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PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA, Books V. TO VII. 4 26 52 The Fifth Book ; the particular part continued. Of muny things questionable as they are commonly described in pictures. . of many popular customs, &c. Chap. 1. Of the picture of the pelican.. Chap. 2. Of the picture of dolphins Chap. 3. Of the picture of a grasshopper Chap. 4. Of the picture of the serpent tempting Eve Chap. 5. Of the picture of Adam and Eve with navels Chap. 6. Of the pictures of the Jews and Eastern nations, at their feasts, especially our Saviour at the Passover Chap. 7. Of the picture of our Saviour with long hair Chap. 8. Of the picture of Abraham sacrificing Isaac Chap. 9. Of the picture of Moses with horns Chap. 10. Of the scutcheons of the twelve tribes of Israel Chap. 11. Of the pictures of the sibyls Chap. 12. Of the picture describing the death of Cleopatra Chap. 13. Of the pictures of the nine worthies Chap. 14. Of the picture of Jephthah sacrificing his daughter Chap. 15. Of the picture of John the Baptist in a camel's skin Chap. 16. Of the picture of St. Christopher Chap. 17. Of the picture of St. George Chap. 18. Of the picture of St. Jerome Chap. 19. Of the pictures of mermaids, unicorns, and some others Chap. 20. Of the hieroglyphical pictures of the Egyptians Chap. 21. Of the picture of Haman hanged Chap. 22. Of the picture of God the Father; of the sun, moon, and winds, Chap. 23. Compendiously of many popular customs, opinions, &c. : viz. of an hare crossing the high-way ; of the ominous appearing of owls and ravens ; of the falling of salt; of breaking the egg-shell; of the true lovers' knot; of the cheek burning or ear tingling; of speaking under the rose; of smoke following the 'fair; of sitting cross- legged ; of hair upon moles; of the set time of paring of nails; of lions' heads upon spouts and cisterns; of the saying, ungirt, unblest; of the sun dancing on Easter-day; of the silly-how; of being drunk once a month; of the appearing of the devil with a Chap. 24. Of popular customs, opinions, &c.; of the prediction of the year en- suing from the insects in oak apples; speak Hebrew; of refraining to kill swallows; of lights burning dim at the apparition of spirits ; of the wearing of coral ; of Moses' rod in the discovery of mines ; of discovering doubtful matters by book The Sixth Book; the particular part continued. Of popular and received tenets, cosmographical, geographical, and historical. Chap. 1. Concerning the beginning of the world, that the time thereof is not precisely known, as commonly it is presumed Chap. 2. Of men's enquiries in what season or point of the Zodiack it began, that, as they are generally made, they are in vain, and as Chap. 3. of the divisions of the seasons and four quarters of the according unto astronomers and physicians; that the common compute of the ancients, and which is still retained by some, is very |