Folk-lore of Shakespeare by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

Author:T. F. Thiselton-Dyer [Thiselton-Dyer, T. F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Kids, Teen, Fantasy and Magic, Fiction - YA, Fantasy, Fiction & Literature
ISBN: 1230001490145
Publisher: Bhoomi Digital Apps.
Published: 2017-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

Sir Thomas Browne, in his interesting “Fragment on Mummies,” tells us that Francis I. always carried mummy[619] with him as a panacea against all disorders. Some used it for epilepsy, some for gout, some used it as a styptic. He further adds: “The common opinion of the virtues of mummy bred great consumption thereof, and princes and great men contended for this strange panacea, wherein Jews dealt largely, manufacturing mummies from dead carcasses, and giving them the names of kings, while specifics were compounded from crosses and gibbets leavings.”

Nightmare. There are various charms practised, in this and other countries, for the prevention of nightmare, many of which are exceedingly quaint. In days gone by it appears that St. Vitalis, whose name has been corrupted into St. Withold, was invoked; and, by way of illustration, Theobald quotes from the old play of “King John”[620] the following:

“Sweet S. Withold, of thy lenitie, defend us from extremitie.”

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