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The same day, happening to pass near the Rialto, I met Piero Benintendi in the company of some men; and perceiving that they were going to pick a quarrel with me, I turned into an apothecarys shop till the storm blew over.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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Some business or other made him enter the apothecarys shop which stood at the corner of Chiavica, and there he stayed a while transacting it.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571 1910
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This high house is an apothecarys – at least 60 stepps up from ye ground and gives a pleaseing prospect of ye whole town.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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Cambridge, and a couple of apothecarys; these maintaining chymistry against them Galenicall physique; and the truth is, one of the apothecarys whom they charged most, did speak very prettily, that is, his language and sense good, though perhaps he might not be so knowing a physician as to offer to contest with them.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 25: November/December 1663 Samuel Pepys 1668
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