not conceiue let a mares mylke be geueÌ„ to her not knowing let her do the acte of generation in that houre and she shall conceyue anone ¶ The houfe of an horse perfumed in a house dryueth awaye myse Thesame chaunceth also by the houfe of a Mule ¶ That all the hote water come furth of a caldroÌ„ Take or blache that is Terra francisca w t pitch caste it in water and it shal come forth all That â–ª fyre may come forth of water take the shel of an egge and put in it quycke brymstone lyme shyt the hole put it into water and it will kendle ¶ And it is sayd if the herbe CaÌ„phere be put vpoÌ„ water it is keÌ„d led and burneth in the water ¶ That thou maye take byrdes with thy handes take any corne very well steped in the dregges of wyne and in the iuyce of heÌ„locke and caste it too the byrdes euery byrde that tasteth of it is made droncken and looseth her strength ¶ And they say yf any man be anoynted with y â— mylke of an Asse all the flyese of the house wil gather to hym ¶ To write letters or bils which be not readde but in the nyghte take the gall of a snayle or mylk of a so we and put it too the fyre or with water of a worme shynyng late ¶ If ye myngell together many whites of heÌ„nes egges a moneth after they are made glasse hard as a stoone and of thys beynge after thys fasshion is mayde a Sophisticall precious stone called Topasius yf it bee conioyned before wyth Saffron or read earthe ¶ Like wise if the fome which is found about the stones of a hart or horse or asse beynge weery be myxed with wyne and y e wyne be geuen to any man to drynke he shall abhorre wyne for a mooneth ¶ And yf any manne shall haue many eeles in a wyne vessell and they be suffered to dye in it if any man drynke of it he shal abhorre wyne for a yeare and by chauÌ„ce euermore ¶ And it is sayde yf a rope be taken with whyche a theefe is or hath ben hanged vp with and a litle chaffe which a whyrle wind lifted vp in the ayre and let them be put in a potte and set among other pottes that pot shal breake all the other pottes ¶ Also take thou a litle of the aforesayd rope and put it on the instrument with which y â— breade is put in the ouen whan he that shoulde put it in the ouen should put it in he shall not be able too put it in but it shall leape out ⧠That men maye seme without heades TAke an Adders skynne and Auri pigmeÌ„tum and greke pitche of Reuponticum and the waxe of new bees and the fat or greace of an Asse and breake theÌ„ al and put them in a dul sething potte full of water and make it to sethe at a slowe fyre and after let it waxe colde and make a taper and euery man that shall see light of it shall seme headlesse ¶ That men maye seme to haue the visage or countenaunce of a dogge Take the fatte out of the eare of a dogge anoynte with it a litle newe sylke put it in a new lampe of greene glasse and put y e lampe amonge men they shall see the vysage of a dogge ¶ That men maye seme to haue thre headdes ¶ Take of the hayr of a dead asse and make a rope drye it take the mary of the principall bone of hys ryght shoulder and myxe it with virgyns waxe anoynte the corde and put it vpon y e thras sholdes of the house they y t come into the house shall seme to haue thre headdes and they that be in the house shall seme Asses to theÌ„ that enter in ¶ If thou wilt that a mans head seme an Asse head ¶ Take vp of the couering of an Asse anoynte y â— maÌ„ on his head ¶ If thou wilt that a chicken or other thing leape in the dyshe ¶ Take quycke syluer and y â— poul der of Calamite and put it in a bottel of glasse wel spotted put it with in a hote thing For seynge quycke siluer is hote it moueth it selfe maketh it to leape or daunce ¶ If thou wilt se that other meÌ„ can not ¶ Take of the gall of a male cat and the fat of an henne al whyte and myxe theym together and anoynt thy eyes and thou shalt se it that others can not see ¶ If thou wilte vnderstande the voyces of byrdes ¶ Associate with the two felows in the .xxviii. daye of October go in to a certayne woode wyth dogges as too hunte and carye home wyth that beaste whyche thou shalt fynd first and prepare it with the harte of a Foxe and thou shalt vnderstand anone the voyce of byrdes or beastes And if thou wilte that any other lykewise vnderstande kysse hym and he shall vnderstande ¶ If thou wilt louse bondes ⧠Go into the woode and loke where y e Pye hath her nest with her byrdes and whan thou shalt be there clymme vp the tree and bynde about the hole of it whersoeuer thou wilt For whan she seeth the she goeth for a certayn herbe whiche she will put to the binding and it is broken anone and that herbe falleth to y e grouÌ„d vpoÌ„ the cloth which thou should haue put vnder the tree and be y â— present and take it ¶ In the nest of the lap wyng or blacke vnder the earth within al which be in the lodgene shall seme as thei ware great men in the shape of horses and Elephantes and it is a very meruaylous thynge ¶ An other perfuming which whaÌ„ thou makest thou seest outwardly grene men and men of many shapes and infinite meruayles whiche are not discerned for their multitude ¶ Take Timar that is vermilion and the stoone Lazulus and Peneroyall of the mouÌ„tains and beate it all to poulder and syfte it myxe it with the fat of a Dolphyn fyshe horse or ElephaÌ„t make graynes or cornes after y e fasshion of ryse and drye them in a shado we perfume in it whan thou wilt and it shalbe don that is sayde ¶ A perfumynge too see in oure sâ—eape what thing is to come of good and euell ¶ Take the bloude of an Asse congeled and the fatte Lupi cerini and a swete inceÌ„se or gumme called Storax and also Storax also styrax gather it altogether by equall weyghtes and let theÌ„ be mixed and graynes or cornes be made therof and let the house be perfumed with theÌ„ than thou shalt se hym in thy sleape y t shall shewe to the all thynges ¶ A maner of makyng a matche of a candell or caÌ„del weke which whan thou shalt kendle y u shalte see men in what shape soeuer thou wilt ¶ Take the eyes of an shriche owle the eyes of a fyshe which is called Affures and the eyes of a fyshe whiche is called
Libinitis and the galle of wolfes breake theym with thy handes myxe them together and put them in a vessell of glasse than whan thou wilt warke it take y e fatte of any beast thou wilt that this may be made in the shape of it melte it and myxe it perfitely with that medicine and anoynte y e matche or candel weke whatsoeuer thou wilt w t it After keÌ„dle it in y e middes of the house and the meÌ„ shall seme in the shape of that beaste whose fatte thou did take ¶ An other matche of a candell or a candell weke that men may appere in the shape of aungels ¶ Take the eyes of a fyshe the eyes of Filoe that is of a breaker of bones and breake them w t thy handes and make them soft and put them in a vessell of glasse vii dayes After put some oyle in them and lyghten it in a greene lampe and put it before menne whiche be in the house they shal see them selfes in the shape of auÌ„gels by the lyght of the fyre ¶ An other matche or weke of a candell makyng men to appeare with blacke faces ¶ Take a black lampe and pour in it oyle of the elder or alder tree or quycke syluer and poure in that oyle or quycke siluer a parte of the bloude of them that bee in lettynge bloude and put in that bloudde oyle of the elder or alder tree some sayth of the bur tree or quycke syluer ¶ A meruaylous laÌ„pe in whiche appeareth a thynge of terrible quantite hauyng in the hande a rodde and afrayeth a man ¶ Take a grene frogge stryke of the headde of it vpon a grene clothe make it wette with y e oyle of burtree or elder tree and put in the weke and lyghten it in the grene lampe than shalt thou see a blacke man standing betwene whose handes there shalbe a laÌ„p and a meruaylous thyng ¶ An other weke which whan it is kendled water is poured on it waxeth strong and whan the oyle is put in it is put out ¶ Take lyme whiche water hath not touched and putte it with an weight equal to it of waxe the halfe of it of the oyle of baulm Napta citrina with equall to it of brymstone and make a weke of it drop doune lyke dewe vpoÌ„ the water and it shalbe kendled and droppe doune oyle vppon it and it shalbe put out ¶ In other weke which whan it is keÌ„dled all thinges seme white and of syluer ¶ Take a Lyzarde and cut away the tayle of it and take that which commeth out for it is like quycke syluer After take a weke and make it wette with oyle put it in a new lampe and kendle it and y â— house shall seme bright and white or gylted with stluer ¶ A meruaylous operation of a lampe whiche yf anye man shall holde he ceaseth not to farte vntyll he shall leaue it ¶ Take the bloude of a snayl drye it vp in a linen cloth make of it a weke and lyghten it in a lampe geue it to any man thou wilt saye lighten thys he shall not cease to farte vntyll he let it departe and it is a meruaylous thynge ¶ A weke which whan it is lightened women cease not to dauÌ„ce and be gladde and too playe as they ware madde for great ioye ¶ Take the bloude of an hare and the bloude of a certayn fo wl which is called Solon is lyke a turtell doue and of the bloude of the turtell male equale to the halfe of it Than put in it a weke and lighten it in the myddes of the house in whiche are syngers and wenches and a meruaylous thynge shalbe proued ¶ If thou wilte make that lyce maye appeare runninge abrode in a mans bedde that he mai not sleape than cast in hys bedde the weyghte of one or halfe vnce of Alcakengi and if thou shall take pilos asturis therof shalbe made a weke which whan it is lightened euery sicke man seeth other by the vehemencye of the syckenesse and mynyshinge or extenuation ¶ Whan thou wilte that y u seme al inflamed or set on fyre froÌ„ thy head vnto thy fete not be hurt ¶ Take white great malowes or holy hocke myxe them with the whyte of egges after anoint thy body with it and let it be vntil it be dryed vp and after anoint the with alume and afterward caste on it smal brymstone beateÌ„ vnto poulder for the fyre is inflamed on it hurteth not and yf thou make vpon the palme of thy haÌ„de thou shalt be able to holde y â— fyre without hurt ¶ If thou wilt that a thinge be casten in the fyre and not burne ¶ Take one parte of glew of fish an egual quantitie to it of alume let it be perfitely myxed let vyneger be poured vpon it lette whatsoeuer thinge that wilte be confected with it cast it in y â— fyre anoynt it with this anoyntemeÌ„t it shal not be burned ¶ If thou wilt make a contrary that is any image or other thing and whan it is put in the water it is kendled and yf thou shalte drawe it out it shal be put out or quenched ¶ Take lyme not quenched and mixe it perfitely with a litle wax and the oyle of Sesanum napta that is whyte earth and brimstoone and make of it an ymage whanne thou shalte put it in water the fyre shalbe kendled ¶ If thou wilt make that whan thou openest thy handes vpon a lampe the light of it is put out and whan thou closest them vpoÌ„ it it keÌ„dled and it ceaseth not to do that ¶ Take a spice which is called Spuma after bray it and after make it with water of CaÌ„phere and anoynte thy handes with it after open them in the mouth of the lampe the lyghte of it shalbe put out and close theÌ„ it shalbe kendled agayne ¶ If thou wilt see a thing drowned or se depe in the waâ—â—r in the nyghte and that it shall not bee more hyd to the than in the daye and readde bookes in a darcke night ¶ Anoynte thy face with the bloude
Diamonde and it is of shyning colour very harde in so muche that it can not be broken but by the bloud of a gote it groweth in Arabia or in Cypres And if it be bounden to the lefte side it is good agaynst enemies madnes wyld beastes venomouse beastes and cruell men and agaynst chydyng brawlynge â–ª agaynst venyme and inuaston of fantasyes and some call it Diamas ¶ If thou wilt eschew all periâ—â— and all terrible thinges haue a stronge harte ¶ Take the stone which is called Agathes it is blacke and hath whyte vaynes There is another of the same kynde lyke to whyte colour And the thyrde groweth in a certayn Ile hauynge blacke vaynes that maketh too ouercome peryls geue strength to y â— hart maketh a man mightye pleasaunte delectable helpeth agaynst aduersities ¶ If thou desire to optayne any thing from any man ¶ Take the stone which is called Alectoria it is a stone of a cock it is whyte as the Christal and it is drawen out of the cockes gysar or mawe after that he hathe ben gelded more th aÌ„ four yeares and it is of y â— greatnes of a beane It maketh the bealy pleasaunte and stedfaste and put vnder the tunge it quencheth thyrste And thys laste hathe bene proued in oure tyme and I perceyued it quickely ¶ If thou wilt ouercome beastes and interprete or expounde all dreames and prophe cye of thynges to come Take the stone whiche is called Esmundus or Asmadus it is of diuers colours it putteth out all poyson and maketh a man to ouercome hys aduersaries geueth Prophesieng and the interpretation of all dreames maketh a man to vnderstande darke questions harde to be vnderstaÌ„d or assoyled ¶ If thou wilt haue good vnder standing of thynges that may be felte and that thou maye not be made dronked Take the stone whithe is called Amaristus and it is of purple colour and the beste is founde in Inde and it is good agaynst druÌ„kennes and geueth good vnderstandynge in thynges that maye be vnderstande ¶ If thou wilt ouercom thy enemyes and slee debate Take the stone whiche is called Berillus it is of pale coloure and may be sene through as water bear it about with thee and thou shalt ouercome all debate shalte dryue a waye thy enemies and it maketh thy enemye meke It causeth a manne too be well manuered as Aaron sayethe it geueth also good vnderstaÌ„dinge ¶ If thou wilt foreiudge or coniecture of thynges to come ¶ Take the stone whiche is called Celonites it is of purple diuerse other colours it is fouÌ„de in the head of the snayle If any man will beare thys stone vnder hys tunge he shal foreiudge and propheci of thinges to come But notwithstanding it hath no vertue but shynynge Prima cuÌ„fuerit accensa et crescens monoytes in vltima descendente soo meaneth Aaron in the boke of vertues of herbes and stones ¶ If thou wilt pacifie tempestes and go ouer fluddes ¶ Take the stone which is called Corallus Corall some be read and some whyte â–ª And it hath ben proueth that it stemmeth anone bloude and putteth away the folishnes of hym that beareth it geueth wysedom And this hath ben proued of certayn meÌ„ in our tyme. And it is good agaynst tempestes and perils of fluddes ¶ If thou wilt kendle fyre ¶ Take the Christal stone put it nygh vnder the cirkle of y e SuÌ„ne that is to sai against y e sunne and put it nygh any thing y t may be burned incontineÌ„tly y e heat of the Sunne shyning will set it a fyre And if it be dronke with hony it encreseth mylke ¶ If thou wilt that y e Sunne appeare of bloudy colour ¶ Take the stone whiche is called Elitropia It is grene like to the precious stone called the Emeraude And it is sprynkled wyth bloudy droppes The necromancers call it Gemma Babylonica the precious stone of BabyloÌ„ by the propre name But if it be anoynted with the iuyce of an her be of the same name and be put in a vesselful of water it maketh the Sunne to seme of bloudy colour as if the Eclypse were sene The caus of this is for it maketh al the water to bubble vp vnto a little cloude which makyng the ayre thycke letteth the SuÌ„ne to be sene but as it were read in a thicke color a little after y e cloud goeth away by droppyng doune lyke dew as it were by droppes of rayne Thys also borne about maketh a maÌ„ of good fame hole and of longe lyfe It is sayd of old Phylosophers that a man an ointed w t an herbe of thys name as we haue sayde before excelleth with vertue Elitropia is found ofteÌ„tymes in Cypres and Inde ¶ If thou wilt make sething water too be colde whiche standeth vpon the fyre Take the stone whych is called Epibretes which put in water agaynst the eye of the SuÌ„ne putteth forth fyery beames of y e SuÌ„ne And it is sayd of olde and new Philosophers if it be put in seethyng water the bublyng vp or seethyng will sone cease and a litle after it will waxe colde â–ª and it is a shynynge and ruddye stoone ¶ If thou wilt eschewe illusions and fantasies ouercome all causes or matters ¶ Take the stone which is called Calcedonius it is pale brown of coloure somewhat darke yf thys be perced hanged about y e necke with y e stone which is called Sinerip it is good against al fantastical illusions it maketh to ouercome all causes or matters in suyte kepeth thy bodye agaynst thy aduersaries ¶ If thou wilt be acceptable and pleasaunte ¶ Take the stone which is called Celidonius of it there is some blacke some some what read it is drawen out of the bealye of swallowes If that whiche is somewhat read be wrapped in a lynnen cloth or in a calues skyn and borne vnder y e left arme hole it is good agaynst madnesse and olde syckenesses diseases the sleping or forgetfull sicknes and Contra epidimiam whiche is a scabbe that runneth thorough y â— hole bodye Euax sayth that thys stone maketh a man eloquent acceptable and pleasaunt The blacke stone is good agaynst wylde beastes wrathe bringeth the busynes begonne to an ende And if it be wrapped in the leaues of CelydoÌ„ it is said that it maketh the sight dull And they should be drawen out in the moneth of August and twoo stones are founde oftentymes in one swallowe ¶ If thou wilte be victorious agaynst thy aduersaries ¶ Take the stone which is called Bagates it is of diuerse colors The auncient phylosophers say that it hathe bene proued in the prince Alcides which how longe he dyd beare it he had alwayes victory and it is a stoone of dyuerse coloures lyke the skynne of a kydde ¶ If thou wilt know before any thyng to come Take the stone
sonne of Messias sayde in the boke of the beastes It a woman great with chylde put on the apparell of a man a man put it on after before he wasshe it if he haue the feuer quartayne it wil departe from hym ¶ And it is sayde in the boke of beastes that the Lybarde â—â—eeth y e pryuy membres of a man and in an other place it is sayde â—t Carneum yf an olde man be buried in a doue or culuer house or be put where doues or culuers inhabite or reste there they are multiplyed vntill it be full of them ¶ And in the boke De cyriaca of Galene it is sayde that the Serpent which is called Regulus in Latin a cokatryce in Englishe is some what whyte vpoÌ„ whose head there be thre hayres whaÌ„ any maÌ„ seeth them he dieth sone And whan any maÌ„ or any other lyuing thing heareth his whiste lynge he dyeth And euery beaste that eateth â–ª of it beinge deade dieth also And aristotel sayde where there is sommer .vi. Monethes and lykewise winter there is a floud in the which adders are founde whose property is that they neuer se them selues but they dye but whan they be dead they hurt not And aristotele put craftly in the mind of Alexander that he shoulde take a greate glasse and walke wyth it towarde them whan they dyd beholde them selues in the glasse they dyed â–ª This sayng of Aristotel was not beleued of some men For Auicenna sayd agaynst Aristotel yf any man dyd see it he dyed wherefore there is no truthe in his speache And they sayde if anye man wolde take of the mylke of a woman gyuing souke to her owne doughter of two yere olde and let it be put in a glasen bessel or hanged vp in a doue or culuer house where they goe in and forth doues will abyde be multiplyed there vntyll they bee innumerable And thei said whaÌ„ the mouth of a deade man is put vpon hym whiche complayneth of hys beallye hys beally is healed ¶ And Alexander sayd whaÌ„ anything is taken out of the nauylâ— of an infant which cometh forth if it be cut and be put vnder the stone of a rynge of syluer or gold than the passion or grief of the â—o like cometh not in any wyse too hym that beareth it ¶ And Galen saith whaÌ„ y e leafes of Sorell be eaten they louse the beally And whan the sede of it is dronken it louseth the beally And it is sayde that the roote of Sorell hanged vppon hym that hath the swyn pockes it helpeth hym ¶ And Philosophers saye whan thou wilt that a beast returne to hys lodging anoint his forehead with Sepesquilla and it wil returne ¶ And Aristotel sayd in the boke of y e beastes If any maÌ„ put wrought wax vpon the hornes of cowes calfe it wil goo with hym whersoeuer he wil w tout labour And if any man anointe the horne of kye with waxe and oile or pitche y e payne of their fete goeth away ¶ And if any shall anoynte y e tunges of oxeÌ„ with any talowe they neither taste nor eate meate but thei shal die for huÌ„ger except it be wyped away w t salte vyneger ¶ And if any man anoynte y e nether partes of a cocke with oyle he nether wil nor may treade an henne ¶ if thou desire that a cocke â—rowe not anoynte his head fore heade with oyle ¶ It is said in y e boke of Archige nis quando cam illa of y e hare is hanged vpon him that suffereth the colike it profiteth hym ¶ And Aristotel sayd y e Emeraudes goeth away froÌ„ hym whiche sitteth vpoÌ„ the skynne of a LyoÌ„ ¶ And if the dunge of an hare be broken vnto poulder and caste abrode vpon a place of Emotes or Pismeres than the Pismeres leaue there place ¶ Phylosophers sayd if the head of a goote be hanged vppon hym which suffreth swyne pockes he is healed by it If thou wylt that a woman be not viciate nor desyre men take the priue member of a wolf and the heares which do grow on the chekes or eye bright of him and the heares whiche be vnder his berde and burn it all geue it to her in a dryncke wheÌ„ she knoweth not and she shall desyre no other man And they said whan a wom aÌ„desyreth not her husbande then let her housbande take a lytle of the talowe of a bucke gote meane betwene lytle and great and let hym anoynte his priuye member with it and do the acte of generacion she shal loue hym and shal not do the acte of generation afterwarde wyth anye ¶ And they sayd y t wheÌ„ the snail is poysened it eateth the herbe called organy and is healed and therfore thei know that the herbe called organny hath lyen vnder poyson Also it is sayd when the wesel is poynsoned of a serpent it eateth rewe they know by this that rewe is contrarye to the vemyne of serpentes ¶ And a mouse put vnder the prickynge of scorpyons delyuereth a man bycause she is contrarye and feareth not hym ¶ And philosophers haue inuented that if anye womaÌ„ is barrayne whaÌ„ ther is put to her a thiÌ„g that maketh a woman barrain the woman is not barayne but fruteful and contrariwyse ¶ And it is sayde that when a sponge is caste in wyne mixed w t water and after drawen forthe strayned and wrynged the water commeth sorth of it the wyne remayneth yf it be not mixed nothynge commeth forth ¶ Taberencis sayd yf a stone be hanged vppon a sponge on the necke of a chylde whiche cougheth with a vehement or great cough hys cough is mitigated restrained And whaÌ„ it is put on the heade of an asse or in to hys foundamente Scarabeus that is a flye with a blacke shelle y â— breadeth in coweshardes and is blacke called a bitel cutteth him and he turneth vntyll it be drawen from hym ¶ It is sayde also that yf anye stone be bounden to the tayle of an asse he wil not bray nor rore ¶ If the hayres of an asse be taken whiche are nyghe hys priuy membre and be geueÌ„ to any maÌ„ brokeÌ„ in with any kynd of wyne in a dryncke he beginneth anone to fart Like wyse yf any man taketh the egges of Pysmeres and breaketh them and casteth them into water and geue theÌ„ to any man in a drincke he ceaseth not anone to farte they do lyke wyse with wyne ¶ And it is sayde yf thou wilte make a ryng of a rodde of a fresh myrte tree put it on thy rynge fynger it mitigateth or extineteth the impostume vnder the arme holes ¶ In the boke of Aristotel it is sayde that the roote of whyte henbane whan it is hanged vpoÌ„ a man suffring the colyke it is profytable to him And whaÌ„ salte Peter is put in a vessel and by neger vpoÌ„ it it wyl boyl or seeth mightely without fyre ¶ It is sayd also in the
put in a lampe â–ª and after be kind led all men shall appeare blacke as the deuell And yf y â— aforesayd poulder be myxed with oyle of y â— Olyue tree with quycke brymstone the house anoâ—nted with it the Sunne shyning it shal appeare all inflamed ¶ The .xvi. herbe is called of the Chaldeis Carturlin of the Grekes Pentaphyllon of the Latynes Serpentina in English snakes grasse Thys herbe is well ynough knowen with vs. Thys herbe put in the grounde wyth the leafe of the thre leafed grasse engendreth read grene serpentes of which if poulder be made and put in a burnynge lampe there shall appeare aboundauÌ„ce of serpentes And if it be put vnder the head of ani man froÌ„ theÌ„ce forth he shall not dreame of hym selfe ¶ The maner of workâ—g all these aforenamed thinges that y â— effect may be good in their planets is in their houres and dayes THere be .vii. hearbes y â— haue great vertues after y â— mynd of Alexander the Emperour and they had these vertues of the influence of the planets And therfore euerye one of theym taketh theyr vertue from the hygher naturall powers ¶ The first is the herbe of y â— planet Saturnus whiche is called Affodillus Affodilly the iuyce of it is good agaynst the payne of y â— reynes and legges let them that suffer payne of the bladder eat it the roote of it beinge a litle boyled And if meÌ„ possessed with euel spirites or madde men beare it in a cleane napkyn they be delyuered from their disease And it suffere th not a deuel in y â— house And if chyldreÌ„ that breede theyr teeth beare it aboute them they shall breede them without pain And it is good that a man beare with hym a roote of it in y â— night for he shall not feare nor be hurt of other ¶ The seconde is y â— herbe of the Sunne whiche is called Poligonia or Coraligiola Thys herbe taketh the name of the Sanne for it engeÌ„dreth greatly so this herbe worketh many wayes Other hath called this herbe Alchone which is the house of the Sunne Thys herbe healeth the passyons and griefe of the harte and the sto macke He that toucheth thys hearbe hathe a vertue of hys sygne or Planete If any man drinke the iuyce of it it maketh hym to do often the acte of generation And if any maÌ„ beare y e rote of it it healeth the griefe of the eyes And yf he beare it with him before he haue anye grief there shall come to him no grief of his eyes It helpeth also theym y t be vexed with the phrenesy yf they beare it with them in theyr brest It helpeth also theym â–ª that are diseased with an impostume in y e lunges maketh them to haue a good breath and it auaileth also too the flyxe of melancholyous bloude ¶ The thyrde is the herbe of the Moone which is called Chynostates The iuyce of it purgeth the paines of the stomake breâ—â— plates the vertue of it declareth that it is the herbe of y e Moone The floure of this herbe purgeth great splenes healeath them because this herbe encreaseth decreaseth as the Moone It is good agaynst the sickenes of the eyes maketh a sharp sight And it is good agaynst the bloud of y e eyes If thou put the roote of it brayed vpon the eye it will make thy eye merualous clere because the light of the eyes Propinquatum mystion is of the substance of the Moone It is also good to them that haue an euell stomake or whiche can not disgeste their meat by drinkyng the iuyce of it moreouer it is good to them that haue the swyne pockes ¶ The fourthe hearbe is called Arnoglossa plantayne The rote of this herbe is merualous good agaynst the payne of the headde because the signe of the Ramme is supposed to be the house of the planete Mars which is the head of the whole worlde It is good also agaynste euell customes of mans stones and rotten fylthy byles because his house is y t sign Scorpio because a part of it holdeth Sparma that is the seede which cometh against the stones wherof all lyuyng thinges be ingendred and fourmed Also the iuyce of it is good too them that be sycke of y e peryâ—ous flyxe with excoriation or raysyng of the bowels continuall tourmentes some bloud yssuyng forth And it purgeth them that drinke it froÌ„ the syckenesses of y â— flyx of bloud or emoraudes of the disease of the stomacke ¶ The fyft is the herbe of the planete mercurius which is named PentaphilloÌ„ in English cinquefoyle or the .v. leued herbe â–ª of others Pentadactilus of others Sepe declinans of certayn Calipeâ—olo The roote of thys herbe brayed made in a plaster heaâ—eth wouÌ„des hardenes Moreouer it putteth away quickely y e swyne pockes if the iuyce of it be droÌ„ken w t water It healeth also the passioÌ„s or griefes of the brest if the iuyce of it be droÌ„keÌ„ It putteth away also y â— to the ache And if the iuyce of it be holden in the mouth it healeth al y e griefs of y e mouth And if any maÌ„ beare it w t hym it geueth wark help Moreouer if any man will aske any thing of a king or priÌ„ce it geueth abouÌ„daÌ„ce of eloqueÌ„ce if he haue it with hym he shal optayn it y t he shal desire It is also good to haue y e iuyce of it for the grief of the stone the syckenes whiche letteth a maÌ„ that he caÌ„ not pysse ¶ The .vi. is the hearbe of y e planet Jupiter it is named Acharon of certayn Jusquianus HeÌ„bane The roote of it put vppon botches healeth theÌ„ and kepeth the place from an inflamation of bloud If any man shall beare it before the grefe come vpon hym he shall neuer haue a botche The roote of it also is profitable agaynst the goute in the fete whan it is brayed and put vpon the place that suffereth the payn or grief And it worketh by vertue of those signes whiche haue â—ete and loke vpon the fete And if the iuyce of it be dronken with hony or with wyne hony soddeÌ„ together it is profitable against the griefes of the lyuer all hys passioÌ„s because Jupiter holdeth the lyuer Lykewyse â–ª it is profitable to theÌ„ that woulde do often the acte of generation and to them y t desyre to be loued of women it is good that they beare it with them for it maketh the bearers pleasaunt and delectable ¶ The .vii. is the herbe of y â— planet Venus and is called PisterioÌ„ of some Hierobotane id est Herbo coluÌ„baria verbena veruen ¶ The roote of this hearbe put vpon the necke healeth y e swyne pockes apostumes behynde y e eares and botches of the neck and suche as can not kepe theyr water It healeth also cuttes swelliÌ„g of the euell or foundament procedyng
of an inflamation which groweth in the foundameÌ„t and the Emauraudes If the iuyce of it be dronken with hony water sodden it dissolueth those things whiche are in lunges or lightes And it maketh a good breath for it saueth kepeth the luÌ„ges and the lyghtes It is also of greate strength in venerial pastymes y e is the acte of generation If any man put it in hys house or vyneyarde or in the grounde he shall haue abundaÌ„tly reuenues or yerely profytes moreouer the rote of it is good to all them whyche will plante vynyardes or trees And infantes bearing it shalbe very apte to learne louing lernynge and they shalbe glad and ioyous It is also profitable beyng put in purgations it putteth abacke deuels Yet thys is to be marked that these herbes he gathered fro the .xxiii. daye of the Moone vntyll the .xxx. daye beginnyg the gathering of them frome the signe Mercurius by the space of a whole houre and in gatherynge make mention of the passion or griefe and the name of the thynge for the whiche thou doest gather it and the selfe herbe notwithstandinge lay the herbe vppon wheate or barleye and vse it afterwarde too thy nede ¶ Here beginneth the second boke of the vertues of certayne stones BEcause I haue spokeÌ„ now before of y e vertues of certayn herbes now in thys present chapter I will speake of certayn stones their effectes and maruaylous operations Magnes the lode stone Ophthalmus Onyx Feripendamus Sylonites Topazion Medoria Memphitis lapis iuxta meÌ„phim vrbem in Egypto Abaston Adamas diamoÌ„d Agathes Alectoria Esmundus Amaristus Berillus Celonites Corallus Cristallus Elotropia Epistrites Calcedonius Celidonius Bagates Bena. Istmos Tabrices Chrysolitus Gerattides Nichomai Quirim Radianus Luperius Vnces Lazuli Smaragdus Iris Gallasia Galerites Draconites Echites Tepristites Hyaciuthus Orithes Saphyrus Saunus ☞ If thou wilt knowe whyther thy wyfe is chaste or no. ⧠Take the stone which is called Magnes in English the lode stone it is of sadde blâ—w coloure and it is fouÌ„de in the sea of Inde sometime in partes of Almaine in the prouince which is called East Fraunce Laye thys stone vnder the head of a wyfe yf she be chast she wil embrace her husbande if she be not chaste she wil fall anone forth of the bedde Moreouer yf thys stone be put brayed and scattered vpon coles in foure corners of the house they that be sleapynge shall flee the house and leaue all If thou wilt be made inuisible ¶ Take the stone which is called Ophethalmius and wrappe it in the leafe of the Laurell or Baye tree it is called Lapis obtelmicus whose colour is not named â—or it is of many colours and it is of such vertu that it blindeth the sightes of them that stand about Constantinus carying this in hys hande was made inuisyble by it ¶ If thou wilt prouoke sorowe feare terrible fantasyes debate Take the stone which is called Onyz which is of black coloure And the kynd is best which is ful of whyte vaynes And it coÌ„meth from Inde vnto Araby and if it be hanged vpon the necke or fynger it styrreth vp anone sorowe or heauynesse in a man and terroures and also debate and this hath bene proued by men of late tyme. ¶ If thou wilt burne any mans handes without fyre ¶ Take the stone which is called Fetâ—peÌ„damus which is of yelow colour which if it be hanged vpoÌ„ the necke of anye man it healeth AreticuÌ„ and also if this stone be greped straytly it burneth y e haÌ„d anone therfore it must be touched lightly and gently ¶ If thou wilt kyndle the mynd of any man too ioyes and make hys wytte sharpe ¶ Take the stone whiche is called Sylonites it groweth in y â— bosome of a snayle of Inde called Corcuses and there is of dyuers kyndes of it of whyte read and purple colour Other saye that it is grene and found in the partes of Parsia And also olde Philosophers saye if it be tasted it geueth knowledge of certayne thinges to come If it be put vnder the tounge specially in y e first mone it hath a vertue onely for an houre Therfore beyng in the x. moone it hath thys vertue in the fyrst or teÌ„th houre But there is mouyng of the order because whan it is vnder the tung if our thought be of any busynes whether it oughte too be or no if it oughte to be it is fixed stedfastlye to the hart so that it may not be plucked awaye if not the harte leapeth abacke from it Also Philosophers haue sayd that it healeth Ptificos and weake men ¶ If thou wilt that seething water come furth anone after thou hast put in thy hand ⧠Take the stone which is called Topazion fro the Ile Topasis or because it shesheth a similitude of golde And there be twoo kyndes of it one is vtterlye lyke golde and thys is more precious The other kynde is of the colour of saffron of bryghter colour thaÌ„ golde is and thys is more profitable It hath ben proued in oure time that if it be put in seething water â–ª it maketh it to ruÌ„ne ouer but if thou put thy â–ª hande in it the water is drawen out anone and one of our brethren did thys at Paryse It is good also agaynste Emothoicam et stimaticam or lunatyke passion or griefe ¶ If thou wilt pluck of y e skynne of thyne or an other mans hande Take the stone whiche is called Medora of the region Media in the which the people dwelling are called Medi. And there bee two kyndes of it blacke grene It is sayde of olde Philosophers and also of Phylosophers beyng in thys tyme if the blacke be broken and resolued in hote water if any man wathe hys handes in that water the skynne of his haÌ„des shalbe plucked of anone Philosophers say also that it is good agaynste the goute and blyndnes of the eyes â–ª and it nourisheth hurte and weake eyes ☞ If thou wilte that a man suffer no payne nor be tourmented Take the stone whiche is called Memphitis of y e cytye which is called Memphis it is a stone of suche vertue as Aaron Hermes saye if it be broken and mixed with water and geuen to him to drynke whiche should be burned or suffer any tormeÌ„tes that drinke induceth soo greate vnablenesse too fele that he that suffereth feeleth neyther payn nor tormentynge ¶ If thou wilt make a fyre continually vnable to be queÌ„shed or put out Take the stone whiche is called Abaston it is of the colour of yron and there is founde very muche of it in Arabia If that stoone be kyndeled or inflamed it maye neuer bee putte oute or quenched because it hath the nature of the fyrst fethers of the Salamandre by reason of moystye fatnesse which nourissheth y â— fyre kyndled in it ¶ If thou wilte ouercome thy enemyes ⧠Take the stone whiche is called Adamas in English speache a
there be there any man that hath the fallinge sycknes by put tyng to the lode stone he falleth anone to the grounde as dead if the water of eeles bee geuen to hym to drynke he shalbe cured anone ¶ Camelus the Camel is a beast knowen well ynough It is called of the Chaldeis Ciboi of the Grekes Iphim If the bloude of it be put into the skyn of y ◠beast called Stellio then set on any mās head which is lyke a lysard hauing on his backe spottes like stetres it shall seme that he is a gyant that hys head is in heauen And thys is sayd in the boke of Alchorath of Mercury And yf a lantern anointed with y ◠bloud of it be lyghtenned it shall 〈◊〉 that all men standynge aboute haue Camelles headdes so that there be no outward light of an other candeil ¶ Lepus the hare is a beast wel ynough knowen of the Chaldeis it is called Ueterellū and of the Grekes Onollosa the vertue of it is shewed to be merualous for Euax and Aaron sayd that y ◠fete of it ioyned with a stone or with the head of a blacke owsell moueth a man to hardines so that he feare not death And if it be bounden to hys lefte arme he may go whether he wil and he shall returne saufe withoute peryll And yf it be geuen to a dogge to eate with the hart of a Mesell fro thens forth he shall not crye oute althoughe he should be kylled ¶ Experiolus is a beaste welly nough knowen yf the cloue of it be burned consolidated be gyuen in meat to any horse he will not eate for y ◠space of thre dayes And yf the aforesayde thinge be put with a littell turpentyme it shalbe cleare secondly it shalbe mayde as a cloude bloud and if it be casten a litle in water an horrible thunder shalbe made ¶ Leo a Lyon is a beaste well ynough knowen of the Chaldeis called Balamus of the Greekes Beruth If thonges of lether be made of the skynne of hym a man gyrded with theym he shall not feare hys enemies And yf any man will eate of the flesh of hym will drynke of hys water for thre dayes he shall be cured from the feuer quartaine And if any parte of hys eyes be put vnder a mans arme hole borne al beastes shall flee away bowynge doune their hade vnto their low belyes ¶ Foca purpays is a fysh well ynough knowen of the Chaldeis it is called Daulaubur of y ◠greciās Labor this fysh is of diuers nature If the tung of it be takē and be put with a litle of y ◠harte of it in water for a suerty fyshes will gather there together And yf thou wilte beare it vnder thy arme hole no man shalbe able to haue victorye againste the thou shalt haue a gentle pleasaunte iudge ¶ Auguilla an eele it is a fysshe sufficiently knowē The vertues of it are meruaylous as Euar Aaron saye for if it dye for fault of water the harte remaynynge hole and strong vyneger to takē and it be myxed to the bloude of the fowle called in Latine Uultur which some call in English a Grype and some a rauyn and be put vnder dūge in any place thei shall all how many soeuer they be recouer their lyfe as they had before And if the worme of thys eele be drawen out and put in y ◠aforesayd confection the space of one moneth the worme shalbe chaunged into a very blacke eele of whiche if any man shall eate he shall dye ¶ Mustela the Wesell is a beast sufficiently knowen If the hart of thys beast be eatē yet quaking it meketh a man to know thinges to come and yf anye dogge eate of the harte wyth the eyes and tūge of it he shall soone lose hys voyce ¶ Upupa y ◠Lapwynke or blacke plouer is a byrd sufficiently knowen of the Chaldeis it is called Boridicta of the Grekes I son y ◠eyes of it born make a mā grosse or great And if the eyes of it be borne before a mās breast all his enemies shalbe pacefied And yf thou shalt haue the heade of it in thy purse thou canst not be deceiued of any merchaunt Thys hath ben proued this daye of our brethren ¶ Pellicianus the Pellicane is a byrd sufficiently knowen it is called of the Chaldeis Uoltri of the Grekes Iphalari The vertue of it is meruaylous If yonge byrdes be kylled and their harte not be broken if a parte of her bloud be taken and be put warme in the mouth of the yōge byrdes they wil receyue soone agayn lyfe as before If it be hanged vp to the necke of any byrde it shall flye alwayes vntyll it fal dead And the right fote of it vnder an hote thyng after thre monethes shalbe engendred quycke and shall moue it selfe of the humoure and heate which y e byrde hath And Hermes in the boke of Alchorath Plinius doth witnesse thys ¶ Coruus called of some a rauē and of others a crow the vertue of thys fowle is meruaylous as Euax and Aaron reherse If her egges be sodden be put agayne in the nest the rauen goeth sone to the read sea in a certayne Ile where Aldoricus or Alodrius is buryed and she bryngeth a stone where with she toucheth her egges and the egges be soone rawe as they ware before It is a meruaylous thynge to styrre vp sodden egges If thys stoone be put in a rynge the leaf of the laurel tree put vnder it a man beyng bounden in chaynes or a doore shutte be toucheth therwith he that is boundē shall sone be lowsed and the doore shalbe opened And yf this stone be put in a mās mouth it geueth too hym vnderstanding of all byrdes The stone is of Inde because it is foūde in Inde after certayn wyse men sometyme in the read sea It is of diuerse colours it maketh a man to forgete all wrathe as we haue said aboue in the same stone ¶ Miluus a Kyte or gleyde is a byrde sufficiently knowen of the Chaldeis it is called Bysicus of the Grekes Melos If the heade of it be taken and borne before a mans breast it geueth to h◠loue and fauoure of all men womē If it be hanged too the necke of an henne she will neuer cease to runne vntyll it be putte awaye And yf a cockes combe be anoynted with the bloud of it he will not crowe frome thens forthe There is a certayn stone founde in the knees of thys byrde if it be loked craftely whiche if it be put in the meat of two enemies they shalbe made frendes and there shalbe made verye good peace amonge them ¶ Turtur a Turtel is a byrd wel ynough knowen it is called Mulon of the Chaldeis of the Greekes Pilax If y e hart of thys foule be borne in a wolues skynne he that beareth it shall neuer haue an appetyte
fyfte Saturnus in the vi Jupiter in the .vii. Mars in y e viii the SuÌ„ne in the .ix. Venus in the .x. Mercurius in the .xi. the Moone in the .xii. Saturnus ¶ But in the fyrste houre of the nyghte Jupiter in the seconde Mars in the thirde the Sunne in the fourth Venus in the fifte Mercurius in the .vi. y e Moone in the .vii. Saturnus in the. viii Jupiter in the .ix. Mars in the x. the Sunne in the .xi. Venus in the .xii. Mercurius ¶ In the first houre of Monday the moone in the second Saturnus in the thyrde Jupiter in the fourth Mars in the fyft y e SuÌ„ne in the .vi. Venus in the .vii. mercurius in the .viii. the moone in the .ix. Saturnus in the .x. Jupiter in the .xi. mars in the .xii. the Sunne ¶ But in the first houre of Mondayes night Venus in y e seconde mercurius in the thyrde y â— mone in the fourthe Saturnus in the fifte Jupiter in the .vi. Mars in the .vii. the Sunne in the .viii. Venus in the .ix. Mercurius in the .x. the Moone in the .xi. Saturnus in the .xii. Jupiter ¶ In the fyrst houre of Tuesday Mars in the second the Sunne in the thirde Venus in the .iiii. Mercurius in the fift the mone in the .vi. Saturnus in the .vii. Jupiter in the .viii. Mars in y â— ix the Sunne in the .x. Venus in the .xi. Mercurius in the .xii. the Moone ¶ But of Tuesdayes nyghte in the fyrste houre Saturnus in the seconde Jupiter in the thyrde Mars in y â— .iiii. the SuÌ„ne in the fyfte Venus in the syâ—te Mercurius in the seuenthe the Mone in the .viii. Saturnus in in the .ix. Jupiter in the tenthe Mars in the .xi. the Sunne in the xii Venus ¶ Of the Wednisday in his first houre Mercurius in the seconde the Moone in the thyrde Saturnus in the fourthe Jupiter in fift Mars in the sixt the Sunne in the seuenthe Venus in the eyghte Mercurius in the nynth the Moone in the .x. Saturnus in the .xi. Jupiter iny e .xii. Mars ¶ But on Wednisday at nyghte in the fyrste houre the Sunne in the seconde Venus in y e .iii. Mercurius in the .iiii. the Moone in the .v. Saturnus in the .vi. Jupiter in the .vii. Mars in the .viii. the Moone in the .ix. Venus in the .x. Mercurius in the .xi. the Moone in the .xii. Saturnus ¶ On Thursdai in the fyrst hour Jupite in the second Mars in y â— iii. the Sunne in the .iiii. Venus in the .v. Mercurius in the .vi. y e Mone in the .vii. Saturnus in the .viii. Jupiter in y e .ix. Mars in the .x. the SuÌ„ne in the .xi. Venus in the xii Mercurius ¶ But on Thursday nyght in y e fyrst houre the Moone in y e secoÌ„d Saturnus in the. iii Jupiter in the .iiii. Mars in y e â–ª v. the SuÌ„ne in the .vi. Venus in the .vii. Mercurius in the .viii. the Moone in the .ix. Saturnus in y e .x. Jupiter in the .xi. Mars in the .xii. the Sunne ¶ On Fryday at one of the clock Venus at .ii. Mercurius at .iii. the Moone at .iiii. Saturnus at .v. Jupiter at .vi. mars at .vii. the Sunne at .viii. Venus at ix Mercurius at .x. the Moone at xi Saturnus at .xii. Jupiter ¶ But on Frydayes night at one of the clocke Mars at .ii. y e SuÌ„ne at .iii. Venus at .iiii. mercurius at .v. the Moone at .vi. Saturnus at .vii. iupiter at .viii. mars at .ix. the Sunne at .x. Venus at xi Mercurius at twelfe the Moone ¶ On Saterday at one of y e clock Saturnus at ii Jupiter at .iii. Mars at .iiii. the Sunne at .v. Venus at .vi. Mercurius at .vii. the Moone at .viii. Saturnus at .ix. Jupiter at .i. Mars at .xi. the Sunne at .xii. Venus ¶ But on Saturdayes night at one of the clocke Mercurius at ii the moone at thre Saturnus at .iiii. Jupiter at v mars at vi the Sunne at .vii. Venus at viii Mercurius at .ix. the Moone at .x. Saturnus at .xi. Jupiter at .xii. Mars ¶ And not that Jupiter and Venus be good Saturnus Mars euell but the Sunne and the Moone in a meane and Mercurius is good with good and euell w t euell * ¶ Here beginneth the boke of y e meruayles of the world set forth by Albertus Magnus AFter it was knoweÌ„ of Phylosophers that all kyndes of thinges moue and inclyne to them selfe because an actiue and rationable vertue is in them whiche they guyde and moue aswell to them selfes as to others as fyre moueth to fyre water to water ¶ Also Auicenna sayde when a thyng staÌ„deth longe in salte it is salte if any thynge stande in a stynkynge place it is made stynkynge And yf anye thynge standeth with a bold man it is made bolde yf it stande with a fearefull man it is made fearfull And if a beast companieth w t meÌ„ it is made tractable famyliar And generally it is verefied of them by reasons and dyuerse experience that euery nature moneth to hys kynde and their vere fyenge is knowen in the firste qualities and lykewyse in the seconde and the same chaunceth in the thyrde And there is nothing in all dispositioÌ„s which moueth to it self according to his whole power And this was the rote the seconde begynning of y e workes of secretes and tourne thou not a way the eyes of thy mynde ¶ After that thys was graffed in the myndes of the Philosophers and they founde the disposition of naturall thynges For they knew surely that greate colde is graffed in some in some greate boldenes shulde not deny any meruaylous thing although he hath no reason but he ought to proue by experience for the cause of meruailous thinges are hidde and of so diuerse causes goyng befor that mans vnderstandyng after Plato maye not aprehende them Therfore the lode stone draweth yron to it and a certayne other stone draweth glasse So meruaylous thinges are declared of phylosophers to be in thinges by experience whyche no man ought to denye And that is not proued after the fashion of philosophers whych founde that for the phylosophers saith that the palme is a tree and it hath the male and the female therfore whan the female is nygh the male thou seest that the female bowe doune to the male and the leafe braunches of it are made softe and bowe doune to the male ¶ Therefore whan they see that they bynde ropes fro the male to the female Reddit ergo erecta super seipsam quasi adepta sit Masculo per continuationem â—umis Virtutem masculi Not withstaÌ„dinge many of the auncient aucthors hath shewed meruaylous thynges receyued now of the coÌ„mon people and takeÌ„ for a truth Therfore I shal shewe to the certayn thynges that thou mayste stablish thy mynde vpon them to knowe it for a certayn truthe which reason can not stablish by feling because the foresaid helpe in them And therfore it is that the
the stone which is called Tepistites It is founde in y e sea it is shyninge ruddy And it is sayde in the boke of Alchorath y t if it be borne before the harte it maketh a man sure refraineth mitigateth all seditions discordes It is sayd also that it mitigateth the flyes with lōg hynder legges which bourneth corn with touching of it deuoureth y e residew soules cloudes hayle and such as haue power of y e fruites of the earth And it hath ben proued of philophers of lat time and of certayn of oure brethren that it being put against y e beam of the sunne putteth furth fiery beames Also yf this stone be put in seething water the seethinge will soone cease and the water wilbe colde a litle after ¶ If thou wilt that straungers walke sure and safe ¶ Take the stone which is called Hyacinthus in English a Jacinct it is of many colours The grene is best it hath reade vaynes should be set in syluer and it is said in certain lectures that ther is two kyndes of it of y e water of y e Saphyre The Jacinct of y e water is yelow whyte The iacinct of y e Saphyrs is very shyning yelowe hauing no watrishnesse this is better it is written of thys in lecturs of philosophers that it beyng borne on the fynger or necke maketh straungers sure acceptable to theyr ghestes And it prouoketh sleape for the coldnesse of it y ◠Jacinct of Saphyre hath properly thys ¶ If thou wilt be saued from diuers chaūces and pestilēt bittes ¶ Take the stone which is called Orithes of whiche there be .iii. kindes one black an other grene and the thyrde of the which one parte is roughe and the other playn and the colour of it is like the colour of plate of yron but y ◠grene hath whyte spottes Thys stone borne preserueth from dyuerse chaunces and perilles of death ¶ If thou wilt make peace ¶ Take the stone which is called a Saphyre whiche commeth frō the Easte vnto Inde it that is of yelowe coloure is best whyche is not verye brighte it maketh peace and concorde it maketh y e myndepure and deuote toward God it strengtheneth the mynde in good thynges maketh a mā to cole from inwarde heate ¶ If thou wilt cure a vyrgyn ¶ Take the stone whiche is called Saunus frō the Ile Sauna It doth make firme or cōsolidate the mynd of the bearer of it And beynge bounde to the hande of a woman trauayling with chydel it letteth the byrth and kepeth it in bealye Therefore it is forbidden in suche a busynes that this stone touche a woman ¶ Thou shalte fynde many other lyke thynges in the boke of Mines of Aaron and Euar ⧠The manner of doynge these thinges consisteth in this that y e bearer for a good effecte be clears from all pollution or defylynge of the bodye ⧠Explicit ISidorus semeth to saye y e Licania hath in y e heade 〈◊〉 a stone of most noble vertue is of whyte colour whych brayed geuen to them that haue the strangulion to drinke it louseth perfectly the vryne ▪ shortly healeth it putteth awai the feuer quartayne Also it taketh awaye a whyte spot or perle in the eye Also yf a woman with chylde beare it on her she shall not loose her byrth Also the fleshe of them sodden and eaten is good to thē that haue an exulceratiō or sore in the lunges with a consumption of all the body and spitting of bloude Also the poulder of the beastes with the rynde or barke of trees with some greynes of pepper is profitable against the Emerodes and growinge out of flesh about the buttockes Lykewyse they beynge rawe brayed with ryndes or barkes of trees breake rype impostumes ¶ The thyrde boke of Albertus Magnus of the vertues of certayn beastes FOrasmuche as it hath ben spoken in the boke before of certayne effectes caused by the vertue of certayne stones and of their maruelous vertue or operation nowe we will speake in thys Chapter of certayne effectes caused of certayn beastes Aquila An Eagle Casso  Bubo A shricke owle Hircus A gote bucke Camelus A camell Lepus An hare Expetiolus  Leo A lyon Foca A purpays Anguilla An eele Mustela A wesel Upupa A lapwīg or black plouer Pellicanus A pellicane Cornus A crowe Miluus A kyte or gleyde Turtur A turtell Talpa A molle Merula A blacke macke or owsel ¶ Aquila the Eagle is a byrde knowen ynough of men of Chaldea it is called Vorax and of the Grekes Rimbicus Aarō Euax saye that it hathe a meruaylous nature or vertu For if the brain of it be turned into poulder be myxed with the iuyce of the hem locke they that eat of it shal take themselfes by the hear and they shall not leaue the holde as long as they beare that they haue receyued The cause of thys effecte is for that brayne is verye colde in so muche that it engendreth a fantasticall vertue shuttinge the powers by smoke ☞ Casso is a beaste knowen well ynoughe it is called Rapa of the Chaldeis and of the Grekes Orgalo Aaron sayeth of this If the feete of it be borne of any man he shall neuer be vexed but he shall desyre alwayes to go for the. Also he that beareth the feete of it shal alwayes ouercome and shalbe feared of hys enemyes And he sayde that hys ryght eye wrapped in a wolues skynne maketh a man pleasaūt acceptable and gentle And yf meat be made of the aforesayde thinges or poulder geuen to any man in meat the geuer shalbe greatly loued of hym that receyueth it Thys last was proued in oure tyme. ¶ Bubo a shricke owle is a byrd well ynough knowen whiche is called Magis of the Chaldeis Hysopus of the Greekes There be meruaylous vertues of thys fowle for yf the hart and righte foote of it be putte vpon a man sleapyng he shall say anone to y ◠whatsoeuer thou shalte aske of hym And thys hath ben proued a late tyme of our brethren And yf any man put thys vnder hys arme hole no dogge will barke at hym but kepe silence And yf these thinges aforesayde ioyned together with a wynge of it he hanged vp to a tree byrdes wyll gather together to that tree ¶ Hircus y e gote bucke is a beast well ynough knowne it is called of the Chaldeis Erbichi of y ◠Ere kes Massai If the bloud of it be taken warme with vineger and the iuyce of fenyll sodden together with a glasse it maketh the glasse soft as dowe it maye be caste agaynst a walle and not be broken And if the aforesayd confection be put in a vessell the face of any man be anoynted w t it meruailous horrible things shall appere and it shall seme to 〈◊〉 that he must dye And if the aforesayde thing be put in y ◠fyre and
boke of hermes whan leeke sede is castē vpon vineger the eigrenes or sowrenesse of it goeth away ¶ Belhinus saide whan thou takest the white of an egge alume anoyntest a clothe with it and washest it of wyth water of the sea being drye it letteth the dyre to burne ¶ An other sayde whā redde Arsenicum and alume are taken broken and confected or made with the iuyce of the herbe called houslyke and the galle of a bull and a man anoyteth hys handes wyth it and after taketh hote quyckened And whan thou buryest the flye called a bytel amōg roses it dyeth if thou burye it in dunge it quyckeneth ¶ And philosphers sayde that whan the fethers of Eagles be put with y ◠fethers of other fowles they burne and mortefye thē for as he ouercometh in hys lyfe all byrds hath rule ouer them so y ◠fethers of Eagles are deadly to all fethers ¶ And Phylosophers say yf the skynne of a shepe be put in anye place with the skynne of Adib it gnaweth and consumeth it And he that putteth on him clothe of the wolle of a shepe whiche hath eaten Adib itchyng ceaseth not from hym vntyll he put it of ¶ And yf thou parfume an house or place with the lunges or lightes of an Asse thou clengest it frō euery Serpente and Scorpion And of thys Philosophers know that it is good agaynst poyson ¶ Tabariences sayth yf the tūg of the Lapwynge or blacke plouer be hanged vpon a walle Obliuionem reddit eum memorē et alienationes ¶ And it is sayde in the booke of Cleopatra If a woman haue no delectation with her husbāde take the marro we of a wolfe of hys lefte foote and beare it and she will loue no manne but him And it is sayde whanne the lefte hyppe or haunche of a male ostriche is taken and boyled or seethed with oyle and after the begynnynge or grounde of hayres are anoynted with it they grow neuer agayne ¶ Architas sayd yf the hart of a serpent be taken whan he liueth and be hāged vpon a man being sycke of the feuer quartayne it plucketh it vtterly awaye And y e Adders skynne whan it is strayt bounded vpon the ankle of a woman it haisteth the byrth but after the byrth it must be remoued away anone ¶ The tethe of all serpētes whā thou pluckest them furthe by the rootes as longe as the serpente lyueth yf they be hanged vpon a man sycke of the feuer quartain they take awaye the feuer quartayne from hym and yf the Serpent be hāged vpon a roth aking it profiteth And yf a serpēt mete with a woman wyth chylde she bryngeth furth her chylde before it be perfecte And yf it meete with her when she trauayleth of chylde it hasteth her byrthe ¶ And they sai if thou wilt take the eye tothe of the beaste called Crocodilus in Latine in english a Crocodile out of y e vppermore palase of the lefte side of his mouth and hange it on a mā being sicke of y e feuers it healeth hym and the feuers will not returne agayne to hym And they haue sayde that the Lyon is afrayde of a white cocke And again that he feareth the fyre And he that is anoynted with the talowe of the reynes of the talowe of y ◠rey nes of the Lyon feareth not too go amonge beastes all beastes are afrayed of the Lyon And he that anoynteth hys bodye with hares dunge wolfes be farayde of hym ¶ Et si teritur atsenicum citrinum and be myxed with mylke if a flye fall vpon it it dyeth not ¶ If thou wilt take y ◠right fote of a snayll and hange it vpō the right fote of a diseased mā wyth the gout it profiteth it like wise if thou hange vp the lefte fote of a snayll to thy lefte fote diseased with the goute And so the hāde of it is profitable to the hande the fynger to the fynger And yf a fyre be kendled before a man y t is brosten of grene woode of fygge trees his stoones will make a noyse or bounsinge ¶ And it is sayde in the booke of hermes whan bothe the eyes of the Ber◠bee bounden in lynen cloth vppon Sinistrum adiutorium they put awaye the feuer quartayne And it is sayde if the wolfe se a man and the mā se not hym the man is astonyed feareth and is hoorse And therfore if anye man beareth the eye of a wolfe it helpeth to victorye too boldenes vanquyshing and fear of hys aduersary And it is sayde if a ryng be made of the whyte houfes of an Asse he that hath the falling syckenes putteth it on suffreth not the fallyng syckenes ¶ And they sayde whan y ◠wylte that flyes come not nyghe thy house than put Condicim et oppium in white lyme and after make thy house whyte with it thanne flyes shall in no wyse enter ¶ Whan thou wilt that thy wife or wenche shew to the al that she hath done take the hart of a doue and the head of a frogge and dry them both and braye them vnto poulder and laye them vpon the breast of her sleping and she shall shewe to y ◠all that she hath done but whan she shall wake wype it awaye from her breast that it be not lyfted vp ¶ And they saye yf any man put a Diamonde vnder the heade of a woman sleapinge she manifesteth if she be an aduoutrer for if it be so she leapeth backe out of y ◠bedde afrayde and yf not she embraceth her husband with great loue ¶ And they say that an Asse skyn whan it is hanged vpon chyldrē it letteth them to be afrayde ¶ Architas sayth yf the waxe of the left eare of a dogge be take n and be hanged vppon men sycke in the feuers that come by cours or fyttes it is verye profitable and specially to the feuer quartayne ¶ And Phylosophers saye that some kynde or singulare whiche neuer had sickenesse is profitable to euery sickenes and he that had neuer payn helpeth and healeth a man from it ¶ And whan the house is perfumed with y ◠lefte houfe of a mule flyes remayne not in it ¶ And yf the harte eye or brayne of a lap wynge or blacke plouer be hanged vpon a mans necke it is profitable agaynste forgetfulnes and sharpeth mās vnderstandynge ¶ If a womā maye not conceyue take an heartes horne turned into poulder let it be myxed with a cowes gall let a woman kepe it about her and let her do y ◠acte of generation and she shall conceyue anone ¶ A grosse and styffe hayre of a mares tayll put vppon a doore suffereth not zauzales to enter ¶ The tothe of a fole or colte of one yeare olde put in the necke of a chylde maketh hys tethe to breede without payne ¶ The tothe of a mare put vpon the head of a man being madde deliuereth hym anone from hys furye ¶ If a woman may