❧ The book of secrets of Albertus Magnus, of the virtues of Herbs, stones, and certain beasts. ❧ Also, a book of the same author, of the marvelous things of the world: and of certain effects, caused of certain beasts. Anno. M. D. LX. ❧ To the reader. Sith it is manifestly known, that this book of Albertus Magnus, is in the Italyon, spanish, French, and Duche tongues, it was thought if it were translated into English tongue, it would be received with like good will and friendship, as it is in those parts. Wherefore use thou this book, to mitigate, and alacreate, thy heavy & troublesome mind, as thou hast been wont to do, with the book commonly called the book of Fortune: for believe me, whatsoever is promised in ●ther of them both, this, or that, is alonely to the end. ❧ The first book of the virtues of certain Herbs. aristotel, the Prince of Philosophers, sayeth in many places, that every science is of the kind of good things. But notwithstanding, the operation sometime is good sometime evil: as the science is changed to a good, or to an evil end, to which it worketh. Of the which saying, two things be concluded: the one, and the first is, that the science of magic is not evil, for by the knowledge of it, evil may be eschewed, & good followed. The second thing is also concluded for asmuch as the effect is praised for the end, and also the end of science is dispraised, when it is not ordained to good, or to virtue. It folo we●h then, that every science, or operation, is sometime good, sometime evil, Therefore, because the science of Magic, is as a good knowledge (as it is presupposed) and is somewhat evil in beholding of causes, and natural things, as I have considered, & perceived in ancient authors: yes and I myself, Albert have found the troth in many things, & I suppose the truth to be in some part of the book of Chirander, & of the book of Alchorat. ¶ first therefore, I will declare of certain herbs. secondly, of certain stones. And thirdly, of certain beasts, & the virtues of them. Elitropia marigold. Urtica Nettell. Virga pastoris Wild tasyl. Celidonia Celendyne. Provinca Perwynke. Mepeta Calamint or peniroyal Lingua canis hands tongue. Jusquianus Henbane. Lilium lily. Viscus querci Misseltoe. Centaurea centaury. Saluia Sauge. Verbena Vervin. Melysophylos Smallage. Rosa Rose. Serpentina Snakes grass ¶ The first herb is called with the men of Chaldea, Elios with the Greeks, Matuchiol, with the latins, Elitropium, with English men, marigold, whose interpretation, is of Elios, that is the Son, and Tropos, that is alteration, or change, because it is turned according to ● sun The virtue of this herb is marvelous: for if it be gathered, the Sun being in the sign Leo, in August, and be wrapped in the leaf of a Laurel, or bay tree, & a wolves to the be added thereto, no man shallbe able to have a word to speak against the bearer thereof, but words of peace. And if any thing be stolen, if the bearer of the things before named, lay them under his head in the night, he shall see the thief, & all his conditions. And moreover, it the foresaid herb be put in any church, where women be, which have broken matrimony on their part, they shall never be able to go forth of the church, except it be put away. And this last point hath been proved, and is very true. ¶ The second herb is called of the men of Chaldea Roybra, of ● Greeks Olieribus, of the latins, or frenchmen Vrtica, of English men, a nettle. He that holsteth this herb in his hand, with an herb called millfoil, or yarrow, or noseblede, is sure from all fear, & fantasy, or vision. And if it be put with the juice of houselyke, and the bearers hand be anointed with it, and the residue be put in water, if he enter in the water where fishes be, they will gather together to his hands, and also ad piscellum. And if his hand be drawn forth, they will leap again to their own places, where they were before. ¶ The third herb is named of the Chaldeis Lorumboror, of the Greeks Allamor, of the Latins Uirga pastoris, of English men, Dild tasyll. Take this herb, & temper it with the juice of Mandrake, & give it to a bitch, or to another beast, & it shall be great with a young one in the own kind, and shall bring forth the birth in the own kind, of the which young one, if the gome to the be taken, & deped in meat, or drink, every one that shall drink thereof, shall begin anon battle, and when thou would put it away, give to him the juice of Ualerian, & peace shallbe anon among them, as before. ¶ The fourth herb, is named Aquilaris, of Chaldeis: because it springeth in the time, in which the Eagles build their nests: It is named of Greeks Ualis, of La tines Celidonia, and of Englishmen Celendyne. This herb springeth in the time, in that which the swallows, and also the eagles maketh their nests. If any man shall have this herb, with the heart of a molle, he shall overcome all his enemies, and all matters in suit, & shall put a way all debate. And if the before named herb, be put upon the head of a sick man, if he should die, he shall sing anon with a loud boyce, if not, he shall weep. ¶ The fift herb is named of y● Chaldeis Iterisi, of the Greeks, Uorax, of the latins Proventalis, or Provinsa, of English men Perwynke, when it is heaten unto powder with worms of the earth, wrapped about it, and with an herb called Semperuina, in En glyshe houslyke, it induceth love between man and wife, if it be used in their meats. And if it shallbe put too the mouth of the beast, called the bugil, he shall breahe anon in the mids. And this was proved of late tyme. If the said confection be put in the fire, it shallbe turned anon, unt blue colour. ¶ The sixth herb is named of the Chaldeis Bieith, of the breaks Retus, of the Latins Nepeta, of English men Calamynt, otherwise Penyroyal. Take this herb and mix it with the stone, found in the nest of the bird called a lapwing, or black poluev, and rub the belly of any beast, and it shallbe with birth, & it shall have a young one, very black in the own kind. And if it be put to their nostrils, they shall fall to the ground anon as dead, but a little space after they shallbe healed. Also if the foresaid confection be put in a vessel of bees the bees will never i'll a wai, but the● shall gather together there. And if the bees be drowned and like as they were dead, if they be put in the aforesaid confection, they shall recover their life after a little time, as by the space of one hour, for it is proportioned to y● quality lost. And for a sure proof, if drowned flies be put in warm ashes, they will recover their life aftev a little space. ¶ The seventh herb is named of y● Chaldeis Algeil, of the Greeks Drun, of the Latin's Lingua canis, of English men, hands tongue, put thou this herb with the heart of a young frog, & her matrice, and put them where thou wilt, and after a little time, all the dogs of the whole town shallbe gathered together: And if thou shalt have the afore named herb under thy formest toe, all the dogs shall keep silence, & shall not have power to bark. And if thou shalt put the aforesaid thing in the neck of any dog, so that he may not touch it with his mouth, he shallbe turned always round about like a turning wheel, until he fall unto the ground as dead, and this hath been proved in our tyme. ¶ The eight herb is named of Chaldeis Mansesa, of the Greeks Uentosin, of the Latins Jusquianus, of English men Henbane. Take thou this herb, & mix it Cum realgalis and Hermoda talis, and put them in the meat of a mad dog, & he will die anon. And if thou shalt put the juice of it with the aforesaid things in a silver cup, it shall be broken very small. And if thou shalt mix the aforesaid thing, with the blood of a young hare and keep it in the skin of a hare all the hare's will be gathered there until it be removed. ¶ The ninth herb, is named of the Chaldeis Ango, of the Greeks Amala, of the Latins Lilium, of the English men a Lyly. If thou wilt gather this herb, the son being in the sign of the Lion, & wilt mix it with the juice of the Laurel, or bay tree, & afterward thou shalt put that juice under the dung of cattle, a certain time, it shallbe turned unto worms, of the which, if powder be made, & be put about the neck of any man or in his clothes, he shall never sleep, nor shall not be able to sleep until it be put a way. And if thou shalt put the aforesaid thing under the dung of cattle, and wilt anoint any man with the worms bredinge thereof, he shallbe brought anon unto a fenex. And if the aforesaid thing be put in any vessel, where there is comes milk, and be covered with the skin of any cow of one colour, all the kine shall lose their milk. ¶ The tenth herb is called of y● Chaldeis Luperax, of the Greeks A●ifena, of the Latins Uiscus querci, of English men Myssell toe. And it groweth in trees, being holed through. This herb with a certain other herb, which is named Martegon, that is Silphion or Laserpitium, as it is written in the Almains language, it openeth all locks. And if the aforesaid things, being put together, be put in the mouth of any man, if he think of any thing, if it should happen, it is set on his heart, if not, it leapeth back from his heart. If the afore said thing be hanged up to a tree with the wing of a swallow, there the brides shallbe gathered together wrihin the space of five miles. And this last was proved in my tyme. ¶ The eleventh herb is named of the Chaldeis Isiphilon, of the Greeks Orgelon, of the Latins Centaurea, of English men Centory, which saith that this herb hath a marvelous virtue, for if it be joined with the blood of a female lapwing, or black plover and be put with oil in a lamp, all they that compass it about, shall believe themselves to be witches, so that one shall believe of an other, that his head is in heaven and his feet in the earth. And if the aforesaid thing be put in the fire when the stars shine it shall appear, that the stars run one against an other, and fight. And if the aforesaid plaster be put to the nostrils of any man, he shall flee away sharply, through fear that he shall have, & this hath been proud▪ ¶ The twelft herb is named of the Chaldeis Colorio, or Coloricon, of the Greeks Clamour, of the Latins commonly Saluia, of English men Sauge. This herb being putrefied under dung of cattle, in a glasyn vessel, bringeth forth a certain worm or bird, having a tail after the fashion of the bird, called a black macke or owsyll, with whose blood, if any man be touched in the breast, he shall lose his sense or feeling the space of xu days and more. And if the aforesaid Serpent be burned, & the ashes of it put in the fire, anon shall there be a rain bow, with an horrible thunder. And if the aforesaid ashes be put in a lamp, and be kindled, it shall appear that all the house is full of serpents, & this hath been proved of men of late tyme. ¶ The xiii herb, is named of the Chaldeis Olphanas, of the Greeks Hiliorion, of the latins Verbena of the English men Veruyn. This herb (as witches say) gathered, the Sun being in the sign of the Ram, & put with grain or corn of pyonie of one year old healeth them that be sick of the falling sickness. And if it be put in a fat ground, after viii weeks worms shallbe engendered, which if they shall touch any man, he shall die anon. And if the aforesaid thing be put in a dove house or a culver house, all the doves or culvers shallbe gathered together there. And if the powder of them be put in the sun, it shall appear that the sun is blue. If the powder be put in a place where men dwell or lie between two lovers, anon there is made strife or malice between them. ¶ The xiiii herb is named of the Chaldeis Celayos, of the Greekes Casini. of the latins Melisopholos, of English men smallage: of the which herb Macer floridus maketh mention. This herb gathered green, and tasten with the juice of the Cypress tree of one year, put in gruel, maketh the gruel to appear full of worms, and maketh the bearer to be gentle & gracious, & to vanquish his adversaries. And if the aforesaid herb be bound to an ox's neck, he will follow the whether soever thou wilt go. ¶ The xu herb is named of the Chaldeis Glerisa, of the Greeks Isaphinus, of the latins Rosa, of English men a Rose. And it is an herb, whose flower is very well knowell. Take the grain or corn of it, & the corn of mustered seed and the foot of a Wesel, hanged up these in a tree, and it will not bear fruit after. And if the aforesaid thing be put about a net, fishes will gather together there. And if Magaris shall be dead & be put in the aforesaid commixtion half a day, it shall recover the life, although it be not forth with yet gotten. And if the aforesaid powder be put in a lamp▪ and after be kind led, all men shall appear black as the devil. And if the aforesaid powder be mixed with oil of the olive tree, & with quick brimstone, & the house anointed with it, the Sun shining, it shall appear all inflamed. ¶ The xvi herb is called of the Chaldeis Carturlin, of the Greeks Pentaphyllon, of the latins Serpentina, in English snakes grass. This herb is well enough known with us. This herb put in the ground, with the leaf of the three-leafed grass engendereth read & green serpents, of which if powder be made, and put in a burning lamp, there shall appear abundance of serpents. And if it be put under the head of any man, from thence forth he shall not dream of himself. ¶ The manner of work●g all these aforenamed things, that y● effect may be good in their planets is, in their hours, and days. THere be vii herbs, that have great virtues, after the mind of Alexander the Emperor, and they had these virtues of the influence of the planets. And therefore, every one of them taketh their virtue from the higher natural powers. ¶ The first is the herb of the planet Saturnus, which is called Affodillus, Affodilly, the juice of it is good against the pain of the reins, and legs: let them that suffer pain of the bladder, eat it the root of it being a little boiled. And if men possessed with evil spirits, or mad men bear it, in a clean napkin, they be delivered from their disease. And it suffer th' not a devil in the house. And if children that breed their teeth, bear it about them, they shall breed them without pain. And it is good that a man bear with him a root of it in the night for he shall not fear, nor be hurt of other. ¶ The second is the herb of the Sun, which is called Poligonia, or Coraligiola. This herb taketh the name of the Sanne: for it engendereth greatly, & so this herb worketh many ways. Other hath called this herb Alchone, which is the house of the Sun. This herb healeth the passions, and grief of the heart and the stomach. He that toucheth this herb, hath a virtue of his sign, or Planete. If any man drink the juice of it, it maketh him to do often, the act of generation. And if any man bear the rote of it, it healeth the grief of the eyes. And if he bear it with him before he have any grief, there shall come to him no grief of his eyes. It helpeth also them that be vexed with the frenzy, if they bear it with them in their breast. It helpeth also them▪ that are diseased with an impostume in the lungs, & maketh them to have a good breath, and it availeth also too the flix of melancholious blood. ¶ The third is the herb of the Moon, which is called Chynostates. The juice of it purgeth the pains of the stomach, & bre●● plates, the virtue of it declareth that it is the herb of the Moon. The flower of this herb purgeth great spleens, & healeath them, because this herb increaseth & decreaseth as the Moon. It is good against the sickness of the eyes, & maketh a sharp sight. And it is good against the blood of the eyes. If thou put the root of it brayed upon the eye, it will make thy eye marvelous clear, because the light of the eyes Propinquatum mystion, is of the substance of the Moon. It is also good to them that have an evil stomach or which can not digest their meat, by drinking the juice of it moreover it is good to them that have the swine pocks. ¶ The fourth herb is called Arnoglossa, plantain. The rote of this herb is marvelous good against the pain of the head, because the sign of the Ram is supposed to be the house of the planet Mars, which is the head of the whole world. It is good also against evil customs of man's stones, and rotten & filthy biles, because his house is that sign Scorpio, because a part of it holdeth Sparma, that is the seed, which cometh against the stones whereof all living things be engendered, and formed. Also the juice of it is good to them that be sick of the pery●ous flix, with excoriation or raising of the bowels, continual torments, & some blood issuing forth. And it purgeth them that drink it, from the sicknesses of the flix of blood, or emoraudes, & of the disease of the stomach. ¶ The fift is the herb of the planets mercurius, which is named Pentaphillon, in English cinquefoil or the .v. lived herb▪ of others Pentadactilus, of others Sepe declinans, of certain Calipe●olo. The root of this herb brayed & made in a plaster, hea●eth wounds & hardness. Moreover, it putteth away quickly the swine pocks, if the juice of it be drunken with water. It healeth also the passions or griefs of the breast, if the juice of it be drunken. It putteth away also y● to the ache. And if the juice of it be holden in the mouth, it healeth all the griefs of the mouth. And if any man bear it with him, it giveth wark & help. Moreover if any man will ask any thing of a king or prince, it giveth abundance of eloquence, if he have it with him, & he shall obtain it that he shall desire. It is also good to have the juice of it, for the grief of the stone, & the sickness which letteth a man that he can not piss. ¶ The vi is the herb of the planet Jupiter, & it is named Acheron, of certain Jusquianus, henbane. The root of it, put upon botches, healeth them, and keepeth the place from an inflammation of blood. If any man shall bear it before the grief come upon him he shall never have a botch. The root of it also is profitable against the gout in the feet when it is brayed, and put upon the place that suffereth the pain or grief. And it worketh by virtue of those signs, which have ●ete, and look upon the feet. And if the juice of it be drunken with honey, or with wine & honey sodden together, it is profitable against the griefs of the liver, & all his passions, because Jupiter holdeth the liver. Likewise▪ it is profitable to them that would do often the act of generation, and to them that desire to be loved of women, it is good that they bear it with them, for it maketh the bearers pleasant and delectable. ¶ The vii is the herb of the planet Venus, and is called Pisterion of some Hierobotane, id est, Herbo columbaria & verbena, vervain. ¶ The root of this herb put upon the neck, healeth the swine pocks, apostumes behind the ears, and botches of the neck, and such as can not keep their water, It healeth also cuts, & swelling of the evil, or fundament, proceeding of an inflammation, which groweth in the fundament, and the Emauraudes. If the juice of it be drunken with honey & water sodden, it dissolveth those things which are in lungs or lights. And it maketh a good breath, for it saveth & keepeth the lungs and the lights. It is also of great strength in venerial pastimes, the is the act of generation. If any man put it in his house or vineyard, or in the ground, he shall have abundantly revenues, or yearly profits, moreover the rote of it is good to all them which will plant vineyards or trees. And infants bearing it, shallbe very apt to learn, & loving learning, and they shallbe glad and joyous. It is also profitable, being put in purgations, & it putteth aback devils. Yet this is to be marked, that these herbs he gathered fro the xxiii day of the Moon until the xxx day, beginnyg the gathering of them from the sign Mercurius, by the space of a whole hour, and in gathering make mention of the passion or grief, and the name of the thing, for the which thou dost gather it, and the self herb, notwithstanding, lay the herb upon wheat, or barley, and use it afterward too thy need. ¶ Here beginneth the second book of the virtues of certain stones. BEcause I have spoken now before of the virtues of certain herbs, now in this present chapter, I will speak of certain stones, their effects and marvelous operations. Magnes, the load stone. Ophthalmus Onyx. Feripendamus Sylonites. Topazion Medoria, Memphitis, lapis juxta memphim urbem in Egypto. Abaston Adamas, diamond. 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 know whither thy wife is chaste, or no. ❧ Take the stone, which is called Magnes in English, the load stone, it is of sad bl●w colour, and it is found in the sea of Ind sometime in parts of Almain, in the province, which is called East France. Say this stone under the head of a wife, & if she be chaste, she will embrace her husband, if she be not chaste, she will fall anon forth of the bed. Moreover, if this stone be put brayed, and scattered upon coals, in four corners of the house, they that be sleeping, shall flee the house, and leave all. If thou wilt be made invisible. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Ophethalmius, and wrap it in the leaf of the Laurel, or Bay tree, & it is called Lapis obtelmicus, whose colour is not named, ●or it is of many colours, and it is of such virtue, that it blindeth the sights of them that stand about. Constantinus carrying this in his hand, was made invisible by it. ¶ If thou wilt provoke sorrow, fear, terrible fantasies, & debate. Take the stone, which is called Onyz, which is of black colour. And the kind is best which is full of white veins. And it cometh from Ind, unto Araby, and if it be hanged upon the neck, or finger, it stirreth up anon sorrow or heaviness in a man, and terroures, and also debate, and this hath been proved by men of late tyme. ¶ If thou wilt burn any man's hands without fire. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Fet●pēdamus, which is of yellow colour, which if it be hanged upon the neck of any man, it healeth Areticum, and also if this stone be greped straightly, it burneth the hand anon, & therefore it must be touched lightly, and gently. ¶ If thou wilt kindle the mind of any man too joys, and make his wit sharp. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Sylonites, & it groweth in y● bosom of a snail of Ind, called Corcuses, and there is of divers kinds of it, of white, read, and purple colour. Other say, that it is green, and found in the parts of Parsia. And also old Philosophers say, if it be tasted, it giveth knowledge of certain things to come. If it be put under the tongue, specially in the first moan, it hath a virtue only for an hour. Therefore being in the x. moon, it hath this virtue in the first, or tenth hour. But there is moving of the order, because, when it is under the tongue, if our thought be of any business, whether it ought too be or no, if it ought to be, it is fixed steadfastly to the heart, so that it may not be plucked away, if not, the heart leapeth aback from it. Also Philosophers have said, that it healeth Ptificos, and weak men. ¶ If thou wilt that seething water come forth anon, after thou hast put in thy hand. ❧ Take the stone, which is called Topazion, fro the isle Topasis, or because it shesheth a similitude of gold. And there be two kinds of it: one is utterly like gold, and this is more precious The other kind is of the colour of saffron, of brighter colour than gold is, and this is more profitable. It hath been proved in our time, that if it be put in seething water▪ it maketh it to run over but if thou put thy▪ hand in it, the water is drawn out anon, and one of our brethren did this at Paryse. It is good also against Emothoicam et stimaticam, or lunatic, passion or grief. ¶ If thou wilt pluck of the skin of thine, or an other man's hand. Take the stone, which is called Medora, of the region Media in the which the people dwelling are called Medi. And there be two kinds of it, black & green. It is said of old Philosophers and also of Philosophers, being in this time, if the black be broken, and resolved in hot water, if any man wathe his hands in that water, the skin of his hands shallbe plucked of anon. Philosophers say also, that it is good against the gout, and blindness of the eyes▪ and it nourisheth hurt and weak eyes. ☞ If thou wilt that a man suffer no pain, nor be tormented. Take the stone, which is called Memphitis, of the city which is called Memphis, & it is a stone of such virtue, as Aaron & Hermes say: if it be broken, and mixed with water, and given to him to drink, which should be burned, or suffer any torments, that drink induceth so great unableness too feel, that he that suffereth, feeleth neither pain nor tormenting. ¶ If thou wilt make a fire continually unable to be quenched or put out. Take the stone, which is called Abaston, & it is of the colour of iron; and there is found very much of it in Arabia. If that stone be kindled or inflamed, it may never be put out, or quenched, because it hath the nature of the first feathers of the Salamandre, by reason of moystye fatness, which nourisheth the fire, kindled in it. ¶ If thou wilt overcome thy enemies. ❧ Take the stone, which is called Adamas, in English speech, a Diamond, and it is of shining colour, & very hard, in so much that it can not be broken, but by the blood of a goat, & it groweth in Arabia, or in Cypress. And if it be bounden to the left side, it is good against enemies, madness, wild beasts, venomous beasts and cruel men, and against chiding & brawling▪ & against venom, and invaston of fantasies, and some call it Diamas. ¶ If thou wilt eschew all peri●● and all terrible things, & have a strong heart. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Agathes, & it is black, and hath white veins. There is another of the same kind, like to white colour. And the third groweth in a certain I'll, having black veins, & that maketh too overcome perils, & give strength to the heart. & maketh a man mighty, pleasant, delectable, & helpeth against adversities. ¶ If thou desire to obtain any thing from any man. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Alectoria, & it is a stone of a cock, & it is white as the Crystal, and it is drawn out of the cocks gysar, or maw, after that he hath been gelded more th' Turrian four years and it is of the greatness of a bean It maketh the belly pleasant and steadfast, and put under the tongue, it quencheth thirst. And this last hath been proved in our time, and I perceived it quickly. ¶ If thou wilt overcome beasts and interpret, or expound all dreams and prophecy of things to come. Take the stone, which is called Esmundus or Asmadus, it is of divers colours, it putteth out all poison, and maketh a man to overcome his adversaries, & giveth prophesying, and the interpretation of all dreams, & maketh a man to understand dark questions, hard to be understand or assoiled. ¶ If thou wilt have good under standing of things that may be felt, and that thou may not be made dronked. Take the stone, whithe is called Amaristus, and it is of purple colour, and the best is found in Ind, and it is good against drunkenness, and giveth good understanding in things that may be understand. ¶ If thou wilt overcome thy enemies, and slay debate. Take the stone, which is called Berillus, it is of pale colour and may be seen through as water, bear it about with thee, and thou shalt overcome all debate, & shalt drive a way thy enemies and it maketh thy enemy meek. It causeth a man too be well manuered, as Aaron sayeth, it giveth also good understanding. ¶ If thou wilt forejudge, or conjecture of things to come. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Celonites, it is of purple, & diverse other colours, & it is found in the head of the snail. If any man will bear this stone under his tongue, he shall forejudge, and propheci of things to come. But notwithstanding, it hath no virtue, but shining, Prima cunfuerit accensa, et crescens monoytes in ultima descendente, so meaneth Aaron, in the book of virtues of herbs, and stones. ¶ If thou wilt pacify tempests and go over floods. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Corallus, Coral, & some be read and some white▪ And it hath been proveth that it stemmeth anon blood, and putteth away the foolishness of him that beareth it, & giveth wisdom. And this hath been proved of certain men in our tyme. And it is good against tempests, and perils of floods. ¶ If thou wilt kindle fire. ¶ Take the Crystal stone, & put it nigh under the circle of the sun, that is to say, against the sun and put it nigh any thing that may be burned, & incontinently, the heat of the Sun shining, will set it a fire. And if it be drunk with honey, it increaseth milk. ¶ If thou wilt that the Sun appear of bloody colour. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Elitropia. It is green like to the precious stone called the emerald. And it is sprinkled with bloody drops. The necromancers call it Gemma Babylonica, the precious stone of Babylon, by the proper name. But if it be anointed with the juice of an her be of the same name, and be put in a vesselful of water, it maketh the Sun to seem of bloody colour: as if the Eclipse were seen. The cause of this is, for it maketh all the water to bubble up unto a little cloud, which making the air thick: letteth the sun to be seen, but as it were read, in a thick colour, a little after: the cloud goeth away, by dropping down like dew, as it were by drops of rain. This also borne about maketh a man of good fame, hole: and of long life. It is said of old Philosophers: that a man an ointed with an herb of this name, as we have said before: excelleth with virtue, & Elitropia is found oftentimes in Cypress and Ind. ¶ If thou wilt make seething water too be cold, which standeth upon the fire. Take the stone, which is called Epibretes, which put in water against the eye of the sun, putteth forth fiery beams of the sun. And it is said of old, and new Philosophers, if it be put in seething water, the bubbling up, or seething will soon cease, and a little after, it will wax cold▪ and it is a shining and ruddy stone. ¶ If thou wilt eschew illusions and fantasies & overcome all causes or matters. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Calcedonius, & it is pale, brown of colour, & somewhat dark, if this be pierced, & hanged about the neck, with the stone which is called Sinerip, it is good against all fantastical illusions, & it maketh to overcome all causes, or matters in suit, & keepeth thy body against thy adversaries. ¶ If thou wilt be acceptable, and pleasant. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Celidonius, & of it there is some black, & some some what read, & it is drawn out of the belly of swallows. If that which is somewhat read, be wrapped in a linen cloth, or in a calves skin, and borne under the left arm hole it is good against madness, and old sicknesses & diseases, & the sleeping, or forgetful sickness, and Contra epidimiam, which is a scab that runneth through y● hole body. Euax saith, that this stone maketh a man eloquent, acceptable and pleasant. The black stone is good against wild beasts, & wrath, & bringeth the business begun to an end. And if it be wrapped in the leaves of Celydom, it is said that it maketh the sight dull. And they should be drawn out in the month of August, and two stones are found oftentimes in one swallow. ¶ If thou wilt be victorious against thy adversaries. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Bagates, & it is of diverse colours The ancient philosophers say that it hath been proved in the prince Alcides, which how long he did bear it, he had always victory: and it is a stone of diverse colours, like the skin of a kid. ¶ If thou wilt know before any thing to come. Take the stone, which is called Bena, which is like a beasts to thee, and put it under thy tongue. And as Aaron and the old Philosophers saith, how long thou wilt hold it so always conjecturing, thou shalt prophesy things to come, and thou shalt not err in any wise for judging. ¶ If thou wilt that thy garment be unable to be burned. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Histmos, which as Isidorus sayeth, is like to saffron. And it is found in a part of Spain. This stone bloweth like a pair of bellows, by reason of the windiness in it, it is found nigh the Gades of Hercules, that is two Isles, by the further parts of spain beyond Garnade, and if this stone be set in a garment, it can be burned in no wise, but it shineth like fire. And some men say: that y● white Carbunkle stone, is this kind. ¶ If thou wilt have favour and honour. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Tabrices, and it is like too the Crystal stone. The ancient Philosophers, as Euax, and Aaron, say of it, that it giveth eloquence, favour and honour, and it is said moreover, that it healeth every dropsy. ¶ If thou wilt drive away fantasies and foolishness. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Chrysolitus, and it is of the same virtue with Attemicus, as Aaron & Euax say, in the book of the natures of herbs, & stones: this stone set in gold, & borne, driveth away foolishness, & expelleth fantasies. It is affirmed to give wisdom, and it is good against fear. ¶ If thou wilt judge the opinions and thoughts of others. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Geratides, & it is of black colour let one hold it in his mouth, it maketh him that beareth it merry and in savour, & well esteemed with all men. ¶ If thou wilt have victory and amity. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Nichomai, & it is the same that is called Alabaster, and it is of a kind of Marble, & it is white, and shining. And ointments are made of it to the burying of the dead. ¶ If thou wilt that a man sleeping tell to that what he hath done. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Duirim, this stone is found in the nest of the lap wink or black plover. ¶ If thou would obtain any thing of any man. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Radianus, & it is black, shining through, which when the head of a Cock is given to Emotes, or Pysmeres to eat, it is found a long time after, in the head of the Cock. And the same stone is also called Conatides. ¶ If thou would make, that neither dogs, nor hunters may hurt any beast, which they hunt. ❧ Put before them the stone, which is called Luperius, and it will run soon to the stone. This stone is found in Lybia, & all beasts run to it, as to their defender. It letteth that neither dogs, nor hunters may hurt them. ☞ If thou wilt burn any man's hand without fire. ❧ Take the stone, which is called Unces, which we called before Principem apti, which is fire, & it is as fire. If any man strain hard this stone, it burneth soon his hand, like as it ware burned with a material fire, which is a marvelous thing. ¶ If thou wilt cure melancholy, or a fever quartain, in any man. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Lapis lazuli. It is like to the colour of the heaven, and there is within it little bodies of gold. And it is sure and proved, that it cureth melancholy, and the fever quartan. ¶ If thou would make any m●● wit sharp and quick, and augment his riches, and also prophesy things to come. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Smaragdus, in English speech an emerald. And ●●●●s very clear, shining through and plain, but it that is yerowe is better. It is taken out of the nests of gripes or grystons, it doth both comfort and save, and being borne, it maketh a man to understand well, and giveth to him a good memory, augmenteth the riches of him that beareth it, & if any man shall hold it under his tongue, he shall prophesy anon. ¶ If thou wilt make a rain bow to appear. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Iris, & it is white like the Crystal, four square or having horns. If this stone be put in the beam of the Sun, by turning back it maketh a rain bow soon to appear in the wall. ¶ If y● wilt make a stone, which may never be made hot. ¶ Take the stone which is called Gallasia it hath the figure of hail▪ & the colour and hardness of the diamond, If this stone be put in a very great fire, it will never be hot▪ And the cause is, for it hath the holes so strat together, that the heat may not enter in the body of the stone. Also Aaron & Euax say, that this stone borne mitigateth, wrath, lechery and other hot passions. ¶ If thou wilt know whether thy wife lieth with any other married man, or no. ¶ Take the stone called Galeritis which is the same that is called Catabres, & it is found in Lybia & Brytannia, the most noble isle of the world, wherein is contained both countries, England & Scotland. It is of double colour black, & of the colour of Saffron, & it is found grey coloured, turning to paleness. It healeth the dropsey, & it bindeth the bellies that have a lask. And Auicenna saith, that if this stone be broken and washed, or be given to a woman to be washed, if she be not a virgin, she will piss soon, if she be a birgyn, she will not piss. ¶ If thou wilt overcome thy enemies. ❧ Take the stone, which is called ●raconites, from the Dragon's head, and if the stone be drawn out from him alive, it is good against all poisons, and he that beareth it in his left arm, shall overcome all his enemies. ¶ If thou wilt engender love between any two. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Echites, & it is called of some Aquileus, because the Eagles put these in their nests. It is of purple colour, and it is found nigh the banks of the Ocean sea, & sometime in Persia, and it containeth always an other stone in it, which soundeth in it, when it is named. It is said of ancient Philosophers, that this stone hanged up in the left shoulder, getteth love between the husband and his wife. It is profitable to women great with child, it letteth untimely birth, it mitigateth the peril of making a feared & it is said to be good to them that hath the falling sickness. And as the men of Chaldea say, if poison be in thy meat●, if the aforesaid stone be put in, it letteth y● that meat may be swallowed down. And if it be taken out, the meat is soon swallowed down, & I did see that this last was examined sensibly of one of our brethren. ¶ If thou wilt make a man sure. ¶ Take the stone which is called Tepistites. It is found in the sea it is shining & ruddy. And it is said in the book of Alchorath, that if it be borne before the heart, it maketh a man sure, & refraineth & mitigateth all seditions, & discords. It is said also, that it mitigateth the flies, with long hinder legs, which bourneth corn with touching of it, & devoureth the residue, souls, clouds, hail, and such as have power of the fruits of the earth. And it hath been proved of philosophers of lat time and of certain of our brethren, that it being put against the beam of the sun putteth forth fiery beams. Also if this stone be put in seething water, the seething will soon cease, and the water willbe cold a little after. ¶ If thou wilt that strangers walk sure and safe. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Hyacinthus, in English a Jacinct, it is of many colours. The green is best, & it hath read veins, & should be set in silver, and it is said in certain lectures, that there is two kinds of it, of the water, & of the Sapphire. The Jacinct of the water, is yellow, white The iacinct of the Sapphires, is very shining yellow, having no watrishness, & this is better, & it is written of this, in lecturs of philosophers, that it being borne on the finger, or neck, maketh strangers sure, & acceptable, to their guests. And it provoketh sleep, for the coldness of it, & the Jacinct of Sapphire hath properly this. ¶ If thou wilt be saved from divers chances and pestilent bits. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Orithes, of which there be iii kinds, one black, an other green and the third, of the which, one part is rough, and the other plain, and the colour of it is like the colour of plate of iron, but y● green hath white spots. This stone borne, preserveth from diverse chances, and perils of death. ¶ If thou wilt make peace. ¶ Take the stone, which is called a Sapphire, which cometh from the east unto Ind, & it that is of yellow colour is best, which is not very bright, it maketh peace and concord, it maketh the myndepure and devote toward God, it strengtheneth the mind in good things, & maketh a man to coal from inward heat. ¶ If thou wilt cure a virgin. ¶ Take the stone, which is called Saunus, from the isle Sauna It doth make firm or consolidate the mind of the bearer of it. And being bound to the hand of a woman, travailing with chydel it letteth the birth, and keepeth it in belly. Therefore it is forbidden in such a business, that this stone touch a woman. ¶ Thou shalt find many other like things: in the book of Mines, of Aaron and Euar. ❧ The manner of doing these things, consisteth in this, that the bearer for a good effect, be clears from all pollution, or defiling of the body. ❧ Explicit. ISidorus seemeth to say, the Licania hath in the head 〈◊〉 a stone of most noble virtue, & is of white colour, which brayed, given to them that have the strangulion, to drink, it looseth perfectly the urine▪ & shortly healeth, it putteth away the fever quartain. Also it taketh away a white spot or pearl in the eye. Also if a woman with child, bear it on her she shall not lose her birth. Also the flesh of them sodden, and eaten, is good to them that have an exulceration, or sore in the lungs, with a consumption of all the body, and spitting of blood. Also the powder of the beasts, with the rind, or bark of trees with some grains of pepper, is profitable against the Emeralds and growing out of flesh about the buttocks. Likewise they being raw, brayed with rinds or barks of trees, break ripe impostumes. ¶ The third book of Albertus Magnus, of the virtues of certain beasts. Forasmuch as it hath been spoken in the book before, of certain effects, caused by the virtue of certain stones, and of their marvelous virtue or operation: now we will speak in this Chapter of certain effects, caused of certain beasts. Aquila An Eagle Casso Bubo A shricke owl Hircus A goat buck Camelus A camel Lepus An hare Expetiolus Leo A lion Foca A purpays Anguilla An eel Mustela A weasel Upupa A lapwing, or black plover Pellicanus A pelican Cornus A crow Miluus A kite or gleyde. Turtur A turtell Talpa A molle Merula A black macke, or owsel ¶ Aquila, the Eagle is a bird known enough of men of Chaldea, it is called Vorax, and of the Greeks Rimbicus. Aaron & Euax say, that it hath a marvelous nature or virtue. For if the brain of it be turned into powder, & be mixed with the juice of the hem lock, they that eat of it, shall take themselves by the hear, and they shall not leave the hold, as long as they bear, that they have received. The cause of this effect is, for that brain is very cold, in so much that it engendereth a fantastical virtue, shutting the powers by smoke. ☞ Casso is a beast known well enough, it is called Rapa, of the Chaldeis, and of the Greeks Orgalo. Aaron sayeth of this. If the feet of it be borne of any man, he shall never be vexed, but he shall desire always to go for the. Also he that beareth the feet of it, shall always overcome, and shallbe feared of his enemies. And he said that his right eye, wrapped in a wolves skin, maketh a man pleasant, acceptable and gentle. And if meat be made of the aforesaid things, or powder given to any man in meat, the giver shallbe greatly loved of him that receiveth it. This last was proved in our tyme. ¶ Bubo, a shricke owl, is a bird well enough known, which is called Magis of the Chaldeis, & Hysopus of the Greeks. There be marvelous virtues of this fowl, for if the heart and right foot of it, be put upon a man sleeping, he shall say anon to y● whatsoever thou shalt ask of him. And this hath been proved a late time of our brethren. And if any man put this under his arm hole, no dog will bark at him, but keep silence. And if these things aforesaid, joined together with a wing of it, he hanged up to a tree, birds will gather together to that tree. ¶ Hircus, the goat buck is a beast well enough known, it is called of the Chaldeis Erbichi, of y● Ere kes Massai. If the blood of it be taken warm with vinegar, and the juice of fenyll, & sodden together with a glass, it maketh the glass soft as dough, & it may be cast against a wall, and not be broken. And if the aforesaid confection be put in a vessel, & the face of any man be anointed with it, marvelous & horrible things shall appear, and it shall seem to 〈◊〉 that he must die. And if the aforesaid thing be put in y● fire and there be there any man that hath the falling sickness, by putting to the load stone, he falleth anon to the ground as dead, & if the water of eels be given to him to drink, he shallbe cured anon. ¶ Camelus, the Camel is a beast known well enough. It is called of the Chaldeis Ciboi, of the Greeks Iphim. If the blood of it be put into the skin of the beast called Stellio, & then set on any man's head, which is like a lysard, having on his back spots like stetres, it shall seem that he is a giant, & that his head is in heaven. And this is said in the book of Alchorath, of Mercury, And if a lantern anointed with the blood of it, be lyghtenned, it shall 〈◊〉 that all men standing about have camels heads, so that there be no outward light of an other candeil. ¶ Lepus, the hare is a beast well enough known, of the Chaldeis it is called Ueterellun, and of the Greeks Onollosa, the virtue of it is showed to be marvelous, for Euax and Aaron said that y●, feet of it joined with a stone or with the head of a black ouzel, moveth a man to hardiness, so that he fear not death. And if it be bounden to his left arm, he may go whether he will and he shall return safe without peril. And if it be given to a dog to eat, with the heart of a mesel, fro thence, forth he shall not cry out, although he should be killed. ¶ Experiolus, is a beast welly. enough known, if the clove of it be burned & consolidated, & be given in meat to any horse, he will not eat for the space of three days. And if the aforesaid thing be put with a little turpentyme it shallbe clear, & secondly it shallbe maid as a cloud & blood, and if it be casten a little in water, an horrible thunder shallbe made. ¶ Leo, a Lion is a beast well enough known, of the Chaldeis called Balamus, of the Greeks Beruth. If thongs of leather be made of the skin of him, & a man girded with them, he shall not fear his enemies. And if any man will eat of the flesh of him, & will drink of his water for three days, he shall be cured from the fever quartain. And if any part of his eyes be put under a man's arm hole & borne, all beasts shall flee away, bowing down their had unto their low belies. ¶ Foca, purpays is a fish well enough known, of the Chaldeis it is called Daulaubur, of the grecians Labour, this fish is of divers nature. If the tongue of it be taken, and be put with a little of y● heart of it in water, for a surety fishes will gather there together. And if thou wilt bear it under thy arm hole, no man shallbe able to have victory against thee, thou shalt have a gentle & pleasant judge. ¶ Auguilla, an eel, it is a fish sufficiently known. The virtues of it are marvelous, as Euar & Aaron say, for if it die for fault of water, the heart remaining hole, and strong vinegar to taken and it be mixed to the blood of the fowl, called in Latin Uultur, which some call in English a Gripe, and some a ravin, and be put under dung in any place, they shall all how many soever they be, recover their life, as they had before. And if the worm of this eel be drawn out, and put in y● aforesaid confection, the space of one month, the worm shallbe changed into a very black eel of which, if any man shall eat, he shall die. ¶ Mustela, the weasel is a beast sufficiently known. If the heart of this beast be eaten yet quaking it meeketh a man to know things to come, and if any dog eat of the heart with the eyes and tongue of it, he shall soon lose his voice. ¶ Upupa, the Lapwynke or black plover, is a bird sufficiently known, of the Chaldeis it is called Boridicta, of the Greeks I son, the eyes of it born, make a man gross or great. And if the eyes of it be borne before a man's breast, all his enemies shallbe pacified. And if thou shalt have the head of it in thy purse, thou canst not be deceived of any merchant. This hath been proved this day of our brethren. ¶ Pellicianus, the Pelican is a bird sufficiently known, it is called of the Chaldeis Uoltri, & of the Greeks Iphalari. The virtue of it is marvelous. If young birds be killed and their heart not be broken, & if a part of her blood be taken and be put warm in the mouth of the young birds, they will receive soon again life as before. If it be hanged up to the neck of any bird, it shall fly always, until it fall dead. And the right foot of it under an hot thing, after three months shallbe engendered quick, and shall move itself of the humour and heat, which the bird hath. And Hermes in the book of Alchorath, & Plinius doth witness this. ¶ Coruus, called of some a raven, and of others a crow, the virtue of this fowl is marvelous, as Euax and Aaron rehearse. If her eggs be sodden, & be put again in the nest, the raven goeth soon to the read sea, in a certain Isle where Aldoricus or Alodrius is buried, and she bringeth a stone where with she toucheth her eggs, and the eggs be soon raw as they ware before. It is a marvelous thing to stir up sodden eggs. If this stone be put in a ring, & the leaf of the laurel tree put under it, & a man being bounden in chains, or a door shut, be toucheth therewith, he that is bound shall soon be loosed, and the door shallbe opened. And if this stone be put in a man's mouth, it giveth too him understanding of all birds. The stone is of Ind, because it is found in Ind, after certain wise men, & sometime in the read sea. It is of diverse colours, & it maketh a man to forget all wrath, as we have said above in the same stone ¶ Miluus, a Kite or gleyde is a bird sufficiently known, of the Chaldeis it is called Bysicus, of the Greeks Melos. If the head of it be taken, and borne before a man's breast, it giveth to h● love and favour of all men & women. If it be hanged too the neck of an hen, she will never cease to run, until it be put away. And if a cocks comb be anointed with the blood of it, he will not crow from thence forth. There is a certain stone found in the knees of this bird, if it be looked craftily, which if it be put in the meat of two enemies, they shallbe made friends, and there shallbe made very good peace among them. ¶ Turtur, a Turtle is a bird well enough known, it is called Mulon of the Chaldeis, of the Greeks Pilax. If the heart of this foul be borne in a wolves skin, he that beareth it, shall never have an appetite to commit lechery from thence forth. If the heart of it be burned, and be put above the eggs of any fowl, there can never young birds be engendered of them from thenceforth. And if the feet of this fowl be hanged to a tree, it shall not bear fruit from thenceforth. And if an hearye place, and an horse be anointed with the blood of it, and with water where in a Molle was sodden, the black hears will fall of. ¶ Talpa, a molle is a beast well enough known. The virtue of this beast is marvelous, as it is rehearsed of Philosophers. If the fore of it be wrapped in the leaf of a Laurel tree, & be put in the mouth of an horse, he will flee for fear. And if it be put in the nest of any fowl, there shall never come forth young birds of these eggs. And if thou wilt drive away molles, put it in a pot, & quick brimstone kindled, all the other molles shall come together there. And the water of that decoction maketh a black horse white. ¶ Merula, a black macke or owe sell, is a fowl well enough known, and the virtue of it is mernaylous. For if the feathers of the right wing of it be hanged up in the mids of an house, with a read leaf, which was never occupied, no man shallbe able too s●epe in that house, until it be put away. And if the heart of it be put under the head of a man sleeping, & he be inquired, he will say all that he hath done with an high voice. ¶ The manner of doing all these beforesaid things, that the effect may be good & profitable is that it be done under a favourable planet, as Jupiter and Venus, & this is in their days & hours. If any man therefore will do these things truly, without doubt he shall find truth, & very great effect or virtue, in the before said things as I have proved, & seen oftentimes together with our brethren in our tyme. Therefore let him consider here, which shall find plenty of the beforesaid things, that he possesseth a lordship and virtues. For if they be done in their contraries, as a good effect in a malicious sign, his virtue and effect should be letted for his contrary, & so good and true things should be despised. We see very many to be deceived, in sure & true things, which if they had known, and kept the qualities of signs or times they should have obtained their will and effect, in the aforesaid things. ¶ Isidorus seemeth to say, that the ashes of a great frog, born at a woman's girdle, restraineth greatly the coming of a woman's natural purgation, ¶ And in a probatio, if it be boast den too an hens neck, there shall come forth no blood of her or of an other beast. ¶ Also if it be tempered with water, & the head or an other place be anointed with it, hear will no more grow there. ¶ If any man bear a dogs heart on his left side, all that dogs shall hold their peace, and not bark at him. ¶ If any man will bind that right eye of an Wolf on his right sleeve neither men nor dogs may hurt him. ❧ Here are ended some secrets of Albertus Magnus of Colone upon natures, virtues, and effects of certain herbs, stones and beasts, and here followeth in what hour every planet hath his dominion. ANd that all things which hath been said before, and also shallbe said after, may be applied more easily, to the effects of their desire, which have not ●●nning of the stars. first thou shalt note, that an hour is taken two ways, that is equal & unequal. The equal hour is the hour of the dial or clock, which is always equal. The unequal hour is considered, after that the days be langer or shorter. For the Astrologie●s consider always the time, in the which the sun standeth upon his half sphere, and they call it the day or the bow of the day, and by the contrary the might. They divide that time which they call the day, in. xii equal parts, which be the hours of the same day, & whatsoever is said of the day, thou must understand contrariwise of the night. And that thou mayst understand more clearly, let us put the case, the Sun cometh out from his half sphere, at viii of the dial▪ we have unto the going down of the Sun xvii hours of the dial, which we may multiply by lx as there be lx minutes of every hour of the dial, & we shall have nine hundredth, & three score minutes, which we may divide by xii as there be xii hours of the day, applying to every hour his portion, & we have lxxx minutes in an hour. Therefore every hour of a day shall have. lxxx minutes, which shall contain i hour & one third of an hour of the dial. And in all that time the dominion of the planet of that hour shallbe considered, as the table beneath written shall show. Every hour of his night shall not have but xl minutes, which thou shalt understand likewise of others, according to the rising of the Sun upon the ground, because that hour which is in the mids between night and day, which is called the dawning of the day is not called the day, but the day is properly understand, when the Sun may be seen. ¶ Therefore thou willing too consider the dominion of every Planet, for in every hour, every Planete hath his dominion, thou shalt consider the hours themselves, after the way above written, and so thou may come to the end of thy purpose. Also the beginning of the day is considered from one of the clock of the day, going before after noon. So let the sunday be divided into two equal parts, and it is of xii hours, divide it into two, than the half day Shallbe xviii and the first hour following shallbe the beginning of monday. ¶ Wherefore, thou shalt consider that Sunday hath his sign under the Sun. monday hath his sign under the Moon. tuesday hath his sign under Mars. Wednisday hath his sign under Mercurius. Thursday hath his sign under Jupiter. Friday hath his sign under Venus. Saturday hath his sign under Saturnus. ¶ It is too be noted that every true act must be done under his planets. And it is better, if it be done in the proper day of that planet, & in his own proprie hour as for an example. Under Saturnus, life, building doctrine, mutation. Under Jupiter, hovor, thing desired, riches, apparel. Under Mars, war, prison, matrimony, enemy. Under the sun, hope, lucre, for tune, he ire. Under Venus, friend or fellowship, way, lover, stranger. Under Mercury, loss, det, fear. Under the Moon, polayse, dream merchandise, theft. ¶ Of the hours of the days and nights. ❧ And first of the hours of some day, in his first hour, the sun in the second Venus, in the third Mercurius, in the fourth the moon, in the fift Saturnus, in the vi, Jupiter, in the vii Mars, in the viii. the sun, in the ix Venus, in the ten Mercurius, in the xi the Moon, in the xii Saturnus. ¶ But in the first hour of the night Jupiter, in the second Mars, in the third the Sun, in the fourth Venus, in the fift Mercurius, in the vi the Moon, in the vii Saturnus, in the. viii Jupiter, in the ix Mars, in the x. the Sun, in the xi Venus, in the xii Mercurius. ¶ In the first hour of Monday the moon, in the second Saturnus, in the third Jupiter, in the fourth Mars: in the fift the sun in the vi Venus: in the vii mercurius, in the viii the moon, in the ix Saturnus, in the ten Jupiter, in the xi mars, in the xii the Sun. ¶ But in the first hour of Monday's night Venus, in the second mercurius, in the third the moan, in the fourth Saturnus, in the fift Jupiter, in the vi Mars, in the vii the Sun: in the viii Venus: in the ix Mercurius: in the ten the Moon: in the xi Saturnus: in the xii Jupiter. ¶ In the first hour of Tuesday Mars, in the second the Sun, in the third Venus, in the four Mercurius, in the fift the moan in the vi Saturnus, in the vii Jupiter, in the viii Mars, in the ix. the Sun, in the ten Venus, in the xi Mercurius, in the xii the Moon. ¶ But of Tuesday's night in the first hour Saturnus, in the second Jupiter: in the third Mars, in the four the sun: in the fift Venus: in the syhte Mercurius: in the seventh the Moon: in the viii Saturnus, in in the ix Jupiter: in the tenth Mars: in the xi the Sun, in the, xii. Venus. ¶ Of the Wednisday, in his first hour Mercurius, in the second the Moon, in the third Saturnus, in the fourth Jupiter, in fift Mars, in the sixth the Sun in the seventh Venus, in the eight Mercurius, in the ninth the Moon: in the ten Saturnus in the xi Jupiter, inye xii Mars. ¶ But on Wednisday at night, in the first hour the Sun, in the second Venus, in the iii Mercurius, in the four the Moon, in the .v. Saturnus, in the vi Jupiter, in the vii Mars, in the viii the Moon, in the ix Venus, in the ten Mercurius, in the xi the Moon, in the xii Saturnus. ¶ On Thursdai in the first hour Jupite, in the second Mars, in y● iii. the Sun, in the four Venus in the .v. Mercurius, in the vi the Moon, in the vii Saturnus, in the viii Jupiter, in the ix Mars, in the ten the sun, in the xi Venus, in the, xii. Mercurius. ¶ But on Thursday night in the first hour the Moon, in the second Saturnus, in the. iii, Jupiter: in the four Mars: in the▪ v. the sun: in the vi Venus: in the vii Mercurius: in the viii the Moon: in the ix Saturnus: in the ten Jupiter: in the xi Mars: in the xii the Sun. ¶ On Friday at one of the clock Venus: at ii Mercurius: at iii the Moon: at four Saturnus: at .v. Jupiter: at vi mars: at vii the Sun: at viii Venus: at. ix Mercurius: at ten the Moon: at xi. Saturnus: at xii Jupiter. ¶ But on fridays night at one of the clock Mars: at ii the sun at iii Venus: at four mercurius at .v. the Moon: at vi Saturnus: at vii jupiter: at viii mars at ix the Sun: at ten Venus: at. xi, Mercurius: at twelve the Moon. ¶ On Saturday at one of the clock Saturnus: at, two. Jupiter: at iii Mars: at four the Sun, at .v. Venus: at vi Mercurius at vii the Moon: at viii Saturnus, at ix Jupiter: at i Mars, at xi the Sun: at xii Venus: ¶ But on Saturdayes' night at one of the clock Mercurius, at two. the moon, at three Saturnus at four Jupiter, at. v, mars. at. vi the Sun, at vii Venus, at viii Mercurius, at ix the Moon, at ten Saturnus, at xi Jupiter, at xii Mars. ¶ And not that Jupiter and Venus be good, Saturnus & Mars, evil, but the Sun and the Moon in a mean, and Mercurius is good with good and evil with evil. (*) ¶ Here beginneth the book of the marvels of the world, set forth by Albertus Magnus. AFter it was known of Philosophers, that all kinds of things move and incline to themself, because an active and rationable virtue is in them, which they guide, and move aswell to themselves as to others, as fire moveth to fire, & water to water. ¶ Also Auicenna said, when a thing standeth long in salt, it is salt, & if any thing stand in a stinking place, it is made stinking. And if any thing standeth with a bold man, it is made bold, if it stand with a fearful man, it is made fearful. And if a beast companieth with men, it is made tractable & familiar. And generally, it is verified of them by reasons, and diverse experience, that every nature month to his kind, and their verifying, is known in the first qualities, and likewise in the second and the same chanceth in the third. And there is nothing in all dispositions, which moveth to itself, according to his whole power. And this was the rote, & the second beginning of the works of secrets, and turn thou not a way the eyes of thy mind. ¶ After that this was graffed in the minds of the Philosophers and they found the disposition of natural things. For they knew surely that great cold is graffed in some, in some great boldness, should not deny any marvelous thing although he hath no reason, but he ought to prove by experience, for the cause of marvelous things are hid, and of so diverse causes going before, that man's understanding after Plato, may not aprehende them. Therefore the load stone draweth iron to it, and a certain other stone draweth glass. So marvelous things are declared of philosophers to be in things by experience, which no man ought to deny. And that is not proved after the fashion of philosophers which found that, for the philosophers saith, that the palm is a tree, and it hath the male and the female, therefore when the female is nigh the male, thou seest that the female, bow down to the male, and the leaf & branches of it are made soft, and bow down to the male. ¶ Therefore when they see that, they bind ropes fro the male to the female, Reddit ergo erecta, super seipsam quasi adepta sit Masculo per continuationem ●umis Virtutem masculi. Not withstanding many of the ancient authors, hath showed marvelous things, received now of the common people, and taken for a truth. Therefore I shall show to the certain things, that thou mayst establish thy mind upon them, & to know it for a certain truth, which reason can not establish by feeling, because the foresaid help in them. And therefore it is, that the son of Messiah said in the book of the beasts. It a woman great with child, put on the apparel of a man, & a man put it on after, before he wash it, if he have the fever quartan, it will depart from him. ¶ And it is said in the book of beasts, that the libbard ●●eeth the privy membres of a man, and in an other place it is said ●t Carneum, if an old man be buried in a dove or culver house, or be put where doves or culvers inhabit or rest, there they are multiplied, until it be full of them. ¶ And in the book De cyriaca of Galene, it is said that the Serpent which is called Regulus in Latin, a cockatrice in English, is some what white, upon whose head there be three hairs, & when any man seeth them he dieth soon And when any man or any other living thing heareth his whist ling, he dieth. And every beast that eateth▪ of it being dead, dieth also. And aristotel said, where there is summer vi Months and likewise winter, there is a flood in the which adders are found, whose property is, that they never see themselves but they die, but when they be dead, they hurt not. And aristotele put craftily in the mind of Alexander, that he should take a great glass, and walk with it toward them, & when they did behold themselves in the glass they died▪ This saying of Aristotel was not believed of some men For Auicenna said against Aristotel, if any man did see it, he died, wherefore there is no truth in his speech. And they said, if any man would take of the milk of a woman, giving souke to her own daughter of two year old, and let it be put in a glazen bessel, or hanged up in a dove or culver house where they go in and forth, doves will abide & be multiplied there, until they be innumerable. And they said, when the mouth of a dead man is put upon him which complaineth of his beallye, his beally is healed. ¶ And Alexander said, when anything is taken out of the nauyl● of an infant, which cometh forth if it be cut, and be put under the stone, of a ring of silver or gold than the passion or grief of the ●o like cometh not in any wise to him that beareth it. ¶ And Galen saith, when the leaves of Sorrel be eaten, they louse the beally. And when the seed of it is drunken, it looseth the beally. And it is said, that the root of Sorrel hanged upon him that hath the swine pocks, it helpeth him. ¶ And Philosophers say, when thou wilt that a beast return to his lodging, anoint his forehead with Sepesquilla, and it will return. ¶ And Aristotel said in the book of the beasts. If any man put wrought wax upon the horns of cows calf, it will go with him wheresoever he will without labour And if any man anoint the horn of kine with wax and oil or pitch the pain of their feet goeth away. ¶ And if any shall anoint the tongues of, oxen with any tallow, they neither taste nor eat meat, but they shall die for hunger, except it be wiped away with salt & vinegar. ¶ And if any man anoint the neither parts of a cock with oil, he neither will, nor may tread an hen. ¶ if thou desire that a cock ●rowe not, anoint his head & fore head with oil. ¶ It is said in the book of Archige nis quando came illa, of the hare is hanged upon him that suffereth the colic, it profiteth him. ¶ And Aristotel said the Emeralds goeth away from him, which sitteth upon the skin of a Lion. ¶ And if the dung of an hare be broken unto powder and cast abroad upon a place of Emotes or Pismeres, than the Pismeres leave there place. ¶ Philosophers said, if the head of a goat be hanged upon him which suffereth swine pocks, he is healed by it. If thou wilt that a woman be not vitiate nor desire men, take the prive member of a wolf, and the hears which do grow on the cheeks or eye bright of him, and the hears which be under his beard, and burn it all, & give it to her in a drink when she knoweth not, and she shall desire no other man. And they said, when a women andesyreth not her husband, then let her husband take a little of the tallow of a buck goat, mean between little and great, and let him anoint his privy member with it, and do the act of generation she shall love him and shall not do the act of generation afterward with any ¶ And they said that when the snail is poisoned, it eateth the herb called organy, and is healed, and therefore they know that the herb called organny, hath lain under poison. Also it is said when the weasel is poynsoned of a serpent it eateth rue, & they know by this, that rewe is contrary to the vemyne of serpents. ¶ And a mouse put under the pricking of scorpions, delivereth a man because she is contrary and feareth not him. ¶ And philosophers have invented, that if any woman is barren when there is put to her a thing that maketh a woman barren, the woman is not barren, but fruitful, and contrariwise. ¶ And it is said that when a sponge is cast in wine mixed with water and after drawn forth & strained and wringed, the water cometh forth of it, & the wine remaineth, if it be not mixed, nothing cometh forth. ¶ Taberencis said, if a stone be hanged upon a sponge, on the neck of a child, which cougheth with a vehement or great cough, his cough is mitigated & restrained. And when it is put on the head of an ass, or in to his fundament, Scarabeus, that is a fly with a black shelle, that breadeth in coweshardes and is black, called a bitel, cutteth him and he turneth, until it be drawn from him. ¶ It is said also, that if any stone be bounden to the tail of an ass, he will not bray nor roar. ¶ If the hairs of an ass be taken, which are nigh his privy member, and be given to any man, broken in with any kind of wine in a drink, he beginneth anon to fart. Like wise if any man taketh the eggs of Pysmeres and breaketh them, and casteth them into water, and give them to any man in a drink, he ceaseth not anon to fart, they do like wise with wine. ¶ And it is said, if thou wilt make a ring of a rod of a fresh myrt tree, & put it on thy ring finger, it mitigateth or extineteth the impostume under the arm holes. ¶ In the book of Aristotel, it is said that the root of white henbane, when it is hanged upon a man suffering the colic, it is profitable to him. And when, salt Peter is put in a vessel, and vinegar upon it, it will foil or seethe mightily without fire. ¶ It is said also in the book of hermes, when leek seed is casten upon vinegar, the eigrenes or sourness of it goeth away ¶ Belhinus said, when thou takest the white of an egg, & alum & anoyntest a cloth with it, and washest it of with water of the sea: being dry, it letteth the dire to burn. ¶ An other said, when red Arsenicum, and alum are taken, & broken, and confected, or made with the juice of the herb called houslyke, and the gall of a bull, and a man anoyteth his hands with it, and after taketh hot quickened. And when thou buryest the fly called a bytel among roses, it dieth, if thou bury it in dung, it quickeneth. ¶ And philosophers said that when the feathers of Eagles be put with y● feathers of other fowls, they burn and mortify than for as he overcometh in his life all birds, & hath rule over them so the feathers of Eagles are deadly to all feathers. ¶ And Philosophers say, if the skin of a sheep be put in any place with the skin of Adib, it gnaweth and consumeth it. And he that putteth on him cloth of the wool of a sheep which hath eaten Adib, itching ceaseth not from him, until he put it of. ¶ And if thou parfume an house or place with the lungs or lights of an Ass, thou clingest it from every Serpent and Scorpion. And of this Philosophers know that it is good against poison. ¶ Tabariences saith: if the tongue of the Lapwynge or black plover be hanged upon a wall Oblivionem reddit eum memorem et alienationes. ¶ And it is said in the book of Cleopatra. If a woman have no delectation with her husband take the marro we of a wolf, of his left foot, and bear it, and she will love no man but him. And it is said, when the left hip or haunch of a male ostrich is taken and boiled, or seethed with oil, and after the beginning or ground of hairs are anointed with it, they grow never again. ¶ Architas said, if the heart of a serpent be taken, when he liveth and be hanged upon a man, being sick of the fever quartan, it plucketh it utterly away. And the Adders skin, when it is straight bounded upon the ankle of a woman, it haisteth the birth, but after the birth, it must be removed away anon. ¶ The teeth of all serpents, when thou pluckest them forth by the roots, as long as the serpent liveth, if they be hanged upon a man, sick of the fever quartain they take away the fever quartain from him, and if the Serpent be hanged upon a roth aching it profiteth. And if a serpent meet with a woman with child, she bringeth forth her child before it be perfect. And if it meet with her when she travaileth of child, it hasteth her birth. ¶ And they say, if thou wilt take the eye tooth of the beast called Crocodilus in Latin, in english a Crocodile out of the uppermore palase of the left side of his mouth, and hang it on a man being sick of the fevers, it healeth him, and the fevers will not return again to him. And they have said, that the Lion is afraid of a white cock. And again that he feareth the fire. And he that is anointed with the tallow of the reins of the tallow of the of the Lion, feareth not too go among beasts, & all beasts are afraid of the lion. And he that anointeth his body with hare's dung, wolves be farayde of him. ¶ Et si teritur atsenicum citrinum, and be mixed with milk if a fly fall upon it, it dieth not. ¶ If thou wilt take y● right foot of a snayll, and hang it upon the right foot of a diseased man with the gout, it profiteth it: like wise if thou hang up the left foot of a snayll to thy left foot, diseased with the gout. And so the hand of it is profitable to the hand & the finger, to the finger. And if a fire be kindled before a man that is bursten of green wood of fig trees, his stones will make a noise or bouncing. ¶ And it is said in the book of hermes, when both the eyes of the Ber● be bounden in linen cloth, upon Sinistrum adiutorium, they put away the fever quartain. And it is said, if the wolf see a man and the man see not him, the man is astonied & feareth, and is hoarse. And therefore if any man beareth the eye of a wolf, it helpeth to victory, too boldness, vanquishing and fear of his adversary. And it is said, if a ring be made of the white houfes of an Ass, & he that hath the falling sickness putteth it on, suffereth not the falling sickness. ¶ And they said, when y● wilt that flies come not nigh thy house, than put Condicim et oppium, in white lime, and after make thy house white with it, than flies shall in no wise enter. ¶ When thou wilt that thy wife or wench, show to the all that she hath done, take the heart of a dove and the head of a frog, and dry them both, and bray them unto powder, and lay them upon the breast of her sleeping, and she shall show to y● all that she hath done, but when she shall wake, wipe it away from her breast, that it be not lifted up. ¶ And they say, if any man put a Diamond under the head of a woman sleapinge, she manifesteth, if she be an adulteror, for if it be so, she leapeth back out of the bed afraid, and if not, she embraceth her husband with great love. ¶ And they say, that an Ass skin when it is hanged upon children, it letteth them to be afraid. ¶ Architas saith, if the wax of the left ear of a dog be take n, and be hanged upon men sick in the fevers that come by course or fits, it is very profitable, and specially to the fever quartain. ¶ And Philosophers say, that some kind or singular, which never had sickness, is profitable to every sickness, and he that had never pain, helpeth and healeth a man from it. ¶ And when the house is perfumed with y● left houfe of a mule, flies remain not in it. ¶ And if the heart, eye or brain of a lap wing or black plover, be hanged upon a man's neck, it is profitable against forgetfulness, and sharpeth man's understanding. ¶ If a woman may not conceive take an hearts horn, turned into powder, & let it be mixed with a cows gall, let a woman keep it about her, and let her do the act of generation, and she shall conceive anon. ¶ A gross and stiff hair of a mare's tail, put upon a door suffereth not zauzales to enter. ¶ The tooth of a fool or colt of one year old, put in the neck of a child, maketh his tethe to breed without pain. ¶ The tooth of a mare put upon the head of a man, being mad, delivereth him anon from his fury. ¶ If a woman may not conceive let a mare's milk be given to her, not knowing, let her do the act of generation in that hour, and she shall conceive anon. ¶ The houfe of an horse perfumed in a house, driveth away mice. Thesame chanceth also by the houfe of a Mule. ¶ That all the hot water come forth of a cauldron. Take or blache, that is Terra francisca, with pitch cast it in water, and it shall come forth all. That▪ fire may come forth of water, take the shell of an egg and put in it quick brimstone & lime, & shut the hole & put it into water and it will kindle. ¶ And it is said, if the herb Camphor, be put upon water, it is kenned led and burneth in the water. ¶ That thou may take birds with thy hands, take any corn very well steeped in the dregs of wine and in the juice of henlocke and cast it too the birds, every bird that tasteth of it, is made drunken, and looseth her strength. ¶ And they say, if any man be anointed with y● milk of an Ass, all the flyese of the house will gather to him. ¶ To writ letters or bills, which be not read but in the night, take the gall of a snail or milk of a so we, and put it too the fire, or with water of a worm shining late. ¶ If ye myngell together many whites of hens eggs, a month after they are made glass, & hard as a stone, and of this being after this fashion is maid a Sophistical precious stone, called Topasius, if it be conjoined before with Saffron or read earth. ¶ Like wise, if the foam which is found about the stones of a heart, or horse, or ass, being weighed, be mixed with wine, and the wine be given to any man to drink, he shall abhor wine for a month. ¶ And if any man shall have many eels in a wine vessel, and they be suffered to die in it, if any man drink of it, he shall abhor wine for a year, and by chance evermore. ¶ And it is said, if a rope be taken, with which a thief is or hath been hanged up with, and a little chaff, which a whirl wind lifted up in the air, and let them be put in a pot, and set among other pots, that pot shall break all the other pots. ¶ Also take thou a little of the aforesaid rope, and put it on the instrument, with which the bread is put in the oven, when he that should put it in the oven, should put it in, he shall not be able too put it in, but it shall leap out. ❧ That men may seem without heads. TAke an Adder's skin and Auri pigmentum, and greek pitch of Reuponticum, and the wax of new bees, and the fat or grease of an Ass, and break them all, and put them in a dull seething pot full of water, and make it to seethe at a slow fire, and after let it wax cold, and make a taper, and every man that shall see light of it, shall seem headless. ¶ That men may seem to have the visage or countenance of a dog. Take the fat out of the ear of a dog, anoint with it a little new silk, put it in a new lamp of green glass, and put the lamp among men, & they shall see the visage of a dog. ¶ That men may seem to have three heads. ¶ Take of the hair of a dead ass, and make a rope, & dry it, & take the marrow of the principal bone of his right shoulder, and mix it with virgins wax, & anoint the cord, and put it upon the thras shoals of the house, they that come into the house shall seem to have three heads, and they that be in the house shall seem Asses to them that enter in. ¶ If thou wilt that a man's head seem an Ass head. ¶ Take up of the covering of an Ass & anoint that man on his head. ¶ If thou wilt that a chicken, or other thing leap in the dish. ¶ Take quick silver and the of calamity, and put it in a bottle of glass well spotted, & put it with in a hot thing. For saying quick silver is hot, it moveth itself, & maketh it to leap or dance. ¶ If thou wilt see that other men can not. ¶ Take of the gall of a male cat, and the fat of an hen all white and mix them together, and anoint thy eyes, and thou shalt see it that others can not see. ¶ If thou wilt understand the voices of birds. ¶ Associate with the two fellows in the xxviii day of October, & go in to a certain wood with dogs as too hunt, and carry home with that beast, which thou shalt find first, and prepare it with the heart of a Fox, and thou shalt understand anon the voice of birds or beasts. And if thou wilt that any other likewise understand, kiss him, and he shall understand. ¶ If thou wilt louse bonds. ❧ Go into the wood, and look where the pie hath her nest with her birds, and when thou shalt be there, climb up the tree, and bind about the hole of it wheresoever thou wilt. For when she seeth thee, she goeth for a certain herb, which she will put to the binding, and it is broken anon, and that herb falleth to the ground upon the cloth, which thou should have put under the tree, and be the present, and take it. ¶ In the nest of the lap wing or black under the earth within, all which be in the lodgene, shall seem as they ware great men in the shape of horses and Elephants, and it is a very marvelous thing. ¶ An other perfuming, which when thou makest, thou seest outwardly green men, and men of many shapes and infinite marvels, which are not discerned for their multitude. ¶ Take Timar, that is vermilion, and the stone Lazulus and Peneroyall of the mountains and beat it all to powder, and sift it, mix it with the fat of a dolphin fish, horse or Elephant make grains or corns after the fashion of rise and dry them in a shadow we, perfume in it when thou wilt and it shallbe done, that is said. ¶ A perfuming too see in our s●eape what thing is to come of good and evil. ¶ Take the blood of an Ass congealed, and the fat Lupi cerini, and a sweet incense or gum called Storax and also Storax, & also styrax, gather it altogether by equal weights, and let them be mixed, and grains or corns be made thereof, and let the house be perfumed with them, than thou shalt see him in thy sleep, that shall show to the all things. ¶ A manner of making a match of a candle, or candle week, which when thou shalt kindle, thou shalt see men, in what shape soever thou wilt. ¶ Take the eyes of an shriche owl, the eyes of a fish, which is called Affures, and the eyes of a fish, which is called Libinitis, and the gall of wolves, break them with thy hands, & mix them together, and put them in a vessel of glass, than when thou wilt work it, take the fat of any beast thou wilt, that this may be made in the shape of it, melt it, and mix it perfitly with that medicine, and anoint the match or candle week, whatsoever thou wilt with it. After kendle it in the mids of the house, and the men shall seem in the shape of that beast, whose fat thou did take. ¶ An other match of a candle or a candle week, that men may appear in the shape of angels. ¶ Take the eyes of a fish, & the eyes of Filoe, that is of a breaker of bones, and break them which thy hands, and make them soft, and put them in a vessel of glass seven. days After put some oil in them, and lighten it in a green lamp, and put it before men, which be in the house, they shall see themselves in the shape of angels by the light of the fire. ¶ An other match or week of a candle, making men to appear with black faces. ¶ Take a black lamp, and pour in it oil of the elder or alder tree or quick silver, and pour in that oil or quick silver a part of the blood of them that be in letting blood, and put in that blood oil of the elder or alder tree (some saith of the burr tree) or quick silver. ¶ A marvelous lamp, in which appeareth a thing of terrible quantity, having in the hand a rod and afrayeth a man. ¶ Take a green frog, & strike of the head of it upon a green cloth, make it wet with the oil of burtree or elder tree, and put in the week and lighten it in the green lamp, than shalt thou see a black man standing, between whose hands there shallbe a lamp and a marvelous thing. ¶ An other week which when it is kindled, & water is poured on it, waxeth strong, and when the oil is put in, it is put out. ¶ Take lime which water hath not touched and put it with an weight, equal to it of wax & the half of it of the oil of baulm & Napta citrina, with equal to it of brimstone, and make a week of it, & drop down like dew upon the water and it shallbe kindled, and drop down oil upon it, and it shallbe put out. ¶ In other week, which when it is kendled, all things seem white and of silver. ¶ Take a Lyzarde, and cut away the tail of it, and take that which cometh out, for it is like quick silver. After take a week and make it wet with oil, & put it in a new lamp and kindle it, and the house shall seem bright and white, or guilded with silver. ¶ A marvelous operation of a lamp, which if any man shall hold, he ceaseth not to fart, until he shall leave it. ¶ Take the blood of a snail, dry it up in a linen cloth, & make of it a week, and lighten it in a lamp, give it to any man thou wilt, & say lighten this, he shall not cease to fart, until he let it depart, and it is a marvelous thing. ¶ A week which when it is lightened, women cease not to dance and be glad and too play as they ware mad for great joy. ¶ Take the blood of an hare and the blood of a certain fowl which is called Solon, & is like a turtell dove, and of the blood of the turtell male, equal to the half of it. Than put in it a week, and lighten it in the mids of the house, in which are singers and wenches, and a marvelous thing shallbe proved. ¶ If thou wilt make that lice may appear running abroad in a man's bed that he may not sleep, than cast in his bed the weight of one or half ounce of Alcakengi, and if thou shall take pilos asturis, thereof shallbe made a week, which when it is lightened, every sick man seeth other by the vehemency of the sickness, and mynyshinge or extenuation. ¶ When thou wilt that thou seem all inflamed, or set on fire from thy head unto thy feet & not be hurt. ¶ Take white great mallows or hollyhock, mix them with the white of eggs, after anoint thy body with it, and let it be until it be dried up, and after anoint the with alum, and afterward cast on it small brimstone beaten unto powder, for the fire is inflamed on it, & hurteth not, and if thou make upon the palm of thy hand thou shalt be able to hold the fire without hurt. ¶ If thou wilt that a thing be casten in the fire and not burn. ¶ Take one part of glue of fish & an equal quantity to it of alum, let it be perfitly mixed, & let vinegar be poured upon it, let whatsoever thing that wilt be confected with it, cast it in the fire, anoint it with this anoyntement it shall not be burned. ¶ If thou wilt make a contrary, that is any image or other thing and when it is put in the water it is kindled, and if thou shalt draw it out, it shall be put out or quenched. ¶ Take lime not quenched, and mix it perfitly with a little wax and the oil of Sesanum, & napta, that is white earth and brimstone, and make of it an image, when thou shalt put it in water, the fire shallbe kindled. ¶ If thou wilt make that when thou openest thy hands upon a lamp, the light of it is put out, and when thou closest them upon it, it kendled, and it ceaseth not to do that. ¶ Take a spice, which is called Spuma, after bray it, and after make it with water of Camphor, and anoint thy hands with it, after open them in the mouth of the lamp, the light of it shallbe put out, and close them, & it shallbe kindled again. ¶ If thou wilt see a thing drowned, or see deep in the wa●●r in the night, and that it shall not be more hid to the than in the day and read books in a dark night. ¶ Anoint thy face with the blood