[…] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]

It treats next of those who contended for the prolongation of life by antidotes and panacæas, transcribing here a strange elećtary from Aćtuarius, in which euphorbium makes one ingredient.

There was what looked like a spatter of blood on one wall.

Burping is considered impolite in most western cultures.