[784:5] The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.—Paracelsus, 1490-1541. (From the Encyclopædia Britannica, ninth edition, vol. xviii. p. 234.)

[784:6] See Spenser, page [28].

[784:7] See Byrom, page [351].

[784:8] See Shakespeare, page [69].


MIGUEL DE CERVANTES.  1547-1616.

Don Quixote. (Lockhart's Translation.)

I was so free with him as not to mince the matter.

Don Quixote. The Author's Preface.

They can expect nothing but their labour for their pains.[784:9]