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Lionel Lockyer (c.1600 – 26 April 1672〔(Lionel Lockyer ) on Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine〕) was a 17th-century quack doctor who was famous in his time for his miracle pills that he claimed included sunbeams as ingredients. He was born in the Southwark area of London.〔http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location.php?loc=577〕 He has a tomb in Southwark Cathedral. The epitaph reads: :Here Lockyer: lies interr'd enough: his name :Speakes one hath few competitors in fame: :A name soe Great, soe Generall't may scorne :Inscriptions whch doe vulgar tombs adorne. :A diminution 'tis to write in verse :His eulogies whch most mens mouths rehearse. :His virtues & his PILLS are soe well known.. :That envy can't confine them vnder stone. :But they'll surviue his dust and not expire :Till all things else at th'universall fire. :This verse is lost, his PILL Embalmes him safe :To future times without an Epitaph〔http://www.southwark.anglican.org/cathedral/tour/lockyer.htm〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lionel Lockyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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