Chap. 7. Of the Eloquence of some Men, and

the wonderful Power of Persuasion that hath

been in their Speeches and Orations 220

Chap. 8. Of the most famous Greek and Latin

Historians

223

Chap. 9 Of the most famous and ancient Greek

and Latin Poets

226

Chap. 10. Of Music; the strange Efficacy of it,

and the most famous Musicians

282

Chap. 11. Of such as by the Sight of the Face

could judge of the Inclinations, Manners,

and Fortunes, of the Person

Chap. 12. Of the Painters in former Times,

and the principal Pieces of the best Ar-

tists

239

Chap. 15. Of the most eminent Artists for

making of Statues and Images in Clay, Mar-

ble, Ivory, Brass, &c.

336

243

BOOK VI.

Containing Miscellaneous Curiosities.

Chap. 1. Of such Infants as have been heard

to cry while they were in the Wombs of their

Mothers

274

Chap. 2. Of Women who have carried their dead

Children in their Wombs for some Years 275

Chap. S. Of such Women whose Children

have been petrified and turned to Stone in

their Wombs; and the like found in dead Bo-

dies, or some Parts of them

Chap. 4. Of such Persons as have made their

Entrance into the World in a different Man-

ner from the rest of Mankind

277

278

Chap. 5. Of what Monsters some Women have

been delivered, and of preternatural

280

Births

Chap. 6. Of the Birth day, and what hath be-

fallen some Men thereon; also of such other

Days as were observed fortunate or other-

wise to several Persons

284

288

Chap. 7. Of the Signatures and natural Marks

upon the Bodies of some Men

986

Chap. 8. Of Dreams, and what hath been re-

vealed to some Persons therein

Chap. 9. Of Presages of good or evil Fortune 295

Chap. 10. Of famous Predictions of some Men,

and how the Event has been conformable

thereto

Chap. 11. Of several illustrious Persons abused

and deceived by Predictions of Astrologers,

and the equivocal Responses of Oracles Sfie

Chap. 12. Of the magnificent Buildings and ad-

mirable Works of the Ancients, and those

of later Times

818

Chap

Chap. 25. Of such as have fallen into Trances

and Ecstasies, and their Manner of Behaviour

therein

sons

896

Chap. 26. Of extraordinary Things in the Bo-

dies, Fortunes, Death, &c. of divers Per-

397

Chap. 27. Of Matters of Importance and high

Designs, either promoted, or made to mis-

carry, by small Matters or strange Acci-

dents
408

Chap. 28. Of such as have framed themselves

to an Imitation of their Superiors; with the

Force of Examples in divers Things

Chap. 29. Of the Authority of some Persons

amongst their Soldiers and Countrymen 408

Chap. 30. Of such Princes and Persons as have

been fortunate in the finding hidden Trea-

sures, and others that were deluded in the

like Expectations

405

410

Chap. 31. Of the Election and Inauguration of

Princes in several Places and Nations

Chap. 32. Of the Games and Plays of sundry

412