Volume 1

The works of Sir Thomas Browne : including his unpublished correspondence, and a memoir / edited by Simon Wilkin.

  • Thomas Browne
Date:
1846
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Credit: The works of Sir Thomas Browne : including his unpublished correspondence, and a memoir / edited by Simon Wilkin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ■Scheldt by Antwerp, Brussels, and Maestricht to Aix-la-Cha- >elle, which he reached on the 7th Oct. From Aken, he .vent direct through Juliers to the Rhine ; along which river le travelled from Cologne to Bingen, Mayence, and Frank- fort; and thence, passing through Darmstadt, Heidelberg, ^Nurnberg, Ratisbon, and Lintz, he reached Vienna on the :20th November. There he passed the winter of 1668-9; /isiting and examining every object within and around it, vorthy his notice; and making excursions in several directions. The Imperial Museum and Library were his great attrac- tions ;. and his acquaintance with Peter Lambecius, the libra- rian, gave him special facilities. Through his influence he i.vas allowed the privilege of withdrawing books to his lodg- ngs, and he has preserved a list of some which he read, which I subjoin.2 He speaks of the Emperor Leopold, as a nan of considerable literary attainments, and a patron of earning and learned men. Lambecius was in the habit of i suggesting books for his Imperial master's reading, and it : lappened on one occasion, that he put Religio Medici into ! he Emperor's hands, wherewith, says Browne,s the Emperor i.vas exceedingly pleased, and spake very much of it unto Lambecius, insomuch that Lambecius asked me whether I ^new the author, he being of my own name, and whether he 2 [FROM MS. SLOAN. 1922, FOL. 50.] Books which I borrowed out of the Emperor's library : /ernherius de Admirandis Hungarise aquis. jeorgius Agricola de re metallica lib. xii. De Animalibus subterraneis. )e Ortu et causis subterraneorum, lib. v. I De natura eorum que effluunt ex terra, lib. iiij. 1 De natura fossilium, lib. x. De veteribus et novis metalli's, lib. ij. Bermannus sive de re metallica dialogus. De mensuris et ponderibus Romanorum et Graecorum. De externis mensuris et ponderibus. \d ea quoc Andreas Alciatus denuo disputavit de mensuris et ponderibus, brevis defensio. L)e mensuris quibus intervalla metimur. Oe restituendis ponderibus atque mensuris. )e pretio metallorm et rnonetis. .uca: Poeti jurisconsul. de mensuris et ponderibus Romanis et Gratis cum his qua; hodie Roma: sunt collatis, lib. v. Cjusdem variarum lectionum liber unus. i'lundus alter et idem ; sive terra Australis antehac semper incognita longis itincri- bus peregrini Academici nuper lustrata. Authore Mercutio Britannico. Accessit, propter aflinitatem materia;, Thornae Campancllse Civitas Solis, ct Nova Atlantis Franc. Baconi Bar. de Verulamio. 3 Travels, folio, p. 141.