Fire may be given with such an equal Temperament, as cannot be consum’d
but after a long Series of Ages, and so that neither the Matter shall
exhale but strongly resist the Fire, nor the Fire consume the Matter,
but be restrain’d by it, as it were with a Chain, from flying upward.
This, says Sir _Thomas Brown_ in his _Vulgar Errors_, p. 124. speaking
of _Lamps_ which have burn’d many Hundreds of Years, included in close
Bodies, proceeds from the Purity of the Oil, which yeilds no fuliginous
Exhalations to suffocate the Fire; for if Air had nourish’d the Flame,
then it had not continu’d many Minutes, for it would certainly in that
case have been spent and wasted by the Fire.
But the Art of preparing this _inconsumable Oil_ is lost, having
perish’d long since, as _Pancirollus_ assures us, but neither he nor any
other Learned Man has given us any convincing Proof that there ever was
such a Thing, but only think to amuse us with a wonderful Art, and then
tell us only it is quite lost. And for my part I cannot see hitherto
that all that has been wrote or said on this Subject is sufficient to
prove there ever was any such Thing, and much more that it ever could be
made. _Licetus_, who has argu’d most on this Head, is confuted by
_Aresius_, and in a word, all that can be alledg’d is, that if this Art
be not impossible to be effected, it is nevertheless as difficult to be
attain’d to, by any Human Invention, as the _Perpetual Motion_ or
_Philosophers Stone_, therefore I shall not trouble my Thoughts any
farther about these _Lamps_, but only look on them as so many
_Hieroglyphics_ or Symbols of the _Immortality_ of the _Soul_, and
heartily pray that we may not want _Oil_ in our _Lamps_ when the
_Bridegroom_ shall come, but be prepar’d to enjoy _Eternal Light_ with
him, which is the devout Prayer of,
_SIR_,
_Your most Obliged_
_Humble Servant_,
Thomas Greenhill.
_FINIS._
A
CATALOGUE
OF
Authors quoted in this Book.
A.
_Absyrtus._
_Cl. Ælianus._
_Aëtius._
_Agellius._
_Albertus Leoninus._
_Albertus magnus._
_P. Alpinus._
_D. Ambrosius._
_Ammianus Marcellinus._
_Apella Judæus._
_Petr. Appianus._
_Appion._
_Apuleius._
_Aretius._
_Aristoteles._
_Aristides._
_Arnobius._
_Artemidorus._
_Athenagoras._
_Athenæus._
_D. Augustinus._
_Avicenna._
_Aurelius._
_M. Aurelius Antoninus._
_Sext. Aurelius Victor._
B.
Lord _Bacon_.
_Rob. Baronius, Cardinalis._
_Barthius._
_Tho. Bartholinus._
_Bartholomæus._
Sir _John Beaumont_, Kt.
_Bellonius._
_Bellori._
_Phil. Bergomas._
_Joh. Bilsius._
_Steph. Blancardus._
_Boccatius._
_Ol. Borrichius._
_Bossuet._
_Botio._
Sir _Tho. Brown_, Kt.
Dr. _Edw. Brown_.
_M. Corneille le Bruyn._
_Tit. Liv. Burattinus._
_Gilb. Burnet_, D. D.
_Joan. Buxtorfius._
C.
_Cælius Rhodiginus._
_Joh. Calvin._
_Camden._
_Camerarius._
_Camillus._
_Jac. Capellus._
_Hier. Cardanus._
_Joan. Bapt. Casalius._
_Casimirus._
_Cedrenus._
_Gabr. Clauderus._
_Clemens Alexandrinus._
_Cl. Claudianus._
_William Clark._
_Herm. Conringius._
_Cornelius Celsus._
_Joan. Chrysostomus._
_Chytræus._
_M. T. Cicero._
_Franc. Citesius._
_Val. Cordus._
_Joan. Costæus._
_Tho. Creech._
_Q. Curtius._
D.
_Delachampius._
_Mart. Delrius._
_Democritus._
_Demosthenes._
_Diodorus Siculus._
_Dionysius Halicarnassæus._
_Ped. Dioscorides._
_Joh. Dryden._
E.
Bishop of _Ely_.
_Joan. Sigism. Elholtius._
_Eratosthenes._
_Sebast. Ericius._
_Mich. Etmullerus._
_Euripides._
_Eusebius._
F.
_Pet. Faber._
_Firmianus._
_Erasm. Franciscus._
_Wolfg. Franzius._
G.
_Cl. Galenus._
_Aulus Gellius._
_B. Gerhard._
_Conr. Gesnerus._
_Sax. Grammaticus._
_Joh. Greaves._
_Gretserus._
_Hug. Grotius._
_Andr. Gryphius._
_Antonio de Guevara._
_Claude Guichard._
_Melch. Guilandius._
_Gutherius._
_Lil. Gyraldus._
H.
_Joan. Henr. Heideggerus._
_Heliodorus._
_Henshaw._
_M. Joan. Herbinius._
_Herodotus._
_Hermolaus Barbarus._
_Pet. Heylin._
_Hippocrates._
_Aul. Hirtius._
_Homer._
I.
_Jacobonus._
_Iamblichus._
_Jarchas._
St. _Jerome_.
_Josephus._
_Isiodorus._
_Isocrates._
_Justinus._
_Juvenalis._
K.
_Athan. Kircher._
_Joan. Kirkmannus._
_Barth. Korndorferus._
_Kornmannus._
L.
_Lactantius._
_Langius._
_Wolfg. Lazius._
_Lampridius._
_Leander._
_Leo Africanus._
_Leonardus._
_Andr. Libavius._
_Phil. Libertus._
_Fortun. Licetus._
_Just. Lipsius._
_T. Livius._
_Lucanus._
_Lucianus._
_Lucretius._
_Nich. Lyranus._
M.
_Macrobius._
_Maimonides._
_Sim. Maiolus._
_Manetho._
_Martialis._
_Martinus._
_Franc. Maturantius._
_Matthiolus._
_Andr. Maurocenus._
_Pomp. Mela._
_P. Menestrier._
_Minutius Felix._
_Hieron. Mercurialis._
_Joh. Milton._
_Bened. Ar. Montanus._
N.
_Joan. Nardius._
_Natalis Comes._
_Greg. Nazianzen._
_Nicephorus Callistus._
_Joan. Nicolaius._
_Nubiensis Geographia._
O.
_Origen._
P.
_Pet. Pais._
_Guid. Pancirollus._
_Onuph. Panvinus._
_Pausanias._
_Louis Penicher._
_Petronius Arbiter._
_Philostratus._
_Philoxenes._
_Pierius._
_Pflaumerus._
_Plato._
_Plautus._
_Plinius._
_Plutarchus._
_Podocatterus._
_Tho. Porcacchius._
_Porphyrius._
_J. Bap. Porta._
_Proclus._
_Prosper Alpinus._
_Aur. Prudentius._
_Ptolomæus._
Q.
_Joan. Andr. Quenstedt._
R.
_Matth. Raderus._
_Jo. Raius._
_Radzivillus._
_Rhasis._
_Cæl. Rhodiginus._
_Andr. Rivetus._
_Hier. Ruscellius._
_Fran. Ruæus._
_Frid. Ruysh._
S.
_Cl. Salmasius._
_Alph. Salmeron._
_Henr. Salmuthius._
_Sanctius._
_Sanchuniathon._
_Sandys._
_Santorellus._
_Saturnius._
_Saxo Grammaticus._
_Jul. Cæs. Scaliger._
_Bernardin. Scardeonius._
_Mich. Schatta._
_Schiangia._
_Joan. Schroderus._
_Seleucus._
_Seneca._
_Serapion._
_Servius._
_Cabr. Sionita._
_Silius Italicus._
_Solinus._
_Sopranes._
_P. Statius._
_Spartianus._
_Nich. Steno._
_Suetonius._
_Suidas._
_Sulpitius Severus._
_Joh. Swammerdam._
T.
_Corn. Tacitus._
_Alex. Tassonius._
_Tatian._
Father _Telles_.
_William_ Arch-bishop of _Tyre_.
_Theophrastus._
_Thevenot._
_Tolosanus._
_Alphons. Tostatus._
_Joan. Trithemius._
V.
_Valerianus._
_Valerius Maximus._
_Vallæus._
_Vanslebius._
_Varro._
_Rich. Verstegan._
_Joan. Veslingius._
_P. Virgilius Maro._
_Polyd. Vergilius._
_Fl. Vopiscus._
_Raph. Volaterranus._
W.
_Weever._
_Ol. Wormius._
X.
_Xenophon._
_Xiphilinus._
Z.
_Zoroaster._
_Zosimus._
THE
TABLE
A.
_Abel-mizraim_, 283.
_Abiit, non obiit_, why writ on Tombs, 55.
_Abraham_’s Burying-place, 8.
_Absalom_, how buried, 52.
—— his Pillar, _ibid. &_ 86.
_Achan_ and King _Ai_ buried under a Heap of Stones, 51.
_Acherusia_, 301.
_Achilles_ feared Sea-burial, 48.
_Act_ of Burial, 72, 82.
_Adam_, where buried, 8.
_Æneas_, why called by the Name of _Pious_, 34.
—— afraid of Sea burial, 45.
—— took care of Sepulture, 43.
_Agues_ malignant, 165.
_Æthiopians_, how they _Embalm_, 63.
_Air_ and _Water_ of _Egypt_ both very good, 158.
_Air_ of _Egypt_, very hot, 146.
—— —— cool’d by the _Nile_, and Annual Winds, _ib._
—— —— moist, prejudicial to _Embalming_, 151.
—— —— unequal, bad for _Embalming_, 159.
_Air_ poisoned, 13.
—— moist, infected by a putrid Carcass, 14.
_Alexander_ very careful of his _Sepulture_, 42.
—— his Burial, 217, 218, 219, 220.
—— made a magnificent _Funeral_ for his Horse _Bucephalus_, 30.
_Alexandria_, 211.
—— eminent for the Liberal Sciences, 215.
—— how industrious and flourishing, 235.
—— its Earth full of _Nitre_, 220.
_Aloes_, what meant by that Word in _Embalming_, 253.
Ἀλλάσσοντες, 185.
_Amiantus Lapis_, 360.
_Anatomy_, why so called, 180.
—— its _Encomium_, 182.
—— very useful in _Embalming_, ibid.
—— anciently performed by great and holy Men, 251.
_Ancients_ feared Sea burial, 45.
_Animals_ which bury their Dead, 26.
—— _embalmed_ with Cedar, 274.
_Anointing_ the Dead, 59, 60, 61.
—— a kind of _Embalming_, ib.
—— to what purpose used, 63.
_Apis_, 199.
Ἀφρόνιτρον, 260.
_Apoplexy_, 165.
_Apollo_ the younger, 175.
_Apothecary_, 61, 62, 177, 188.
_Armais_, 173, 174.
_Arithmetic_, how first invented, 231.
_Arts_, how first invented, 229.
—— most flourishing in the Reign of _Amasis_, 235.
—— can never flourish where _Quacks_ and _Undertakers_ are, 179.
_Art_ of making Gold and Silver, 183.
—— of tinging Glass, and making artificial Stones, 185.
—— of Distilling, Calcining, _&c._ 186.
—— of _Bandage_, 188.
—— of Poisoning the Air, 13.
which chiefly consists of Man’s Flesh, 14.
_Asa_’s Burial, 61.
_Asphalt_, 276.
—— how us’d in _Embalming_, ib. & 288.
_Assius Lapis_, 257.
_Astrology_ of the _Egyptians_, 191.
—— how invented, 231.
_Athothus_, the ancient Egyptian _Mercury_, 170.
—— Inventor of Images, Characters, and Dancing, _ib._
—— Sacrific’d Animals, and learned _Embalming_ and _Anatomy_, 172.
Ἄταφον τάφον, 38.
_Attiring_ the Corps, 64.
—— with white Vests, 66.
—— why it should be used, 66, 68.
—— what sort only exclaim’d against, 67.
_Asbestos Lapis_, 357.
—— its Oil, _ib._
_Asbeston_, seu _Asbestinum_, 358.
—— two Objections against it, 359.
_Averruncal_ Statues, 298.
_Authors_ who have written of Sepulchral Lamps, 330.
B.
_Babylon_, 204.
—— in _Chaldea_, 225.
_Babylonians_, how they _embalmed_, 63.
_Balsam Plant_, 208.
—— Its Description, 209.
—— Virtues, 110.
_Basaltes_, an _Ethiopic_ Stone, 251.
_Bechira_ seu _Bechiria_, 127.
_Bees_, how they bury and _embalm_ themselves, 28.
_Berd il Agiuz_, 154.
=Bergwachs=, 277.
_Beth-chajim_, 17.
_Bitumen Judaicum_, 276, 288.
_Body_, why to be taken care of, 25, 103, 105.
—— the _Temple_ of _God_, 25.
—— stuff’d with Medicinal Ingredients, 252.
—— with _Myrrh_, _Aloes_, and _Cinnamon_, 253.
—— preserv’d in a Salt-Pit, 269.
—— salted with _Nitre_, 241, 254, 255, 269.
—— only prepared with _Pissasphalt_, 278.
—— with artificial _Pissasphalt_, ib.
—— why burnt, 50, 119.
First-_born_ of _Egypt_ slain, 343, 344.
_Brain_ how extracted, 241, 248, 249.
_Brutes_ buried with Pomp and Magnificence, 30.
A great _Burning_ made for King _Asa_, 61.
_Burning_ the Dead, how order’d, 83.
—— why used, 82.
—— how long continued in use, 85.
—— as liable to be ill treated by an Enemy as Burial, 50.
—— an ignominious Way of Burial, 85.
_Burial_, its Rise and Antiquity, 8.
—— 1st Cause of it, _ib._
—— 2d Cause, 9.
—— 3d Cause, 16.
—— 4th Cause, 17.
—— 5th Cause, _ib._
_Burial_, thought more beneficial to the Living than Dead, 9, 10.
—— frees from the Terror of Death, 11.
—— preserves Bodies from Putrifaction, 11, 15.
—— —— from the Plague, 12, 15, 27.
_Burial_, a Work acceptable to God, 33.
—— to our Saviour, _ib._
—— an Act of _Justice_, ib.
—— a Work of Piety and Religion, _ib._
—— of Mercy and Humanity, _ib._
_Burial_, the Care of the _Gods_, 35.
—— an Honour to the Dead, _ib._
—— an Happiness, Favour and Kindness, _ib._
—— called by various Names, 33, 34.
—— how called by the _Saxons_, 92.
_Burial-place_, called by several Names, 17.
_Burial_ in the City, 93. Vide, _Places of Sepulture_.
—— by some used in the Day, by others in the Night, 72.
—— more ancient than Burning, 85.
—— observ’d by Brutes as well as Men, 26.
—— decent, what, 49.
—— ignominious, what, 49, 51.
Why there ought to be different kinds of Burial, 35, 52, 53.
_Burial_, why despised by some, 21, 22.
—— in what Sense the _Philosophers_ slighted it, 23.
—— the Want of it not prejudicial to the Soul, 18.
—— yet much feared by the _Heathens_, 21.
—— as believing the Souls of the unburied wandred 100 Years, _ib._
_Burial_, the want of it a Punishment, 47.
—— some kinds of it a Punishment, 49, 51, 52.
To be buried like an _Ass_, a Curse, 38.
C.
_Cæsar_’s Palace, 213.
_Cairo_, Old and New, 205.
_Caleg_, 165.
_Campus Sceleratus_, or Burying-place of the _Vestal Virgins_, 50.
_Campus Martius_, 89.
_Camsins_, 154, 155.
_Canal_, or _Khalis_, 206, 213.
_Canibals_, eat Man’s Flesh, 14.
_Cardan_’s _Mausoleum_ for a Fly, 29.
Care the _Ancients_ took of _Sepulture_, 32.
Carrying forth the Corps, 71.
—— —— how managed, 73.
_Carver_, 286.
_Castle_ of _Roude_, 133.
_Cataracts_ of _Nile_, 130.
—— the greater, _ib._
—— the lesser, 131.
_Caves_ near the _Pyramids_, 323.
_Cave_ called the _Church_, 329.
—— with two _Mummies_ in it, _ib._
_Cedar_-Ship built by _Sesostris_, 183.
_Cedria_, what, 271.
—— its Liquor, Oil, Pitch, Gum, _&c._ 272.
—— its Virtues, _ib._
—— Clysters made of it, and their Operations, 273.
_Cenotaphs_, 97, 99.
—— why built, _ib. &_, 98.
_Cera di Minera_, 277.
_Ceremonies_ in Funerals not to be neglected, 53.
—— how and when useful, 102.
_Charon_, 245, 301.
_Cheop_’s Tomb, 318.
—— the spacious _Chamber_ which contains it, _ib._
_Chimistry_ invented by _Hermes_, 183.
_Chimical_ Medicines useful in _Embalming_, 186, 245.
_Cimon_ the _Athenian_ buried his Horses, 30.
_Cleopatra_’s Palace, 214.
_Clerk_, who, 280.
_Climate_ of _Egypt_, 145.
_Closing_ the Eyes, 55.
—— —— why used, 56.
_Coffins_ made of _Sycamore_, 295.
_Conclamation_, 57, 58.
—— thought useless by _Santorellus_, 58.
_Cold Fire_, a sort of _Phosphorus_, 365.
_Cold of the old Hag_, a Season so call’d, 154.
_Colossus_ made of _Emerald_, 9 Cubits high, 186.
_Collerus_’s Funeral Oration, 43.
_Comparative Anatomy_, 4.
_Corpora Condita_, 285.
_Corpus Medicatum_, 284.
_Corps_, (Handsome) well-pleasing to the Ancients, 57.
—— why it soonest consumes in a Church-yard, 15.
_Creatures_, every one takes care of their own Funeral, 27.
_Crowning_ the Dead, 69.
—— a Reward to Vertue, _ib. &_ 70.
—— whence deriv’d, and to what end, 69.
_Cryptæ_, 202.
—— why so call’d, 96.
—— _Kiovienses_, 95.
—— one found at _Nismes_, 96.
_Curing a Corps_, what, 188.
_Cynocephalus_, 231.
D.
_David_’s Sepulchre, 37.
_Day_ of _Burial_, when, 72.
—— of _Burning_, ib.
_Delta_, why so called, 127, 131.
_Dead Bodies_, why kept 7 Days, 58.
—— kept in their Houses, 304.
—— plac’d at the Table, _ib._
_Dead Sea_, 143.
_Death_ compar’d to Sleep, 56, 110.
_Dei Ager aut Fundus_, 17.
_Delphian Oracle_, how to be understood, 4.
_Demonactes_, how he desired to be buried, 23.
_Deprivation_ of ones Sepulchre, a Curse, 37.
_Description_ of the _Ichnography_ and _Scenography_ of the
Subterranean Caves, 327.
—— of some _Lamps_, 333.
—— of the first and fairest _Pyramid_, 312.
—— of the Gallery, 316.
_Dew_ of _Egypt_, 156.
_Difference_ between Ecclesiastical and Criminal Burial, 49.
_Dioclesian_, why he burnt all _Chimical_ Books, 184.
_Diodorus Siculus_’s Account of the _Egyptian_ Funerals, 243.
_Diogenes’_ jocose Sayings concerning _Sepulture_, 22.
The _Dissector_, 177, 183, 250, 285.
_Designer_, 177, 250, 290.
_Dolphins_ take care of their Dead, 26.
_Domus Viventium_, 17.
_Dormitorium_, 17, 100, 110.
_Dresses_ and _Ornaments_ of the _Mummies_, 294.
_Dropsie_, 164.
_Drugs_ brought by the _Caravan_, 207.
To become like _Dung_, rotting upon the Earth, the severe Judgment and
Punishment of _God_, 39, 40.
E.
_Eccho_ very remarkable in the great _Pyramid_, 315.
_Egypt_, how scituate and bounded, 124.
—— its Denominations, 125.
—— why called _Ægyptus_, ib.
—— Govern’d by _Coptus_, 126.
—— its Extent, _ib._
—— ancient and modern Division, _ib._
—— its Fertility, 139.
—— the drying Quality of its Earth, 153.
—— Mistress of the World, and Mother of all Arts and Sciences, 190.
—— its Number of Cities and Inhabitants, 236.
—— how it came to be so populous, _ib._
_Egyptian_, _Æsculapius_, 172.
—— _Apollo_, 169.
—— _Mercury_, 170.
—— _Arts_, how they came to be lost, 184.
_Egyptians_, their Characters, ancient and modern, 160.
—— their Make, Complexion, and Temper, 161.
—— Women very fruitful in Children, _ib._
—— their Constitution and Habit of Body, 162.
—— very long liv’d, _ib._
—— their Diseases, 163.
—— first Authors of _Medicine_, 168.
—— well skill’d in _Anatomy_, 179.
—— —— in _Ostiology_, 182.
—— their Antiquity, 190.
—— Inventions, _ib._
—— Astrology, 191.
—— Mathematics, _ib._
—— Architecture, 193.
—— their Opinion of the _Metempsychosis_, 238.
—— their Belief of the Resurrection, 106, 240.
—— Famous in Arts and Sciences, 189.
—— the first Inventors of them, 190.
—— by what Means they perform’d such wonderful Works, 237.
—— and to what end, _ib._
—— the first Inventors of _Embalming_, 61.
—— why they _embalmed_ Bodies, 106.
—— how they _embalm’d_ them, 238, 248.
—— they _embalmed_ Cats, Crocodiles, Hawks, _&c._ 32.
—— they set their Dead on their Feet, 85.
—— they deny’d Burial to executed Persons, 47.
_Elatio_, or the carrying forth a _Corps_, 71.
_Elephants_ bury their Dead, 29.
_Embalming_, a noble _Art_, 4.
—— a Branch of _Surgery_, 2.
—— very useful in Natural Philosophy, Physiology, Divinity, Physic,
_&c._ 2, 3, 4.
—— chiefly practised by _Undertakers_, 2.
—— particularly useful in _Anatomy_ and _Surgery_, 3.
—— teaches Medicines against _Gangrenes_, _&c._ 4.
—— what accounted by the Ancients, and what by the present Age, 4, 5.
—— its _Antiquity_, 5.
—— invented by the _Egyptians_, ib.
—— of general Use, _ib._
—— by most despised, _ib._
—— the chief of all funeral Ceremonies, 103.
—— the best Way of Preserving the Memory of the Dead, 107.
—— not contrary to the Scriptures, 108.
—— acceptable to _God_, 112.
—— approved by our _Saviour_, 115.
—— an Emblem of the Resurrection, 112.
_Embalming_, in a general sense very extensive, 115.
—— the most durable thing, 117.
—— useful in _Phisiology_ and _Physic_, 18.
—— in _Anatomy_, ib.
—— in _Surgery_, ib.
—— necessary for transporting Bodies, 119.
—— secures from the Insults of Animals, 120.
—— what intended by it, 120, 121.
—— that of the _Hebrews_ different from that of the old _Egyptians_,
61.
_Embalming_, how found out, 233.
—— 2 or 3 sorts of it, 241, 242, 275, _viz._
—— with _Pissasphalt_, 287.
—— with _Cedar_, ib.
—— with _Asphalt_, 288.
—— with _Aromatics_, ib.
_Embalming_ of _Jacob_, 281.
—— —— performed in 40 Days, 282.
_Embalmer_, 177.
—— much honoured, 250.
_Embowelling_ a Corps, 251.
_Entrance_ into the Caves, 326.
_Enoch_ and _Elijah_, neither dy’d nor corrupted, 115.
_Epitaph_ on a Bee, 28.
_Epagomene_, 153.
Ἐνταφιοπώλις, 286.
Ἐνταφιαστής, _ib._ & 280, 286.
=Erdwachs=, 277.
_Erriff_, 127.
_Euripides_’s Opinion of _Sepulture_, 35.
_Expences_ of a _Funeral_, insignificant without _Embalming_, 102.
_Experiments_ concerning Scarcity of _Rain_ in _Egypt_, 157.
—— of the _Water_, 158.
—— for making _eternal Fire_, 352.
—— the 1st, _ib._
—— the 2d, 354.
F.
_Fame_ the _Goddess_ of _Embalming_, 117.
_Feasts_ for the Dead, 84.
—— of _Lamps_, 341.
—— to what end instituted, 343.
—— the true and sacred Reason, _ib._
_Fengo_, the Tyrant’s Ashes scattered by the Winds, 51.
_Fire_ an Emblem of the Soul, 331.
—— —— of Life eternal, 332.
—— thought by the _Persians_ to be a _God_, 239.
—— —— by the _Egyptians_ a _living creature_, ib.
Following the Corps, 82.
To become Food to Birds and Beasts, a Curse, 39, 40.
_French_, why they deny’d Burial, 25.
_Funeral_, why so called, 73.
—— Rites, why called _Justa Funebria_, 34.
—— Oration spoke before Battel, 43.
—— Procession, 282.
—— Games, 84.
_Funus odoratum_, 289.
_Furca_, or a Gibbet: All such as were hanged thereon, were by the Laws
deny’d Burial, 48.
G.
_Gabbares_, 240.
_Gemelhazar_, 234.
_Gauls embalmed_ with Oil of _Cedar_, 274.
_Generals_ put to Death for neglecting to Bury the Dead, 42.
_Gentiles_, assign’d the Care of _Funerals_ to certain _Gods_, 35.
_Geometry_, how invented, 231.
_Gibnehalon_, 163.
=Gotsacker=, 17.
_Granaries_ of _Joseph_, 204.
_Graves_ in the Highway, or under the Gallows, 49.
To be dug out of one’s Grave, a Curse and Punishment, 50.
_Greeks_ deny’d decent Burial to infamous Persons and Criminals, 47.
_Gulph_ of _Mecca_, or _Arabian Gulph_, 140.
_Gymnasium_, what it signifies, 171.
_Gymnastic Art_, ib.
H.
_Hannibal_ took great care of _Burial_, 42.
_Hatching_ of Chickens at _Grand Cairo_, 207.
_Halmirhaga_, 258.
_Heliogabalus_’s Body dragg’d about Streets, and flung into a
Common-shoar, 51.
_Henry_ the Seventh’s Chappel, 87.
_Herald_, 76, 286.
_Hermes Trismegistus_, 173.
—— supposed to be _Armais_, ib.
—— a great _Philosopher_, _Priest_ and _King_, ibid.
—— —— establisher of _Magic_, 174.
_Herodotus_’s Account of the _Egyptian_ Funerals, 241.
_Hieroglyphic_ Characters, 290.
—— their signification, 293.
_Highwaymen_ deny’d _Burial_, and set up on Wheels, _&c._ 48.
_Homer_’s Opinion of Sepulture, 35.
_Horace_’s Monument, 116.
_Hypogeum_, 96, 202.
I.
_Ichnography_ and _Schenography_ of the _Burial Places_, 203.
_Jews_ deriv’d their Manner of _Embalming_ from the _Egyptians_, 61.
_Jewish Embalming_ rather a Ceremony than Preserving a Corps, 62.
_Injectio Glebæ_, 92.
_Inscriptions_ on _Tombs_, 87, 90, 94, 95, 196.
_Insects_, which take Care of their Dead, 26.
—— how they bury themselves, 28.
—— some burn’d and others _embalm’d_, 29.
_Insepulta sepultura_, 38.
_Interment_, the first Cause of it, 8.
_Josiah_ took Bones out of their Sepulchers and burnt them, 50.
_Isis_ taught the _Egyptians_ salubrious Plants, 168.
—— the Inventor of _Images_, 170.
Isle of _Pharos_, 220.
_Judging_ the _Dead_, 244, 302.
K.
ΚΕΝΟΤΆΦΙΟΝ, 97.
_Khalis_ of _Cleopatra_, 220.
_Kissing_ the Dead, 54.
—— to what end used, _ib. &_ 55.
—— rather prejudicial than otherwise, 55.
Κοιμητήριον, 17.
_Korah_, _Dathan_, and _Abiran_, buried alive, 49.
L.
_Labyrinth_, 222.
—— by whom and to what end built, 223, 224.
_Lake Mœris_, 141.
—— —— why so called, 142.
—— _Asphaltites_, 143, 144.
_Lamps_ perpetual, to what end invented, 331, 343.
—— supposed to have burnt in the first _Pyramid_, 333.
—— in subterranean Caves and Vaults, 96, 333.
—— that have burn’d by a Divine Power, 351.
—— that have burn’d by the Wiles of the _Devil_, ib.
—— —— or from a natural Cause, 352.
—— or can be made with _Gold_, _Silver_, &c. 353.
—— or _Mercury_, ib.
—— with _Naptha_, 355.
—— with liquid _Bitumen_, or _Petroleum_, 356.
—— confirm’d by _Schiangia_, ib.
—— and believed by _Kircher_, ib.
—— whether their Perpetuity proceeded from the Oil or Wick, 363.
—— thought to be a sort of _Phosphorus_, 365.
—— how made according to _Licetus_’s Opinion, 366.
—— _Hieroglyphics_, or _Symbols_ of the Immortality of the _Soul_, 367.
_Lamp_ of the _Alexandrian Pharos_, 337.
—— with a Dog’s Head, 340.
—— found at _Edessa_, 351.
—— of a _Heliotrope_, 336.
—— of _Jupiter Ammon_, 350.
—— with four Lights, 339.
—— of _Minerva_, 350.
—— of the _Moon_, 338.
—— of _Mycerinus_, 341.
—— with an _Ox_’s Head, 340.
—— of an _Ox_ with a _Boy_ on his Back, 337.
—— of _Olybius_, 351.
—— of _Pallas_, 348.
—— of _Serapis_, 333, 334.
—— of a _Sphinx_, 338, 339.
—— with two beaked Ships, 339.
—— of a tripple-headed Monster, 334.
—— of _Tulliola_, 345, 346.
—— of _Typhon_, 335.
—— of _Venus_, 351.
_Languages_ and _Characters_ of the _Egyptians_ of two kinds, 291.
_Lapis Asbestos_, 357.
—— _Amiantus_, 360.
—— _Cyprius_, ib.
—— _Carystius_, 361.
_Laws_, their Goodness, 234.
—— made to restrain the Extravagancy of Funeral Ceremonies, 73, 79.
_Laying out a Corps_, 70.
—— why used, 71.
_Lazarus_ embalmed, 62.
_Lecticæ seu Lecti_, 74.
_Letter_ to _Charles Bernard_, Esq; 1.
—— to Dr. _John Lawson_, 123.
—— to Dr. _Hans Sloan_, 307.
_Libitina_, 286.
_Libitinarii_, ib. & 340.
_Library_ of _Ptolomy_, 185, 216.
_Linum vivum_, 358.
—— _Cyprium_, 300, 362.
—— _Carpasium_, 361.
—— _Creticum_, 362.
_Lodgings_ of the _Priests_, 320.
_Lucretius_, his Opinion of Sepulture, 24.
_Lues Venerea_, its supposed Origin, 14.
M.
_Machpelah_, _Abraham_’s Burying-place, 8.
_Magical Medicine_ spread over most Countries, 175.
_Magic_ used in _Embalming_, 176.
_Magnesia_, 362.
_Maltem_, 155.
_Man_, the Epitome and Perfection of the Macrocosm, 4.
—— his Elogium, 108.
—— his Transgression, _ib._
—— has a right to a Burial-place in the Earth, 7.
_Manes_, Gods of Funerals, 35.
_Mare mortuum_, 143.
_Caius Marius_’s, Bones dug up and flung into the Sea, 50.
_Matarea_, 208.
_Mathematics_, 191.
_Medicines_, why call’d _Pharmaca_, 175.
_Memphis_, 199.
_Memphitis Lapis_, 187.
_Memnon_’s Statue, 192.
_Mercury_ II., 173.
_Merissi_, 154, 155.
_Metempsychosis_, 238.
_Milesian_ Virgins, how deterr’d from hanging themselves, 48.
_Mina_, what, 197.
_Monuments_ built during Life, 86, 87.
—— why call’d Muniments, 99.
—— why Monuments, 100.
—— made of Glass, 101.
_Mourning_, 241, 242, 246, 247, 248.
—— the Manner of it, 77.
—— with Sackcloth and Ashes, 78.
—— cutting and tearing the Flesh, _ib._
—— Habit, 75.
_Mourners_ feigned, 78.
_Mouth_ of the Dead, why shut, 57.
_Mummies_ found in the Sands, 152.