The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns. A letter to a friend, upon occasion of the death of his intimate friend. Christian morals, &c. Miscellany tracts. Repertorium. Miscellanies. Domestic correspondence, journals, &c. Miscellaneous correspondence

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CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

HYDRIOTAPHIA.

Urn Burial; or, a Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns lately found in
Norfolk

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BRAMPTON URNS.

Particulars of some Urns found in Brampton Field, Feb. 1667-8

A LETTER TO A FRIEND, upon occasion of the death of his intimate friend

CHRISTIAN MORALS, &c.

insects

Tract 5. Of hawks and falconry, ancient and modern
Tract 6. Of cymbals, &c.

MISCELLANY TRACTS; ALSO MISCELLANIES.

Editor's Preface

147

The Publisher to the Reader

149

Tract 1. Observations upon several plants mentioned in Scripture 151
Tract 2. Of garlands and coronary or garland plants
Tract 3.

203

Of the fishes eaten by our Saviour with his disciples after

his resurrection from the dead

208

Tract 4. An answer to certain queries relating to fishes, birds, and

210

214 219

108

121

Tract 7.
Tract 8.
Tract 9.

Of ropalic or gradual verses, &c.

Page 221
Of languages, and particularly of the Saxon tongue 223
Of artificial hills, mounts, or burrows, in many parts of
England what they are, to what end raised, and by
what nations

242

Tract 10. Of Troas, what place is meant by that name. Also of the
situations of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, in
the Dead Sea
Tract 11. Of the answers of the Oracle of Apollo at Delphos to
Croesus, king of Lydia

246

251

Tract 12. A prophecy concerning the future state of several nations, in a letter written upon occasion of an old prophecy sent to the author from a friend, with a request that he would consider it

259

Tract 13. Museum Clausum, or, Bibliotheca Abscondita: containing some remarkable books, antiquities, pictures, and rarities, of several kinds, scarce or never seen by any man now living.

267

REPERTORIUM.

Some account of the tombs and monuments in the cathedral church of Norwich

Addenda

Upon the dark thick mist happening on the 27th of Nov. 1674
Account of a thunderstorm at Norwich, 1665

MISCELLANIES.

Concerning the too nice curiosity of censuring the present, or
judging into future dispensations
Upon reading Hudibras

€ 307

An account of Island, alias Iceland, in the year 1662.

An account of birds found in Norfolk

An account of fishes, &c. found in Norfolk and on the coast

On the ostrich

Boulimia centenaria

On dreams.

Observations on grafting

Hints and Extracts; to his son, Dr. Edward Browne

DOMESTIC CORRESPONDENCE, JOURNALS, &c.

Dr. Browne's Letters to his son Thomas, 1660-2
Journal of Mr. E. Browne

279

305

309

ib.

311

323

335

338 339 341 342 346 349

388 to 397

398

Dr. Browne's Letters to his son Edward
Dr. Browne's Letters to his son Thomas
Mr. Thos. Browne to his father
Dr. Browne to his son Thomas

Dr. Browne's Correspondence with Mr. E. Browne
travels, 1668-1669

Further Correspondence-June 1670 to Oct. 1682

MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE.

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Page 412 415 to 418 419 to 421

422

Dr. Browne to Dr. Henry Power

Dr. Henry Power to Dr. Browne.-Feb. 10, 1648
Mr. Merryweather to Dr. Browne.-Oct. 1, 1649
Dr. Browne's Correspondence with Evelyn in 1658
with Dugdale.-Oct. 1658 to April

with Dr. Merritt.-July

426 to 440

441 to 482

1662

Feb. 1669

Sir Robert Paston to Dr. Browne.-Apr. 5, 1669
The Earl of Yarmouth to Sir Thos. Browne. Sept. 10, 1674
Sir Thomas Browne to Elias Ashmole.-Oct. 8, 1674.