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A15531	The boke of secretes of Albertus Magnus of the vertues of herbes, stones, and certayne beasts : also, a boke of the same author, of the maruaylous thinges of the world, and of certaine effectes caused of certaine beastes.; Liber aggregationis. English. 1560.	Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.; Albertus, de Saxonia, d. 1390.	1560 (1560)	STC 258.5; ESTC S1430	34,987	152

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 ▪ agaynst venyme and inuaston of fantasyes and some call it Diamas ¶ If thou wilt eschew all peri●● 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 ● 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 ā four yeares and it is of y ● 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 vnderstād 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 drūkennes 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 vnderstādinge ¶ 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 foūde 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 cūfuerit 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 ▪ 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 mē 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 Sūne that is to sai against y e sunne and put it nygh any thing y t may be burned incontinētly 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 Babylō 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 Sūne 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 mā 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 oftētymes 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 Sūne putteth forth fyery beames of y e Sūne 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 ▪ 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 ● 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 Celydō 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

which is called Bena which is lyke a beastes to the and put it vnder thy tung And as Aaron and the old Phylosophers sayth how longe thou wilt holde it so alwayes coniecturing thou shalt prophecy thinges to come and thou shalte not erre in any wyse for iudgyng ¶ If thou wilt that thy garmēte be vnable to be burned ¶ Take the stone which is called Histmos which as Isidorus sayeth is lyke to saffron And it is founde in a parte of Spayne Thys stone bloweth like a payre of bellowes by reason of y ● wyndinesse in it it is found nygh the Gades of Hercules that is twoo Iles by the further partes of Spayn beyond Garnade and yf thys stone be set in a garment it can be burned in no wyse but it shyneth lyke fyre And some men say that y ● whyte Carbunkle stone is thys kynde ¶ If thou wilt haue fauour and honour ¶ Take the stone whiche is called Tabrices and it is lyke too the Chrystall stoone The aunciente Phylosophers as Euax and Aaron saye of it that it geueth eloquence fauoure and honoure and it is sayde moreouer that it healeth euery dropsye ¶ If thou wilt dryue away fantasies and folishnes ¶ Take the stone which is called Chrysolitus and it is of the same vertue with Attemicus as Aarō Euax say in the boke of the natures of herbes stones this stone set in golde borne dryueth away folishnes expelleth fantasies It is affyrmed to geue wysedome and it is good against feare ¶ If thou wilt iudge the opynions and thoughtes of others ¶ Take the stone which is called Geratides it is of black colour let one holde it in his mouthe it maketh hym that beareth it mery and in sauour well estemed with all men ¶ If thou wilt haue victory and amitie ¶ Take the stone whiche is called Nichomai it is thesame y t is called Alabaster and it is of a kynde of Marble it is whyte and shynynge And oyntmentes are made of it to the buryenge of the dead ¶ If thou wilt that a man sleapyng tel to y ● what he hath done ¶ Take the stone whiche is called Duirim this stone is founde in the neste of the lap wynke or blacke plouer ¶ If thou woulde optayne anye thinge of any man ¶ Take the stone which is called Radianus it is blacke shyning through which whan the heade of a Cocke is geuen to Emotes or Pysmeres to eate it is founde a longe tyme after in the head of the Cocke And thesame stone is also called Conatides ¶ If thou woulde make that nether dogges nor hunters maye hurt any beast which they hūte ❧ Put before them the stoone which is called Luperius and it will runne soone to the stoone Thys stone is found in Lybia all beastes runne to it as to their defender It letteth that neyther dogges nor hunters maye hurt them ☞ If thou wilt burne any mās hande without fyre ❧ Take the stone which is called Unces which we called before Principē apti whiche is fyre it is as fyre If any mā strayn hard thys stone it burneth soone hys hande lyke as it ware burned w t a materiall fyre whiche is a meruaylous thynge ¶ If thou wilt cure melancoly or a feuer quartaine in any mā ¶ Take the stone which is called Lapis lazuli It is like to the colour of the heauen and there is within it little bodyes of golde And it is sure and proued that it cureth melācholye and y ● feuer quartayne ¶ If thou wolde make any m●● witte sharpe and quicke and augmente hys ryches and also prophecy thynges to come ¶ Take the stone which is called Smaragdus in English sp●ache an Emeraude And ●●●●s very cleare shynynge throughe and playne but it that is yerowe is better It is taken out of the nestes of grypes or grystons it doth bothe comforte and saue and beynge borne it maketh a man to vnderstande well and geueth to hym a good memory augmēteth the ryches of hym that beareth it yf any man shall holde it vnder hys tung he shall prophecy anone ¶ If thou wilt make a rayne bowe to appeare ¶ Take the stone which is called Iris it is whyte lyke the Cristall four square or hauinge hornes If thys stone be put in the beame of the Sunne by turning backe it maketh a rayne bowe soone to appere in the walle ¶ If y ● wilt make a stone whych maye neuer be made hote ¶ Take the stone which is called Gallasia it hath y e figure of hayl ▪ the colour and hardnesse of the Dyamonde If this stone be put in a very great fyre it will neuer be hote ▪ And the cause is for it hath the holes so strat together that the heate may not enter in the body of the stone Also Aaron Euax say that this stone borne mitigateth wrathe lecherye and other hote passions ¶ If thou wilt knowe whether thy wyfe lyeth with anye other marryed man or no. ¶ Take the stone called Galeritis whiche is the same that is called Catabres it is foūde in Lybia Brytannia the most noble yle of the worlde wherin is conteyned both countreis Englande Scotland It is of double colour blacke of the colour of Saffrō it is founde gray coloured turnynge to palenesse It healeth y ● dropsey it byndeth the bealyes that haue a laske And Auicēna sayth that if thys stone be brokē and wasshed or be geuē to a woman to be wasshed if she be not a vyrgyn she wil pysse soone if she be a birgyn she will not pysse ¶ If thou wilte ouercome thy enemyes ❧ Take the stone which is called ●raconites frō the Dragons head and yf the stone be drawen out from hym alyue it is good agaynste all poysons and he that beareth it in hys lefte arme shal ouercome all hys enemyes ¶ If thou wilt ingēder loue betwene any two ¶ Take the stone whiche is called Echites it is called of some Aquileus because the Egles put these in their nestes It is of purple color and it is found nygh y e bankes of the Ocean sea sometyme in Persia and it cōteyneth alwayes an other stoone in it whiche soundeth in it whan it is named It is sayde of aunciēt Philosophers that thys stoone hāged vp in the left shoulder getteth loue betwene the husbande and hys wyfe It is profitable to women great with chylde it letteth vntymely byrthe it mitigateth the peryll of makyng a feard it is sayd to be good to thē that hath the fallyng syckenes And as the mē of Chaldea saye if poyson be in thy meat● if the aforesayd stone be put in it letteth y ● that meate maye be swallowed doune And if it be taken out the meat is sone swallowed doune I did see that thys last was examyned sensiblye of one of oure brethren ¶ If thou wilt make a mā sure ¶ Take

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