medicine
“hath With his tinct gilded thee—That great,”
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, i. 5.
36.
“Alluding to the philosopher's stone, which, by its touch,
converts base metal into gold. The alchemists call the matter, whatever it be, by which
they perform transmutation, a medicine ”
(JOHNSON)
. Walker thinks that here medicine
means“physician;” but compare
gilded 'em—This grand liquor that hath.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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