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Apoˊthecaries
Apoˊthecaries
having separated themselves from the ancient Society of Grocers, grew so much in favour with King James I. that he used to call them his Company, and gave them a Charter or Incorporation,
in the fifteenth Year of his Reign. Their Arms are Argent.
Apollo arm’d with a bow and arrow, surmounted a Python. Their supporters two Unicorns, and the crest a Rhinoceros surmounting a torce and
helmet. The motto, Opifer per Orbem dicor.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Antiˊpodes [in Geography] *
Archeus [with Chymists]