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  • Newes from the dead. Or A true and exact narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene, who being executed at Oxford Decemb. 14. 1650. afterwards revived ; and by the care of certain hysitians [!] there, is now perfectly recovered. Together with the manner of her suffering, and the particular meanes used for her recovery / Written by a schollar in Oxford for the satisfaction of a friend, who desired to be informed concerning the truth of the businesse. Whereunto are added certain poems, casually written upon that subject. The second impression with additions.
  • Newes from the dead. Or A true and exact narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene, who being executed at Oxford Decemb. 14. 1650. afterwards revived ; and by the care of certain hysitians [!] there, is now perfectly recovered. Together with the manner of her suffering, and the particular meanes used for her recovery / Written by a schollar in Oxford for the satisfaction of a friend, who desired to be informed concerning the truth of the businesse. Whereunto are added certain poems, casually written upon that subject. The second impression with additions.
  • Newes from the dead. Or A true and exact narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene, who being executed at Oxford Decemb. 14. 1650. afterwards revived ; and by the care of certain hysitians [!] there, is now perfectly recovered. Together with the manner of her suffering, and the particular meanes used for her recovery / Written by a schollar in Oxford for the satisfaction of a friend, who desired to be informed concerning the truth of the businesse. Whereunto are added certain poems, casually written upon that subject. The second impression with additions.
  • Newes from the dead. Or A true and exact narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene, who being executed at Oxford Decemb. 14. 1650. afterwards revived ; and by the care of certain hysitians [!] there, is now perfectly recovered. Together with the manner of her suffering, and the particular meanes used for her recovery / Written by a schollar in Oxford for the satisfaction of a friend, who desired to be informed concerning the truth of the businesse. Whereunto are added certain poems, casually written upon that subject. The second impression with additions.
  • Asphodeline lutea Rchb. Yellow asphodel, King's spear, Hastula regia. Hardy rhizomatous perennial. Distribution Mediterranean and Caucasus. It is the flower of the dead, as Homer writes that it carpets an area in the gloomy darkness of the underworld (Hades), in Greek mythology where the souls of the dead are found. However this may be a misinterpretation of the Greek where 'Asphodel' has been read instead of 'ash-filled'. In the etymology of flower names, it is suggested that the yellow 'daffodil' is a corruption of French or Flemish 'de asphodel' (both ex Steve Reece, 2007). An Aristotelian epigram, refers to it growing on tombs: 'On my back I hold mallow and many-rooted asphodel ...' The asphodel was sacred to Persephone, goddess of the underworld, who was seized and wed by Hades, god of the underworld, and taken to his kingdom. Her disappearance brings the winter, and her reappearance each year, the spring. The only reliable source of information about its early medical uses is, probably, Dioscorides although the plant in his De Materia Medica may be A. ramosus or A. albus. He gives its properties as diuretic, induces menses, good for coughs and convulsions, an antidote to snake bite, applied as a poultice for sores of all sorts, and in compounds for eye, ear and tooth pains, and to cure alopecia and vitiligo, but induces diarrhoea and vomiting and is an anti-aphrodisiac. Fuchs (1542), as Ruel’s commentaries (1543) note, makes a big mistake as he has Lilium martagon as his concept of A. luteus. Ruel only illustrates its leaves and roots, calling it Hastula regia (Latin for King’s spear) but Matthiolus's Commentaries (1569 edition) has a reasonable woodcut also as Hastula regia (1569). Dodoen's Cruydeboeck (1556) does not mention or illustrate Asphodelus luteus. L'Escluse's French translation Histoire des Plantes (1557) follows the Cruydeboeck. Dodoen's Latin translation Stirpium Historia Pemptades Sex (1583) adds A. luteus with text and woodcut, with no uses. Henry Lyte's (1578) translation illustrates Asphodelus luteus as Asphodeli tertia species and 'Yellow affodyl' (vide etymology of 'daffodil') and also does not describe any uses for it. Gerard's translation The Herbal (1597 and 1633) continues the muddle and does not give any uses for this plant. Parkinson's comments (1640) on the lack of medicinal properties of asphodels, refer to quite different plants coming from wet areas in Lancashire, Scotland and Norway . He calls them pseudoasphodelus major and minor which he writes are called Asphodelus luteus palustris by Dodoens, and not 'King's Spear' which he illustrates with a good woodcut of A. luteus and calls it Asphodelus luteus minor. Once herbals started to be written in northern Europe, the knowledge of the arid loving, Asphodelus luteus of south east Europe was lost. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The invasion of Jerusalem; Hezekiah's prayer for Jerusalem's deliverance is answered. Mezzotint by G. Sanders, 1845, after E. Taylor.
  • A prayer for the liberation from the plague with images of the wounds of Christ, the Instruments of the Passion and of interceding saints. Etching.
  • The angel Gabriel tells Zacharias that his prayer for a child is to be granted; John the Baptist will be his son. Engraving by E. Kirkall after M. Scheits.
  • A selection of text from the Adi Granth. This example was probably transcribed by a Kashmiri scribe in gurmukhi script and used as a prayer book for personal devotions.
  • Saint Gregory the Great: he prays for intercession against the plague. Engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1769, after C. van Loo.
  • Elijah prays for life to be restored to the widow's son. Line engraving by O. Gatti, 1625, after Il Pordenone.
  • A muzzled hunting dog is sitting next to a dead boar in the forest. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • A couple just married outside a church, a butterfly emblem symbolising a Hindu wedding, and a mosque with a prayer book and two bearded men with the warning of no sex before or outside marriage; an AIDS prevention advertisement for families by GAP-SIRMCE. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Moses' arms grow heavy as he prays for the victory of the Israelites over the Amalecites; an outstretched arm is anatomically depicted. Etching by C. Sperling-Heckel, c. 1735.
  • Votive picture: three people pray to the Virgin and Child for a patient in bed, a woman mops the patient's brow and a surgeon lets blood from the foot. Oil painting.
  • Votive picture: three people pray to the Virgin and Child for a patient in bed, a woman mops the patient's brow and a surgeon lets blood from the foot. Oil painting.
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by His Excellency Edward Everett, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: a proclamation for a day of public thanksgiving and prayer : ... Thursday, the thirtieth day of November... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven ... / Edward Everett, John P. Bigelow, Secretary of the State.
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by His Excellency Edward Everett, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: a proclamation for a day of public thanksgiving and prayer : ... Thursday, the thirtieth day of November... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven ... / Edward Everett, John P. Bigelow, Secretary of the State.
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by His Excellency John Brooks, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a proclamation, for a day of public thanksgiving and prayer : ... Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November next ... Given at the Council chamber, in Boston, this eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen ... / John Brooks, Alden Bradford, Secretary.
  • A wolverine (glutton) is sitting on a dead tree branch in the forest while a young stag is passing. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.
  • A fox-trap in the forest: a dead fox in a trap which kills by releasing weights on to the victim. Etching by M.E. Ridinger after J.E. Ridinger.
  • God's protection in various forms of distress: the angel of the Lord guides Moses and Aaaron who lead the people on a journey; good weather after a thunderstorm; a man prays for a doctor to be called to a sick bed. Etching.
  • The god Narada descending from heaven to dispel evil doctrines (left). To his right a princess on the throne and, with two attendants, prays for help from heaven. This story of Nerada is one of the last ten birth tales of the Buddha's previous livess
  • Nepal; deforestation in the Khumbu, 1986. Stacked firewood outside a Sherpa house at Phakding (altitude 3200 metres). Also shown are carrying baskets (bottom right) and prayer flags attached to thin sticks stuck into the ground. In common with many smallholdings, the ground floor of the house is reserved for animals while the family lives upstairs. By the early 1980s, it was estimated that massive deforestation was contributing to the loss of 240 million cubic metres of topsoil in Nepal each year. Sherpas rely on wood for fuel but lack of chimneys in most homes contribute to the coughs and bronchial congestion common to most. Poor hygiene is prevalent because precious wood must be destroyed to create hot water.
  • The Curée: a clearing in the forest in which the hunting party have formed a circle around the dead stag and watch on and blow the horn as the hounds are let loose on the remains of the stag of which only the hide and the head are retained. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • The funeral of a Chinese merchant's wife in Hong Kong. Wood engraving after G.W. Cooke (?), 1859.
  • An account of the rise, progress and present state
  • A juror protesting that the subject of a coroner's inquest is alive; showing the danger of blind faith in doctors. Coloured aquatint by F, 1826.
  • The poisoning of King John I at Swineshead Abbey in Lincolnshire in 1216. Line engraving by Smith.
  • A man with cholera buried prematurely. Photograph after painting by A. J. Wiertz.