Notes to Hydriotaphia
103. Just.
104. Destruction.
105. A chemical vessel made of earth, ashes, or burnt bones, and in which assay-masters try their metals. It suffers all baser ones when fused and mixed with lead to pass off, and retains only gold and silver.
106. This substance known to French chemists by the name “adipo-cire,” was first discovered by Sir Thomas Browne.
107. From its thickness.
108. Euripides.
109. Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Egyptian, Arabic defaced by the Emperor Licinius.