NOTES 



225 



but the wording is somewhat different 



in the two editions. In the dedication 



to Otto Krag the words . . . gravijjimo, 



arcis &■ tervitovii Neoburgenjis in Fio- 



nia 1 ) Gubernatori are only found in the 



edition of 1662. The last part of the De» 



dication runs as follows in the edition 



of 1661: . . . Maecenatibus , &■ Promo* 



ioribusfuis obfequio seternum devinctus 



obfervationes hafce Anatomicas 



Offert 



NICOLAUS STENONIS 



Auth. S. Refp. 



P. 11. 1. 2 from top. 



D. OTHONI KRAGIO] Otto 

 Krag (1611 — 1666), who belonged to 

 a Danish family of ancient nobility, was 

 at this time the Danish Ambassador 

 to the Netherlands. He was a dauntless 

 and intelligent man. In 1653 he had be* 

 come a member of the Imperial Coun* 

 cil of Denmark, and in the Parliament 

 of 1660, when hereditary absolutism 

 was being introduced in Denmark, he 

 proved a powerful advocate of the rights 

 of his class. See Dansk biografisk Lexi= 

 kon, vol. IX p. 440. (J. A. Fridericia.) 



P. 11. 1. 8 from top. 



D. D. JOHANNI JOH. SVA* 

 NINGIO] Hans Svane or Svaning 

 (1611 — 1668), an imperious and ambi* 

 tious man, at the time of the session of the 

 Parliament in Copenhagen in 1660 Bi* 

 shop of the Diocese of Zealand, was a 

 staunch promotor of the introduction of 

 absolute government in Denmark. For his 

 zeal in this cause he was rewarded in va< 

 rious ways by the King, Frederik III, e. g. 

 by being appointed Archbishop, in which 

 office he has been the first and the only 

 protestant of all the divines, on whom 



') Neoburgum] Dan. Nyborg. Fionia] Dan. Fyn. 



that title has been bestowed, the office 

 never having been filled after his death. 



P. 13. 1. 7 from top. 



a Protogene] Protogenes was a 

 Greek painter from the fourth century 

 B. C. He enjoyed a widespread repu* 

 tation, and was especially admired for 

 his scrupulosity as regards the execution 

 of his pictures. On a single painting of 

 his he is said to have been at work for 

 seven (or eleven) years. 



P. 14. 1. 11 from top. 



Dxdalea junctarum coagmenta= 

 tio] Daedalus, a legendary personage 

 of Greece, used to be considered the 

 architect of any ancient building all over 

 that country. He was also supposed to 

 have built the famous Labyrinth at Crete. 



P. 14. 1. 19 from top. 



Apelles] Apelles was one of the 

 most renowned painters of the olden 

 time. He was a friend of Alexander the 

 Great, whom he painted a great many 

 times; he was, in fact, the only painter, 

 by whom the king permitted his por* 

 trait to be made. 



IN the edition of 1662 and the re- 

 print of 1680 the following poem is 

 found after the Preface. 



IN NOVOS SALIVA & LACRYMARUM 

 DUCTUS. 

 Dum non nota Jietit tubulorum larga propago 

 Caicis membra fecans gyris, queis rofcida labxa 

 Supra infraque madent, gingiva;, lingua, cibufque 

 Gutture demiffus : queis lumina flumina fiant 

 Per maeftas delapfa genas torrentia, quando 

 Mens trepidat concuffa metu: queis ftillat oborto 

 Lsfum Aquilone caput, madidique infantia nafi. 

 Sudoris, muci, lacrymarum fpiffa tegebat 

 Umbra vias, nulli conftabat fontis origo, 

 Qui membra ac vultum fpumosa immergeret unda. 

 Irrita languentum votiva tabella, nee Artis 

 Satfcecundus erat labor, AJlhmate quando calebant 

 Ora, movente diu ftomacho faftidia tujji. 

 Glandula fpreta [latex nam fub lare conditur illo, 



