—— Sophisticate, 279.
_Murderers_ denied Burial, 47, 48.
N.
_Nature_ has provided Burial and a _Grave_ for all Creatures, 30.
Νεκροκόσμος, 279, 286.
_Nicias_ took great care to bury the slain, 43.
_Nicodemus_ and _Joseph_ _embalm’d_ our Saviour, 62.
_Nile_ River, 127.
—— its Rise and Course, 129.
—— its Cataracts, 130.
—— its _Ostia_, or Mouths, 132.
—— its Inundation, 132.
—— time of its Increase, 133.
—— its Effects, 134.
—— Cause of its Fertility, 135.
—— of its Increase, 136.
—— Operation of its Waters, 137.
_Ninus_’s Sepulchre, 225.
_Nitrum Chalastræum_, 257, 263.
—— _Chalastricum_, 264.
—— _Berenicum_, 257.
_Nitre Armenian_, 258.
—— _Lydian_, 262.
—— _Egyptian_, 264.
—— of _Buna_, 258.
—— of _Turkey_, ib.
—— three kinds, 260.
—— different Opinions of it, 266.
—— that of the Ancients the same with our _Salt Petre_, 268.
—— used in Cookery, 269.
—— —— in _Embalming_, 255.
_Nitri Spuma_, 257, 260, 265.
_Nomi septem_, 127.
O.
_Obelisk_ of _Semiramis_, 191, 228.
—— two at _Alexandria_, 214.
_Observations_ on the _Nile_, 135.
—— on the _Pyramids_, 322.
—— on the subterranean Caves, 327.
_Office_ of _Embalming_, 279.
_Opobalsamum_, 210.
_Osiris_ taught the _Egyptians_ Food and Drink, 168.
_Orus_, Son of _Osiris_, apply’d for _Physic_, salubrious Plants, by
sacrificing them, 168.
—— to which he added _Music_, 169.
—— and Poetry, _ib._
—— thence thought to be the _Egyptian Apollo_, ib.
_Ossilegium_, 84.
_Osymandua_’s _Tomb_, 195.
_Ovid_ afraid of _Sea-Burial_, 46.
_Ointment_ of Children’s Fat used by Witches, 14.
—— of Spikenard, 62.
P.
_Pagans_ not without some hopes of the Resurrection, 24, 112.
_Painter_, 286, 290.
_Painting_ of the Dead used in _France_ and _Italy_, 74.
_Pall_, why used, _ib._
_Palace_ of _Cleopatra_, 214.
—— of the _Mamaluke Sultans_, 206.
_Pallium_ used by the _Greeks_ to cover their Dead, 65.
_Pantænus_, first Reader of _Divinity_ and _Philosophy_, 215.
_Patriarchs_, where buried, 8.
_Pawning_ the Dead, 246, 303.
_Pensil Gardens_, 227.
_Pentapolis_, 144.
_Persians_, how they _Embalm_, 63.
_Persons_ present at Funerals, 74.
—— how qualify’d for _Embalming_, 177.
_Pharaoh_’s Punishment, 12.
_Pharos_, or Watch-Tower, 221.
_Philosophers_ contemplated on Life and Death, 7.
—— in what sense they slighted Burial, 23.
_Phosphorus_, 365.
_Physic_, how found out, 232.
_Physician_, 280.
_Piaster_, what, 329.
_Pickle_ made of _Nitre_, 266.
_Pissasphalt_ natural, 276.
—— artificial, 278.
—— natural, call’d _Mummy_, 277.
_Places_ of _Sepulture_, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94.
_Plague_, 165.
—— ceases at the Inundation of the _Nile_, 134, 135, 166.
_Plain_ of _Mummies_, 329, 330.
_Plato_ defines the Scope and End of his _Philosophy_, to be only the
Consideration of Death, 8.
_Pluto_, the chief of the _Funeral Gods_, 35.
_Polliacus_ erected a Tomb in Memory of his beloved Bitch, 30.
_Polycharacteristic_ Statues, 299.
_Pollinctor_, 177, 285.
_Poisons_ made of Man’s Flesh, 14.
_Pox_, (French) 165.
—— Small, _ib._
_Pompey_’s Pillar, 212.
—— by whom built, 213.
_Præficæ_, hired _Mourners_, 76.
_Priests_, the proper and only _Physicians_, 172, 177.
—— their Business, 188.
_Problem_ concerning _Diet_, 162.
_Procession_ of a _Funeral_, 76.
_Providence_ of _God_ extends even to the Bodies of the Dead, 33.
_Prophylactic_ Statues, 298.
_Psalms_ and _Hymns_ when introduc’d, 76.
_Ptolomean Library_, 216.
_Puticulæ_, 88.
_Putrifaction_, its pernicious Effects, 11, 12, 13.
_Pyramids_, 311.
—— why so call’d, 331.
—— to what end built, 237, 309.
—— why of a pyramidal Form, _ib._
—— their Number, 310.
—— Scituation, _ib._
—— their _Founders_, ib.
—— Description of the first, 312.
—— the _Entrance_ into it, 313.
—— first and second _Gallery_, ib.
—— the _Well_, 314.
—— strange Eccho, 315.
—— fine _Gallery_, 316.
—— two _Anti-Closets_, 317.
—— spacious _Chamber_, 318.
—— _Cheop_’s Tomb, _ib._
—— how many Men employ’d in building it, 319.
_Pyramid_ the second, 319.
—— its Lodgings for the Priests, 320.
—— the third, _ib._
Q.
_Quacks_, who, 177.
—— none in _Egypt_, 178.
_Quietorium_ seu _Requietorium_, 100.
R.
_Rains_ in _Egypt_, 147, 155.
_Red-Sea_, 140.
_Reflections_ on the _Egyptian Embalming_, 246.
_Resurrection_, the Hope of it the chief Cause of _Burial_, 18.
_Right_ of _Burial_ and _Funeral Ceremonies_, 5.
—— grounded on the _Law_ of _God_ and _Nature_, 25.
_Roulers_, how prepar’d, 289.
_Rudder_ of a _Ship_, how first invented, 230.
S.
_Sacara_, how the Inhabitants get their Livelyhood, 325.
_Sacrifices_ to the _Dead_, 84.
_Sacrilegious_ Persons deny’d Burial, 47.
_Sand_, how useful in _Embalming_, 151.
_Sandapilarii_, 74.
_Salt_ made of the _Nile_ Waters, 139, 220.
—— used with _Balsamics_ preserves Bodies, 270.
_Salitores_, _Salters_, or _Pollinctors_, 254, 285.
_Sarah_, where buried, 8.
_Scabs_ and _Leprosie_ of _Egypt_, 164.
_Scipio_ afraid of Sea-Burial, 45.
_Scribe_, or _Designer_, 250.
_Scroles_ painted with Characters, 296.
_Scythians_, how they _Embalm_, 63.
_Sea-Burial_, why feared by the _Ancients_, 46.
_Searchers_, their Office, 71.
_Seasons_ of the _Year_, 153.
—— —— temperate, _ib._
—— —— cold, 154.
—— —— intemperate, _ib._
—— why to be observ’d in _Embalming_, 156.
_Seminatio_, 17.
_Septuagint_, 216.
_Serapis_, or _Apis_, the _Egyptian Æsculapius_, 172.
_Serapes_, 298.
—— their Forms and Actions, 299.
—— their Use and Virtues, 301.
_Serapion_, 215, 217.
_Sepulchres_, why call’d _Requietoria_, 47.
—— some proper, 94.
—— common, 95.
—— belonging to the Family, _ib._
—— hereditary, _ib._
_Sepulchre_, call’d by the _Egyptians_ _Domus æterna_, 101.
—— why call’d eternal Houses, 305.
—— of _Osiris_, 200.
—— of _Mycerinus_’s Daughter, _ib._
—— of _Alexander_, 217.
—— of _Ninus_, 225.
—— of the _Egyptian_ Kings, 194.
_Sepulture_ rightly accounted _Jus Naturæ_, 5.
—— a Debt to _Nature_, ib.
—— ordain’d by _God_ himself, 5.
—— practis’d by the _Heathens_, 6.
—— asserted in the _Scriptures_, 7.
—— confirm’d by the _Philosophers_ and _Poets_, ib.
—— instituted in obedience to the Love of _God_ and _Nature_, 8.
—— defends from the _Plague_, 15.
—— and preserves _Bodies_, ib.
—— why invented, 16.
—— strictly observed in War, 42.
—— yet deny’d some out of Revenge, 41.
—— always esteem’d honourable among _God_’s People, 85.
_Sesostris_’s Cedar _Ship_, 183.
_Ships_ of _Arabia_, 207.
_Silk-worm_, spins her own Winding-sheet, 29.
_Situation_ of the Dead in their _Sepulchres_, 85, 86.
_Smell_ of a _Goal_ very pernicious, 14.
_Snow_ in _Egypt_, 149.
_Somia_, the Burial-place of the _Ptolomies_, 217.
_Sorceresses_ feed on Man’s Flesh, 14.
_Sore Eyes_ and _Blindness_ of the _Egyptians_, 163.
_Soul_ concern’d at the ill Usage of the _Body_, 104, 105.
_Sounding_ of Brazen Vessels about the Dead, 57.
_Sphinx_, 321.
—— represents _Momphta_, 322.
_Stoics_, value not the Corruption of the Body, 20.
_Stonehenge_ the Sepulchre of the _Britains_, 91.
_Stones_ heap’d over a Body, an ignominious sort of Burial, 51, 52.
_Summer_ of _Egypt_, 154.
_Subterranean Caves_, 202, 324.
_Surgery_ the chief of _Arts_, 1.
—— invented and improved in _Egypt_, 187.
—— how useful in _Embalming_, 188.
—— teaches the _Art_ of _Bandage_, ib.
_Surgeon_, the chief _Embalmer_, 188, 283.
—— his Business, 284.
_Sylla_ the _Dictator_, order’d his own _Corps_ to be burnt, that he
might not be ill treated by his Enemies, 50, 83.
T.
_Taricheutæ_, 254, 285.
Τάριχος, 293.
Ταριχεύειν, 254.
_Templi Hortus_, 17.
_Temple_ of _Belus_, 226.
_Teneriff_, the _Inhabitants_ Manner of _Sepulture_ and _Embalming_,
113.
_Thebais_, 127.
_Thebes_, 193.
Θεουργικὴ τέχνη, 171.
_Theology_ of the _Egyptians_, 238.
Θεραπεύω, its signification, 175.
_Thrum-stone_, 361.
_Thunder_ seldom heard in _Egypt_, 156.
_Time_ of carrying forth the _Corps_, 72.
_Tincar_, 261.
_Tobit_’s great Care in burying the Dead, 33.
_Toga_ us’d by the _Romans_ to cloath their Dead with, 65.
_Tombs_ erected for Horses, and honoured with _Epitaphs_, 30.
—— why dedicated _Diis Manibus_, 35.
_Tomb_ of a _Dog_ at _Rome_, 30.
—— of King _Amasis_, 321.
—— of a Cat, 31.
_Tombs_, their Use and Benefit, 98.
—— how adorn’d, and with what Inscriptions, 99.
—— how called, 99, 100.
—— why call’d _Tumulus_, 92, 99.
—— _inanis, seu Tumulus sine Corpore_, 97.
_Traitors_ deny’d _Burial_, 47, 48, 49.
V.
_Vespillones_, why so called, 73.
—— their Office, 74.
_Vestal Virgins_, how buried, 50.
_Vitellius_’s Body cut in pieces, and flung into the _Tyber_, 51.
_Unguentum Cedrinum_, 287.
_Undertakers_, 2, 177, 178, 179, 185.
ὙΠΌΓΕΙΟΝ, 96.
_Urns_ of _Glass_ found at _Nismes_, ib.
W.
_Wall_ built by _Sesostris_, 224.
_Washing_ a Corps, why used, 60.
—— why with warm Water, 59.
—— why with Salt, _ib._
_Water_ of _Nile_ very prolific, 236.
_Weeping_, if moderate, commendable, 79.
—— us’d by _Kings_ and _Patriarchs_, ib.
—— by our _Saviour_, 80.
—— allays Grief, 81.
_Wells_ of _embalmed_ Birds, 328.
A Virgin _Well_, 329.
_Wiek_ and _Oil_, both in a _Lamp_, 364.
_Winds_ which blow most in _Egypt_, 155.
_Winter_ in _Egypt_, 154.
_Workmen_, what Number imploy’d in building the first _Pyramid_, 319.
_Writings_ thought the best Monument, 116.
X.
_Xantippus_ buried his Dogs, 30.
Χυμεία, 183.
_Xylobalsamum_, 210.
Z.
_Zeilan_, Inhabitants their Manner of _Sepulture_, 113.
_FINIS._
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1. The Table of Contents was added by transcriber.
2. Made corrections listed in the ERRATA.
3. Phænician was consistently used instead of Phœnician.
4. Changed “ἐυπραγεῖν” to “εὐπραγεῖν” in the Amico heading.
5. Changed “Ε ασατ’ ἠδη” to “Εασατ’ ἤδη”, Ὁθεν δ’ ἓκαστον” to “Ὅθεν δ’
ἕκαστον”, Ἐνταυθ’” to “Ἐνταῦθ’”, and “Ἡ μετερον” to “Ἡμετερον” on
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12. Changed “Synonimous” to “Synonymous” on p. 100.
13. Changed “Ἀιγύπτος” to “Αἰγύπτος” on p. 126.
14. Changed “out of the of midst” to “out of the midst” on p. 144.
15. Changed “Κατὰ δὲ την δὲ την χῶραν οὔτε τότε, ουτε ἄλλοτε, ἄνωθον ἐπί
τάς ἄρούρας ὕδωρ ἐπίρῥεῖ” to “Κατὰ δὲ τὴν δὲ τὴν χώραν οὔτε τότε,
οὔτε ἄλλοτε, ἄνωθεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρούρας ὕδωρ ἐπιῤῥεῖ” on p. 148.
16. Changed “θεουργική” to “θεουργικὴ” on p. 171.
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26. Changed “ἔργαστήριον” to “ἐργαστήριον” on p. 216.
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28. Changed “ταριχέυειν” to “ταριχεύειν” on p. 254.
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“Ἀφρόνιτρον” on p. 260.
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33. Changed “qnod” to “quod” on p. 358.
34. Changed “Bechira feu Bechiria” to “Bechira seu Bechiria” on the 2nd
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