Olivarez’s “Relacion” is to be found in the Granvelle State Papers. For the general account of Don Carlos’s illness, and of the miraculous agencies by which his cure was said to have been effected, the general reader should consult Miss Frere’s “Biography of Elizabeth of Valois,” vol. i. pp. 307-19.

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In justice to poor Doctor Olivarez, it must be said that, while he allows all force to the intercession of the Virgin and of Fray Diego, and of “many just persons,” he cannot allow that there was any “miracle properly so called,” because the prince was cured according to “natural order,” and by “experimental remedies” of the physicians.

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This lecture was given at Cambridge in 1869, and has not had the benefit of the author’s corrections for the press.

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Delrio’s book, a famous one in its day, was published about 1612.

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For a true estimate of Paracelsus you must read “Für Philippus Aureolus Theophrarstus von Hohenheim,” by that great German physician and savant, Professor Marx, of Göttiingen; also a valuable article founded on Dr. Marx’s views in the “Nouveau Biographie Universelle;” and also—which is within the reach of all—Professor Maurice’s article on Paracelsus in Vol. II. of his history of “Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy.” But the best key to Paracelsus is to be found in his own works.

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So says Dr. Irving, writing in 1817. I have, however, tried in vain to get a sight of this book. I need not tell Scotch scholars how much I am indebted throughout this article to Mr. David Irving’s erudite second edition of Buchanan’s Life.

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