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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
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Losing touch
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I give light. A wonderful and a dreadful speech, with a pleasant prophesy, written for the good of all Kings and rulers who have got power to uphold Babylon; ... Dedicated to his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, ... God bless your Royal Highness is the prayer of William Mitchell.
Mitchel, William, 1670 or 1671-1740.Date: 1737?]- Books
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Historia compendiosa anglicana: or, A compendious history of England: wherein is contained, an account of its rulers, or Kings, from about the year of the creation 2851, in the time of the prophet Samuel, to the year of salvation, 1741. Adorn'd with portraitures, at length, of those monarchs, who have sway'd the British sceptre since the conquest: the history of the Kings of Scotland, from the reign of Fergus, Anno Mundi 3618, 'till King James the First united that Crown to the English Diadem: ... To which is annex'd, an appendix, relating to York, and those illustrious personages that have proved inestimable blessings to this extensive county; ...Also compleat indexes to the whole, illustrated with explanatory notes, describing remote parts of the earth; Kings famous in ancient mythology; founders of states and monarchies; and many curious observations proper to entertain the learned and ingenious reader. Faithfully and diligently collected by Thomas Gent.
Gent, Thomas, 1693-1778.Date: MDCCXLI. [1741]- Pictures
Page 115: three portraits of kings, princes or rulers. Gouache drawing.
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A prophecy of an old prophet, concerning kings, and judges, and rulers, and of the magistrates of Edinburgh, and also of the downfal [sic] of Babylon, which is locusts, who is King of the bottomless pit.
Mitchel, William, 1670 or 1671-1740.Date: 1737?]
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The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in council with kings, dukes, earls and others. Etching by J. Amman, 1579.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1579]Reference: 31637i