Varieties: or, A surveigh of rare and excellent matters necessary and delectable for all sorts of persons. Wherein the principall heads of diverse sciences are illustrated, rare secrets of naturall things unfoulded, &c. Digested into five bookes, whose severall chapters with their contents are to be seene in the table after the epistle dedicatory. By David Person, of Loghlands in Scotland, Gentleman.
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Varieties: or, A surveigh of rare and excellent matters necessary and delectable for all sorts of persons. Wherein the principall heads of diverse sciences are illustrated, rare secrets of naturall things unfoulded, &c. Digested into five bookes, whose severall chapters with their contents are to be seene in the table after the epistle dedicatory. By David Person, of Loghlands in Scotland, Gentleman.
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1635.
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"Varieties: or, A surveigh of rare and excellent matters necessary and delectable for all sorts of persons. Wherein the principall heads of diverse sciences are illustrated, rare secrets of naturall things unfoulded, &c. Digested into five bookes, whose severall chapters with their contents are to be seene in the table after the epistle dedicatory. By David Person, of Loghlands in Scotland, Gentleman." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09500.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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A Table of the fifth Booke,
Wherein the READER must con∣ceive,
that the Page begins anew, and
doth not follow the former computation.
OF THE NVMBERS
THREE and SEVEN.
Sect. 1.
Treating briefly of Numbers in generall. 1
Sect. 2.
Conteining variety of memorable things comprehen∣ded
within the Number of Three, as of Heaven, and
Hell, and of Poeticall fictions, and some observations a∣mongst
the Romans. 2
Sect. 3.
Conteining some Theologicall and Morall precepts
and observations, redacted under the number of three.
5
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Sect. 4.
Of Politicke Government: Of living Creatures; and of
duties belonging to men of severall professions, as Physi∣cians,
Iudges, and Lawyers, &c. with some Physicall ob∣servations,
all Tripartite. 7
Sect. 5.
Memorable observations comprehended within the
Number of Seven, as of the age of the World, and mans
generation. 9
Sect. 6.
How the seven Planets are sayd to rule severally over
the seven ages in the life of man. 11
Sect. 7.
The opinions of some Fathers of the Church and some
Philosophers concerning the number of Seven, what at∣tributes
they gave, with some of Hypocrates observati∣ons
thereon. 13
Sect. 8.
Of the Seven Wonders of the world. 14
Sect. 9.
A continuation of observations on the number of se∣ven,
taken out of holy Scripture. 15
Sect. 10.
Of the seven great Potentates of the world; of criticall
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Sect. 11.
Of the Worlds Continuance and Ending. 19
A TREATISE
OF
Prodigies and Miracles.
Sect. 1.
The definition of Miracles, with their distinction; In
what time they were requisite, in what not, &c. 21
Sect. 2.
Of Prodigies, and in what veneration they were amongst
the ancient Romans. 23
Sect. 3.
A continuation of prodigies which happened in the
time of the second Punick Warre; with many others that
were seene under the times of severall Consuls of Rome. 26
Sect. 4.
Of Prodigies that happened during the civill warres
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Sect. 5.
Of Prodigies before the death of Galba, before the
destruction of Ierusalem, and at the end of the Valeri••n
persecution. 29
Sect. 6.
A continuation of other Prodigies, with a conclusion
of this Treatise. 31
SALAMANDRA▪
OR
The Philosophers Stone.
Sect. 1.
THe History of the life and death of Antonio Bra∣gadino. 33
Sect. 2.
The reason that moved the Author to handle this
matter: the different blessings betwixt the Indians and
Christians: the definition of the Philosophicall Stone;
the generall way and matter whereof it is made. 35
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Sect. 3.
The Authors proposition: the reason of its denomina∣tion;
opinion of most approved Authors touching it; and
of the possibility and factibility of it. 37
Sect. 4.
That the making of the Philosophers Stone is lesse ex∣pensive
and laborious than many things we both use and
weare;
why the makers of it enrich not themselves and
others. 39
Sect. 5.
A generall relation of the matters and materials re∣quisite
to this Worke; and in what time it may bee per∣fected.
41
Sect. 6.
Of the five degrees whereby the Worke is perfectio∣ned,
and first how to bring it to Solution. 43
Sect. 7.
How from Solution to make Coagulation. 44
Sect. 8.
How from Coagulation to produce Fermentation. 45
Sect. 9.
The way to bring the Worke to Fixation. 46
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Sect. 10.
From all the former, how to perfectionate Multipli∣cation. 47
Sect. 11.
A short recitall of some other wayes of perfecting
it, used by some Filii artis, and why it is called Sala∣mandra.
47
OF THE
WORLD.
Sect. 1.
OF the various distractions of Philosophers in their
opinions concerning their Gods; and upon how ill
grounds they were setled, 94
Sect. 2.
Of the severall sorts of Gods amongst the Heathen;
that they imagined them to bee authors of evils; that
they were but mortall men: And some opinions of Phi∣losophers
concerning the nature, beeing, and power of
their Gods. 51
Sect. 3.
Pythagoras opinion concerning the transmigration of
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Sect. 4.
The former Heathnick opinions confuted by our Chri∣stian
Beliefe; that they differed concerning the time of
the soules continuance, and place of its abode; how they
thought soules after the separation from the body to bee
rewarded for good or ill, &c. 56
Sect. 5.
Philosophicall tenents of plurality of Words confu∣ted;
of Gods Creation of male and femall of all living
Creatures. 58
Sect. 6.
Severall opinions of severall Philosophers concerning
the Worlds Eternity; their naturall reasons for appro∣ving
of it; and what the Egyptians thought concer∣ning
the antiquity of the World. 60
Sect. 8.
The most approved opinion of all Philosophers con∣cerning
the Worlds beginning and matter: the infallible
truth of it; and a checke of Augustines against over∣curious
inquisitors after those and the like mysteries. 64
Sect. 9.
How Philosophers differ from Christians in the wayes
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Sect. 10.
The order of the Elements, with some observations of
the Ayre and Water. 70
Sect. 11.
Of the Earth, that it is the lowest of all the Elements;
its division, first into three, then into foure parts; and
some different opinions concerning them reconciled. 71
Sect. 12.
Of the different professions of Religion in the severall
parts of the world: what Countries and Ilands are con∣tained
within Europe, and what within Asia. 73
Sect. 13.
With what Religions and Sects all the Easterne and
Northerne Countries are possessed, and in what places
Christianity is most professed, &c. 75
Sect. 14.
America and the New found-lands briefly descri∣bed;
and some opinions about what time of the yeare the
world had its beginning. 77
Sect. 15.
Wherein is to bee seene some things concerning the
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Sect. 16.
Copernicus his opinion of the Earths moving, confu∣ted:
Archimedes opinion of the world: an Induction
to the following Section. 81
Sect. 17.
The division of the starrie firmament, in twelve houres;
of the Power and efficacie that is attributed to the Tri∣plicities
of them over every Country: and the maintai∣ners
of these opinions confuted: the divers dispositions
of people of severall nations, how attributed to the natu∣rall
disposition of the Planets: An observation of Gods
Providence. 83
Sect. 18.
The causes of the Changes of severall things as of men,
Countries; plots of ground, &c. and that these pro∣ceede
not from triplicities as Astrologers would have
it. 87
Sect. 19.
How ancient Writers have compared Man and all his
parts to the World and all its parts; wherein is recoun∣ted
the different dispositions of men of different Coun∣tries;
and to what Countries the faculties of the soule
are attributed. 88
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A generall Introduction and incite∣ment
to the study of the
METAPHYSICKS.
Sect. 1.
OF the severall titles and appellations that have beene
given by Heathnick and Christian Philosophers to
Metaphysick; the reasons wherefore every of those names
were attributed unto it; and finally whereof it principally
treateth. 91
Sect. 2.
The Reasons why Aristotle added Metaphysick to the
other parts of Phylosophie; and how it is distinguished
from the other Sciences. 93
Sect. 3.
Three Reasons conducing to the praise of Metaphy∣sick,
inducing all men to the study of it; and setting
downe some principall ends and uses thereof. 95
Sect. 4.
The excellencie and dignity of the knowledge of Meta∣physick;
that onely free and sublime mindes, not distracted
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Sect. 5.
For three respects the Metaphysick is called the most
excellent Science, and the most necessary to be understood
by Christians. 99
Sect. 6.
The first respect, for the universality. 101
Sect. 7.
The second Respect, for the dignity. That the conside∣ration
of the soule of man belongeth to the Metaphysicks,
with severall Reasons for the proofe thereof. 102
Sect. 8.
The third Respect, for the Vsefulnesse. Of the great
use of Metaphysick is towards the furthering of all Di∣vines,
in Controversies, and other things: A Conclu∣sion. 104
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