 168 Of the Viper 169 Of Hares 170 Of Moles 171 Of Lampries 172 Of Snails 173 Of the Chameleon 174 Of the Ostrich 175 Of the Unicorns Horn. 176 That all Animals of the Land are in the Sea 177 Common course of Diet and choice or abstinence from sundry Animals 178 Of Sperma Ceti 179 Tenents of Animals false or dub●● 180 Swans Melody ibid The Peacock ibid Of the Stork Toad Spider Lion Cock Snakes 181 Fourth Book Of the Erectness of Man 182 Of the Heart 184 Of Plurisies and 185 the Ring-finger 185 Of the right and left Hand 186 Of Swimming and Floating 187 Of Weight 188 Passages of Meat and Drink 189 Of Sneezing 190 Of the Jews 191 Of Pigmies 193 Fifth Book OF Pictures First Of the Pelican Page 194 Picture of the Dolphin 195 Serpent and Eve 196 Pictures of Eastern Nations c. 197 Sixth Book OF the Beginning of the World 199 Seventh Book HIstorical Tenents Of the forbidden Fruit. 199 That a Man has one Rib less than a Woman 203 The Death of Aristotle 204 Abridgment of Honour PRiviledges due to the Gentry 205 Of the Esquire 206 Of Knighthood in general and the Knight-Batchelor 207 Of the Knight of the Bath 208 Of Bannerets 209 Of Baronets 210 Of Barons 211 Of a Bishop 212 The Viscount 213 Count or Earl 213 The Marquess 213 Of the Duke 214 Of the Archbishop ibid The Prince 215 The King 216 Of Women 217 ●●edence amongst the Peers of England 218 A short MEMORIAL OF English History Beginning before the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar and from thence continued to the year 1686. BRITAIN THE length of Britain from Length and breadth of Britain the Luzard-point Southward in Cornwal to the Straithy-head in Scotland containeth 624 miles The breadth from the Lands-end in Cornwal in the West unto the Island Tenet in the East containeth 340 miles A Place so well stored with all necessary Commodities for this Life that our English Lucan thus sings The fairest Land that from her thrusts the rest As if she cared not for the World beside A World within her self with Wonders blest England's Dimension in length from Length and breadth of England Barwick to the Lands-end is 386 miles In breadth from Sandwich to the Lands-end 279. In compass about 1300 miles The first Inhabitants of this Island were The first Inhabitants derived from the Gauls and anciently few and those of the better sort only did wear any sort of Cloathing Their Wives were 10 or 12 which they Their Wives held common amongst Parents and Brethren yet was the Issue reputed his only who first married the Mother when she was a Maid It is observable in the time of the Romans A valiant Queen of one Boadicea Queen to Pratiosagus after her Husband's Death receiving Incivilities from the Romans opposed her self against them and in one Battel slew 80000 of them and got several other great Victories but at length she was vanquished in Battel when rather than live subject to her Foes she poysoned her self The Romans were opposed 100 years nor were the Britains then subdued but by their own Divisions An. Mun. 3913. Julius Caesar first took Romans first ●●ed Britain Footing in Britain about Deal besore Christ 54. In the year of Redemption 67. Domitius Nero reigning the 6th Emperor Joseph of Arimathea was sent by Philip the Apostle to First Preacher of the Gospel in Britain plant the Gospel in Britain who laid the foundation of the Christian Faith at a Place then called Avalon now Glastenbury where he died and was buried A. D. 181. Aurelius Commodus being Emperor The first publick profession thereof was the Christian Faith in Britain first professed by publick Authority under King Lucius the