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A Relation Of A Discovery Lately Made On The Coast Of Florida: (From Lat. 31. To 33 Deg. 45 Min. North-Lat.)., Hilton, William, D. 1675, Long, Anthony, Fabian, Peter, 17th Cent

Florida Heritage

This expedition first visited the neighborhood of Port Royal, then sailed northeastward along the South Carolina coast, concluding with a careful exploration of Cape Fear River.

Includes the relation of the expedition, various letters by William Hilton and Captain Alanso Arguiles, as well as proposals concerning the disposition of land to settlers of the region explored by Hilton.

God’S Controversy With New-England (1662, 1871), Michael Wigglesworth, Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Presented here is Wigglesworth’s manuscript poem "God’s Controversy with New-England" (1871)—courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Composed in 1662 on the occasion of a terrible drought, the poem is a versified jeremiad bewailing the backsliding of the rising generation. Thus, God uses nature’s drought as a secondary cause to punish the exsiccation of the spirit among the offspring of New England’s patriarchs, whose children were either unable (or unwilling) to accept the Half-Way Covenant (1662) governing church admission. More than that, "God’s Controversy" encapsulates the Federal Covenant between God and Saints, whose chastisement, paradoxically, is a sign of God’s loving …

Common Rules: English

Constitutions and Rules

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Case Notes

South Carolina Law Review

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A Physical Directory; Or A Translation Of The Dispensatory Made By The Colledg Of Physitians Of London, And By Them Imposed Upon All The Apothecaries Of England To Make Up Their Medicines By. And In This Third Edition Is Added A Key To Galen's Method Of Physick., Nicholas Culpeper

Rare Books & Manuscripts

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Phantastes Chapter 19: The Innocent Iii, Abraham Cowley

German Romantic and Other Influences

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was an English poet whose work echoes the metaphysical wit of John Donne. The lines quoted are lines 5-8 of “The Innocent III” (1647).

Milk For Babes. Drawn Out Of The Breasts Of Both Testaments. Chiefly, For The Spirituall Nourishment Of Boston Babes In Either England: But May Be Of Like Use For Any Children, John Cotton

Zea E-Books in American Studies

John Cotton’s Milk for Babes (also known as Spiritual Milk for Babes), a beginning catechism for children and young Christians, was first published in the 1640s and remained in print continuously for over 200 years. In a series of 64 questions and answers, it rehearses sin and the law, the ten commandments, the role of the Church, the nature of grace, the covenant, salvation, the sacraments, and the last judgment. It is annotated with 203 marginal Bible references on which Cotton based his statement of the fundamental Puritan credo. In its 13 small pages, Cotton’s catechism encompasses the Reformed …

Milk For Babes. Drawn Out Of The Breasts Of Both Testaments. Chiefly, For The Spirituall Nourishment Of Boston Babes In Either England: But May Be Of Like Use For Any Children (1646), John Cotton B.D., Paul Royster , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

John Cotton’s Milk for Babes (also known as Spiritual Milk for Babes), a beginning catechism for children and young Christians, was first published in the 1640s and remained in print continuously for over 200 years. In a series of 64 questions and answers, it rehearses sin and the law, the ten commandments, the role of the Church, the nature of grace, the covenant, salvation, the sacraments, and the last judgment. It is annotated with 203 marginal Bible references on which Cotton based his statement of the fundamental Puritan credo. In its 13 small pages, Cotton’s catechism encompasses the Reformed …

Chirologia: Or The Naturall Language Of The Hand. Composed Of The Speaking Motions, And Discoursing Gestures Thereof. Whereunto Is Added Chironomia: Or, The Art Of Manuall Rhetoricke. Consisting Of The Naturall Expressions, Digested By Art In The Hand, As The Chiefest Instrument Of Eloquence, By Historicall Manifesto’S, Exemplified Out Of The Authentique Registers Of Common Life, And Civill Conversation. With Types, Or Chyrograms: A Long-Wish’D For Illustration Of This Argument., John Bulwer

Deaf Rare Books

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New England's Prospect, William Wood

Settler Literature Archive

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Via Recta Ad Vitam Longam : Or, A Plain Philosophicall Demonstration Of The Nature, Faculties, And Effects Of All Such Things As By Way Of Nourishments Make For The Preservation Of Health, With Divers Necessary Dieteticall Observations; As Also Of The True Use And Effects Of Sleep, Exercise, Excretions And Perturbations, With Just Applications To Every Age, Constitution Of Body, And Time Of Yeere ... Whereunto Is Annexed ... A Necessary And Compendious Treatise Of The Famous Baths Of Bathe, With A Censure Of The Medicinable Faculties Of The Water Of Saint Vincent's Rocks Neere The City Of Bristoll. As Also An Accurate Treatise Concerning Tobacco, Tobias Venner

Rare Books at James White Library

The baths of Bathe" and "A briefe and accurate treatise concerning the taking of the fume of tobacco" have special title pages dated 1637. Imperfect: p. 265-272 mutilated.

Excerpts, Confessionario, Francisco Pareja, Emilio Moran, Mikaela Perron

Early Visions Bucket

"The following excerpt is a series of questions that a Spanish Friar may have asked natives, in order to guide him or her through the Christian sacrament of confession."

Gov. Thomas Dudley's Letter To The Countess Of Lincoln. March 1631., Thomas Dudley, John Farmer , Editor (1834 Edition), Paul Royster , Depositor

Joshua Scottow Papers

The following copy of the Letter of Thomas Dudley to the Countess of Lincoln, written in March 1631, is the earliest complete printing of the text. It appeared in the New Hampshire Historical Collections, volume 4 (1834), pages 224-249. It was also issued separately in Concord, N.H., by Marsh, Capen and Lyon that same year.

Approximately three-quarters of the letter had previously appeared in 1696, in the volume published in Boston titled Massachusetts, or The First Planters, possibly compiled and edited by Joshua Scottow.

This present text was printed from a manuscript discovered “by one of the Publishing Committee” …

Rb005: Anatomia In Qua Tota Humani Corporis Fabrica... Amstelodami, Ioannes Ianssonius, 1617, Andreas Vesalius 1514-1564, Thomas Geminus D. 1562

Anatomical Texts

A paper affixed to the rear free endpaper of the item states that is edition contains “fine reproductions of the Gemini plates.”

“Thomas Geminus was a a pseudonym for Thomas Lambrit, an engraver and printer…shown as active from about 1540; he died in May 1562.” http://www.arsanatomica.lib.ed.ac.uk/geminus.html accessed 11/20/2012. Geminus (Lambrit) printed Compendiosa totius anatomiae delineation aere exarata in 1545 copied from Vesalius’ 1543, De humani corporis fabrica . (Wellcome Library catalog, accessed 11/20/2012.)

This book is a 1617 reproduction of the engraved copperplates which Lambrit himself copied from the original woodblock prints of the Vesalius’ book.

Because the illustrations were …

A Description Of New England, John Smith

Zea E-Books in American Studies

John Smith (1580-1631) made one voyage to the coast of Massachusetts and Maine in 1614, and attempted a second one the following year, only to be captured by French pirates and detained for several months near the Azores before escaping and making his way back to England. This book is the story of these two voyages.

Smith went to the coasts of America north of Virginia to explore the opportunities for fisheries, fur trading, and settlement. Smith was a veteran soldier, sailor, traveller, explorer, cartographer, and colonist: he had fought the Spanish in France and Italy, the Turks in Hungary …

A Description Of New England (1616): An Online Electronic Text Edition, John Smith , Captain & Admiral, Paul Royster , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

John Smith (1580-1631) made one voyage to the coast of Massachusetts and Maine in 1614, and attempted a second one the following year, only to be captured by French pirates and detained for several months near the Azores before escaping and making his way back to England. This book is the story of these two voyages.

Smith went to the coast of America north of Virginia to explore the opportunities for fisheries, fur trading, and settlement. Smith was a veteran soldier, sailor, traveller, explorer, cartographer, and colonist: he had fought the Spanish in France and Italy, the Turks in Hungary …

Phantastes Chapter 20: The Faithful Shepherdess, John Fletcher

German Romantic and Other Influences

John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a contemporary of William Shakespeare and followed him as main playwright for the King’s Men. The Faithful Shepherdess (produced in 1608, probably published in 1609) is also important for Fletcher’s definition of tragicomedy, which highlights the importance of near-death to the genre.

Phantastes Chapter 22: The Revenger's Tragedy, Cyril Tourneur

German Romantic and Other Influences

Cyril Tourneur (1575-1626) was an English dramatist, a contemporary of Shakespeare; Tourneur was also a soldier and politician. The Revenger’s Tragedy (1607), as its name implies, is a revenge tragedy, and comments on the battle to avenge the destruction by the giants that lead to the brothers’ deaths. Literary critics now believe that the play was written by Thomas Middleton (1580-1627).

Phantastes Chapter 24: The Honest Whore, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton

German Romantic and Other Influences

Thomas Dekker (1572-1632) was a dramatist and writer of popular pamphlets describing London life. This line comes from the play The Honest Whore, Part II (1605 or 1606). The Honest Whore, Part I, a collaboration between Dekker and Thomas Middleton, was performed in 1604.

Poem, La Florida, Alonso Gregorio De Escobedo, Mikaela Perron, Thomas B. Hallock

Early Visions Bucket

"Alonso Gregorio de Escobedo, a Franciscan hailing from Andalucía, arrived in St. Augustine on October 7, 1587. Little is known about his life, except for what he included in his epic poem 'La Florida.' Penned sometime between 1598 and 1615, this massive composite work was modeled after the metrically elegant style of the octava real, the preferred poetic structure in Spanish letters at his time. Written as a poem, rather than a historical document, “La Florida” is read today for its anthropologically significant information, such as the description of Indian fishing practices found in Canto 27."

Phantastes Chapter 23: The Countess Of Pembroke’S Arcadia, Philip Sidney

German Romantic and Other Influences

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1583) was an Elizabethan courtier, soldier, and poet. The quotation derives from The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia (1590), and sets out Sidney’s definition of a gentleman. Late in his writing career, MacDonald published a collection of excerpts from Sidney: A Cabinet of Gems, Cut and Polished by Sir Philip Sidney (1892). MacDonald lectured on Sidney as early as 1854.

A Brief And True Report Of The New Found Land Of Virginia, Thomas Hariot

Zea E-Books in American Studies

This is an ebook edition of the first book published by an English colonist in America. Its author, Thomas Hariot or Harriot, was a cartographer, mathematician, astronomer, linguist, and philosopher, who was a participant in Sir Walter Ralegh’s first attempt to establish a colony in “Virginia,” on Roanoke Island in modern-day North Carolina, from June 1585 until June 1586. Hariot had learned the rudiments of the Algonkian language from two natives brought back to England from an earlier exploratory voyage, and he served as interpreter and liaison with the native peoples of the surrounding region. His Brief and True Report …

A Brief And True Report Of The New Found Land Of Virginia (1588), Thomas Hariot, Paul Royster , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is an online electronic text edition of the first book published by an English colonist in America. Its author, Thomas Hariot or Harriot, was a cartographer, mathematician, astronomer, linguist, and philosopher, who was a participant in Sir Walter Ralegh’s first attempt to establish a colony in “Virginia,” on Roanoke Island in modern-day North Carolina, from June 1585 until June 1586. Hariot had learned the rudiments of the Algonkian language from two natives brought back to England from an earlier exploratory voyage, and he served as interpreter and liaison with the native peoples of the surrounding region. His Brief and …

Article And Poem, La Felice Victoria Que Dios Por Su Infinita Bondad Y Misericordia, Fue Seruido De Dar, Al Illustre Señor Pedro Menendez, Bartolomé De Flores, E. Thomas Shields Jr., Thomas Hallock

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An article on Bartolomé de Flores's 1571 La Felice Victoria que Dios por su Infinita Bondad y Misericordia, fue Seruido de Dar, al Illustre Señor Pedro Melendez with a translation of the poem at the end of the article.

Rb 003 Guide To Dow Collection On Dentistry, Thomas D. Dow (1876-1960)

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Thomas Dow, DDS was a dentist in Michigan who collected books on dentistry and records of dental society during the first half of the 20th century. His collection was international and, while focused on late 19th century and early 20th century works, contains some manuscripts dating to the 1600s. In the early 1960’s the University of Texas Dental Branch (UTDB) Library purchased his collection. In 2010, Dr. Dow’s collection and other historical books on dentistry were transferred to The TMC Library. See more at RB 003.

Rb 005 Guide To Mcgovern Collection On The History Of Medicine, John P. Mcgovern (1921-2007)

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The McGovern Collection contains over 5,500 titles focused on the development of the medical specialties in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. There are significant sections on pediatrics, allergy and cardiology. The collection emphasis has been American Imprints and English language materials. There are a small number of titles in French or German from the eighteenth century. See more at RB 005.

Rb 006 Guide To Menninger Collection On Psychiatry And Psychoanalysis, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

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In June, 2003, the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library became the owner of the Menninger Foundation’s Library of Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis. This fine gift included their clinical library of books and journals, the historical and rare book collections, and complete runs of the Menninger publications. This is a wide-ranging rare book collection of more than 3000 titles pertaining to psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis in both adults and children. The publications by and commentaries about Sigmund Freud are extensive. See more at RB 006.

Leaf From Hortus Sanitatis, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Hortus sanitatis (Garden of Health) is an encyclopedia on the medicinal properties of plants compiled from several classical authors, including Galen, Albertus Magnus, and most notably the first-century Greek author Dioscorides.

Leaf From Hortus Sanitatis, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Hortus sanitatis (Garden of Health) is an encyclopedia on the medicinal properties of plants compiled from several classical authors, including Galen, Albertus Magnus, and most notably the first-century Greek author Dioscorides.

Rb 001 Guide To Burbank-Fraser Collection On Arthritis, Rheumatism And Gout, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

Rare Books Finding Aids

The Burbank/Fraser Collection contains over 3,600 volumes, including books, pamphlets, bound reprints, and translations. With publications ranging from a sixteenth century manuscript to the modern works of John Talbott and Charles Short, this collection documents the changing regimens for rheumatic diseases and the foundations of the modern specialty of rheumatology. With publications from over 20 countries, the collection offers innumerable opportunities for research on the history of the rheumatic diseases and the cross-cultural transference of medical information. The collection equals 337.4 linear with titles that date from 15th Century to the early 20th Century. See more at RB 001.