In Jonson's 'Every Man in his Humour,' Kitely, thinking he is poisoned, calls for Mithridate and oil.
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann
I believe they would pass themselves upon us for such a compound as Mithridate, or Venice-treacle; as if whiggism were an admirable cordial in the mass, though the several ingredients are rank poisons.
"The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian"
John Dryden
Itaque postquam de Mithridate triumphavit, abiecta omnium rerum cura coepit delicate ac molliter vivere otioque et luxu diffluere: magnifice et immenso sumptu villas aedificavit atque ad eorum usum mare ipsum vexavit.
"Selections from Viri Romae"
Charles François L'Homond