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A Spanish moralist; born at Algezarez in Murcia, 1584; died at Madrid, Aug. 24, 1648. His most notable work is "The Type of a Christian Prince" (1640), written for the instruction of the son of Philip IV., who died before attaining his majority. He wrote also the poem "The Republic of Letters" (1670); a dialogue between Mercury and Lucian on the follies of European statesmen (first printed 1787); and "The Gothic, Castilian, and Austrian Crown" (reprinted 1887).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].