Chapter Sappho of Toulouse to Saturn's Tree of S by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Satire (2 syl.). Scaliger's derivation of this word from satyr is untenable. It is from satura (full of variety), satura lanx, a hotchpotch or olla podrida. As maxumus, optumus, etc., became maximus, optimus, so “satura” became satira. (See Dryden's Dedication prefixed to his Satires.)
   Father of satire. Archilochos of Paros (B.C. seventh century).
   Father of French satire. Mathurin Regnier (1573-1613).
   Father of Roman satire. Lucilius (B.C. 148-103).

“Lucilius was the man who, bravely bold,
To Roman vices did the mirror hold;
Protected humble goodness from reproach,
Showed worth on foot, and rascals in a coach.”
Dryden: Art of Poetry, c. ii.

Saturday (See Black Saturday .)

Saturn or Kronos [Time ] devoured all his children except Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto. Jupiter means air, Neptune water, and Pluto the grave. These Time cannot consume.
   Saturn is a very evil planet to be born under. “The children of the sayd Saturne shall be great jangeleres and chyders ... and they will never forgyve tyll they be revenged of theyr quarell.” (Compost of Ptholomeus.)

Saturn, with the ancient alchemists, designated lead.

Saturn's Tree, in alchemy, is a deposit of crystallised lead, massed together in the form of a “tree.” It is produced by a shaving of zinc in a solution of the acetate of lead. In alchemy Saturn = lead. (See Diana's Tree.)