[113] Anatomy of Melancholy.
[114] Essays, Vol. II., p. 262-3. Translated by Cotton. London, 1743.
[115] "Cujus rei istud est argumentum, quod ubi rem veneream exercemus, tantillo emisse, imbecilles evadimus."—De Genitura.
[116] Tome 52, p. 286, et seq.
[117] Juvenal, Sat. 6, v. 302. "Ad venerem," says Lubinus in a note on this passage, "miris modis instigant (i.e., ostreæ), inde turpissimæ illæ bestiæ (feminæ) ostrea comedebant, ut ad Venerem promptiores essent."
[118] De la génération de l'homme, p. 272.
[119] Traité des dispenses et de Carême, Paris, 1709, en 12mo, réimprimé trois fois.
[120] Names given to the female slaves or concubines in the harem of the Sultan.
[121] A large province of the Deccan, said to have been famous, in ancient times, for its diamond mines.
[122] That Coryphæus of voluptuaries, George IV., so highly appreciated this quality in truffles, that his Ministers at the courts of Turin, Naples, Florence, &c., were specially instructed to forward by a state messenger to the Royal Kitchen any of those fungi that might be found superior in size, delicacy or flavour.