Note 738 — Chapter III · SYMPATHETIC MAGIC (continued 4)
Reading edition
Francis Bacon, Natural History, cent. x. § 998. Compare J. Brand Popular Antiquities, iii. 305, quoting Werenfels. In Dryden’s play The Tempest (Act v. Scene 1) Ariel directs Prospero to anoint the sword which wounded Hippolito and to wrap it up close from the air. See Dryden’s Works, ed. Scott, vol. iii. p. 191 (first edition).