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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 Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Antiˊpodes [in Geography] *
Archeus [with Chymists]