S3 MEMOIR OF 



si on; prohibiting all and every one of the faith- 

 ful in Christendom, of both sexes, both in Italy 

 and beyond it, and especially all booksellers and 

 printers, under the penalty of the greater excommu- 

 nication, in the countries subject either directly or 

 indirectly to the Roman church, together with the 

 penalty of 500 golden ducats, and the forfeiture of 

 the books. We commit this, moreover, in special 

 charge to our venerable brothers, the Archbishops, 

 Bishops, and their vicars-general, and also to the 

 legates in temporal affairs of the Apostolic see, and 

 likewise to the governors and rulers of the several 

 states themselves, that as often as they, or any of 

 them, shall be required at the instance of the said 

 Hippolito, they shall inflict and execute the fore- 

 said penalties, with all their might, against all 

 contraveners, by ecclesiastical censures, whose se- 

 verity may be increased, and by other legal mea- 

 sures under the Apostolic see , calling to their help 

 the aid of the civil power, when that may be 

 required." 



The whole work is arranged in two great divi- 

 sions, very different from each other in their plan 

 and character. The former, occupying about one- 

 fifth of the volume (112 pages), is a kind of synop- 

 tical account of the whole of the inhabitants of " The 

 World of Waters," alphabetically arranged, in a sort 

 of continuous table, in which, in a number of suc- 

 cessive columns, are supplied many interesting par- 

 ticulars concerning each of them. This statement, 

 iiowever, requires further explanation, and this may 



