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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

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

the stone which is called Tepistites It is founde in y e sea it is shyninge ruddy And it is sayde in the boke of Alchorath y t if it be borne before the harte it maketh a man sure refraineth mitigateth all seditions discordes It is sayd also that it mitigateth the flyes with lōg hynder legges which bourneth corn with touching of it deuoureth y e residew soules cloudes hayle and such as haue power of y e fruites of the earth And it hath ben proued of philophers of lat time and of certayn of oure brethren that it being put against y e beam of the sunne putteth furth fiery beames Also yf this stone be put in seething water the seethinge will soone cease and the water wilbe colde a litle after ¶ If thou wilt that straungers walke sure and safe ¶ Take the stone which is called Hyacinthus in English a Jacinct it is of many colours The grene is best it hath reade vaynes should be set in syluer and it is said in certain lectures that ther is two kyndes of it of y e water of y e Saphyre The Jacinct of y e water is yelow whyte The iacinct of y e Saphyrs is very shyning yelowe hauing no watrishnesse this is better it is written of thys in lecturs of philosophers that it beyng borne on the fynger or necke maketh straungers sure acceptable to theyr ghestes And it prouoketh sleape for the coldnesse of it y ● Jacinct of Saphyre hath properly thys ¶ If thou wilt be saued from diuers chaūces and pestilēt bittes ¶ Take the stone which is called Orithes of whiche there be .iii. kindes one black an other grene and the thyrde of the which one parte is roughe and the other playn and the colour of it is like the colour of plate of yron but y ● grene hath whyte spottes Thys stone borne preserueth from dyuerse chaunces and perilles of death ¶ If thou wilt make peace ¶ Take the stone which is called a Saphyre whiche commeth frō the Easte vnto Inde it that is of yelowe coloure is best whyche is not verye brighte it maketh peace and concorde it maketh y e myndepure and deuote toward God it strengtheneth the mynde in good thynges maketh a mā to cole from inwarde heate ¶ If thou wilt cure a vyrgyn ¶ Take the stone whiche is called Saunus frō the Ile Sauna It doth make firme or cōsolidate the mynd of the bearer of it And beynge bounde to the hande of a woman trauayling with chydel it letteth the byrth and kepeth it in bealye Therefore it is forbidden in suche a busynes that this stone touche a woman ¶ Thou shalte fynde many other lyke thynges in the boke of Mines of Aaron and Euar ❧ The manner of doynge these thinges consisteth in this that y e bearer for a good effecte be clears from all pollution or defylynge of the bodye ❧ Explicit ISidorus semeth to saye y e Licania hath in y e heade 〈◊〉 a stone of most noble vertue is of whyte colour whych brayed geuen to them that haue the strangulion to drinke it louseth perfectly the vryne ▪ shortly healeth it putteth awai the feuer quartayne Also it taketh awaye a whyte spot or perle in the eye Also yf a woman with chylde beare it on her she shall not loose her byrth Also the fleshe of them sodden and eaten is good to thē that haue an exulceratiō or sore in the lunges with a consumption of all the body and spitting of bloude Also the poulder of the beastes with the rynde or barke of trees with some greynes of pepper is profitable against the Emerodes and growinge out of flesh about the buttockes Lykewyse they beynge rawe brayed with ryndes or barkes of trees breake rype impostumes ¶ The thyrde boke of Albertus Magnus of the vertues of certayn beastes FOrasmuche as it hath ben spoken in the boke before of certayne effectes caused by the vertue of certayne stones and of their maruelous vertue or operation nowe we will speake in thys Chapter of certayne effectes caused of certayn beastes Aquila An Eagle Casso   Bubo A shricke owle Hircus A gote bucke Camelus A camell Lepus An hare Expetiolus   Leo A lyon Foca A purpays Anguilla An eele Mustela A wesel Upupa A lapwīg or black plouer Pellicanus A pellicane Cornus A crowe Miluus A kyte or gleyde Turtur A turtell Talpa A molle Merula A blacke macke or owsel ¶ Aquila the Eagle is a byrde knowen ynough of men of Chaldea it is called Vorax and of the Grekes Rimbicus Aarō Euax saye that it hathe a meruaylous nature or vertu For if the brain of it be turned into poulder be myxed with the iuyce of the hem locke they that eat of it shal take themselfes by the hear and they shall not leaue the holde as long as they beare that they haue receyued The cause of thys effecte is for that brayne is verye colde in so muche that it engendreth a fantasticall vertue shuttinge the powers by smoke ☞ Casso is a beaste knowen well ynoughe it is called Rapa of the Chaldeis and of the Grekes Orgalo Aaron sayeth of this If the feete of it be borne of any man he shall neuer be vexed but he shall desyre alwayes to go for the. Also he that beareth the feete of it shal alwayes ouercome and shalbe feared of hys enemyes And he sayde that hys ryght eye wrapped in a wolues skynne maketh a man pleasaūt acceptable and gentle And yf meat be made of the aforesayde thinges or poulder geuen to any man in meat the geuer shalbe greatly loued of hym that receyueth it Thys last was proued in oure tyme. ¶ Bubo a shricke owle is a byrd well ynough knowen whiche is called Magis of the Chaldeis Hysopus of the Greekes There be meruaylous vertues of thys fowle for yf the hart and righte foote of it be putte vpon a man sleapyng he shall say anone to y ● whatsoeuer thou shalte aske of hym And thys hath ben proued a late tyme of our brethren And yf any man put thys vnder hys arme hole no dogge will barke at hym but kepe silence And yf these thinges aforesayde ioyned together with a wynge of it he hanged vp to a tree byrdes wyll gather together to that tree ¶ Hircus y e gote bucke is a beast well ynough knowne it is called of the Chaldeis Erbichi of y ● Ere kes Massai If the bloud of it be taken warme with vineger and the iuyce of fenyll sodden together with a glasse it maketh the glasse soft as dowe it maye be caste agaynst a walle and not be broken And if the aforesayd confection be put in a vessell the face of any man be anoynted w t it meruailous horrible things shall appere and it shall seme to 〈◊〉 that he must dye And if the aforesayde thing be put in y ● fyre and