But more than mind discloses
And more then men believe."
G. K. Chesterton: The Song of Quoodle.
VI.7. ICTUS: Blow; add V (five) and you get VICTUS (vanquished); the ictus is the stress in a foot of verse; if the stress be misplaced the line goes lamely.
I.8. SPINOZA: He wrote on the properties of optical glasses; also on metaphysics.
IV.13. THIRTY-ONE: Seven (months) out of the twelve of the sun's course through the heavens have thirty-one days.
XIV.13. ET: Conjunction. In astrology an aspect of the heavenly bodies. That Cicero was the master of this word indicates that it is a Latin one.
X.14. BEZOAR: The bezoar stone was supposed to be a prophylactic against poison.
11.I. PLAUD: If you would laud, then plaud (var. of applaud); Plaud-it also means "cheer."