Kyranides On the Occult Virtues of Plants, Animals & Stones

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Magical Mid Medicinal Vertuesof Stones, Herbs , Fijbes, Beajls and Birds.

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Magical and Medicinal Vermes of Stotiet, Herbs , Fijhes ± Beajls and Birds.

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Work much fought for by the Learned, but feen by few ; (aid to have been in the Vatie.in-I ibrary in Rome; but not to be found there, nor in all the Famous < Libraries of the Empire.

Now Publilhed and Tranllated into Englipn from a Copy found in a private 1 land.

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R E A D E R. Fter diligent Searth for t;His M ,

having by happy s*cfcWtnt'tfttt' i!i it , and procured it forttiuft:; finite I am minded tt> Cqttimnicltt

it to thc"Ctutious and W o r t h y , 1 (Ml give you fortie account of the Authors, anfltneirl Work, t h e Authors are Riranvt'AiffBfr. | pocratiffft. lKiranut was Ring of Pa^.'lc which Crotvn none but Magicians c ta-bt admitted, and*of whidh Kingdom tht fefeoui Zvroaflrcj'the firft Magitiaii, was. This wotk of his htfd jet n for many Ages turnedout of1

the P t r f a h \ nto the S j r i a c ^ Arabic^ and moft Ei f tern Tongues. H,ir.pocratit»\ as the Learned arc of opinion, was a Grkm, There Were ftvcral o f this Name. One of them wrote a Lixicon upon the Ten Gretk Orators. jfacob/ts Mattjjatus publiftcd him

. with Notts and a critical Difcourfe upon A a him)

To the Reader. l>im j where he mentions feveral Harpocrati-ons, and among the reft ours, as the Sequel will prove. He is at a mighty lofi about one Har-focration-y whom Tertnllian mentions in his; Book De Corona M/htif. Tertullian's Words! are thefe } Liberum , e/mdem apud TEgyptiusi Oftrin, Harpocration indiiflriH hederatum argit-1

mntatur , quod hcder<c natura Jit cerebrum ub' IXIHCO defenfarc. In Englilh thus } Harpocru-tion docs argue , that Bacchus , the fame irith Oliris among the /Egyptians, is pictured with Ivy on purpofe, becaufe it is the nature of Ivy to defend the Brain from Drunkennefs. N o w Maujj'acus, after he had confuted the Miftakes j of feveral Commentators upon thefe words j of Tcrtulliany who would make him to mean Harpocration that wrote the Lexicon, comes to one Commentator, whom he thinks in the right. Thefe arc the Words of Maujj'acus. " jacobus Pamelius, the lalt Commentator up-" on Tertullian, has taken another, and a quite " new courfe : For he thinks that Harpocra-" lion, whom Tertullian mentions, is the fame " w i t h him, whole Manufcript Book ifet <pu-"<mw fwuaLixjtw is kept in the Vatican. And " i f we relie on his Credit, Tertullian % words " may not unfitly be accommodated to that " Author, who wrote about the Natural "Virtues of things, Gnce it belongs to Na-tural Philofophy to teach , that th" Ivy is

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" flic red to Bacchus,, becaufe it defends the " Brain from Drunkennefs. But I am afraid " frnall heed is to be given to thefe things, <; and that Pamelius (peaks as an Ear rather " than as an Eyc-witne(s. For I remember I «very carefully perufed at Aujpurg a Cata-tc logue of all the Books in the Vatican-Li-" brary, lent me by David Hefchecl/us, with "other Catalogues of Libraries at Aujpurg, "Bavaria, Vienna, the Emperor's, St. Ma^at " Venice , and St. Laurence at Florence, and " I met not with any thing of Harpocration's " but the Lexicon, neither when I was in the " Vatican at Rome, to compare the Printed " Harpocations with a Manufcript that was " there , could I meet with any thing be-" fides concerning him , nor could I learn " any thing from two Grecians, the Father " and the Son, who had the care of writing " out the Manufcript Books, and who have " the Catalogue of that Library by heart. " B u t I would not have Pamelius therefore

| <c rafhly cenfured, nor his Opinion receded I " f rom, becaufe perhaps, he did not, as from

"himle l f , affirm, that Harpocration's Manu-; " fcript iri£/. fuffinuv tTaoa'juwcov, was in the Va-j " titan , but he has been told fo by fome,

" either whofe Memory or Honefty failed | " them, as by Simlerus, who firft told him in

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mcnt th^c the bufinefs muft hang in fuf- j pence, and the Trial ("as Lawyers ta lk) ' ! muft be put ofF, till another day. For, to i fay any thing pofmvely about the Inter-pretation of this placc, and immediately to vouch it for Truth, would be no man's aft who remembers he is a Man : It was wit-tily faid by a wife man of old anuria, to vfrjov impose* (Z&tHgiv.Ignorance is in the great-cfl jbark of Mortals, which though we find' confentaneous to Truth in other Cafes, yet then moft, when we take upon us to open and interpret fome Places in the Writings of the Ancients, that are controverted,and not well undcrftood. But the Learned Puteawj, while this was in the Prefs, told' me, they read in a Catalogue, which their Father had a moft. com pleat one of all the Libraries in Italy, that Harpocrution's Book irff>i (puviHon'S'twdfMttovy written Alphabetical-ly, was in the Library of Cardinal St. An-gflo, which is now fallen to his Brother Cardinal Favnefius. Which thing, how f i r

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" it perfwades me, that that Author docs not <c differ much from ours, I need not declare: ,c for the Alphabetical order, which wc find " he obferved, what does it argue, but that " he was a Lexicographer, not much unlike " o u r s in his way of writing, though he dif-" fer in the Subjett ? I with I could obtain " that Treafure, that I might publifh it with cc this o f ours, we (hould not be fo much in " the Dark about this controverted place in " Tertullian , and it would prefently appear " whether the Author o f thefe two Books " were the fame, after which we are fo folli-" citoufly inquifitive. N o w that Treafure which Mauffacus fo much wifht for, I here offer to you : for it is the Book of Kimi and Harpocration, as Gefner's Bibliotheca cites it} and it goes Alphabetically as Putean hys his Harpocration did in the Cardinal's Libra-ry. And as for the controverted Place in Tertullian, confult but the Letter ©, pag. 16. of the fit ft Book , and you may be fatisficd, that Tertullian quoted no other Harpocration but ours. Read on to pag. 18. and you have this Pallage. " That yon may be without Dm-" kennefs , and for all favour and health III " the Stone Thyrfites engrave the Bird T/.>jr, " and Bacchus holding the Bird, and u n d e r " t h e ftone enclofe the Root of the H e r b , " ("meaning I v y ) and wear i t , and you w i l l

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To the Reader. "be without Drunkennefc, and will have f a v o u r with all men* and moreover you

w.ll be without danger in the Palacc For this is a divine Dionyfuck ,and weakens the fhength of Bacchus. "For ) o fhyes Harpocra-

_,A"d that learned Father Tertullian layes, narprrratioH argues , that Bacchus , the ftnie rr/Z/i Ofiiis among the ^Egyptians, it pi. Unreel Kith Ivy on purpofe, becaufe it is the Na-frc nfIvy to defend the Brain from Drunken->>cjs. So that Harpocration's and Tertullian's , c a 'ogcthtr the /nine. And this muft bejhc hook which no Jcfs a Man than Tcr-mliau quoted as an Author, and which ma-ny Learned Men fince him have lonced to

but could not. And Bart h, us, another Learned Cr»t,ck of his time, giving an ac-count of fon,e Greek Phyficiam, who Were never yet publillu-d, ftranRcly cxtolls Kirani. Jor whereas others only tranferihed one1

from another, and little is to be hadfrom any on. of «hcm that mav not be f.nmd in Hip. ?ocra,csw\ Galen, Kira.i has many prodi-! jjious Virtues of things both in Medicine,and wher Affairs, contained in rhc Subjtfts which' he mentions. Earth,,,, moreover fives he

faw^thaci«rio„s Manufcript in the pofleffioJ i t Henry Ef/euberger , pnmary Phyfician J the Court at Magdeburg, who may'verv well U r c c k o n c d a m o i 1 g the greatelt Phviiciam

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of his Age. Barthius would by all means have-had it publiftied, being a Book of fuch infinite value : And the rather becaufe it has fbme-thing of Harpocration in it, who is fo highly and defervedly valued by Learned Men. And he reckons it to be Tertullian's Harpocration, as Pa melius before him imagined, and as by comparing the Paflages in thefe two Authors we have already proved. So that it is not only my Opinion, but it is the Conjefture (?f Pamelius, who could not after his nioft in-quifitive Search and Refearch, meet with Harpocration and it is the clear Judgment of that vaftly Learned Man Barthius, who faw Harpocration. And I the rather mention Bar-thius* becaufe this Tranflation is from a Co-py of that very Manufcript which he faw in Dr. Ellenberger s hand. Being thus far fatis-fied of the Original Authors, our next buli-nefs will be to enquire concerning the Tran-flators of them. Barthius conjcfturcs that the Tranllation out of the Agarene, or Arabick Language into the Greek* was the Work of a Monk of Confiantinople, in the time of Ma-nuel or Emanuel Cowienus, the Son of Calojo-annes $ the Conclufion of whofe Life and Errpire was foretold them both in two Greek Oracles. The Father's in this * \ f i 7Tu>* yivrvain

JWwi' nczjlxu v ! i. e. Oh, how fhalt than become the Food of unlucky Crorei! And

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To the Reader. this Calojoatwc, died fomewhere in a place

•called in Greek Crom-Neji. And theSon's in this , AM vrdn Mpthva Aoyv, i. e. Cer-tawly the la ft Syllable of a Word f/jall gain thee N o w ( w A j the laft Syllable fand the t w o l a f t Letters) o f M a ^ A , that Emperor's Name figmfies Eight and T h i r t y : And he reigned fo many years. Befides, Hiftorians write, how

V , m e » t h e G r e e k N a t i o n w a s mightily additted to Magick. And fo, i n ,11 fikeJi-hood , this Greek Interpreter muft be well skilled therein. The next Tranflation out of Ureet[into Latiney was made about three or four hundred years fince, by one G e r a r d , a

moft excellent Phyfuian o f that time. Tri-themiiu firnames him Fulginas j Raphael Tola-c 7 \ w Z y r C h °™> b u t G e f " e r a n d t h e nioft tan nim Lremonenfis.

This Latin Transit ion has been quoted bv many at ,he fecond hand. But I never me^ with|any thnt faw fo much as a ManufcripTo

X w t 1 1 C n s w e t o l d V ™ ) Taw it , „ Dr. E//enbergers Hand, who kept it as a pre"

m the Book with his own Hand, That he re caved this Bool^ »> Manufcnpt as a L « L

f r L t? # ? ^ L a n d g r a v e j s of H e t f M e n d e d fat n , it 7'1? ° j the » f W i t i m b e r / at Darmftad, Anno M D C . J X . This Book

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iad about an hundred Years before that, been n the podt flion of oneWaltherw dc VIELBF.L, Prapofitus S. L . by whofe Donation it belong-cd to David V M , Anno M.D.XXX. At-ter Dr. Ellenbcrgcr's Death, this T r e a f u r e (ell to hit Son Chrifiian William &le»berprt viho being a Soldier, beftowed it upon a Phyfician, his Acquaintance and Friend. This Phylio an printed it privately 5 for neither his own, nor the Printer's, nor the place's Name is printed. But h e fays, he was forced to leave the Univerfity, and to retire into the Conn-trey by reafon of the Plague, of which the Famous Sennertus died, and he only took this curious Manufcript with him, and m his Re-tirement fitted it for the Prefs. It bears Date M . D C . X X X V I I L SO that it feems,but a few Copies were printed, and thole private-ly diftributcd} one of which with forne diffi-culty I procured.

As for the Book, it feems to be one ot that fort of Books which Men in the Atls, who ufed curious Arts, brought together, and burnt, the Price w h e r e o f being counted, was found' to be fifty thoufand pieces of Silver. But fince fuch miraculous Zeal is ceaftd, with

j the reft of Miracles, this piece of Curiofity needs no more undergo Martyrdom, than Chriftians now need fell all, and live upon a common Stock, as they did in the Fourth of

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To the Reader. th(> Mis, efpecially fince Tertullian, one of the 1 iiliers, quoted it. It contains, I confeft much Curiofity in it ; but nothing to endam.' mageCluiQianiry, where it is fo ' f irmly fetJ tied : And if there be fomething th;it defervci' the Sronge, yet all ought not therefore to be! obliterated^ nor muft the Child be thrown! away with the Bathe. But the time the Au-thors lived m, requires fome Grains of Allow-ance. And thofe hidden fpecifick Vertues of things, and llrange Methods in cuiinc Difea-f«, may atone for the Scraps of Vanity and Supermtion that are in the Book. 1 find that former impolite Ages, were ncverthelefs very curious ,n Affairs of Philofophy, and in that regard furpafled our better cultivated, and mote literate Age. I find a j f 0 ) t h a t „ r c a t D e .

fcrence was given to our Authors : Infbmuch that Alberts Magvm ( w h o is quite fpoiled by iirukilful 1 ranleriben,) quotes this very Book, or m Tnmun Mag,cum, p. ,68. there is this f afluge, Magicalis cognit.o exiflit ,» ficciilatiorrc rationum, & ,„ fpcadatume Ltura-I'm, Jccundum quod antiquis Autionbu, exam-nm&percepi, imo & ego„,et Albert us, „t in flurilm hentatem invent, & veritatem fuppono \ e o m f 0 ) q«oab aliquo ex C H Y R A N D I S /,', K &ljbro ALCHORrtT (Jr. erucre hcui) Where ir ,s p| ; i m enough, that it was fid written CVIIANID1S hbro& A l U ' O C R A H -

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To the Reader. ONIS, and by miftake fo miferably depraved. But fincc Alberts, many learned Men of the Moderns have made life of Kirani, as Gefnery

Aldrovandus, Balduinus Ron fie us, and others. As for Medicines, I know no Specifick men-tioned by the Ancients, and very few by the Moderns, which he has not, belides many, that are to be met with no where elfe. But becaufe for fome Aj»es paft, to have been a Magician, or a Wife Man, was Capital, it will be necellaiy to remove fome Prejudices re-ceived againft Magick or Wifdom, which I think cannot better be done, than by (hewing what true Magick or Wifdom is, and how far is is confident with theHoly Sciipiures, which feem molt to condemn it. N o w , Magick I take to be a skill whi(h by a certain Power, yet not fupcrnatural, but created, is able to do unu-fual things, who ft- Caufes are beyond the common CoMprehenjion of Mvn. In this Definition we exclude Miracles, as fiipernaturally wrought by the Finger of G O D . A id by excluding; from it all Diabolical Co'ntraft, we mult in-tend no other than M.igick purely natural, or the Skill of managing Nature by Art, to as to accomplish llrange things. We know it was the Ambition of Knowledge that ruined ourf' irrt Parents :, but they had to do in that Affair with the Devil . And 1 make no doubt, bur tiny had the Knowledge of Good,before

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they talted of the Tree o f Knowledge < Good and Evi l , the latter part whereof has a molt obliterated the former in their poftcritj though the former is that which wc aim ai and which Adam undoubtedly had in his In nocency. For all the Learned hold him ti have had an exaft Knowledge of the Vertut o f things before the Fall. And this Know ledge was delivered from Father to Son befbr the Flood , till Seth engraved it on Pi lars, and fo by thofe Monuments, as well •by Noah's oral Tradition, the Poft«DiJuvi ans were inltrufted in the fame. Abrahat is (aid to have had skill in Aftrology. An, the Scriptures teftifie,what skill in the Magic of Imagination his Grand-fon Jacob had,fron his pilled Rods, that he fet before the Flock* when they conceived. Mofcs is not only ac, counted a Magician by Heathen Writers, bui the Scriptures tcftific, how he was learned it all the Wildom of the JKgyptians, wherco Magick was no fmall Share," as their Magici ans working Wonder for Wonder with Mo] f a , a little while, prove. j

We read alfo of wife Charming in the Pfalms,!

of which fort of Charming we have a Form in this Book, pug. 1 5 7. And if we fliould narrow-ly enquire into nil the Books of Scripture wel might perceive, that the Authors of them1

were skilled in the power of Nature, as well

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as of Godlinefs, the former whereof, was, and is called Magick. Nay, the Magi of the Eaft, were more devout in following their Star, to worfhip our Saviour, than all the Nation of the Jews. So that Magick (unlefs with fo-rtes and Jambrajve ufe it in oppofition againd G O D ) is not only lawful, but commendable.

But whereas Kirani undertakes to cad out, and drive away evil Spirits by natural Means, this is but what Tobias in the Apocrypha did by the perfualion of the Angel: For he remmbrtd the words of Raphael, and took, coalt for ftr-fumes, and put the Heart and Liver of the Fiji) thereupon y and made a perfume. The which fmtli when the evil Spirit had fmelled, he fed into tie utmoft parts of ./Egypt, whom the Angel bowl The Angel likewife told Tobias, that as for the Gaily anoynt a Man that has Whitenefi in his Eyes, and he Jfjall be healed. And he took, bold of his Father, and fprinkfed of the Gall in k« Fathers Eyes, faying, be of good hope mj Fttktr. And when his Eyes began to pricks he rubbed tf.w] And the Whitenefj piUed away from the cornrs of bis Eyesy and then he faw his Son. Now Ki-rani fo far explains the Apocrypha, as to tell us the Heart, the Liver and the Gall of what Fifh it is, that does thefe things.

, I remember, I have heard of a Phyfician, I eminent for the cure of Lunaticks, who isfaiil

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fomething in his Cures. And fuch you ma meet with here.

You muft take notice, that in the firft Booli in the concatenation o f the Vertues c things according to the four Element s^ th Plants are analogous to Earth, Fillies to Wa ter, Birds to Air, and Stones to Fire. Fo Nature's Interpreters do afcribe miraculou Virtues to Gemmus} and without doubt tho(i efficacious and abftrufe properties defcend fron n peculiar influence of the Stars, and a bettei temperament of the Elements. And is it i great Argument i t i s fo , becaufe in theEaften Countries, where the Sun is hotteft, the bed Stones are found. And therefore Kirani a fcribes fiery Virtues to Stones, and makes ont to be under one Planet, and another undei another. But it were endleft to give an ao count of all the Rarities herein contained Therefore with Piety and Wifdom peruft thtfc four Books thenifelves. T h e Worth and Rarity whereof, I am afraid, has tempted fome dilhoneft perfbn to rob the Vatican, and o-ther Libraries of them. But are now at length ( maugre Envy and ill Wil l , ) communicated to you, for your Benefit, Farewell.

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OLD INTERPRETER, T O TH E

Moft Prudent Mr. &c. Ra. Pa. one of themeaneft of the Clergy, Health.

I Admire and commend the Sagacity df Your Prudence, who, tho" You be ex-perienced in fuch things as are above the Nature of our Sphere, and have-

by Contemplation penetrated to things be-yond the Seventh Heaven 5 yet you difdain not to look down upon the molt inferiour terrene Experiments: For Y o u lequefted me to tranflate this Phyfick Book out of the Greek into the Latine T o n g u e : a thing much more eafily faid than done. However, being

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obliged by your Charity and Bounty to tnc, I could not difbbey your Commands. And bccaufe there are,as you know,divers Tranjla' tions out of the Agarene Tongue into the Greek, I have induftrioufly and faithfully followed the Greek Bdok that you gave m e , in all things. Neither was i willing to pafs by the very two Prologues, tho 'rugged, and ab-ftrafted, as it were , from the mod ancient Titles: not fo much minding the Words, which arc of a Barbarian Sterility , as the Senfe of Utility. If therefore you find any thing altered, let it not be imputed to my Unfaithfulnefi or Il l-will , but to common Mi (lake: For there is no man fo wife, but has

fome Marl^ of Foil) in bint. Yet I would have you know, that there is among the Grecians a certain Booi{ of Alexander the Great about the feven Herbs of the (even Pla-net st <apd another that is called Theffalus his j My fiery to Hermes (that is, Mercury ) of the twelve Herbs attributed to the twelve Signs, and of feven other Herbs by feven other Stars. Which, if they fhould happen to come to my hands or to yours, becaufe they imitate a Celeftial Dignity, may very well be prefixt to this Work.

This Book therefore is tranflated at Con-fiantinople, Manuel being Emperor, Anno

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Chrifli 1 1 6 8 . Indt&ione fecundk. The Boo{of Phyfical Virtues, Sympathies, and Curts, ga-thered out of two Books, V\7.. The Experience of Kiranides Kirani, King of the Perfians, MI! out of the Bool^ of Harpocrat ion the Alexandri-an to his own Daughter. And the firfi Book of Kirani was thus, and fo we will fiippofe it was the great Gift of the Agarencs to him. He that received this Book from G 0 D, was Hermes Trifmcgifhts, well known to all men. Do not therefore deliver j t to the Ignorant, but keep it to thy felf as a great Polltflion: and let the Father, if it may fo be, deliver it only to his Children inltead of Gold for the efficacy of its Adtion, adjuring them, as facred Children, only to keep it fecret,

This Book was engraven in Syriack Letters upon an Iron Pillar, in a Book indeed inter-preted by me formerly. But in this Book which is called Kiranides, twenty four Stows, twenty four Fifhes , twenty four Herbs, and twenty four Birds are written of The Vir-tues of every one of thefe are complex and intermixt with the reft, fot the Cure, andal-fo the Delight of mortal Bodies: And truly the invention or beginning is from Almighty G O D 5 for by his WifHom we obtain the Afti-on of Herbs, Fifhes and Birds, and the Vir-tue of Stones, and the Nature of Animals and wild Beafts, and moreover, the mutual per-

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mixtions of them, and their Communities and Proprieties, (ince the knowledge & skill of ma-ny things comes from G O D into men/There-fore dividing into three Kiramdcs $ I have dedared the whole Compofure in order of the Alphabet, according as any thing worthy Remarque occurred. And they are called Koi^nik, ( Koiranides or Queens ) becaufe thefe are the Queens of all the reft of my Books. And we found Kirani of the King of the Perjians, which is the firft of thefe Books.

This indeed is the Prologue of Harpocra-tion, and it is thus *

The Therapeutic^ ("that is, the Curatory ) Book, of Syria, Harpocration wrote it to his j oven Daughter. I

When formerly I travelled through the j Country of Babylon, I found a City, Scion- ' tua by Name, the Hiftory whereof I have written i but we have no occafion to make ' any long Difeourfe upon that City, becaufe we would not alwayes be upon Preambles. I Now theiefore let us return to our nropofed i Intention. Then, fays he, I faw another City yet, feventeen Perftan Miles diftance from rn ullich Alexander of Mace don de.no-l i f l icdi afterwards Seleutica was built, under i the Dommion of the Perfians, and inhabited ' by the Nation of the Perfians. This is called

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little Alexandria, which is near Babylon. And this is the Hiftory of Syria.

The thiid Year it happened, that I found an old man skill'd in Foreign Learning, and in the Greek Tongue : But he faid, he was a Syrian by Nation, was taken captive, and lived there: and he went round the City with me, and (hewed me every thing. And when we came to a certain place about four Miles diftance from the City , we faw a Pillar, with a great ToWer, which the Inha-bitants of Syria faid they brought from the Edi f ice of Solomon, and placed it there for the Health and Cure of the Men of that City. Looking therefore well upon it, I found it was written in ftrange Letters. The old Man therefore , alloon as he was asked by me, agreed to (hew me, and I willingly lent an ear to him, while he difcourfed, and ex-pounded the Barbarous Letters that were up-on the Pillar iri the Sol ic i t Tongue. My ?on, faith he , You fee three Towers Hand-ing here, one of which is five Miles diftant, another two and a half, and another four. Thefe were built by the Giants, who had a mind to climb into Heaven ^ for this their im-pious Midnefs fome of them were ft ruck with Thunder, others through the juft Judgment of G O D , knew not themfelves, and the reft were caft into the Ille of Crete, into which,

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£ l n 8 a n S r y w i t h t h e m * h u r l e ^ them, I lie old Man therefore, who (hewed methtfe!

things, bade me meafure the greatnefs of the! Stone with a C o r d : Therefore meafunW that which was nigh, I found it t w o andj thirty Cubits high, and feventy nine broad j and there were two hundred and eight fteps to it. We alio faw a Sacred Cloyfter, and inl the middle of the Cloyfter there was a Tem-j gle, having three hundred fixty five Silver! Steps, and fixty more o f Gold, by which wc!

went up 10 pray to G O D . And he told me! the Myfteries o f the Living G O D , which I will not tell to all. "1 was indeed willing to be informed o f other things, and propounded leveral other things 5 but my main defigni 7 A < o b e »n^rmed of the Pillar : And the old Man drawing afide a Silken Veil, (hewed ftrange and foreign Letters engraven upon it . And becaufe he was skilled in my Tongue I entreated and begged of him, that he would candidly and without Envy make plain all things to me. Now. the Things that were read upon the Pillar, were thefe j

This is a manifold Table of the true Example a rrayes having, and kpomng, and fore-hlv-ngthe Imntyom of the Divinity

c o m S e c S n ! ? m a y i n t h e N a m c of! G O D be called Kirani. The Second Bool, ro-

out of de Utile Archaicus Syriacus, as the clcar

of the Old Interpreter.

clear Flood of Euphrates runs fwiftly. Theft Things were engraven on Iron Pillars. " Both "whateverthing® were formerly, or (hallbe " hereafter, equal Coniun&ions of them iri " Virtues of Stones, and with them alfo both " the Plant6 of the Earth, and the Fifhes of " the Deep, and the Fowls of the Air, tern-,c pering Virtue with Virtue in the greater " Quaternary : For thefe things are good for " Men that were formerly, and (ball be here-" a f ter ; becaufe being immortal bearing a

mortal B o d y , carried through the Air, ** bound with the evil Bonds gf Neceflity 5 as " G O D himfelf f a i d , governing mortal Bo-" dies, thou art made in Sin, and encompaf-" led with the fordidnefs of Neccflity, as any " one in Fetters, unlets he get out, and in " Bonds and Chains} fo Necefiity ftraitens " thee in hard Bonds: But when thou artgot " out o f the dull Body, thou (halt truly lee " G O D , that rules in the Air and in the Cloud, " who caufes Thunder and Earthquake, " Lightning and Thunder-bolts, .and who " (hakes the Foundations of the Earth, and " the Waters of the Sea. Thefe are the Works " o f G O D the Father Eternal. O Soul! " G O D fliews thefe things, and all Contra-" ries.

But this Book was buried in the Fens of Syria, engraven upon an Iron Pillar all over

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Steel or Endanick, as we fa id before in the former Book, which is called Archaic us : But in this, that is called Kirtnides, , four and twenty Stones, four and twenty Fifties of the Sea, four and twenty Herbs, and four and twenty Birds are written of, The Virtue of every one of thefe fball be complicate and mixt with the other Virtues, that aflwaging and lengthening this mortal Body, we may enjoy Health Eternal: For none gives Spirit to Man but GOD $ for all things are written according to the Conftruftion of G O D : And this is the Beginning. For tho' the Be-ginnings or Prologues of each have a Diffo-nance$ yet henceforth they begin as it were in Confonance. And Harpocration fayes thus.

KIRANIDES

C O

K I R A N I D E S A N D

H A R P O C R A T I O N .

B O O K J.

, Letter I. A.

" A M?n-Ao? Agnail the white Vine. 'Aeiw, the f \ Eagle, a Bird. ' A e r / W , the Eagle-ftone.

' A e n i s , the Eagle, a. Fijh without Scales. "Aju.TOAoj Mux* is a molt holy and admirable

Herb 5 it is alfo divine, and is called fyvwv/a, Bryony. The Male-Eagle is King of all Birds. The Eagle-ftone is with Child and Rattles. The Eagle, a Filh without Scales,is like the Hawk-fifti, only fomewhat blacker, and like a little Thorn-back. For Convulfions and Epiltpftes5 Now the Root of the Herb worn about the Neck, cures People ofConvulfionsand the fal-ling Sicknefs. For the bloody Flux, and /pit-ting of Blood5 And four Spoonfulls of the

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Juice given to any in a bloody Flux cure him, Againjt Drunkenness} And i f a man, other-wife well, have a mind t o drink much Drink, let him drink of the Juice of the Leaves f), and as much Vinegar fafting. That one be not made drunk? And if one drink the Stone that is in the Head of the F i f t , with Wine, he (ball not perceive at all what he drinks. And if he carry the Stone about his Neck, without the Herb, if he drink a Gallon of ftrong Wine, he (hall not perceive it. To tnake Excretion. T h e Stones , when the Grapes are preft out, bruifed with a little of the faid Stone, and given in Drink to fuch as have paralytick Genitals,will make them ftand. And it is good for them that cannot perform the Aft of Generation. For broken Bones oj the Hands, and bloody Fluxes, and any Difeafe of the Arfe. And GOD htmfilf gave this, that mortal Body might not fail. Take of White Wine a Pint and an half, with the tender Buds of the Herb X L , and Coriars Galls §iij. Boy I two thirds a w a y ; this cures Dyfenteries and Lienterics,and broken Bonesof the hands, and every Difeafe of the Arfe, and every fiich1

thing, if it be drunk. A Decoftion o f the| Leaves alfo,drunk with a little Honey, aflwa-ges every Difeafe of the Neck : And if you add a little of the Stone, that Difeafe will neither encrcafe, nor return agaip. J have

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feen feveral, who have had their Bones crufh-cd, and I admired how they were cured. One can teftific this , who was twenty five years old, and is now reftored without pain by this Divine Medicine and Nature : Nor indeed were there any Hands before; all the Flefh was withered upon one, nor had ita-n y S e n f e ; bur all the Members befides had their feeling. Alfo to make broken Bones niol^ ] found in this Sacred Book thus : Give the Juiceof the Leaves o f the Herb, and as much white Wine mixt with it, to drink for feven days. And the Fagle-Stone worn about one, and the Fifh eaten, do the fame thing. Keep this Gift of GOD, and give it not to thineom Son! For the Thumbs and incurable N/iih: When the Nail of the Thumb falls, and isin-curable, and is alwayes running, infufe Datts bruifed in white Wine, and lay them foirn-timcs on alone, chewcd, and fbmetimes with Oyl of Roles. For Warts: And for Wart?, which come either all over the Body, or in ;.ny Part , burn the Branches or Wood of Vine, and apply the Water that comes out with the Smoak of the Vine-Leaf, or give it to drink, and they will all fall off : 7cacbm man this ! So the Dung of an Eagle applied, will cure : The Stone applied, and the Fat of the Fifh anointed, does alio curt. For

Putrt•

4 KIRANIDES and Book I Putrcfatfion of the Gums, and the Jaws, and for cancerous and eating Ulcers in the whole Body. Of the Juice of the Leaves^ii). Alum^iv. crude Mify yv. Manna "^iv. Illy rick Irh 5}, Vitriol ";iv. diflolved till they be d r y } for this purges and (ills ulcerous and eating Sores, and it (lops a fupet veiling Inflammation. And this is far greater. For Put refaction of tht Tongue, and Mortification of the GUMS. But now we tell you fbmething that is great. Wc faw fomething marcid and cancerous in the Tongue, which was like alfo to mortifie the Gums $ therefore by applying the Juice of the Leaves mixt with Honey, it was cured 5 then (hewing 011 dry Iris, the Ulcer filled up. For all Breaches, and a Polypus, and Frettings, and Eatings , and Humors , and

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§vj. Boyl it to half, a rd give it to w a f l i the Mouth for three or five or fevin days, and your Teeth will never ake. If one will dili-gently confider, the Vine will cure all Dif-eafes from the He-ad to the Feet. This Herb is called THEOdorica, i. e. Given of GOD. Kiranw and Harpocration do thus far a-gree.

Then Kiranus brings fomething new, and fiys, For Urine and Stool} The Sprouts, I fay, of the firft Budding of this Herb, boyl-cd and eaten, provoke Urine and Stool. But both the Leaves, and the Root, and the Fruit •have a very hot and flurp Virtue. For tie King's Evil, and eating Flefh, and putrid Ul-cers and Gangrenes. And it has alio another very famous Virtue and Divine Efficacy j for it cures the King's Evil,and putrid Ulcers and whatever happens abont the Afofe. a Divine Me' ~ 5- 0 , .

. Of the Tuice of the Leaves =iv. Man-I G a nK r e n , c s> , a n d c n t , n K Sores, made up with . J _ _ . 3 . ' ? I A f i t i n t / i r l ' . i . i INFN I PLIFTIT A N/-L ITT R RMT I dicine,

na Vitriol, Frankincenfe, M.fy, Ariftolochia , into a P after. And its Root rol each three ounces: Rub them till all is ^ y ' ^ n g s a good Colour into the Face, and a anA nfi. .Kp n ; « i n , V i r m n fi,1a WnderSkin. And it takes out Moles, Corns and and ufe the Divine Virtue. For Baldnefi and ' g ' mi an(* Shedding of the Hair, Sorc,9 Scurf and any Fre*1" * Mtxt wull lower of b.tter Vetch Difiafes about the Head: Apply the Juice of [ f A* M ' , ? " ' , the Herb and the Juice of PotamogeiL, and k " a n d b l a c , k M o , c s - A , , u ' h o , ! t d

rw , t h ° >

0 r r i,;if 11 ' r ; till it congeals, it is good for the lame. And the J nice oi be dt sktlfully mtxt, anoynt for1 J „ V 1 • \*V I . • J rhrpp dnv, A M t L i ™ L„t, //, T,,</, Root broken in Wine, takes away L m d -

and Whitlows. For a Swel-y Ulcer of the Genitals,and

dilperfes Swellings. For the I'pihffie.

6 KIR ANIDES and Bookl. Epilepjie. An ounce of it given every day for a Year with Oxymel, cures it. For the Apo-plexy and Swimming in the Head, and Biting of Serpents, and Mifcarriage. It is alfo good for Apopledttck and Vertiginous Perfbns: Give i;ij, and it quickly cures fuch as are bitten by Serpents^ It corrupts the Birth alfo, and di-fturbs the Belly and the Senfe 5 and applied, it brings away the Secundine, and drunk, it moves Urine. Eighteen grains of it drunk for thirty days, waftea the Spleen. Made in-to a Plalter with Figs , it is good for the lame. It is boyled for hot Infeflions for pur-ging of the Matrix. It alfo moderately pur-geth the Belly. And its Fruit in an Oyntment and Plafter, is good for the Scurf and Le-profie. T h e Juice of the Herb drunk in Broth, caufes Milk. Drunk and anointed wirlv Oy l , it is good for Epaticks. Its Leaves alfo in a Cataplafm with Wine, arc good for all Ul-cers. And applied, they are good for Rhcu-rnatick Swellings. And we may fay further, It is good for all things to him that nfeth it with Caution.

And there are two forts of it. T h e firfl is called the white Vine, which fome call Bryony, others Snake-Grape ; others Celidonia, others fjiihtilovj others others ctp^otyij-otw , others Kethedron. The Buds, and Leaves, and Ciafpers of this are like the Domeftick

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Vine, but they are thicker, and implicated With the adjacent Fruits, catching with their Ciafpers5 and it has a red Grape-like Fruit, wherewith Hides have their Hair fetcht ofi, or arc prepared. And the fecond fort of it is called the blacky Vine, which they alfo call B r y o n y ; and fome X«p«woK, having Leaves like Ivy , but the great ones like Bind-weed, but greater} this alfo applies itfelfto, and takes hold of Trees with its Ciafpers. And its Fruit is like Grapes ; they are green in the beginning, and when they are ripe, they are black without, but like Box within. And its Sprouts alfo at the firft budding may be boyl-ed like Pot-herbs; and they are diuretick, and force the Mcnfirua; they cure the Spleen. The Roots are very good for Splenctick Per-fons, and the whole Herb is proper for fuch as are Epileptick and Vertiginous. And its Leaf in a Cataplafm with Wine, is good to eat away proud Flefh, and for wrelted and diflocated Limbs, and for Relaxations; and further, it has a Virttie like to the former.

And the white Vine has other Efficacies fecular .and delightful, fo that being applied, it does not only give any man Sobriety, but caufes Delight. So fays K.iranus/'» this place, After the DifTonanCe of them both, there be-gan Harpocration his Speech: 0 bkjjed Herb! Conduitvr of the Gods, and a Royal ConcluBcr,

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more powerful than all Herbs, having the Prin. (| l a t a r c aftCc( i n f i f e , c.in lie done without cipdity of Earth, and Heaven, «»</ yf/r, andthis Plant. Alf> occult things require the diffulving all Power ! 0 Grape bearing Drink] planting of it. For People troubled with <£uar-m.iijl thou loofen the Limbs, caufe Sleep ! Nota„c Agues j It yet remains for me to fpeak i'fetch nor Body Jha/l expel thee 5 but thou 0 f a C L T t ; l j n Cacodaimon for evil Spirit ) which findejl out whatever things arc in the Minds oj jSC;,H'(i a Quartanary, who is not eafily con-Mortals, and what My fi erics they have hid (pered l ,y five Foititudes of the fii It Dccan den w thar Mind. The Fine nukes wawfejlirf Capricorn, becaufe he lees not, nor hears} all Secrets, and all thing, that fhall be concealed fov |IL. u without a Head. Therefore take the by Writing, or by Medicine, or by fiWw/i^Grape having four Seeds, take out the Ker-inciit, or by the Sword , or by Science: i^i|n c| s w ^ y o u r Nai l s , and not with your thefe way be faid to be the Myjlcnes of tUyMouth, and put them in a courfe Cloth, and Vme. And it has other mundane things aIfoJ|,anR them about your Neck, and it will which are not unprofitable to Mortals, yea l c a u f c Health. And the Stone that is in the

Head of the Fifh,hung about the Neck, takes away a Quartane. Therefore take the Eagle-Stone, and engrave alio an Eagle upon it, and under the Stone put the Kernels of the G r a p e , and the top of the Feathers of an Eagles wing , and if you have not an Eagle, of an Hawks, and enclofing it, wear it. For

they bring Delight and Joy . Therefore thu I read on : The holy Speech, as ICirani ha< it. For "joy and Exultation. O Blefled Queen he-flowed of G O D , mod holy Mother, am more Divine than all Plants! firft Nature af fcfts the Grape, the Grape makes heaven 1 Wine! Before you have faid this, fend ih

com ullation.

Cup, Bowl orPlagon about, o f which all d<lit w i n p r e f L . r V e you from all the forefaid Oc drink, and they breakout into J o y , no mat!car lons Qf Evi l : Moreover it will give you

plaining or asking, bor c ' ^ / a , i.e. E * ! p o v v e r t o f p c a k > a n j t o have friendly confe->jon. The Juice of the Grape drunk| r e n c e w l L h Great Mens and it is good lot

caufes great Joy . Plant it in every p l a c e m a n y o t h c r t h i n . ; l l l w h l c h , w i U n ( ) t ( l c

For neither the Solemnities ot the Gods, no'cij,^ of Mortals, who have a term in their Lifej nor what things in Life do come, nor whal things now go out, nor f o m e o f t h o f e thing! C I F. T-

tha1

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(or Dypfhoick , Epilcptick and Ncphritick LETTE R II.. T. >erfbns. For Joy and Exultation, and Ac-

Boeprr'sm ii a Bird which is callcd Kop^wpion and Union, and Conjugal Uve: And i.e. a Crow, a common Animal, and knowi twill make the Bearer chcarful and rich: to all People, living to five hundred yean tad " «s as excellent as any thing for lafct-of age. is a prccious Stone, a flcn/juous and conjugal Love, which is callcd <mi/£a>ov, i. c. All Life. B is a Sea-Lobjlcr, fo callcd from its likenefs to; 1 , r, L k K III. 1 . Bncro Act, i .e. red Tiles. Bint hi, i .e. The Herb! TAu-wtnh, the Herb P<co»y. I AMa fort Savine, known to all People. tf Owl. rrzrSioi, a Stone. FAXJ^*, a Scu-fijb,

biown to all men. For Dtfpno'ick, Orthopno'icl^and Afthn/aticji

Perfons ; Make this Elcftuary* O f Savine Gljkjftde is the Herb P<eony, and it is called Butter ^iv. Honey $iij. Mix, and give it fa ftn^ony, from its Inventer Pa'on ••> and it has ing. For any Infirmity of the Eye ; Crab [ Fruit like the Gum of an Almond Tree, hung about the N e c k , cure all Infirmitie;ome of its Seeds are open, and othersclofe. of the Eye . And the Bird hath the fame Na 1lanx is a Bird which is aicribed to Pdllm ; ture ; for if the Female dies, the Male wil t has a Crown of Feathers upon its Head, not pair with another; and the Female doeimd great Eyes like a Night-Raven, living in the fame- For Love between a Man and /•>« he Fields. Gnanthins is a Stone as hard as a Wife. If a Man carry the Heart o f a MaUtfilftonc, like a Granate. GlatKu-s is a Sea-C r o w , and a Woman the Heart of the Fe-fifh, known to all men. Now there are male, they will agree between themfelve{Wo forts of the Herb , Female and Mile, all their Life time ; and this Miracle is cer-jrfa* a Woman may conceive: If therefore a tain. For Dyfpnoick,, Epilepticand M/^ri-fcVoman do not retain the Man's Seed, and tick People. T a k e , I fay , one Bcril Stone^ould conceive , let her be girt with the

engrave a Crow upon it, and under itsjplofe Seeds of the Divine Herb, tying it in feet a C r a b ; enclofe alfo a little Savine, andj Linnen Cloth died of feven Colours; let a little of the Heart of the Bird under then be put about her Twi f t . That fl>e mpot Stone , wear it as you wi l l : for it is good\onceive 3 But if fhe have no mind to con-

for C 3 reive,

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cdvc, let her gild her fclf with the ope Seeds, and the Wax of a Mules Ear^ as Ion as (lie pleafes. For cafic Travail: But i fthei

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rota all uncleannefs, when it is dark he-hall appear an elegant Man 5 therefore thole hat fee him, ftiall think him D i v i n e . In the

be danger in t h e Pains"of Birth, bruifeVi lay t i m e alfo whaifoevcr he f.yes, he flial! open Seed, and make it up with O y l , an* believed in i t . And had in bed it will and anoint the Loyns and T w i f t , and ft hew true Villous, will bear w i t h o u t pain. To chafe array D „ . ;,Uaml nil Phantafms : And its Root i L h 1 1 K , V > A ' f u m e or in D r i n k , expels Devils and a Draconihca , the Herb Dragons. Aivf^,,^-Phantafms, a n d b e i n g worn, it does the (am WTTTMS, the Bird Woodpecker. Draco, a Fijh. For 1 Miracle. T h e Eyes of the Bird Glan: \ndritk, a Tree flone. and o f the F i f h Glaucus, bruifc them with little S e a - w a t e r , and put them in a Glal Draconthea is an Herb, having S e e d like buttle. But it is better to dillolve the Gahe eyes of a Dragon , broad l e a v e s , is bad ofthem b o t h , and to keep it in a Glafs-bo (together. The Woodpecker is a Bird known tie. And wlu n you would have the Virtto all, as big as a Quail, it perfoiates Oaks, of N a t u r e t o be admired, Parchments muft Dlive trees and Nut trees, that i t may make written with t h e forefaid foft Collyrintn, an* Neft in the middle of the Wood. T h e in the day indeed i t will not appear 5 bOragon is a Sea l i f t i without fcales: After when it is dark, that which is written mi herefore that it h >s voided much, and would be read. A n d , if you pi cafe, draw any At\o over great violence, the Clouds of Hea-mal upon the wall, and when Night com<fen (hatch it into the Air , and dafti it a-they that are in thedark fhall think what thi;ainft the Mountains, tearing it Limb from lee is e i ther Devils or Gods. That one »;-imb, (o that it is no more. That one be not ftem firoHg, and glorious, and faithful to ,'nrt 5 It is two forked , like a Horfes Tail , mn, and that he may fee true Dreams. At wo fingers in length. Putting it in O y l , if any one will engrave upon the Stone G»^ eep it. Putting it in Oyl indeed, it pre-thins the Bird Glaux, and under its Feet tlpves all People from fafcination and inlir-Fif l i , and under thefe enclofe the Eyes, atnity« For I f i w this upon the Sea coafts of wear it, ahftaining from Swines Flefh a ihe Affyrian Countrey. Dendrites is a Stone,

fro! C 3 which

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14 K I RANI DES and Bookl which is known by many 5 This grows in India in R o c k y maritime places about fii fingers high. For Hearing ; The.Seed of th< Herb Draconihca worn ftmpens the Sight and removes a little pain in the Head. Thi Feather alfo of the Bird, with a little of thi Svonc Dendrites , cures the Hemicra nia or half Head-ach. In like manner tin Feather of the Bird, and a little of the Fill bruifed and applied, fuddenly cures ever; Head-ach. Let us not therefore miftake fo the difliculc finding o f the great Dracdnthes but thofe things which are done, are froi the little Draconthea , which is two hand breadths high, and it is as the Fi(h or th Serpent, and we put this for the other. Fi a xAj-.^Xiyt^lict, or a Flejl) Dropfie, and a eAHpailicc •> or Lcprojie of the Arabians, an any Lcprojie. For a pain in the Head, an the beginning of an Elephantia and Leprofti and a Ay breaking out of the S k i n , the Fa o f the Dragon-Fifli with the Juice of tli Herb, anoynt morning and evening. To opt Doors, Locks, Dolts, and to tame wild Reafl and to be beloved of alt, and to acquire A thingj , that whatever you pleafe may be dot for you. And if one obtain the hole of Tree, in which the young ones of the W001 pccker are, he fhall carry the Herb which knows, and touching ii opens ; For if it

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made of Clay or Chalk, the dirt will fall: If of Stone it burfts: If a wooden Board or iron Plate be fofaftned with Nails, all things cleave and break in pieces upon the touch of the Herb, and the Woodpecker opens and takes out her young ones. If any one there-fore have got this Herb , he will do many things, which are not now lawful to mention, as o f the mod Divine Nature, which Man cannot perform. If therefore any tnan en-grave a Woodpecker in the Stone Dendrite/, and a Sea-Dragon under its feet, and enclofe ihe H u b underneath it, which the Wood-pecker found and carried, every Gate will open to him, and Bolts and Locks. Salvage Beafts will alfo obey him, and come to tame-nefs} he fhall alfo be beloved and ob-ferved o f a l l , and whatfoever he hath a mind to, he fhall acquire and perform. Mrr-cury was a mod accurfed Pagan , and was worfhipped as a God : but I woiftiip Chrijl, and do unwillingly write of Mercury. 0 the Bleffednefs of the Gods! Mercury is an Ani-mal unknown to G O D , and alfo his Nature. For who can find out the generation of Men? He is not, yea, a deceiver, Thou a i t wife, and i n t r u d i n g haft given undeiftanding in the' Pillar, Thus far Nature. B u t he that carries it, fhall learn thofe things that ar: in the Gods, fhall open Locks, and loolc Chains,

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(lull pacific all wild Beads by the will which is in Heaven, (hall allwage the waves of the terrible Sea , lliall chafe away all Devi ls , and dial I appear good to all men. But we will alter for the purpofe. If perchance you ftiould not find the Herb, which opens the fliut Neft of the Woodpecker, enclofc under the engraven Stone the top of a Feather of the Birds wings and the Heart, and one feed ol the Heib Draconthea, and the Stone or the Brain of the Fifh. For being fo carried, they give fiiarp-fightednefs to the E y e s , cure the Head'ach, ami expel all Difeafes of the Eyes and Head IVom the Bearer. More-over they reprefent him rich and potent to! all Men. I

LETTERV. E .

I'-f^w/^r, tic hhrb Rockft. Enlui, ai':don,< a Nivhtm^alc. 'E^'ros, a Sea-Urchin. Enan-\ thus, A Stone.

i ! F.HZ0WPH is the herb Rocket, which is eat-j

rn among pot-herbs, and known to all men.) Echmus, the Sea-Urchin is alfo known to all J Enhii is a Nightingale, known well enough; hnantkus is a Stone of every colour, and it1

is dedicated to Venus, becaufe it is of many colours. Rocket therefore heats, becaufe i .ire h an Error among many , and they,

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know not the nature o f every Herb. Again ft Luft and Eretfion. Therefore Priefts eat R u e , and the herb Agnus taftus, for Chaftity'sfake, For green Rocket quenches Luft much, and frequent Ereftion, and Dreams. Wherefore Pricfts, wfren by their turns they ferve in the Temples, do often eat this, and they fall not into pollution For EreQion, of the Seed of this ^iv. Pepper with Honey morning and night take as much as you can take up with two fingers. But if a man be grown old, and have a loofe and hanging Member, he fhall do this. O f Seed of Rocket ^xvj. Cu-min ^viij, Pepper ^iv. o f Seed o f Purflain gij. Being bruiled and made up with Honey, let him take it morning and evening. It is incom-parable. And the eyes and the heart of a Nightingale laid about men in Bed,keep them awake. To make one die for fleep. For if any one difTolve them, and give them fetretly to any in drink, he will never fleep, but will fo die, and it admits not o f Cure. For Epilep-thk Perjons. If you give half the Navil o f a Sea-Urchin diflolved, to fuch as are held of an Epilepfic , they will prefently be re-lieved 5 but give it only with Honey fre-quently. That you may be amiable to men,ancl known for eloquence, and acceptable, and that you may be feared of Men and wild Deafis. It) the Srone Enanthus with Gold engrave

Venus,

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Venus, and let her Locks and the Hair of her Head be tied to h f r Head, and put the root o f the Herb, antt the Nightingale's Tongue under her, enclofe it and wear ir, and you will be amiable to all men, and known, and eloquent; and not only to Men, but Devils and wild Beafts will fly from you.

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Zf*/Aa|, the Herb Bindweed. Zaukps, a Bird. Zmirena, a Sea-fifl). Smaragdus, an Emeraitld.

I Smilax is a very ftrong Herb, like the Plant •

Ivy . For Women's Travail. If you Crown a Woman with it, that has hard Travail , (he will prcfently bring forth without pain. For ' Pronation. I f any Woman fuffer-difficulty ! with pain in p r o n a t i o n , gird her with i t , and (he will breed without pain. And if you mix of the Juyce of the. Leaves j j . and o f Honey another and give it an Hy-dropick perfon, the party will purge with-out danger : But a Woman, if (lie drinks it, will fuffer a Flux of Blood. Zaucos or Ze«-cos, a fort o f Bird, fome call it a Harpe. For it is a Vnltur devouring white Carkafes. Zmirana, a Sea-Lamprey, is known to all. I An Emcrauld is a known Stone. Therefore if you give the Gut of an Harpe to any one to eat, the Eater will be torn ; for he will be

infatiable.

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infatiable. And if yon give the great Cut | of it, which iscalled ^Atvlepov or Colon, pow- ! dcred in drink to any or roafted to cat, it will perfettly cure the Colick. For People j troubled with the ghtartane Ague and the Lepro• | fie: And its Fat applied with an Oyntmentol Oyl expel* a Quartane. The Dung alfoappli- j cd with Vinegar ftopsa Leprofie. A n d what-ever you will of the Liver given inwardly, corrupts all things that are within. For jll diflnrbance of Dreams, and Lunaticbj, and li t that are troubled with the Colick- The Erne-rauld is a green precious Stone. Engrave , therefore upon it the Bird Harpe, and under its feet a Sea-Lamprey , and under the Stone enclole the Root of the Herb, and wear it, againft Dilhubancc, and Dreams, and Stu-pidity. It caufcs Reft to Lunaticks, and in them that are troubled with the Col ick . A n d it is better , if the Fat of the Sea-Lamprey bt put underneath : For this is Divine.

LETTE R V I I . H.

'Hpuyyiov, the Herb we call Fryngo. HAMB, the Sun-Bird,or fton'iKO'sntp©*, i. e havingJut-let Wings. 'Hq>auQo<;, j. emagwes, Vulcant\Stm. ' HJbiTi, the Fijh Delight, jome cull it Ajjidwn, i kind of Anchovy.

Eryngo is an Herb like Calamus; it grows thumv

20 KIRANIDES and Book I. thorny its Vert tics are fuch as thefe: For , if any carry its Hoot, he (hall not ct any time fnftcr the Treachery of Devils. That the Devil may confcfs who he island from whence .<? And to cafl him out: And if any one have an aercal Spirit, put one of thefe Roots un-der his Cloaths, and he will confcfs to you who he is,and will fly from the Man, aftran-gcr to him. And the whole Herb drunk with its Root in Water and Honey aflwages the Col ick . For the StoneColfcl^and the Stone, and the Strangury : And if it be made hot, and drunk with Water and Honey, it cures thofe thofe that are troubled with theStone, and the Stone-colick , and the Strangury. And let them drink it for fixteen days,every Morning, in Bed: But if you heat p0-«s (which is Pomgranate-Rind) with it, it will do more good. Hedonc is a Sea-filh, which is called Aphyclion, being often eaten,it cures the bloody Flux, and Pains in the Kidneys. And in Hephajiion'sj. c. Weave's Stone, which is called Pyrites, or the Firc-ftone, if any one engrave a Phwnicopterus, and at its Feet a Scorpion, and put under the Stone the Root of the Herb, he will have a Phyla&ery, and a Guard, or a Treacle againft poyfonous Stings j it alfo drives away nofturnal Phan-taltns, and nil Witchcraft, and is good alio for thofe that arc troubled with the Stone.

Being

Book I. HARPOC RATIO N.; 21 Being worn, it confers the Grace and Vertue of Prudence. Saturnius himfelf wore it, and Phaos in Heaven; and in Earth it pofleffes

I Gold and S i l ve r ; it deftroys Infirmity, and j cruel Poverty, and the evil Bonds of Neceffi-I ty , that which gives Trouble is not g o o d )

but forces every Earth, beating Men with the Degree o f Fortune, binding them in Nc-

| cefliries. A certain Saturnine King Kiranis I KuAir^e^Tns, turning and rolling circular up-| on the Centre, with uncorrupt, and never-

failing Changes, whirling all things from the Eaft to the Weft, in the feven Arttick, i. e. North, Stars, holding and moving all ftrange things. Soul, be thou content and fufficient in thofe things which thou aftelt in failing Time! and tho* thou be after Praegnation, yet prefently thou knoweft G O D in the Air, and in the Clouds 5 thou fuffereft Infir-mity upon the Earth, in which being an Inhabitant, thou art tormented. O blefled Soul ! being thenceforth immortal,ccafe from corporeal Labours; tho' in thefe thou be fixt to the Body, yet feek Heavenly things, or from whence Water is? If thou wilt learn, I will declare to thee all things which thou bidft me. Heaven is Water and Fire, the Stars are vifible, and unfpeakable Darknefs is a-bove the Gods. And a Sphere rolling from Eaft to Weft. And that which moves all things

in

22 K I R A N I D E S and B o o k l .

in the Sphaere with wakeful Winds, lets in the Sea. It brings Lightning, and diflblves the Air, it drikes with Thunder, and da flies out darning Fire ; it gives fweet Rain, and gives all Meat good for the Belly. And the Divine Virtue,which docs this, it (elf hides all things that are Earth-born, Roots of Herbs, which are abroad among divers Generations of Vlen ; and they arc given for all four-footed Beads, creeping things, and Fowls of the Air,which fpontaneoufly do all things in their Neds and Dens for Man, all well coloured and green. Let what I (aid before fuftice thee; I tell thee in Profe, and fhow unto thee all the Divinations of the Soul concerning all Virtues; I will tell thee more, when they are revealed. For I have told future things in Metre, or Verfe, concerning the fore-know-Jcdgc of other Animals. For the pr<efciencc of thofe things that are in Heaven and in Earth, and what any one has in his Soul; and what-ever things are done in Climates and Cities, and all future things to Men. There is an Animal flying in the Air, which is called e^o^, upupa, or Houp, of feven Colours, having a Credon his Head, the height of two Fingers, which extends and contracts. And it is of four Co-lours, that it may be diretted to the four Seafons of the Year. This Bird is called C«-tubas, as it is written concerning the fame, in

a3 B o o k l . H AR POC RAT ION.

a former Book, that i6 called Archaicm. And this Animal is facred. Take therefore this Bird, and tear it in pieces, and while it ii panting, fwallow its Heart, turning to the Sun, in the beginning of the firft, or eighth Hour, on Saturday, the Moon being Orien-tal, and drink upon it Milk of a Black Cow, with a little Honey in the Drink. See that you fwallow the Heart found and entire, and you will foreknow what things will be in Heaven, and what on Earth, and what-ever any one has in his Soul, or whatever

j is done in Climates, and in Cities, and what will come to all Men. And this wi l l be the Compolition of the Honey; Of Honey ftj,

living Magnet powdered ^ i j . and tender Stalks of the Herb Eryngo ^vij. When thefe are bruifed, make them up with the Honey,

j And you may have another Magnet, wherein I a Cucubas, i. e. an Houp is engraven,all which

you muft dip in the Compofition of the Ho-ney. And when you would foreknow any

! thing, fird tade it with the Finger, and put • the engraven Load-done about your Neck,

and you fhall foreknow whatever you plcafe, And if you put another Liver and Heart of

1 a Cucnfa into the Confedtion, it will be bet-ter, becaufe it will make you of a ftronger

1 Memorv. And that the Heart may not be : c o r r u p t e d in him that cats it, by fix-foot-

ed

54 KIRANIDES and Book I. ed Creatures, becaufe he that cats this Ho-ney, and fwaUows this Heart, ufes to breed many Lice; it is necefltary, that he be anoin-ted firft with this Oyl. Take of Oyl ^vijp. of Staves-acre bruifed ^ij. beat them well up intoone, put it up, and keep it in readinefs. And when there is occafion for it,then anoint your fell in Bed. If therefore thou forekjiow-tjl, forelel to me, whether the Sonl be mortal, fir immortal} Heanfwering, fiiith, Hear,my Son! Very many falfe Sophiflers are mifiaken in the Vnderjlanding of the immortal Send, but it dsf-certn it felf Why is it, that the Body is at rejl in Bed, and the Sotd is converfant in its pro-per place, i. c. in the Air, whence alfo we too^ this Soul, and fees what things are done in other Climates ? Many times alfo there is a fympa* thy, as between the Mother and the Child, and it if folicitous for the Body in which it inhabits, and before the time forefees and divines future things, whether they be good or evil, which is calleda Dream. Then it returns to the Body,and its proper Habitation, and rifing it fear ches out. Hence it may appear to thee, that the Soul is immortal and incorporeal. Thus (ays Harpocration, finifll-ing this Letter in this place. But Kiranis in (ome things fa yes other wife ; and in other things agreeing, he (ayes concerning the eat-ing of the Houp, that from it there is Pra?fci-ence of all worldly things. Then he f i id

th i s ;

Book I. HARPOCRATION. 25 this; Becaufe the Head and Heart and the ut-mof lRoot of Eryngo is hard to be f o u n d ; if you will lind it" without difficulty, you muft do thus: Take the Seed o f Eryngo and the Earth on which it grow*, and put the Earth and Seed into a Potter's or wooden Veflel, and fprinklc it fomeiimes with w.itcr and when the Herb is fprurg tip, and is come to maturity, like other Ervngoes, then feck, it, as it bccomes you, faffing and eh.dl, and you will find the Gorgon's head. Keep this, and have it in readinels. Take theiviore the Hairs of a Phoca, the Seal, which ate be-tween his N o f e and his 'Vlou.h , and the green Jafper Stone, and the I k.itt ai d Li-ver of the Houp, and the Roots of the Gor-gon of Eryngo, and the feed of i. e. upright Vervein, and the clean Blood of Chryfanthemum, i.e. the Juice o f the Heib Plu-tnaria or Stcechas , and the extremity of the heart of the Seal, and moreover l l u / C r d l o f a Houp's head a l fo ; it were better if you had of all the fbrt f i id forts. Which you mufl wrap up with a little Mols witli Thy mi-ana o f four forts, and put ir in the <kin o f an Ichneumon, or Seal, or St ig, or Crow, or Vultur,and wear it chaftly. And if YOU guild theoutfide, it will be better, for you will ac-quire whatever yem have a mind to, you will oe beloved of Men and Women, and you

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r a 6 K 1 RAN ID ES and Book I. will appear reverend, and peaceful, and qui-et : you will tame wild Bcafts, and conquer your Enemies. And if you put the right eye of a Wolf into the forcfaid things, you will overcome all wild Beafts, and you will acquire by all things. Devils and wild Beafts will fly yon , .ind you will be molt happy, and healthful, and altogether unhurt. For I niixt alfo the Rennet of a Sea-Calf, I over-came all my Enemies, and I was invincible. For he that carries this Phylaftery, fhall have Gifts from G O D , which he hoped not for, •and he (hallbe honoured on every hand, con-quering all men in Word and W o r k , delive-ing from all danger, and from the Devi l , and from Witchcraft, and from all Evi l . I will fay further : It averts all evil, and confers all good. This alfo is a Prognoftick, which on-"iy G O D and you muft know. This /.ettcr of Kirani is perfetl.

Bookl. H AR POC RATION. is eaten , like to a Whit ing, which being great is known indeed. Balkera is lUccbu his Plant. In the F e a f t s of Bacchus they put theThyrfns upon the Wine-prcflcylu: plant of the earth is given to Men for chcarfulnefs,the Virtues whereof I now will tell. It is good in Wine to pour out in the P r e I k s , wlwt Mortals focver have it given them : I willa!(o fay this in Verfe, T o fee or kno.v is of the Earth. For Joy and Mirth in Drwl{. [[ you bruife ^ij of this Plant, and of the Stone, and (hall fay over it the Name of Bacchus , fhall put it into a Flagon of Wine, out o f which they all drink W i n e , having drunk but one Glafs they will all be mellow, as if they were drunk, and returning thanks they will fay ; Thou haft m a d e us merry, 0 Lord ! Here Friends may drink , anil go it-way merry and rejoycing ; If you put the right eye of a Thynnus ( or Tuny ) or of an A-thynnus in Wine, the Friends that are (ate

L b. i T h R VIII . ©. down will break into Joy without drirkiip, Gilpar,:, Hcrba Dionyfi, Ivy. Thyr, a Bird, and they will thank you, as if they were

Thpjitcs a Stone. GJnos, a Fip. ' merry. For Difcord at a Feafi; A n d if you cut the Wing or the top of a Feather of the

"Ihyrjites or Thyrfus the Hetb o f BacchusBird Thyr with a Sword that is all Iron,ar.d fruitful, and profitable for all things. Thyr put it into a Veflel of Wine, layin;;orai: r a B':rd like the Hawk cf »he Sea, having a. the Name of Bacchus, and when you have; div:i.f_ E3i<\icy. Thyrfm. is a Sio.ie i'tke to mind, make them that are (ate clown fnill it,

HUi, and that they may (lied blood and b u t eve am-is D 1 th'i

Coral. Tf.ynnus, a ^ .nv, h a Sv'a

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ther, and it will be fo. That you may he without Drutikennefs , and for all favour and healthi In the Stone Thyrfites engrave the Bird 7lyr and Bacchus holding the Bird, and under the Stone enclofe the R o o t of the Herb, and wear it, and you will be without Drun-kennefs, and will have Favour with all men, aid moreover you will be without danger and invincible in the Palace. For this is a divine Dionyfiack, and weakens the ftrength of Bacchus. For fo fayes Harpocration. \

LETTER I X . I.

W, i.e.a Willow, a fruitlefs Tree, j]afpis, A Jafper Stone, green. 'IxfiV, a Kite, a Bird. Wis, a Fiji).

The Willow is a barren Tree. The Jafper is a known Stone. The Kite is a Bird known to all men. The lulir is a party-coloured Sea-fifh, which is eafily found. Bruife, I fay, ihe green Leaves of Willow with a little Salt, and apply it to the aking Spleen , and the pain will prefently ceafe. And if you would have the Spleen diflolved, boyl the Bark with Oxymd, and give two fpoonfuls fafting, or thus: Make it to boyl to a third, and give to every one according to his own ftrength. And in a Jafper engrave a Kite tearing a Ser-pent, and under the Stone pur a Stone taken

out

Book I. HARPOCRATION. i 9

out of the head o f a Kite, and enclofe it, give it to wear in the Breaft, for it will drive a-way all pain of the Stomach, and will create an Appetite to eat, and good Digcftion. For it has alfo other Virtues, let it be worn only in the Breaft.

LETTER X . K .

KuKai<^o5, Kyn^dius, an Herb, a Stone, a Bird^and a Fiji) fo called.

ICynxdius is an Herb, which is alfo i w Meretrick, Whores Vervein; centum capita 'AcpofiiiTM, the hundred heads of Venus. Ky-n<edtus is a Bird , which is called lynx, as Kiranus fays in the Verfe of Theocritus ; for Example's fake:

"LIIV£; *AK« Tv invov e/jyy TJJ-O/J FI&ftcf. T cLyS'^FC. Per te, lynx, meus ille domum vir q u x f o

trahaturl Pray lynx / fetch my Husband home again!

Some call it jfugius Ales. Kynadius is a Fowl , and feeds like a Quail turning back its neck, as Harpocration (ayes. This has three Stones about its neck, it has a long tongue, and is often dedicated to Venus. Kynadius a Sea-filh, is about fix fingers in greatnefs, it has a broad head like an Uletinus. It is a round

D 5 Fifo f

3° KJRANIDES and Bookl. Fifh, of a tranilucid Body, fo that its Back-bone appears through its Body, as through a Glafs ; and it abounds in the Sea of Syria and Pakfline, and of Syria of Lybia. This therefore has two Stones, which alfo have their proper aftions, as we fhall mention hereafter. And they are in the head. And it has alio another Stone in the third Joynt of the back towards the T a i l , which is mod powerful, and is rcquifite in the Spell or Li-gature of 'Atp&Mjv, i. e. Venus. The Stone Kyntfdius was unknown, becaufe it is ex-ceeding fcarce,and is called Opifianus (ty^©.) i. e. late or llow. For it is Saturnine. This Stone is double or twofold: One is obfeure and black j the other is black indeed, but bright and Alining like Glafs. This is that which many feck, and do not know i t : for it is the Dragons done. If therefore with a little of the Herb and Vulture's dung you make a Fume under a Peach-Tree, the Leaves will fall. That a wans Member cannot he ereCt, till what is laid be removed. And if one lay the Herb under the Pillow, he that lies upon it fliall not ereft, acd if you give a lit-tle of the Herb powdered in drink tq a Man, he will not ereft to coition for feven dayes. That a Coc^ way not tread an Hen 5 p ive ,t to a Cock in Bran or Padc, and he >vill not tread a Hen. That a man for ore

Bookl. HARPOCRATION. 31 day may be Kut-a/cT©*, i. e. a Fornicator; That which is in the Fifh Kyn<edius, in the third Joynt of the backbone , if you give it in meat or drink, a man will be a manifcil For-nicator for one day. To make a Cock trail Cock'•> If you give it to a Cock with I'afte, he will get upon other Cocks, and upon any Male Animal. If therefore any thing take this Stone, it will get upon the like animal, as upon a Female. And the aforefaid d o n e docs all thefe things. T o obtain favour and friend (hi p ^ If anyone carry theTongueof the Bird in a Plate of Gold, he fliall have Favour , and be beloved of all. To mk Men foft 5 if the ends of the wings, of the Flefh ( 1 mean ) not of the Feathers, be fecretlv given to a Man, or to any Male A n i -mal, he will become f o f t , and do female works. For Favour } And if any one car-ry the right eye under an immaculate Sa-phire done, whereon Venus is engraven, he will be gracious and acceptable to all, a n d will overcome in every Confidcry. And the left eye carried by a Woman, will do the fame. To make the Eyes bloodfljot(Thc Blood put in a plate for a Collyriumtand found,makes the eyes blooddiot. For a Tertian and a <2>Hitrtir, Ague $ And the Heart tied about one, when the Moon is in the Wane, cures People cl Tertian and Quartan Agues. For an inm-

D 4 kit

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53 KIR AN ID E S and Book M bit Head-ach ; And the Brain of the Bird giv. en fecretly in Drink or Meat, 'eafes an incq-rable Head-ach. For Hepatic^ Per Jons \ And its Liver b o y l e d with Salt and Water cures Hepatick P e r f o n s . Of Goddefs Venus her Gir-dle 5 T h e k i n d o f Venus. T h e firft and ftrong Ccjhis, i. e. Girdle, mollifies the hearts of Men, and o f all Animals, and the Natures of the Males efpecially, fo that the touchiog nr carrying o f this makes them foft and ef-feminate. F u t t h e r a l f o 5 Upon the Stone Op-firm engrave a M a n having his Privities cut oft, placed o r lying at his Feet, and his hands contrafted u n d e r n e a t h ; a n d himfelf reaching down to hie Privities, and behind his back let there be Venus, having back to back, fhe turning her f e l f , a n d feeing him. Enclofe therefore the S t o n e o f the F i f h Cynadius. But if you have n o t one o f them which arc un-der the head, y o u muft put underneath the Root o f the Herb, and the end of the Bird's left wing. E n c l o f e it in a large Gold Box, and you muft put it into a thong o f the nerve of a Hawk's S t o m a c h , let it be thin, fewing it in the middle of the thong or nerve, that it do not appear. This is that which is paint-ed in the head of Venus , comprehended in a thong or l i g a t u r e , which is called Cefius. ThutiMJe may not eretf ; If any one touch a Male with the thong o r ligature, he will

nor

look I. HARPOCRATION. 53 not ereft, and if he carries it unknowingly, he grows efFeminate. And if he carry any of the Stone of the Fifh, he will be altogether luxurious, not returning to his Nature. And if a Woman carry this ligature,none will car-nally lie with her. For the Man cannot eredh And the meafure of the ligature in refpeft o f breadth,muft be two fingers; of length, five palms. Another Preparation of Venus ; There is alfo another Veflel or Preparation of Ve-nus, which the Queens of Venus carry in pure Gold, and whoever elfe are able. Thefe al-fo muft be in a ligature, which is made of a nerve in fuch a manner, as that the (tones appear not, having a Sculpture, as ia fubjoyn-ed. And the firft muft be (Lapir Sulphureus) Lechnitn or Kerannitk in the middle of the thong or ligature, having Mars armed en-graven. In this let there be Diamond (tones fewed, "having Venus with a thorn about het feet. And again on the other fide two im-maculate wirged Creatures, having Venttt ti-ed by her hair to Love ftanding by. Again al-fo other two (tones on each fide, and in like manner a Sardinian engraven, having on. each fide a Sun drawn with four Colts, that is, a Coach,and a Moon with two Bulls,eachftone having each : And other two (tones on each fide, having Mercury engraven, with the rod of a Scepter in his right hand : And other

two

' KIRANIDES and Bookl t w o Auankita-i i.e.true Unions or white Pearl, having on each fide Erachmites, i. e. reins, the Goddefs Nemcfis having her foot upon a wheel, and holding a R o d . And other two immaculate Pearls, being on each fide not en« graven, and put in the Cejius fo that in all there are thirteen Stones nxt in Golden Cafes, and fo fewed in a ligature, that they may not be feen by the Crowd. And there is a twofold holy ligature, and it fol lows: An-

v other Stone may be carried, hung about the neck, which is callcd i. e. Lunar Stone, in which the Encrcafe o f the Moon and its Divinity appears. And let it have a Moon engraven, and underneath the Stone the Root of barren Selinum, that is , ParHy, in a Gold Cafe. And this is worn about the neck. For wonderful and magnifi-cent Atfs This Myftcry worn makes the wear-er divine, and he is in veneration and adored by all. For many Kings carry it under-hand, or within their Crown, as a Ceflu.f, fo that it may be feen of none. And they fay , that a Scleniics worn in a Ring does the fame. But that we may not deftroy our B o o k , let this Difcourfe fuffice, for it has great Virtues. Wherefore, my Son! I have expounded apd written thefe things with great lludy and la-bour. And know this, that no one elfe has it. Wherefore give this Divine Myftery to no man. LETTER

Book I. HARPOCRATION.

LETTER XI . A.

the Frankincenfe tree. L)Mum, a Stone. Lynx, a Vulture.' AdGes^i t tijh ti-led a Bafs.

Lihanus is a fhrubby tree, whole Gum la migated raifes divine Spirits. Lingurm is a (tone about the Hills Lingui, thence f o d led. But fomc fay it is the Gum of tk Poplar tree ^ however it is good. Lynx isi Bird, which is called Gyps or a Vulture, i very ftrong Creature. Labrax is a Sca-i called a Bafs, known to all. Of thefi t J: Eye-Salve is made for all dimnefs of tlx En; fo that in three days it makes the Sight ftarf. I is good for the beginning of a Suffufion, a Ct\i-rati, turning hjtcl^ of the Eye hd, Rougl.m dilatation of the Pupil/a, Owl-fightedncfs, If, trinejs , ltchng , Drinefs , falling away of l1

hairs of the Eye-lids,eating away of the Cormnj the Eyes, and for many other Difeajes. Anoink with it is excellent good for all thefe things. Ai a this is the Confe&ion of i t : Of Ohbamimjiv Lapis Lyngurius Vultures Gall l iver of a Bafs ^iij. the beft Honey ^ vj W h e n this is old , it is better. But Kiram\ Eve-Salve was thus 5 O f Olibanum ;vj. G a l l ofi Bafs, Gall o f a Vultur ' , each 7;vj. 1'tpKi jjiij. Honey without drofs 5iij. in tV Sn 1

36 KIRANIDES and Bookl,

Lpigurius engrave a Vulture, and put under-neath a little Frankincenfe, and the top of the Bird's Wings, and carry i t : for it will be good for the Pin and Web in the Eyes.

LETTER XII . M.

M < y a . , a Mulberry tree. Migriot, a Bird, Mjdiau, a Stone. Mormyros, a Fijb known to til,

The Mulberry-tree is known to all. Migriot the B i r d , is a Night-Raven, known to all. M;</;w,theStone,is dedicated to Vems.Mor-»'jros is a little edible Sea-fifh, like a Bafi. To make a Diarrhea and Evacuation 5 The Juice of the Root of the Mulberry-tree giv-en fccretly in meat or drink, purges, and caufes a Diarrhea. And if-any one chew the inner Rind of the Root, and fwallow his Spittle, and fpit out the Subftance, that man will die of a Diarrhea. It is good for great ftin in the Teeth called Grinders, and in the Gums, and does not fuffer them to corrode, yea, it makes them that are corroded, fill without pm. Of the inner Rind \ij . of fharp Vine-gar =xix. Bruife or fhred the R i n d , boyl it half a w a y ; wafh the Mouth with it morhing and evening. For Womens Flux of Blood from the Matrix or from the Arfe5 And we have difcourfed this by the divine power. Some

therefore

Bookl . HARPOCRATION. 47

therefore of the boughs of the Mulberry tree are upright, others look down to the ground, and they have large Buds like an Egg. If a-ny man then (hall (land upright on his feet, and (hall look towards the South-weft wind, and with two fingers of his left hand fhall raife the bud of the twig of a Branch that looks upward, extending and pulling it to-wards the Eaft. and fhall wrap it up in true Purplfe or Red , and tie it about, and fhall touch a Woman that is troubled with a flux of Blood from the Matrix or Arfe, the Flux will ftop in three days. For fuch of fpit Blood ; But if a man pluck a Bud that looks downward, as before was faid, i. e. ftanding, and fhall tie it up , he will ftop fpitting of Blood in three dayes. Thefe are the things they call Anacardia ; thofe indeed that look upwards cure inferior Fluxes in fo many dayes, and thofe that look downward, cure the fuperior. And this is that for the Flux of Blood, which they call dva.ng.fMa, or xecno-UPpSia. For the EntericU, which are called Exophan<e, or t^o^dLhs, i. e. the Haemorrhoids. Indeed many falfe Sophifters arc miftaken. But for the Enterida, which are called H<e-morrhoides and Exochades,a Medicine is made. It is o f the unripe Juice of the Mulberry 51'j. Chalcith ^ xij. Lapis Inclicus ^iv. The ends of feven Crows wings with a little Wine, mix it

with

?8 K IRANI DBS and B o o k l Book l . HARPOCRATION. 39

with a Feather of the fame wings, till it h foft and tough like Glew. For the innei Hemorrhoids make Suppofitories or Clydcrs, and for the Exochades or outer , make inun-ctions. And in the Name of G O D ufe this Ligature. In a little Stone engrave the Fifh

LETTER XIII. N .

N e x u ' / a , an Herb. Naucrates, a Fiji). N^a, Bird. Nemejiter, a Stone.

N m / i a , is the herb Florinus, i. e. Taj/fii Mormjrits, and enclofe it in an Iron Box, and Barbatus or Mullein: There are feven forts of put under it a Bud of Mulberry-tree look ing upward, and carry it. It will be good for Hemorrhoids and the Arfe. For fpitting oj They burn the Leaves of this in Lamps for Blood, and Bleeding at the Nofe, and any D i f " " 1 Tr>~~ 1

eafes above } A Purge alfo is prepared of the Root of the Mulberry-tree. O Mulberry-tree a potent Plant, not created for a few things

this Herb. It differs therefore as much as the Leaves,which alcend a cubit above the Earth,

For thy Juice mixt equally wifh the Juice For vtxvi fignifies dead. N?lwa,i. e. a Duck,is of the Root of the Herb Stratiotes of Perjia,

Wieks. For they have them HavJiiati ( u e. in Necromancy J w h i c h is per-formed in a Shell, which they do to this day. Wherefore they call this herb Ntlyt,

aBirdfwimming in Rivers, about the bignefs i. e. Savory, and in like manner the Juice olof a Hen. Nauxe^-ms is the Sea-filh e^w, Tithyraal and Scammony equally, mix them all equally, and boyl thrice as much Honey to the thicknefs of an Oyntment, and wher you have taken it off", put it up in a GlafSfooner be pluckt up by the roots. Forth Bottle, and give of it to one fading and that Gout 5 This whole Fifli boyled in O y l , to keeps an exatt Diet. But if you give above the thicknefs of Wax, thtn the O y l drained the bignefs of a Bean, he that takes it wil out, and boiled vo the thicknefs of a Plafter, be ftized with a Vomiting and Loofnefs, am this applied Plaftei wife curcs the Gout. Ne-

Or Remora, i. e. Stop-drip; if this flick to a Ship under Sail, it will r.ot fuffer the Ship to ftir , it would b'reak f i rd , or a Tree might

will not live a day. Give nothiug fuperfluou! in Meat or Drink, but give to every on< according to the ftrcngth of the Taker.

LET\

mefttes is a Stone from the Altar of Nemcjh, a Goddefs of the Athenians, It is an excel-lent ftone. Let Nemejis therefore b e en-graven on that done , having one of her Feet upon a Wheel. Her Favour is l ike a

Viijnns,

1

41 KIRANIDES and Book I, floOk L HARPOCRATION. 57 40 IL 1 K A W 1 JJ ana Book I,

Virgin's, holding in her left hand a Pirrhit, i.e. an Glne or Meafure, and in her right hand a Rod, and with one foot treading upon an Oxc. And enclofe under it the ftone Acronius, and a little of the Mulberry- tree. If there• fore you Jbew that Finger to one poffeffed , tht Devil will immediately confcfs himfelf and ht gone. It is good alfo for Phantafms,and Dreamt of Devib, and for Childrens Frights, and Nightly Fears. But the Wearer muft abftain from all polluted and unclean things. For this Ring king worn,fhews the quantity of the years of lift,and the quality of death,and the place. If you few a little of the bones of the fhort Fifh Rfmora in a Horfes Hide, and have it with you when you take fhipping, the Ship will not budge in the water at hoijiing Sail, unlefs what is put there be taken away, or you go out of the Ship. For the, fore-knowledge of Life and Death ; as I faid before, you muft ufe the prsguftation, or pixcognition of the Hawk.

LETTER X IV . » 3«pioy, an Herb. Xiphius, a Stone. Xiphiut,

third. Siip/cw, a Fifh known to allt called Spatha or Gladius.

Xiphion, i.e. Gladiole, is an herb, which a bounds in all Lands; it has Leaves like

Corn

Corn, but longer. It grows in plowed grounds with Corn , fome call it Machsra9

i.e. a Knife Or Sk ien , others (pdayavov, a Sword. It attends upright from the ground 06 one Arm j and it is but of one Branch. It Has a Gold coloured, purplifli, fweet-fented Flower. Shepherds make Garlands of it in the Spring time. Xiphias a kind of Sapphire, 3 ftone known to all, this is as plentiful as Pebbles in every Land, it is of colour like to Calenos. in theRegion of Syria they ufe this at the burnt Sacrifice of four-footed Beafts. Xiphius, the Bird* is a kind of Hawk, which js called Kydos. Xiphias the Fifh is party-ca-loured, little and fmall like the liilis. The Flower therefore and Root of the Herb i f a quantity be kept in a Jar or Hogfhead of Oyl , and continue there for fome time, when you take it out and put it up again, it •will be the Unguent, that is required in the Sacred Books, which in the Country of Melanitif is called Suftnum. About which the old Pro-phets are' miftaken. But in the Country o f Syria the Plant is called Sufannum, and in Melanitis Sujinups. This Herb has two roots, one above and another below. If therefore you give the upper Root to any one niixt in lViney

to drink, he will ere ft : But ef any one drink.the tower, it will do the contrary , and he will be without feed. In the Stone therefore engrave

E a Hawk,

43 IK1RANIDES and Book f, a H a w k , and under its feet aF i fh , and en-clofe the Hoot of the Herb under the Stone, and keep it. This Ring is cBaft, and fo it he that wears it. If therefore you have it about you, in the Oracle you will l ie , what you have a mind to. And if you put it up on any Animal, or upon any framed Idol, it will give you an Oracle concerning all that, which you have a mind to know. And the Head of the Fifli put into a fuffumigation with Myrrh, makes them that fmell it feem as if they were poflefled with the Devil. But do you anoynt your Nofe with ftrong Oynt ment, and you will no way be enraged or mad.

LETTER X V . O.

'Oeoflopjis, an Herb. "Opn/£, a Bird. Orphos a Fiji). " 'Oiv^jnis, a Stone known to all.

Onotbyrk or Onothyrfts is an Herb, fome call it 'Ovoj{g.hcL'^i% i. e. Afles Mallow, this is a Role, of which they make Garlands 5 It has Leaves like domeftick Mallow. This by the Greeks is called « * 9 i . e. MafoavjfcvsMaifa MaI|ow.Or/yx,a Quail,is a Bird known to all, yet its Nature is not ealily known 5 for there is one thing concerning this, unknown. For when there are great Storms upon the Coafts oj Lybia deferta, the Sea cafis up great Tunnies upon the fl)ore, and thefe breed Worms for four

teen

Book I. HARPOCRATION. 43

teen dayes, and grow to be as big as Flits, iki at Locufis , which being. augmented in lignt-. become Birds, called Quails. After ihh lit South or South'wefi Wind blowing jlrong, fhtj pafs the Seas into Pamphylia or CiliciawJIre-land, and confidently, the North-wind blm% they go to the Sea-coaflsof tlx Country of Syria and the other parts of the Land of Melanitis, But abominable falfe Sophijlers fay, ikj m chaji, whereas they know not the Njlm of them. Orphos is an edible Sea-fifh, much like a Tench. Onychites is a Sardonjx. ftone known to all. The Root therefore of the Herb boyled with Oyl and the Fat of a Quail, and then a little Wax added, is goodforhm-nefs of the Matrix, and Swellings, and Vlctn, and Itchings, and all other Womens Diftujei ii the Matrix. And it is put into Medicines fo the Kidneys. And it i9.good for Glmnu, i. e. the Kings Evil. The Eyes ofQuail, with the Root of the Herb hung about on diminilh a Quotidian and Quartan cold Fii in the wain of the Moon. For lliufm} Dif-folve the Eyes of the Quail or of the Se?

; Tench wUh a little, water in a Glafs-Velit for feven dayes, (hen add a little O y l : Put a little of this in the Candle, or only anoint; Rag, and light it among the Comftony, anil they will look upon themfclves like D e v i l s or, fire, fo that every one will run his way,

E 3 tfct

44 KIR A N.I'D BS and Bookl the Sardonyx Stone engrave a Quail, and un-der its Feet a Sea-Tenon,and put a little of the forefaid Confeftion under the Stone in the hollow of the King. And when you are wil-ling not to be feen, anoint your Face all over with the forefaid Confe&ion, and wear the Ring, and no Man (hall fee you, if you do any thing in the Houfe; no, not if you(hould take any thing away that is in the Houfe.

LETTER XVI. n .

notoJjpw?, fome call it ^etpcti^Aor, Knot-grafs. Porphyrin, a pluvial Bird, or Plover, which a-Umt in Rivers. Poapvpa, a fea Jhell-fifl), the Purple: feme call it Scolecium, like to a Wilk. Porphjrivt, the Porphyry-ftone, weUkjtown in the Country of Melanitis.

This Root therefore taken up in the Wane of the Moon, and carried about one, differs rot the Eyes fo be weak. And its Juice pre-pared, as we fhall fet down hereafter, is good tor many Difeafes in the Eyes. For the Eyes of MM are fnbjeS to\ and tormented with many Difeafes. And that I may not depart from what I fay, but make good my word : In the Ejt-lids there happen Itching,Nits, Lice, falling of the Hair, entangling of the Hair, Baldnefs, Gniido, Hordeolum, Warts, Purblindnefs, thick-*tft of the Eye-lids, here are eleven. About

the

B o o k ! . HARPOCtLATION. 4$

the &haw)viov, or skiti of the Eye-lids, Rough- * ttefs, Watrinefr>, Ulcers, Hairinefs, here* are four. About the Corners, fcabbinefs, dryntfi, Agethi-nos, Aduflion, cvyAwTiia, cu^Aa)-^, ferix, fret-ting, eating away, here are nine. About the Ball of the Eye, Pterygium, Albula, p>j£it, /uu>ox.i<pa.-

ftzauAufia,; aJuaAw^, srpetyyos, uva visits, here are nine. About the Pu-pil, or Sights there are nebula or nubes, hebeta-tio, latitudo pupillt, effufio, effeftio, defeffio, atrophia, or <pdi<ns, glaucedo, (JJU^Q^OLOK, g^ins pupill<e, oimmov, metalopa,myops, obfeuratio,here are twelve. In the whole fubflance of the Ere, there are (pAe^ffc, (plfw™* WW™"* COff*buJtio, fuffufio, apoflema, comeftio, ulcus, circumdolor, pjydrakium, here are ten. And there are feve-ral forts of Rheums,lene, Adfyov, fubitum, cali-duns, dulce, frigidum, tepidum, tenue, acre, anti-quum & arenofum., ,aluminofum, here are ele-ven Rheums, and in all fifty five Difeafes. And this is the Preparation of the Confe&ion for all the forefaid Difeafes: Juice of the Herb f v j . Licium Indicum^vy Myrrh, Saffron, Fran-kincenfe, Opium, each jv i j . black Acacia f x i j . Rain-water f v . Beat them up together, and keep it in a Glafs Veflel. But it is better to put in Wine for Water. This is a moft preci-ous thing for the Rheum, and for all Difeafes of the Eyes, and Dimnefs $ for it flops every Rheum. Moreover anointing with it in the Bathe, and

E 3 • wafting

46 KIRANIDES <and Bookl.. ' " off* » a great help for all paint. For

the Memitrania. And the raw Flcfli of the PurpJe-fifh, applied Plaftcr-wifc to the Fore-h w d affwages the Hemicrania. And in the Forphyrv-ftone engrave the Bird, and under

Its tcet Kmfyum, or the Purp/c-fift, and put under the Stone the end of the Birds Wine* and enclofe it, and wear it againfi every Head-ach, and every Hemicrania. And it is alfo good for Rheumarick Eyes. In the Wain of the Moon make the Ring, And the Eye-falve.

LETTER XVIf . P . 'Pa^©., a PJant. Romphea, the Bird VUK-

Tte«, an Owl with long Ears well ktiown to all 'Pa<pk, a Sea fifi, having as it were a Needle in its Mouth. a parti coloured (lone, a

tor»cdfojK,ff&ee*daftle Riwoccros Nofe. For it is hie a Horn.

If therefore you put a Branch of the Plant in the Houle, all Devils will fly away. And the Juice of the Plant, and the Fruit with Honey, applied to the Eye, fharpens ike fight. And if it be applied alone, it tafa out white Specks in the Eye. But boyl it to a. Thicknefs. And the Blood of the Owl , if you anoint with it, and the Juice of ihe Herb, and Honey, will Jharpen the fight, and take away a fuffufion. And let an Owl be engraven in the Stone, and at

i ts

Bookl. HARPOCRATION. 47 its Feet the Needle-fifh, and under the Stone put the R o o t of the Herb. He that carriii this (hall put Devils to flight. And if you lay it under the Head o f any one that knows it

pot, he will net Jleep. In like wanner alfo, If you cut o f f the Head o f a living Owl, and tie it in a black Skin, and apply it to any ones left Arm, he will not fleep, till it be taken from him.

* LETTER XVIII . 2 .

'SATV&LOV, an Herb, Sr^w^ox-a^Aos, a Bird, Strnthiogambarnm, an Eflrich. XdAmi, a Fijh, a Sea-Cow. Saphtrus? a Saphire-fione.

•

Satyrion is an Herb like Spinofa, and it Harts up with its whole Stalk from the G r o u n d ; it

is two Palms in heighth, full of Seed.' It and the Seed have a watrifh pale Colour. The Eflrich is a known Bird. The Sea-Cow is an edible Fifh, well coloured and known. The immaculate Sa phi re is dedicated to Ftm, Therefore the Preparation of the Herb is in this manner j For fpent and barren Women, ami for Coition,and for fuch as have a watry and thin feed, and which cannot conceive, and Juch ai are withered and dry : For this is arid and de-legable, and gives Conception. If before Coiti-on, you ftrew it on the virile Member,anoint-ed with Honey, the Woman will be debilita-

E 4 ted

43 KIRANIDES and Book I, f fed beyond meafurc. And i f the Woman bo fo anointed, the Intenfenefs of the Adk will be great: For it dries up Nafute, and caufes Conception, and makes barren Women con-ceive. And it is prepared thus: OfSatyrion Seed §ij. and Seed of Pepper I). Alumenfdf fit I j. (l>ut according to another Book) f i j . Sty ptrti rotunda, i. c. common Allum Aroma te mdk j. Lay it up in a Vtflel, and com-municate it to no man. The Preparation, or Cortfeftionof Aromate aridis is thus, Cofius f i i j . Spikenard (in another Boolfltij.) Carpobalfa-mm fiij, Ammum ( in another place f v.) Cloves $ij. Cnjfia fij. Storax ^ v . Opobalfamum*). Mcs exungulated -iiij. Musk Powder the dry things very 'finely, and fift them well. Then rub the Storax a long time apart, and then with the beaten Rofes and Balfam, and all niuct together, make Trochifcs t After-wards Id/iimigate them, and dry them in a : : i, //7'wi/w of Tree-Mofs and Storax, and M.ifich, Qui i Is Claws, and Cofius, which lew? Med, put them up in a Glafs Veflel, mn when y o u have occafion for Conception' powder t w o Tiochifcs. And this is ConMil tttmVr fic.'ii. And the Bird Eftrich has an Etbidirm, which is called fuffmium aridum, the inner Skin of the Gizzard: This powder-ed, and given in D: ink li e r e t l y p r o c u r e s Love

' 1 wiry. Ami the Stone of the Echinus,

3. c.

loOk L HARPOCRATION. 57 i.e.of the Gizzard of an Eft rich, with one C> rain of Satyrion, powdered and given in Meat or Drink fecretly,/>»wwtt great Intenfenefs to them tfpeciaUy, who are impotent in Coition. And the f t o n e i t felf, only hung about the Necktcaufes good Digefiion, and Intenfenefs in Coition. And the Stone of the right Temple of the Sea-Cow, carried about one, caufes Intenfenefs, or Eretiion. And the left Stone does the con-trary. And the Fat o f the Fifh caufes great Delights, beaten up, or difiolved with Ho-ney, and anointed on both Genitals. Engrave therefore upon a Saphire-ftone an Eftrich holding a Sea-Cow in its Mouth, and put underneath a grain, of Satyrium and a little of the Stone, which is in the Echinm or Giz-zard of the fame Bird, and encloGng it, wear it, againfi all indigefiion and for Tenjion- and Love. For it is very good for thofe thatdefire to ufe much Coition, and for old Men. Ana it wakes him that mart it, gracious.

LETTER X I X . T. Trifolium, Trefoil, a known Herb. Tec at,

the Peacoc4, a delegable and acceptable Bird, which all do know. Tpuyuv, a. Turtle, a Sea-fifh known to all, whofe good and bad is kpown. Ta'itis, a Stone as beautiful as a Peacock.-, And hk§ one.

Engrave therefore in the Stone a Peacock, holding

KIRANIDES and Bookl M t I. HARPOCRATION. 50 holding a Sea-Turtle, and under the Stone the Peacock's Voycq ajo, and put the Rooti underneath. For this carried about one is

51

jn4 enclofing it , you will have a great hylattery for all Fits of the Mother tnd

Stpjmmings in the Head^ and Flux of Blood, great Miracle for Vi&ory and Peace, and Sta* tnd furtherfor all Difeafis of the Mother, « bility, and all Gain 5 fo that the very Divinity rejoyces in i f . And it fiews in Sleep whatever you would. For if you place-it under yout Head, in great red, you. (hall fee in a Dream what you have a mind to. And give this Ring to no other Body. For fuch another is not found. And by the Stone that is in the Head of a Peacock, given in Drink with your own Sweat, you may obtain any Vir gin which you have a mind to.

L E T T E R X X . Y.

'Tinpiw, is an Herb ftupendoufly good'-, fbmt call it Dionyfiaca , i. e. Bacchus and Jovi their Herb, <urpo£anJTvA©-, it is a Summer Plant. Yperionis avis is the Female Eagle, like to the Male Eagle. " T K R © . , a Sea-fifb not edible. Tenos, a Stone which is found in Ri-vers, it is a Stone having a very bloody . Co-lour.

Engrave therefore in the Stone an Eagle tearing the Fifh, and under the Stone put a Root of the H e r b , and the end ot a Fea ther of the Eagle's W i n g , and if you have it n o t , put in a Hawk's Feather

and

cfpt the falling 'down of thi Womb. Give it therefore to Women Patients as a great My-fery.

L E TTE R X X I .

fyuwv is an Herb, which is called fictlylyn, i. e. Rana, an evil Plant. The form of it is a ipium raninum : And.it grows in Waters, htiti$ if a burning quality. <J>fuV» is a Bird, aid fome call it Itfaeris, others a green Bird } it it of the bignefs of a Sparrow. 1, a Seal or Sen-Calf, viz. an excellent Sea-Animal having bands like a Man, a Face like a Calf or a Cow. tpdvos, fome call it /3xtest-^h a Toad-jlone.

The Virtue of the Herb therefore is ftrong as Iron, viz,, it breaks Apoflemes, Kernels, Glands, and all things that are purulent. And you fliall caufe a Plafteror Oyntment to be laid on b u t for three hours, then take ita-way, and you will find the Body marked and hurt : But in hard Bodies you may let it lie on longer. And after incifion ufe thofe things, which cleanfe and draw, and then Healers. And this is the Rofary. Of the Herb Batrachia f i v . Arfenick §iv. Chalcitn

5> KIRANIDES and Boot** »• HARPOCRATION. 5* =iv. Lathyridon 5iv. the Breafts o f CantbarB®?> c jec ia l l j r i f it have the R o o t or dcs, throwing away the wings and legs 5 v f r U " L

o f f * o n y " A " d t h C 8

quick Lime ( i n another place f v i i ; 5 O y P a l s h , a ,n d s ' T * d a b ° u ' ° . r w o r i » f m ' of Cedar, .or k o f c , or Cofius what is f u f f i c W a t c . 3 , 1 T ' e a c h e " e ? and Fafcinatiom. There , cnti French Soap §iv. Beat them t o g e t h e f r e tt will not be inconvenient neithfer, to carefully, and make a Plafter, and lay it u £ u t a Nail o f the right hand into this Phyla-in a Glafs Veflel. Ufe it, and take care y o i f " ? - A n d * * . H « » o f a Seal put into an lay it not upon a Nerve or Mufcle, and make and tied about ofie in a Girdle, a Convullion. And it is good alfo for at F°res al1 °f lh<Loy*" *nd Kidneys. Be-Mgilop, and Trichiafu, applied after they.ap "8 P u t a l £ " J Shooes they cure the pear to be rifen. The hairs alfo o f a Seal B Flux And likewife the which are found between its Nofe and iti ' a t o f • m , x t with Oyntment of Rofes, Mouth, the greater and harfher of then ^ood for Goutyperfons And i f one tte the pluckt, with the middle of a Seal's Heart H«»rt o f it to the Maft o f a Ship, the Ship will and the Heart o f a Houp, and a little o f th( Shiptorack, And if youJiang its Liver o fa Seal, and fome Chryfanthemum oi f ! n a t t h « Say 1-yard or at the Maft o f a Sittcbas or herb Plumaria, o f Ants herb, anc » ! P " " " mt be P™* ? Thunder. And lynx, of the Tongue of an Eftrich,and a lit ® c ® , r d c f t e n CU.rCS , a e n c k P e r f o n s ' , , A " d

tie Musk in Deer's Skin, and tie up the rightll? G l a w s a b o U t o n e c!<re t h e c o l d f * Eye ofa Wolf; and keep it for a great P h y - f ' Tertian and Quartan Ague. laftery for all Friendjhip., a9d obtaining of And its Heart tied in a Cloth, and worn up-ttory. For it diffolves all Enmity, and confert on,the Arms» PHts ° f f a Tertian, and Quartan, Friendjhip, it aifo delivers from all necejfity and™ In a Toadftone there-ilijjiculty of Times, and from danger, and front™ engrave a Hawk « and at its feet tlie

JJ 'XIMJWJ tlr/Ll f^UUC* Ur/IA g l / V L . J • J

~»rly> opportunity, and abundance of all gooc P.°PS all Fluxes of Blood, and cures the faun-and truly it if the great Protection oj*'C€- h * good alfo for fuch as fpit blood, and

GOD, for

54 KIRANIDES and Book,

for the Flux of Women, and if good for the 4 of Fury above the Auger of ones Enemies, e pecially if the hairs of a Seal be enclofcd it. It preferves alfo from venomous Stings, Ali it hastother Adto alfo, which I- fhall relate Take the Stone,, which is called Hieraciti and engrave in. it a Hawk, and at his feet Frog, and under foot engrave this M l It a i

iotiki. HAkPtjC RATION, k

Water Where the Bird whs killed is, and take Of thar Water §ij; : ahd of Honey §j. and of Rofemary root 5'tV. and of Barley htft info-fcd in Rain-water till it fprout, fo that in-deed the Grain does juft appear, xxviij Corns, and of the Herb Batrachia §iv. Frank-ilicenfe $iv. of the Herb Chamaleon iij Seeds, which are called Ctoidius Coccus. Bruife them,

which is Malaa. In another Book it is foua tnd boyl them with Hydromel, till it grow as thus ; MerGyf Rai man ovaa. And in a lii .thick as an Eleftuary, and put it up in a ing Loadftone make this Sculpture, A a M d a f t Vefifel, and keep it covered. But when a aGy na: But others have it thus ^ a a a a you put this u p , put into it the heart of a And take a common H a w k , which we a Circus, or a Falcon, kill, it in Spring* wat4 by dipping it under wator fo often till i*di< >mel after it, and a little of the Compofition, Take it therefore, and preferve it in Myn for (even days* as in Salt. And after fevi dayes , tie the Tortguci and the Heaii with the Tongue of a living Frog, anldtn ftones,Jcil. a Hieracites and Q Magnet; .and1

little filings of Steel, thalt the Magnet! m live, tie them in a Hawks Skin r And'ma the Ligature of the Phylaftery of the. nen of the Hawk, as a round (or twitted) Co fraall and long, that being worn about Neck, it may reach to the Stomach and Hiea and you will foreknow all things. But neit tell, nor teach this to thy own Son. Thi the Apozeme or Cup of thi P by lattery. A Taki new Flagon or D i f n , in which the fore

Wa

Houp, and its B lood; and again upon this, fwallow another heart of a Houp, and Hydro-

and you• will be ptrfett alt the time of your Lift. And it is good, if you dip theforefaid ftones in the fame Compofition, and fo you will pro-vide for your felf When you want any thine, or you (hall keep a Ring fo, and you willoe perfeft. When therefore you would foreknow, or know, whatever is done in the World, or in tkj ownHoufh^or in another Houfe, concerning \ Man dr a Woman, or a Thief; tafte firft with One finger of the Compofition, and drink de-voutly, and afterwards Hydromel, and carry the aforefaid Phylaftery about your neck, To that it may reach your Heart and Stomach, and you will be a Fore-knowfcr of all things. Whatever you have a mind to know Concern-

ing

56 KIRANIDES and Book I, ing the life of a Man or Woman, tbeir Ani-ons a n d Generations, and Lots or Fortunes, and concerning Thieves and Fugitives, wijere and how they are 5 as a wife Man you fhall have Science of, and know, and difcern eyeyy thing-

LkTTER XXII. X.

Xpumi'^i', i. e. Golden-Flour^ is an Herb to all. X f v M f i s , Golden-wing, is 4

Bird of the bignefs of a guaiil. Xpvm<f><& ( ot rstkerXpumfpvi') an edible Sea-fib known to alit

t Quilt-head. XfuoinIJ, a ffected Stone, and at itmre Golden.

The Flower therefore o f Chry fanthemum it of a Gold colour, and there are Chives in th? middle of the Flower, like Ants, little am black, having little wings. This is called Man's Blood. This therefore is gathered be fore the rifiog of the Sun, the Sun being in Aries, and is put in a Glafs Veflel with Oyl cf Rofes and the Flower of the Herb : Then coming in the Moroing, take chsjftly a, Ijtt of it, and anoint your Face, a n d g o p w a y confidently, for- it will makg yon amiable, am uctptable, and efficacious with all Men, and fit

" " f. And-if-you do this at the Sun-rifing,

floOk L HARPOCRATION. 57 The R o o t therefore of the Herb with the Stone out o f the Fifties Head, tied in a Cloth, if good for pain of Childrens Teeth in breeding them. The Eyes o f the Bird Chvyfepteris, hung about one, cure Tertian Agues. Its Hea t alfo hung about the Neck cures Fevers. T h e Stone alfo of the Head of it, hung about the neck, cures Confumptions. In the Stone Chry-Ites engrave a Bird having a round Crown, and at its feet the Filh , and underneath en-clofe the Root of the Herb : Give it to wear againfi Pains of the Stomach, and Fits of the Mother, and the Stone in the Kidneys. And it makes the wearer acceptable mnd amiable'in all all things. And it is good for Fevers, i f it be put in Oyl , and unftion be made with that Oyl, at Sun-fetting. And it has other Effica-cies. A Drink for Love, if you infufe it in Wine and drink it. And if any one have the flone of the iFifties Head with the forefaid things,it will be very good good for Phthifical People.

itwilfbethe more effe&ual. And it hgqod for infortHnate degrees, inefficacy and fuchjksp.

LETTE R X X I I I . *

•^Jttiop, is an Herb known to all, Flea-toort. ^uAA©. marinus, a very little Animal which Fifhers ufe. It fings by the Jhore. f well known Bird, a Starling. Pjorites, a Stone tailed mipos, i. e. fadum.

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Boyl therefore of the Seed o f the Herb ~iij. in ^xviij. of Water to vifcofity, drain it through a Cloth, and throw away the dregs, and in the Water which you drained out, put o f Wax ^iij. of Oyl §vj. Then bpyl them, till the Wax is melted, and rub it a long time in a Mortar. For this is a divine Plafler for the Gout and Stone, and injenfible Flefi. And if you put the Stone into the Blood of the Bird, and anoynt the Face, yon will cure Ter tian and Quartan Agues. And if in the fore-laid Juice o f the Herb you dip the Stone thr ice , and anoynt thole , that have the Head-ach, in the Face, you will keep them with* out pain. And Pfyllus marinus, tied up with viij Seeds oC P j y l l i u w in a Cloth, and hung about the neck, drives away a Fit of a Tertian Ague. And boyl a great many PJylli marini in Sea-water, andfprinkle it where there are nsa• ny Fleas, and there fhall he no more. In the Stone Pforicus engrave three Pfylli marini abiding under the green Reed , anc cnclofe the Roots of the Herb , ant give it to a little one to wear, that falls ant heats out his Teeth. And if a Fifher carry it a bout him, watching all day by a River oj Pond, he will make a great catching of Fiji).

LET

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L E T T E R X X I V . a

' Chwij&v, an edible Plant, kpuwn to all, Ed-fil. 'Chujidepos, a Bird, Swift-wing, a vernal>h Animal, common to all, , a Swallow, *fl/juc a Sea fifl), Ibcmbras, another calls it Kpi-bros, a fmall edible Animal, which is edd jxaycij, a Pilchard or Herring. 'ilwnium, e. velocitcr parkns, quickly bearing, is a Stem left than the Eagle-ft one and ratling. And it is fnsooth to tie Touch.

We know of the Plant Bafil, that it has great E l F e & s . If any one chtw this Herb fa-ding, and before he have wafhed, and (hall fet it in the open Air for feven nights,in which time the Sun may not fee it, taking it away indeed by day, and by night expoling it to the open Air, he will find a Scorpion of fe-ven knots and green. If this fling any on, he will fwell and die in three dayes. And it you put it into water or wine, and g i v e it any one todrirjk, all his Bocjy will grow dry and leprous. For of this comc incurable Ulcers, And if you bruife the f a m e S c o r p i o n with the jeed o f the herb Scorpioma, a n d m a k e Pills, afterwaids dry them and put tlicm u p in a Glaft, and give them any one t h a t is fcpilep. tick, he will no longer be I n u t . A n d you mud give it for f e v e n d a y e s a l i k e , t h r e e Pills

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60 K I R AN I D E S and Book I.

fafting, in temperate wine. But if you give it to a healthy Man, he will grow Lunatick, and he will be incurable. And if you anoint Ptople in Tertian Agues with the Juice of the herb Bafiland Swallow's Dung, you will cure them. And if you give a Swallow's Feather, and Bafil root, to a Woman in travail to hold, fh( will presently bring forth without any harm. If you put a Feather of the Bird in any Un-guent, you will have love and peace with all men. And concerning the common Scorpion I will hide nothing, becaufe of the Error of

in the Air. If therefore you put a common Scorpion into ^vijji. ot Oyl in the wain of the Moon, and keep it by you , and anoint any ones back, and the palms of his hand* and the foles of his f e e t ; but you muft a-noint the back from the top to the bottom, and the forehead, and the head before the hour of the Fit, it will cure a Tertian, and a Quartan, and a Quotidian Ague. It alfo helps buiaticks, and thofe that are poffeffed with tht Devil. But if you put a Feather of the Bird into other Oyl , and anoint him that is cured

flookl. HARPOCRATION. 6t

fil, in which the Seed is,and a Swallow's heart in a Deer's skin, and you will cure Lunaticks5 and this PhylaBery both cajis out difobedient Devils, and compels them to go away. And diflolve the forefaid Stone with the J u i c e o f the Herb, and the blood of the Bird, and the head of a Herring , and a little water , and put it up in a Glafs Veflel, and when you have a mind to make fhew of your power, dip the fingers of your hand , either right or left, and touch the flrongefi flone that you flea/e, or bone, or wood, it will prefently break , I WINNING -- JHTUYC, I'1 L/VFFL-, I" LL'I'I/WJ '* Y, FITU^ ,

the Foolilh. For there is an Error implanted f0 that you fhall Jeem great. And if one put the head o f a Irefti Herring upon the Coals to fumigate, and he get upon the houfe in rhe night, he will think that all the Stars run into one. And if any one at the full Moon (hall put the head of the Animal into a dry Fig, and fhall lay it on the Fire, when the Air is ftill, he will fee the O r b of the Moon as big as half of Heaven. Another Sight 5 And if you mix a l ittle o f the Sea-ftar w i t h it, you will fee great Sticbius , lie is the -D<*> mon 1'ortun.e, made, and Handing at your feet. And if you powder the Stone Pyrites, LIMJ UNIVI V J I ) IVLU NNU 11 YUU ^UVVULI WJV. U^UUL I J I I I I J ,

his Difeafe will return, and he will die. And a nd in like manner lay it on, thlre will be C m r n i n n r n a f t e d a n d paten • VI IFLUM/F/LAFL .4 11 I J/LFL MTMI A,, . ! OIR. 1 it * R a common Scorpion roafted and eaten bj

thofe that have the Stone, makgs them pifs th Stone without torment. T i e up t h e f t i n g o f i Scorpion, and the extremity of the Herb Ba

Thunder and L ightning. And if you alfo lay on Earth, which fell from an houfe upon a Man, there will be an Earthquake in the place. And m^rls they call w^mj, becaufe it

F 3 haih

w 6 2 KIRANIDES and Bookl.

hath great virtue in the (boulders: for is a (houlder. And the Conjeftion of the Pla ficr is' w this manner$ O f the bones which are in the flioulders of Herrings, Mandrake Apples, Henbane Seed, Opium, dried Rofes each ^'j.(in another place Bark of the Root of Ulmelea ^tij.) ColopLoma li»j. Sulphur rjj. Ni-tre Make it as a Composition, and plalfer whom you pleafe with it, and he will quick ly be rid of his Difeafe. But if you make; Fomentation applied for one day, and woulc give any relief, it will do no good. But it will not pafs feven dayes : for this is the Me-dicine of things that are applied. And Ma-vis is fo callcd, becaufe it makes a Maniac; CohfLfrion in this manner, Take, I fay , the eyes of a M<enis, and put them into Wire, with fome Lily, and infufe them fo for feven d jy ts , then put into the Wine of Mandrake Seeds ;;xiv. Seed of vj.rooCciiu, 1. c. Dog-Briar

of the Heib Scorpionia ^iv. Boyl it to half, and put it up and u/e it. for mad\

ft )<]U fee any o r e in iC/adhtfs, or a Mania, give him of the Wine -,). with warm water, ;ind he will be cured (in another Book it was And if you mix it with an Eye-wat-.'i, and make an infufion, and ufe it for l iven dayes in a Juffnjion of the Eyes, it will cure. And the Stories, that art: m the head o f a AU/Js , powdered and mixt with the

gall

Bookl. HARPOC RATION. gall o f a black Alanitus, make one to fee tl/ofi things that are in the dark. And if you mix it with a little of a living Magnet, and alit-tie Rain-water, and anoint, you will fee tlwfe things thai arc in the Heaven and in the Air for feven clayes. Engrave on the Stone a Swal-low, and at its Feet a Scorpion, (landing up-on a Herring, and under the Stone enclofe the eyes of a Scorpion, and a Herring, and the Pvoots of Scurpionia, andwear it. Forit averts all venom of Animals, and will humble all Enemies and 7 ray tors. If any oiieluftun^ by a Scorpion , fign the Wound with the Stal, and piefently he w ill be cured. If any one lie bitten by a mad Dog, and grow <pu£tyji, he cannot drink a moie precious Liquor. Take then fore the Ring, and |>ut it in Water, and give him to drink, and he will be f i fe ; and if vou f i v e it In.lure Mad-J » nefs, he will not be mad. And i( one give the Tongue of a young Mxnis dillolvcd in water, and pufri'Tg the Ring into it, give if

s / / / / J / / / / / / /</ s / r M , / c t>v// /><> f a ft. 8 m i( you give it to one that is fober, it will nialv him raging mad. His Relief is, to give h i m a roafted M<enis to cat, and the nun wii) In-come ignorant of the fort fa id things. A; Divine Kiranides fayes unto Men.

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64 KIRANIDES, See. Bookl. I

Thu Harpocration finijhed this Bool^, and 1 found no other Book <>f them that are called Kirahides. But indeed in this, I fay, Har-pocration was diffonant from Kirani, or the one from the other : But we colleffed every Chapter out of each, as is fet down, and we bm made a Book,omitting nothing. And VOIP rve willpafi to the other Books of Kirani, iht we may reap benefit by them.

K I R A N F .

K I R A N I -

Book 1L

A .

A e- a She-Goat, known to all, which is aho called the Oracle. For if a man

put a She-Goat's skin about one, troubled with the Falling Sicknefs,' and lead him along a River or the Sea-fide, by and by he will be taken falling and trembling, and in an agony. For People in bloody Fluxes $ And tne Blood of a She-Goat heated over the Fire and eaten, cures Dyfenterick perfons, and effeQually faves them, that have drank, poy-fonous potions , and perfectly cures people of the Dropfie. And the Gall applied with Honey without drofs cures Dimnejs, Speck, and the Pin and Web in the Eyes. The Spleen alfo of a She-goat roafted and eaten, cures the bloody Flux. And its dry Dung drunk with wine and honey helps difficulty in Urine. And its

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66 SK IRANI. Book n!

Dungmixt with Pultefles, and fprcad upon the Sores, heals them that are flung with a Spi-cier, or Serpent, or a Prejicty. And boiled in old wine and applied, it perfectly cures fwcl-lings of the Lvjtbs, and Genitals, and Breafis, And mixt with Honey and melted and ap. plied, it cures them , and draws out all Venom, And the Spleen of a She Goat taken frefli and hot in the Name of the Patient, and laid upon the Spleen of one troubled with the Spleen, and fvvathed on only one day, after-wards taken of f , then let the fick party hang it in the Smoak, or Sun, or Wind ; as much as the Spleen of the She-Goat diics away, fo much will the Patient's Spleen wade. And the Spleen of a Kid drunk heals them that are bitten by Serpents • And the Rennet of it drank, or eaten roafh'd, cures the Bloody Flux : And boyled with Galls and Olives, and eaten, it flops the Flux of the Belly. And the Spleen ofthis Creature roaltcd and erven, cures People of the Spleen. Its Skin, burnt in a Fume , rarjes Lcthargick, people, and them that fall in an Epdepfie, and them that have Fits of the Mother. And its Hair futiumiga-tc-d does the fame.

B.

BHM i.e. a Cow, known to all. Take the dry Dung of this Creature, beat it, fift it, weigh

of

Book II . K IRANI. <7 T of it 1t>j. Wax =vj . Cabbage Juice ^vj. (ot

in another Book iij. ) raw Eggs iv. the bell Oyl ti>j- Beat what is to be beaten, melt what is to be melted, put in the Epg% anddif-folve all a little longer. By this PlaJierjn may cure the Spleen, Falling Sickmfi, Drop(ii, and fuch like, and aijo water Ruptures, i d the Qout. Keep it fecret, becaufe it is a great thing. And if you diflolve the Uung in Vi-ncgar , and anoint any place, or a Vcjfd ij Honey with it, Ants will not creep up. A j Cows Hoofs boyled, and eaten w i t h Vinegar, refijl all Poyfon, nothing more. A n d Cow's Call breaks the Corns of our Fh'fl.> and hern Ii-fies the Face. And its Dung fu f l u mi gated u n -der the Patient's Chair, hajieni the Birth, ml brings away the After-burthen.

E.

l l xTe^©'* i. e. a Frog, a well k'^xrn Ani-mal. If one cut its Tongue outbi d let it go:, gain alive, and make a fuperfcription u p o n the Tongue thus, Z F l^ox. chuoch, eojt

]AIH y edammoth , ar.d fliall lav it pri-vately upon a Woman, as (lie is alltep, itf Woman will tell whatever fie /.<« done ulllur Lifetime. And the Afhcs of a Frog, appli ed in a Platter with Pitch, thicken an Alofecit, And applied with Vinegar, they u/re all bleed-ing at the NofeyofZJ leers, and Women's Fluxei

The]

%

« K IRANI. BookII, Tlxralfo cure the Veins and Arteries,and Burns' And i f one take a Frog alive in the Name o^ a n y o n e , when neither the Sun nor the Moon B above the Earth, and (hall cut off its two hind feet w i t h a pair of ScifTors, and wrap it in Deer 's s k i n , and tie the right to'the right foot, and the left to the le f t , he will cure pvty ptrforiswithoutfail.lf anyone would eaft the hair of his whole Body, let him burn the skin of a Frog, and put it into the water of the B a t h , h e will eaft it. For an Alopecia, tr falling of the hair ; Apply the a(hes of l i t -tle F r o g s w i t h Tar, and you will cure an A-lofccia.

I . TaAM, i.e. a IVeezle, a little Creature, known

todl. A Weezle's Tongue dried, and worn in ones (hooes, makes all his Enemies to he ante. Another Book f iyes , it amends For-gtifnlnefs and an ill Mind. And if at any t i m e y o u find a Wcezle thrown out dead,take, and b o y l it in Oyl, till it be difTolved, then [ b i n o u t the Oyl, and put as much Wax to it as will make it into Plafter, and you will km a great Medicine for the Gout, and for all Difeafes of the nerves, and for Inflammations of the Feet and Limbs, and for all Defluxions, and it cures a bad King's Evil, and the Breaft/, ind the Stones, and Apoftemes, and it is good in

Chi-

Bookll. KIR AN I. 69 Chirurgery for Buboes. The Stones help Con-ception, and hinder Conception. For if any one mix the right ftone in an Unguent, and put it in a Peltary with wool, and ufe coiti-on, fhe will, as 1 fa:d, conceive prefently. But the left Tefticle tied up in a Mule's skin, and carried about one, hinders Conception. Thefe words muft be written in the Mule's skin, In ora. i. idacvia. i.joa. viij. i rayo. j.voi. koox 5. i. coochi. But if you will not believe it, try it in a Hen, that lays eggs, and (he will not lay. And cut off its Tefticles in the wain o f the Moon , and let it go again alive, and give the Tefticles to be carried in a Mule's skin, it is inconceptive, and invincible, and amatory. And fave its Blood in Vinegar, and give it fecretly to one troubled with the falling Sickness, till it is all gone, and it per-fe&ly cures.

A.

Aopi^t, i. e. a Rocbuck,, » a four footed A-nimal, having a conceptory virtue. If there-fore you would have Conception to be ftrong and infallible, do thus ; Of Satyrion i. e- Sa-tyrion feed ^iv. all the liquor of a Roe's gall, Honey §iij. Mix, and put it up into a glafs veflel. And when there is occafion, give it to a young Woman, when it is dry, and let her ufe coition. And if you would conceive

a Male

jo KIR AN L Book It"

a Male, take the Ball of a Male R o e ; if a Fe« male, the gall of a Female. For it is very delegable. But if it be too dry, put as much Honey to it, as fliall be rcquilite.

I i .

"E^JW is a Serpent, and it fs a winding Ani ntal, known to all, a Viper. And fome take it alive, and put it into a courfe earthen pot with Salt, and fet it in the Chimney night and day, till it is dried; and then they mix Spices with it , and give it for all Difeafes. The Salt cures the Leprofic of the Greeks and of the Arabians, the Gout, Falling Siclft/cfs, Pal-

fie, and all defperate difeafes. And Vipers Fat parpens the fight, and all dulnefs of the Eyes. And the Eyes hung about the neck, cure all inflammations of the Eyes. And the Teeth are good for the Tooth-ach , and tnakg Children*. Teeth breed without pain. And the Agate ftone fumigated drives away the Viper', and this Stone drunk with Deer's Marrow cures the biting of a Viper.

'E^C©., Echidrius terrejiris, i. e.prickly Hog, a Hedgehog, is a very naughty Animal. When you have catcht this, fait it and dry it, that yqu may have a great Medicine. But throw away the Gall, becaufe it is bad. Its head burnt, and applied with Honey thickens an

Alopecia,

took II* KIR ANI. 71

A little of the Body dried, and Alopecia given in Drink cures Blafiing, the Falling SifJ-tiefs, Palfie, Swimming in the Head, Head-ach, and all Dijcafes of fuch Nature, and the Kid-neys alfo, and the Loins. And you muft give I), (" another Book has J And its hkin burnt and powdered cures an Alopecia. A n d you muft pickle the whole Body and the Fif cera, like Pork in Salt, and dry it like B a c o n : Except the Gall and the Guts^ then r u b it well and put it up. And give ^j. of i t to drink in Oxymel to Leprous and Dropjical Pir-fons. And in like manner alfo the Liver, and Kidneys, and Heart, and Lungs dried, curt the fame.

Elnrus, i.e. a Cat, known to all. If there-fore one fall into a Cotivulfion or .Epilepfie , or Dizzine.fs, or if an Epilepfie take a man, and he lie lifclcfs, if you prcfently put a l i v e Cat upon him, the Convnlfion, or D i z z i p e l s , or Apoplexy will immediately depart from him. But repeat this often llobis ba. gK 1). i. coueltho. And its Dung applied with Oyl of Lilies eafes a Fever. Bruifed with dry Muftard and Vinegar, u thn kens an Alopcm,

"Exaipoi, a Deer , there arc three kinds. It is a known Animal. And one kind i s c a l l c d irhtTu.tffio,-s, i.e. haviiig broad and ftr.tly

Horns;

KIRANI Book Horns j the fecOnd has round horns i the third is Female. The Male cannot couple with her but at a Spring. For when (he is thirfty, (he feeks a Spring,and when (he drinks with great thirft and eagernefs, then the Male gets upon, her: For being conftrained with defire of drinking, (he cannot fly. At another time Ik will not endure to be coupled with t then fre conceives prelcntly. And this Ani* mal would live five hundred years , i f it were not taken. Give one fpoonful, I (ay, ol the limature of the Horns o f the Deer, which has round Home, with Hydromel, for ftven dayes, to one troubled with the Colick, m i he will be perfeflly cured of that Difeafe. And the Gall with Honey caufes Conception.

2. Zx^ej*. i. e. a Lizard $ there are three kinds \

one it called i. e. Solar ; another i.e. Brazen $ a third «• C. Green. Ant the Solar if known to all. I f any one carry the right hand of this in a golden Cafe a bout his Neck, having this written in it $ ha 14. I>a, Ga. h. /'. aulufare , he will efcape al dangerous Difeafes, and he will never be troubled with Difeafe as long as he carries it The Eyes alfo taken out while it is alive, in the Patient's name, and worn about the neck cure any Inflammation of the Eyes. But you

mud

II. KIRANI. 79 tpuft let the Lizard go alive. And if you find two of them, the Female, fcil. and Male,coup-' ling, and catch them, and cut off the Sex,andi give it to drink, Friendfl)ip will become indiffo-hble, and whcnlbevcr they couple,if you eaft a £kin, or Cloth over them, it will be very gra* cjoud. And the Tail carried, caufes Eretfion. And its Liver applied, cures Corns. And its Gall putrefied in Wine for eleven Days^in the qpen Air , and in the Sun in the Dog-days, extirpates, exterminates,the Hairs of the Eye-lids. The Solar Lizard can do the fame things tltyt the gr<?en can do. If therefore you make M 9 Trails, and with them put out a Lizard's Eyety, and put it into a courfe Earthen Pot , ijfljrjng Virgin-earth in it, and fet it by for ijjpje D a y s ; when you open the Pot after-wards,-you will*find the Lizard has its S ight : Tfien let it go alive. Make two Rings of your Shooe-Ieathers, and wear them, and put the right Eye in the Right , and the left Eye in the Lef t , and enclofe the Stone Carbuncle in then), which in Greek is called and in,the .other a Jafper, having a Lizard doub-led t|t its Belly,and inferibed, Zibern a. y. u Pflaw, and underneath, Kaka, Fai. ide(icu-

and we^ai it f i n another Book it was tl M Ker. djfe 0. c. a. For you will, not f^ i iur t in your Eyes all the Days of your liffe} y o u will cure Ophthalmicks with the 1 G T o u c h

74 K I RAN I. Book 11' Touch of your Ring, and hanging it about their Neck.

H.

'Hjw,/of©* a Mule. The Ear-wax of a Mule tied up in Mule's Skin, is altogether inconce-ptive. And if you give that Ear-wax to a Wotnan in Drink privately, the will not con-ceive for fome time. And if you fecretly give, in like manner, fome of the Matrix, boyled with other Flefh, fie will never conceive. If any one have a cold Catarrh, and kifs the Noftrils of a Mule, he will be cured, though he run at the Nofe. Andifany one privately take 'the Urine of a Male Mule, and boyl it with Wax, Oyl, and Litharge,and apply itinaPlafter to a gouty Mans Foot, the Man indeed will be ctt-red 5 but the Mule's Foot will'have a Pain in it : For a Woman, take a Female Mule's U-rine.

Guest a Spider, is a little Animal of fix Feet, weaving Cobwebs on Walls, known to. all men, this which is called Thyraphos, taken in the Name of the Patient,and made up with Wax, and applied to the Forehead, expels fht Fit of a Tertian Ague. And if yoti put it aUVe! into a Pipe or Quill, and hang it about the Neck, it cures a Quotidian. Boyled in a little

BbokH. KIRANI 7, Oyl of Rofts, or Nard,it cwespain toik&rt, and alfo chaps in the Feet. Spiders iWcfes alfo flop the bleeding of a Vein. And thegfefit an] black Spider, greater than the white* which makes Webs in Trees, taken in the N a m e of the Patient, and worri about one, cms ii. Kings Evil in the beginning. Alfo the w h i t e Spider, put with an Animal into a Quill, t j . fwages an Inflammation of the Eyes, <v?4'pfi<i1

Rheum, ana all things that come from fuperjiniij, And if any one boyl a Spider, and appint ik Head of one awake with it, it will caufe Jkf And i f one wrap a Corn of Salt in ? w h i t e Spiders Web, and put it into a hollow toothj it will be cured.

'hrto-os, a Horfe,a Kingly ^jwift Ahijitf, lym to all. When this is foiled, take the Cloud, or Stone from its Forehead, whiditJhe l M men call i Hippomanes, and carry it la b o u t yon, as a great thing to procure Love: For if ypU oet ly toutrh one with it, the Party , w i l l vehe-mently love you t, arid i f y o u give it in drink to any one, you will effeft the fime thing; and i f you give any of it in Meat, y o u w i l l be entire^ loved. And the Gall of a Horfe edulcorated in a Leaden Veflel, given to a Man in Wine,procures great A&ions, and CM-fes fleep. A Mare's Milk and Honey, anointed,

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76 K I R A N I . Book Ifi tyls the white Leprofui T h e Hoof , in a Furai-

4r)*es away a dead Chil4- Sufiilunga-ted alfo, it hajiens. the Birth. And the Gall and Honey anointed, parpen thefight.

K.

KtyWw, a Camel, a known Anirhal. T h e Milk t h e r e f o r e of a Female Camel, does not

' coagil l i t 'e ' } and if you- mix it with any other Milk, Htilhcr will it coagulate. And the Gall r a Camel coagulated in a leaden Veflel, till

grows fweet, adorns one in Company at Meat, and makts bith acceptable. And its Dung burnt; and mixt up with Oy l , perfe&ly cures M Alopecia, and the falling of the Hair after fukpels. This (aid thipg, applied in manner ofa Plafter, evacuates'ihe Dropfieby Urine. Its Dung alfo dried and! Powdered, and ftrewed upon Watlir, and tfvubki cures.the bloody Flux. Suffumigated,' itrttonciles Differences. And its flraiityarid Oyl o f 'Ro fes , anointed on the Head', beforehand behind, and all the Body over, cures the falling Sicknefi. Which is ad-mirable, and a moft excellent thing.

KKW, a Dog. A little Whelp, whilfc it is yet fucking* if one can get it to He quietly with an ancient infirm Perfon, inia Chronical D i f t e m p e r } and if it lie upon the Breaft o f a Man or Woman, or little Child, and continu-

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ally lie in the Bed,the Whelp indeed will die, but the infirm perfon will be freed from hit Chro-nical Infirmity. And the Spleen of a Dog ap-plied to a fplenetick Perfon, in the Spleontcures him. T h e dry Dung, powdered, and. given in Drink, cures People of the Jaundice and bloo-dy Flux. And applied with Honey to the Throat and Body, it perfeUly cures the guinfey. And it muft be given (ecretly for all things, drunk alfo by the Patient, he not knowing it, it perfectly cures the Dropfie. And the Dung burnt in a Potftieird, mixt with Oy l of R o -fes, heals Chaps in the Arfe. And the Sweet-bread cures the Piles. Applied with Turpen-tine, it cures edematous jwellings, and the He-morrhoids. And with Oyl of Rofes, it is good for putrid and incurable Ulcers, cfpecially with Oyntment of Rofcs. With Oyl alfo, it is good agaitdl flinging of Bees and Wafpt. And if any one hold the Heart of a D o g in his left Hand, or the Tongue tied up in a Cloth, all Dogs will be clumbt of id run their way. Make up the Eyes o f a gray Dog, as they are, with the Load-ftone, or the Stone Opfianus, i, e. fcjpcr-tinus into a Confeftion, like a dry Collyrtum, and at Evening mix and apply it, you will fee all things that are in the Dark. I f any one be fick, with a little Pafte wipe the Face, and Cheeks, and Groins, and Feet , and Hands, and give it a D o g to Eat , and i f the Dog eat

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it, the Patient will liVe$ if not, he will die: But the Parte muft be warm.

Kuw uroTttjuuos, a River-Dog, a Bever $ it is the Stones o f this, which are called Caftor. Caftor therefore powdered, and put into a Peflary,brings down the Menjlrua. And drunk with the Ear-wax of a Mule, it hinders Conce-ption. In an Oyntment, it mollifies the Nerves, and cures their fhrinfyng and Drynefs. Applied with Wine, it cures Fits of the Mother. Given in a Clyfter, with Oyl of Rue, it cures the Colick. And its Skin worn for Socks, cures the Gout. Eating of Caftor in the fit o f a Quar-tane Ague, if be given, cures People in §>uartanes.

terrenus, an Earth-Crocodile, a kind of Lizard, kfsoven to all men. It is a four-footed Creature, with a broad Head, and a long Tail: I f one make a dry Powder of the Skin of this Creature burnt, and fhall ftrew it up-on a Limb that is to be cut or burnt* whatever is to le cut, or burnt, it will be without Pain. If any one ftab a Crocodillo, and anoint himfelf with it, whatfoever Wounds or Blows he receives, he will not at all feel them. And its right Teeth drawn out, letting it go again alive,and wear-ing them, caufe Intention, or Ereftion. And the left, by Women : But i f both be carried, they

will

>okIJ. KIR AN I. 7 will caufe Incontinence. The Dung, and Oyl alfo anointed, beautifie the Face. Mixt with Gall, and anointed, it takes away ftcckj in tlx Eyes. And the Blood of i t anointed, perfeSlj cures Dimnefs of fight.

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Aujys, a Wolf a favage crafty Animal, If any one therefore drink its Blood, he will go mi, and can never more be cured. Its right Eye car-ried privately about one, performs great tiling: For all four-footed Creatures, wild and ttm,vL fiytfrom the dearer, and he will pafs through lie midft of his Enemies, and no man will touch km. (Another Book has it, he will fee) It aljo (ta-ble s a Man to conquer in every Caufe. It futit-way all Phantafms, it alfo expels all Fits of k-gues. And a Sheep will never tread u p o n the Skin of a Wolf. And its Liver dried and pow-dered, and drunk in Melicrate, perfeftlj cum epileptii\, lunaHck, and mad People. If v hang its Eye-tooth about the Neck of a In-natick, or o f one ff ighted by day, or by night, by a terrible Dream, it cures them. A l f o t h e Eye of a Wolf, and the firft Joynt of his Tail, carried in a Golden Veflel, willmak^ the Bar-er powerful, and glorious, and honour Me, m J rich, and acceptable, and he will be much U and embraced by Women 5 neither fliall ht tint carries it, be troubled with an Inflammation cj

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8o K I R A N I . Book It. tlx Eyes; »ay, it cures blood-(hot Eyes. And its Gall heated, and a little coagulated, anointed on the Eyes, clears them above any Eye-falve. And ifone tie the Bone of a Wolf's Neck, to the Neck of one Opifthonick^ i. e. tvho in a Con• iiilfion is drawn backyard, it will cure him.

Aayijo.-, a Hare is a four-footed Animal, ve-Tyfmft, apd Making Doubles in her flight. Its Blood applied hot, perfe8ly cures gouty Feet. Applied hot about the Loyns, it cures the Stone in the Kidneys. Made into Broth, and eaten, it cures People of the bloody Flux, and Jlrengihcus them. The Lungs cut very thin, and applied to the Eye-lids, affwages Swellings oftk Eyes, and a Chemofis. Wrap the Heart of it in Silk, and hang it about the Neck, it ftrfiffly cures people of Quartane Agues. The Kidneys alfo drunk out of Pickle or Melicrate, cm Ncphritick. perfons. The Gall diflolved with Foxes Fat and Nard, cures Deafnefs. And ii it be put into a Ptflary, with Juice ofMarfh-mallow, or Malfow and Oyl,;/ helps Conception. And put into one with Juice of Leek, and ungiientum irinum, it brings away a iad Child. Its Rennet alfo diflolved with Propolis, and applied, cures Stings and vene* mm Bites. And its Dung diflolved in warm Wine, cures Sciatica Pains, when defperate,

^ and the Colick. In like manner, beaten with

Pepper,

K I R A N I . 8 1 Hook II. Pepper, and drunk, it cures the Stone in the Kidneys. And its Down burnt, and pow-dered, and ftrewed upon burnt, places, fleanfes the Ulcers, heals the Scars, and fetches the Hair again. And applied with the white of an Egg, it flops any Flux of Blood. Hang about, in 'thfc Name of the Patient, the Feet of a living Hare, it will cure a fore Throat, and the Gout, whether in the Hands or Feet, perfe&ly. You muft put the right to the tight Foot, and the left to the left, ^nd the Brain of a Hare, anointed on Childrens Gums, makes the Teeth cut without Pain. And the whole Skin of a Hare, with the Ears and Nails burnt, and the Powder of it given by a Quill, per-fectly cures People of a Lethargy.

M .

MIJS, a Houfe-moufe, known to all. Burn the Head of this with Swine's, or Bear's Greafe, and powder the Allies, and anoint an Alopecia, and it will be cured. And if you have a whole Moufe, and diflolve it in Wine, and a little Oyl of Nard, or Rofes, it wonderfully cures an old pain in the Ears. And its Dung diflol-ved in Water, and applied-, diffolves hardnefs, and pain, and fwelling of the Breaft s. And ftrew-ed upon the Piles, it cures them in three days. But they muft firft be wafhed with WirNe. Ap-plyed alfo with Water, it cures the Leprofie and

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a Tetter. If you cut off the Tail , Feet, Eari, and Nofe of a Moufe, alive, and tie them in a Cloth, and hang them about ones N e c k , i flrangclyputs away thefit, andoldfhakjngin Ague* And if you run a Needle and Thread througl the Mouth of a Moufe, and fliall draw th< Thread through the Hole,// will cure the Colic^

M vpfMi%tan Ant. There are feven kinds of Ant i One is known to all men. And fome are of a Ion Head, and great, blackjn colour. And others an fmall, and lean, and red, which are called.Zi nyphes. Others are great and broad. Otheri are in the Field, and midling. Others alfo art iuoSioj, i. e. well wayed, and they are little. Ant others are /xupyAnytJovles-, i. e. Lion-Ants, am they arc great, and of divers Colours, and wing ed, and they eat Flefh ; but they die quickjy. A of them having their Heads dipt off wit Sciflers, and applied to the Eye-lids, cure ai Hordeolum. And thus the Field-Ants, whic eat Corn, do it as well. If any one boyl for ty Ants with Juice of Afphodil, and give it t< any one in his Drink, he will be dvty.TOS, i. remifs, all the days of his Life. The Broth them poured upon /juupimMon, Warts fo callei makes them to fall,

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Nu>cTee/s , a Bat, is a four-footed [ttown to all, it flies like a Swallow, but it briny forth young like a four-footed Beaft, and it uckfes its young ones. The Blood o f this a-oointed on places of the Eye-lids, out oi which hairs have been pluck'd, will not fifftt ether hairs to grow again. And if any one tie the Head of this in a black Cloth to ones right Arm, he will neither fiumber nor Jktf, while it is about him. And its Heart carried taufes great watchfulnefs. And if one will take the Blood of it in a Cloth, and lay it under a Woman's head, fhe not knowing it, if a Man lie with her , fhe will prefentlj con-nive. And it has other E f f i c a c i e s , which I will now conceal 5 for I muft not publilh them.

Xilonatis, a fort of Bird. Cickonatk is a lit-tle kind of Crocodile. If any be anointed with the frying of this , it makes him with-out pain in beating. And it is a great thing to procure Love. And CrocodtUi, eaten like Fifh, make the Eaters impudent and immtdtf. And their Dung cures dulnefs and white Jptcki in the Eyes. And their Blood in like manner, And the right Tooth carried, caujes ErtQior,

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And the left makes an equal dcficcation in Women.

O.

"Owi, Millepede/, which arc found under wa-Ur-veffels, are little Animals with many feet, which in leaking o-aui f-HTOf, i. e. fweat out.Theft boyled in Oyl of Rofcs or Nard cure pains in tie Ears. And if one prick one o f them with i pin, and touch a Tooth, it cures the Tooth-tch 5 and they are very profitable.

rOiw, an Afs, a fourfooted Animal known to til men, having fuch Virtues as thefe. Its Dung fiopi any jinx of Blood. The Blood alfo ofa living Afs with the Juice of Snake-grals md Chondrilla, appplied with O y l , cures Qmian Agues. A Ring made without fire of the fmalleft part o f the Bit of an Aflej Bridle, and worn , drives away Devils, and tverts Fevers: it makes Venus alfo great to Wo-men, If any one fleep or lie upon an Affes Skin, he will fear no Devils, even neither Gelo, nor Gillu, i. e. Hags and Night-mares. And ifyoumakea Ring o f the hoof o f the right fore-foot, and give it to one poffeffed with a Devil, to wear, he will be cured that day. And if you make a Phylaftery, for a Ligature, of the fore-part of the Affes right Ear, and give it a Woman to wear, that has a flux of Blood,

and

IbokTI . K I R A N I . 85 trtdfhe will be cured the fame day. T h e tears of an Afs fhaken, and mixt with Oyl , and put into a burning Lamp, all that fit at Ta-ble will fee themfelves to have Affes heads. if the Hairs o f a He-Affes Ears be burnt and powdered, and given to a Woman in drink, jbe will never ceafe farting. And the curing of this things iif yOu burn the hair6 o f a She-Aft, and give them to drink. And if any one be (lung, and (hall fay in the Affes ear5 How has a Scorpion (lung m e ! T h e Man who was flung will be cured * but the Afs will die. And it has other Efficacies.

n. rie^Cafoc, a Shetp, well k»own to all. O f the

Sewet, and Marrow o f this, Soap is made With-Figtree or Oak afhes .* For it hi good for many thirigs. But another fayes, it has fuch actions as thefe. If therefore you cut off its right horn, and make a Comb of it, and (hall comb the right fide of the head, when the Hemicrania is on that fide , with this Comb, you will cure it. For you muft comb the right fide with the right, and the left with the left. When the Sun is in Aries, gather its dung and dry it, and apply it with Vinegar for the Hkad-ach, and it will give eafe. And the Worms, that are in the infide of the horn,, given in Drink, are moft efficacious for

Love.

3 6 KIRANI. Bookll Love. T h e Horns alio fuffumigated, opei fhe fuffocation of the Matrix. The Lungs alio o f a Sheep eaten fading, preferve one fron Drunkennefi, and how much joever he drin^ he will not feel it. And its Liver taken out frefh and reeking, and applied to a Woman't Cheeks, makes her Face well coloured and beau-tiful. And its Sewet isufeful in Peflaries, And the Lungs o f a Lamb dried and powder-ed, and given in Drink, cure them that art hurt by Poyjbn. And the Gall and Blood df a Lamb cure the Falling Sichpefs.

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'Piyotufus is a four-footed Animal having om great horn about its Nofe (and in another place ft is thus ) Nor can it be caught, but by ibt Scent and Beauty of very hdndfome Women< For it wi a Creature lafcivious to Love. T h e Horn or Stone which grows upon this Crea-tures N o f e , worn about one , cajis out De-vils. And its Tefticles or genital Member, drunk by Men and Women, do violently in cite to Lufi.

X .

Xuafcfii, i. e. a wild Boar. T h e Stones of this drunk , provoke Venery'. And its Dung diflolved with Vinegar , cures an Eryjipelas, and the Gall likcwife. T h e Rennet o f a Boar

B&ok II. k i k A t i t : n good againfi aU deadly things Treacle.

2*iVr©U, a terrefirial Animal, lib? to s CM-codile, it is found in the Country of Melmitit The extremity of its Tail and the Kidneys c levate the Member to Venery, given in Drink.

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A Salamander is a four-footed Am maim-er than the green Lizard; Audit livts tm^ Brambles and Bufhes. Its Heart carried about one, makfs the Bearer to be Without fear tgmft Fire, and bold againfi burning, 'and itimk-fiible. T h e Animal therefore put in the Chimney or Fire , extinguifhes ail the fkm. And i f y<ni hang the Heart of it about the neck o f one in a Fever, prefently the Few will be extinguipfed. And if a Woman carry it about her knees, fhe will by-no mm en-dive, nor have her Menftrua^ pa they mil in fiopt. And if you tie it Up in a black skin, and hang it at Ones Arm, it takes away iTtr-tian, and a Hemitfitxus, and a Quartan^ mi evfry Fit of an Ague. And the afhes of it burnt, ftr^wed upon Warts , kdl themymi Mt ' out Corns of the feet, and draw

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Taw©., a Dull, k»on>n to all, and bold., The Gall of him mixt with an Egg-(hell, and anointed, on any place, makes a Star ofth* jm colour. Wa(hing with it and Vinegar art! the black. Leprojie, and Dandriffe in the Had, and Nits, and Moles and Freckfcs in Women, vhicb they are troubled with, becaufe ibejare with child. For it is not only a ftrong Creature it felfy-but. the Virtue refiding in it, applied, penetrates inwardly. And if a man arty it about him, he (hall know all things. Alfo one that has,no horns on his head, if a man carry that, it will give an Oracle, and Cuijitrerj and Exorcifis will confefst and makp mnifcfl, and bill Jay great Gifts in that place* Take; thte Hierax pelagi, i. e. the Sea-hawk, and kill it in water, a n d take their eyes, and feafon them wi^h Myrrhe and Saffron, and dfty thea) in the (bade without the Sun: Bury their Carcafes;in the Earth, where thou art,, and,the Bearer,whether Man,or any thing;elfe. take them and darry them. And the Gall, mitt with Honey, as I think, perfectly cures i W Stomach. And double the quant i fy mixt with Vnguentum irinnm, and put, iu ,^ Peliary, brings down much Menjlrup \tqe fame day. And mixt with Unguentum amara-tlmi, and aphronitrum, it brings away a dead

Child.

*9 Child. And the Gall by it felf applied ei-ther to the Arfe orNavi l , evacuates the Belly iliore than A C l y f t c r : A Plafter o f it to the Belly brings away Worms. And the dung of a Bull flops bleeding at the Nofe, and thickens in Alopecia, andfiopsthe hair from falling after Sickftefs. And the Blood of him dried, and mixt with Oyl of nnripe Olives, and anoint-ed, makes gray hairs black'-) hut the Bull muft be black. And after a Bull has been dead feven dayes, he breeds worms, which in one and thirty dayes turn to Honey-Bees, which ^ou may gather in hives.

Testy&> e» a Goat. T h e Blood dried and given in meat with Galls and Pomegra-nate Flowers, cures the bloody Flux. In like manner enclofe it in a round GoltJ Signer, with the Tongue o f a Frog and Cinambn and MUsk, and few it in Deer's Skin, and hang it or tie it to a Sculpture Or Idol, and there wilt be in that place Qua la] or Sacrifices, i. e{ famous Miracles.And the commonHawk is very good fot this. But you muft Very much hide this-thing. And the Sewet ofhis Kidneys, boyled with Barley and Juiqe of Spelt, is put in foe the fame. And the Labclanum of his Beard, 1.e. the Mummy, efyptts, or foppy Sweat, ga-thered, is good for an Alopecia and f illing of the Hair, with Wine and Oyl of unripe O-

H l ives ;

90 K I R A N I , Book lives j and applied with Vinegar it cures the Head-ach. The Sewet alfo made into a Pla-tter with Birdlime and Sandaraph, roots out fcabby nails. If one anoint a Goat's Nofe with Unguent, and chafe it with his hand, he will make him to void hi9 Seed for delight; if with this Seed you anoipt a Man's Member, he will have great tenjion and be invincible by any Woman.

r . 'Tajva, the Hy<ena, is a four-footed Animal,

favage, and ambiguous ; for this Creature ist

born Female, and after a year turns Male, and then for the next year turns Female again, and

fomqtimes it covers, fometimes is covered, and and brings forth and gives Suck. And it has thefe Virtues. And the Gall of this Animal being fweet , has efficacy for a Mi-racle : And a great Miracle is made of it. And this is the Compofition; Take the Eyes of the Fifh Glaucus , and the right Eye of the (aid Hytna, and ajl that is liquid of the Hyana , diflolve all together, and put it up in a Glafs VefTel, covering it well. If there-fore you will fhew a great Miracl?, when you have fet a Light, mix the Fat of any creep-ing thing, or four-footed Bead you pleafe, with a little of the forefaid Compofition,and if you anoint the wiek of the Lamp or Candle,

they

TI. KIRANI. they will think it is the Bead, of which it, Ithe Fat , Whether of a Lion, or a Bull,ora Serpent, or of any other Creature. If there-

'Tore you will work a Miracle, or a Phantafm, put a little Fat of what Animal or wild Beaft you pleafe, with a little quantity of the Confedion upon burning coah in themid die of the Houfc, and the Bead; will appear, whofe Fat you# niixt with it. And you may do the fame with Birds. And if you mix a littld Sea-water with the Compofition, and fprinkle among the Guells, th?y will all fly, thinking that the Sea i9 in the midftof them. And if you facrifice or kill afi fys-na, when the Moon is in Gemini or % and fecretly give fome of the boyled Lungs hot, you will cure Lunaticks. I knew this, and I admired it^in an Epileptick. peffon, who fell frequently, but did not fall afterwards. And give f i j . or iij. 'And I faw the Confetti-on, and I experienced it. And it has alia another Preparation. For the Gall is goo 1 for dimnefs of fight, twinkling of the ww, lit beginning of a 'jaundice, fuffujion, mifls, ml blear eyes. Take of the Gall of a hke-filh f v j . Indicum j. Opobalfamumft. Myrrh -nj. the Juice 0 $ Hseracindis, or Herba accipitmiJ, or Laihica fylvefirH §vii j. Pepper f). Honey f v j . Diflolve all diligently, and make a foft Eye-falve, put it up in a Glafs Bott le , and ufc

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it. If you give the Fat of a Hy<ena to an k^rofhobiek perfon >> or to one bit with a mad Dog, you will fave him : But he muft be ignorant of the giving of it. And if you pluck out the two eyes of a Hytena alive, and tie them to the two aims in a purple cloth, you will cafl off AII noClurnal fear, and of Witches which kill Infants, and which he in mit agahtfl Conception or Birth j and every De-vil will fly amy. Its Belly dried and powder-ed, and mixt with Unguentum irinum, and applied as an Oyntmenr, cures People of the Colic{; and fuch as are convnlfe after much mmtioti, and takes away pains of tho Limbs. And if the right foot be tied up, and given to carry about one j give it to a hydrophobous Perfon, or to one bit with a mad Creature, he will lit prefently cured. And its Liver eaten am Quartan Agues, a%d Tremblings and Paf-fniof the Heart: But you muft give it to all of them privately. And if any one carry its Tongue jn his right Shooe and walk, all Men ml Dogs will be mute j for it is a great Silen-cer. And its Cawl, raplted with O y l , cures til fear. And its Marrow anointed on the Back-bone cures all pain in the Loins and the H The Fat of the Bones of the Loins f u f f u m i g a t e d procures fpeedy Travail to her that ins difficult Labour. Alfo the Bladder o f an fy/M, d r i e d , and powdered, and drunk in

Wine,

Book II. K I R A N I . 93 Wine, cures thofe that pifs iri Bed. And a lit-tle of the skin worn about one in a Sock or Shooe, cures the Gout in the Feet JCnees,Hands, and any where elfe 5 it alfo cufts all Rheums in the Eyes, and inflammation of the Eyes. And anointing with it and Honey Jharpens fight; and the Skin of an Hy<ena puts Dogs to flight, hung before the Door , and averts all Trea-chery.

4>uw, a Seal, is a four-footed Animal. It h is many Virtues. For its Brain drunk expels Devils. And its Head burnt, and mixt with Oyl of Cedar, cures an Alopecia and cviry Difeafe. And its right Eye, carried in Depr's skin , makes one amiable, and fortunate, and powerful And its Heart in like manner'drunk, and its Rennet, averts all difficulty, and con-fers all good. And if you carry the hairs of its Noftrils tied up in the skin, I mean the greater and frittering ones, and fhall enter into the midft of your Enemies, all of them will fafnte you as their Frigid. The Tongue carried in ones fhooes, procures Vittory. And the Fat cures all fwelling and pains of the Limbs. Its Skin alfo, girt about one, firengthens the Refctand the Hips. Its Flefh eaten, and its Blood chied and drunk privately with Wine, cures evety Falling Sifkpefs, and Madnefs^and

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94 K I R A N I Book 11/ Swimming in the Head , and every Difeafe. Al-fo the Liver , and Lungs, and Spleen, dried and ftrewvd upon Dr ink, cure fuch things and all Difeafis. T+ie Bones alfo fuffumigated, haflenBirth.hwA the Gall and Honey anointed, cure any Inflammation of the Eyes. The Brain alfo drunk genres the Falling-Sicknefs. And if any one fhall tie up the Heart of a Seal, and the T ip of the Tongue, and the Hairs of its Nofe , and the right E y e , and the Rennet, in a Deei 'sor a Seal's Skin, and vtaar it, he nil I conqucr all men by Sea and Land, and all Infirmity and Difeafe, and In for tune of Degrees, and every Devil and wild Beaft will jly from him f, For he fhall be bleffed , happy , rich , ana beloved.

ii a kind of Frog, living in dry places. If this (pit ujJon a man, he prdently lofts all his hair. And its Blood is the poyfon of the Hair. Many Rubct<e, or Land-Toads, boyled in Oyl with Sprigs of T h y m e , and Hore-hound, and Squill, for three dayes continu-ally in the Chimney of a B a t h , cure Gouty Per fans.

X . a Chamalion, is an Animal, like

to a Crocodile, changing its Colour every hour of the Day $ it has the Face of a Lion} the Feet and

Tail

Book II. KIRANI. Tail of a Crocodile, it has divers Colours; from

pthe Head to the Tail it has only one felitt Nerve. Which being drawn out in the Name of the Patient , and tied to the Neck, emu backward Convulfton. And its Gall dulcified, adorns ones Converfation. And all other patts of it do equally perform, whatever the Gall of a Seal, or of an Hyaena does. The Tongue of i t , kept or carried with Root of Carline Thiftleand liuglofs, makgs a mans Entmitivt• ry ftlent.

*TTT/(ULOII)TW;, a Sand-Spider, which is cM Harpocration. Becaufe as many Parts as it has, it has fo miny Virtues and Utilities; it aires the Falling Sicknefs, Morphew, the Fed, the Leprofie, and otp/am, or falling of -the Hnir in patches. It is a molt ufeful and very com-modious Animal.

"i'JAA©-, 1 Sea-Flea, which is found upon the ( h o r e , boyled with Oyl of Rofes or w h i t e Wine, affwages the fain of the Ean. B o y l Pfylli, or Sea-Fleas, in Sea-water with the Herb Pfyllium, and fprinkle the Decoftionin the Houfe, and Fleas will alwayesfhun it. And if a Fifher ufe Pfyllus in a Bait for Fifh, he will catch Fifh. And let him tie it up in the skin of a Dolphin.

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M e Eggs of a Spider,found in the waves ;n the b e g i n n i n g of Spring, and if you take tbe t g g s o f a Phalangium, or hurtful Spider 1;, >'in fhe Name of the Patient, and tie t cm up .n a black Cloth, and hang them on J left A r m , it cures the Fit of a Tertian, and

Quotidian Ague. But you muft uke them when the Moon is in the wain, and "i Pifccs, on the Sabbath d a y about the ninth hour, in a Quotidian, j. in a Hemitri-JwjS in a Tertian, iij* in a Quartan, iv^ and hang them zbout your Neck or your B e d . And either fumigated, or tied about one, tyhtfen Child-birth.

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Book in A. ApxT©., a Bear, is a fierce 4»intal, and

rough, lil^e to a Man in all things, and cunning, and he endeavours to walk, upright. Each part of him is good for each part of Man in Medicine. Therefore hang akont a man the Bones of the Head fir any Head-tch. Its Brain eaten, cures thetFalling Sickr nefs. The Eyes alio cure the Inflammation of the Eyes. The Ear-wax, wi thOvl of ftofes, cures all pain in the Ears. And the Teeth cure the Tooth-achj hung about Children, they help them to breed their Teeth without pain. The Eyes carried about one, are gracious. And the Hair fumigated, or carried about one, drives away evil Spirits, and any Fever. The Nails of the right hand, earned about one,

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keep off all Fevers. The Liver dr ied, and powdered, and given in Dr ink , cures Epa-tick/. The Sinews of the Feet and Hinds held, help the Gout in the Feet and Hands. And its Dung and Vinegar anointed, Parpens thi Sight. TheHeai t carried about one, makf> the Bearer cheerful, and rich , and powerful. And its Greafe mixt with Lahdanum and Mai denhair in an Ovntment, cures an Alopecia or fulling of the Hair : And in like manner it cures the thnmefs of the Eye-brows and Beardt made into an Oynrment witlrGalls powder-ed . and Vitriol , and Oyl of Cedar , and Lychnithiris. The Fat alfo by it felfcures Paro tides , or Swellings under the Ears and Chaps. And the end of the M ifculine Sex, put into the Matrix, fo as to touch the mouth of the Womb, opens a Suffocation. And you muft have it prepared 111 a Powder. The Gall diunk with Honey , a fpoonful of it , per feflly cures Epaticks. And its Skin drives a' way Fleas from the place, where it is laid

'AAw-7m£i i. e. a Fox, is a mofi fagacious am wife^Animal, and of a fiinkjng Breath, eating Hens. I f 'you take one alive, and boyl it in very old Oyl, till the Flefh be boyled from the Bones, by anointing with it, you will ad mirably cure the Gout,. and old Sciatica Pains, And when you take the Fox, fay, I take thet

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9? br this. Its right Tefticle dried and powder-efj, and put in Drink, is a Love-potion, giv-en to Women, and the left to Men. And the end o f the Mafculinc Sex hung about one, Itakes flrong Tenfion. Being in like manner >owdeved, and given in Drink privately: And the Tefticles dried, and drunk, perform the fame thing. You may give about afpoon-ful, for fo much is invincible, and caufes a competent and innocuous Intention. When you have cut off the two Tefticles o f the Ani-mal, letting the Animal indeed go alive, and hang them about one, you will cure; for if you touch one with the Tefticles, he will pre-Jently aff 'ent. And fome put them into the Huckle-bone of a Goat. And if you tie the end of its Yard irt the Bladder, or in theSkin, and write this in it with Syrminizated Ink, u pp g I XLCI. i. tinbin ilithi, and hang jt about you, you may he with a Woman without Harm. And its Blood dropt on hot, takes amy pain in the Kidneys. Its Kidneys eaten and drunk,fret and excite Venus. And its Liver dried and powdered, and drunk with Oxymel, perfidlj cures people of the Spleen: And fo does the Spleen, carried about one. Its Liver drunk in Wine,ewe/ Afthmaticl^perfons. And its Lungs roafted and eaten , cure difficulty in Breathing And its Fat perfe&ly cures an Alopecia, or fil-ling of the Hair. And its Dung ufed with Oyl

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of Roles in a Pellary, caufes Conception. And its Heart carried a b o u t one,. preserves from Witchcraft. Tlu- Tooth of a Fox hung about one, is good fir Efihars, anel k proper for ChiU dren that breed Teeth. A n d its Nails mixt with Alphdtm, Oyl of u n r i p e Olives, andOyl of Hofes, and put in a l M l i r y , perfectly open the fftocatwn of the Matrix. The Tefticle pow-dered, and p u t into a Ore-cloth, cures the Pmticlci, or jmllingt under the Ear. If yon tie its Member in Cloth to t h e Hcad,jf.0« will cure the Head-ach, Hemicrania, and fwimming in the Head. A p p l i e d with the Fat in a Flatter, it thickens an Alopecia

'ArraAa^, i. c a Mole,is a blind Animal, ma-{nDemand Ncfts^and walking under Ground; And if the Sun fhme on it, it betakes it felf no more into the Earth, b it will die. The Heart of it carried in Deer's Skin, cures Lunatickj. I f anyone tie up, and hang on the Heart o f a Mole in the Skin of the Bird HOUP, with the n v o . E y e f c o f the Bird, jctl. of the Houp,he will, foreknow a l l things a s long : i s he carries them cliaftc. But i f he carry the Heart o f the Bird inwardly, he will be great and potent. For the Virtue o f this Animal is divine and efficaci-ous $ concerning which, now that we are difc comfmg, we will not be filent } whereof the Pregudation is this. For if any one fhall tatte

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I), of it, when thc Sun rifes, he fhall know all things till the Sun fets. And this is the pre-paration of the Guttation. Take 'a Mole, ®nd drown it in three Pints of Rain- Water, and boyl it till it is difiolvcd then ttrajn the Water into a Brafs Veflel, adding thefe things* Of Roots of Thelygonum ^iv. Mugwort which is only of one Branch -jiv. Storax calatqita Troglodytick Myrrh,Bdellium,Spheruttm, each 31V. Ohbannnt, t. e. the bett Frankincenfe ^viij. Beat and fift it, and put it to tt>j. of the beft Honey, and boyl it till it is thick ; put it up, and ufc it as aforcfaid. Put the Bones of a Mole under Ground in your Houfe. For a Mole is u&fiiLboth alive and dead, and fo is the Head o f f l i e Female. And if any one have Parotides, the King's Evil. or any Apofiemepnd you take a living Mole,and handle it fo long in your Harris till it dies, yon will cure allfitch Difeafes 5 neither will the Patient afterwards have any fore Throat, or Bhflers, or Buboes, or King's Evil any more, or any Apofleme. Its Fat melted, cures Jore Eyes excellently well. There-fore bupy a Mole in your Houfe. And if any one fwallow its Heart, while it is crawling, or panting, he will receive fore-knowledge of future things, and what will be in the World.

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AEtOS, i. e. an Eagle k theKj/tgof all Birds, 'blackifi in Colour 5 whin fie' flies through

the Air, every Bird trembles. And it has great Anions. Take therefore an Eagle, and let hqjr.live one,Day, and a Nighr, y i d take, and gather the Dung that (he has made, then tie her Feet, and ftop her Mouth, and fay in the Eagle s Ear, 0 Eagle, Friend of Man, now I kjll thee for the Cure of all Infirmity $ I conjure thee by the GOD of Heaven atid Earth• and by the four Elements, that thou have efficacy for eve-ry Cure,for which thou fhalt be given ! After this, take a Sword all of Iron, fuffumigating with Storax and Honey $ ihen fet a Bowl under-neath, cut of f her Head over the Bowl, that all the Blood may run into the Bowl. And

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look III. KIRANI. 10, by and by , while (he is yet fpralwling, cuther up, and take out her Heart, and all her In-wards, and put them in fome Veflel, in which there is odoriferous Wine f o r drinking; An'd put up the Head with much Salt: But take out the Eyes and Brain apart: And take all the Inwards out of the Wine, and fmyrnizate (or fpice) them with Salt, and dry them in the Sun, and take the Blood, and dry it, and jut it up in a Veflel.' And pull the Eagle, and fave the great Feathers of her Thighs. Take therefore the Sinews of her Thighsi Mark which are of the right, and which of the left. So alfo do with the Feathers which are o f the Wings. And make all the Flefh fragrant, fmyrnizating it with much Spice, as alfo the Inwards, and dry them. Y o u mud keep them all apart, and write u p o n them. For the Hcad-acb a certain great Miracle \ The Bone o f the Crown of the Eagle's Head, tied to the Patient in Deer's Leather, cures tk Crown of the Head., And an Eagle's Temples cure a Hemicrania. Alfo the Brain o f it, with a little Oyl 8c Tar , applied as an oyntmenr,cures all fwimming and indifpofition of the Head. For Favour and Fortune } its right Eye tied in a clean Cloth, and held in the left H.ind,inDif-courfes,with great Men, procures Favor and Friondfhip. And i t s right Eye hung about one in Dser's Skin, will never permit the Bearer to

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kvc fore Eyest Above the eyes of an Eagle4

in the eye-brows, two (tones are found, one in each eye-brow, which bound in the skirt, oHn the Leather of a Wolf, or of a S e a l , or of a Hyena, or of an Eagle, and worn a b o u t the Neck, , preferve the Bearer from all the Crw fIty and Mifchief of wild Beafls, and from the Snares of Devils and Men, and confer all good. And its Tongue, hung about one in Linnen-Cloth, does excellently cure the Gout, and fore Thrdbts, and difficulty in breathing. And the Liver dried, and powdered with its own Blood, and drunk for ten dayes in Oxymel, cures the falling-ftcknefs. And the Gall applied as an Oyntment with Juice of Horehound, with M y r r h alfo and Honey without drofs, tufas amy all obfeurity and dulnefs, and does not permit any thing amifs to be in the Eyes. For *ll Prosperity ^ And its Heart, as wasfaid, put into w i n e , and fmyrnizated with Honey and Spices for feven dayes, then fewed in Wolf's skin, and worn about a man, he will fall un-der no infirmity nor wild Eeafl, but will grow prof fcroW) and happy, and rich. For IAOI e ; The Kidneys dr ied , and ftceped , and ftrewed in Sawce, and given in Drink, or Meat, will draw the Party that drinks them,be it Man or Woman, into Concupifience and great Love. And a Feather o f the right wing held by one, mak$s the Bearer rich and amiable. And if any one

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hold a Feather of the left Wing, and dip it In Oy l , and anoint a Woman in travail from the place grieved to the Spina facra, fhe will be delivered immediately. And its dry Dung fuffumig.1ted , helps Women in travail, and brings away a dc.id Child , and cx trails the After-burthen, The Sinews alfo of its Neck and Back , and the Spondyls o f the Neck, tied the right to the right, and the left to the left fide, arc good fopthe Gout. And in like manner the Sinews o f the Legs cure'the Gout in the feet and pain in the kpces, And its T a -lons carried by Children or old People, free the Bearer from evil and cruel Phantafms, and from all harm. And the Skin drefled, and Carefully handled , and kept with the Fea-thers on , applied as a Stomacher to the Belly and Stomach, cures them excellently well that have the Colick., and a bad Stomacland the. Colick in their Stomach, and it caujcs digeflion It gives alfo an Oracle in Sleep, of fuch things as Jhall come to pafs. And if any one, when he goes to f leep, lay the Mouth or Bill of an Eagle at his head, he will fee in his Sleep what-ever he pleafes. And all thofe things we have faid, are concerning the Eagle. But if y o u cannot find an Eagle , take a Vultur, and aft in the fame manner : For it will do the fame things, but not fo intenfely. And the Vultur has its proper Virtues and Efficacies.

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And if you have not a Vultur, a Hawk does the bufinef9, but left effe&ually. Each hat its proper Virtues. And the Eagle, being greater than all, can do greater things, ana this is its proper Virtue. And i f one put the Feather or the Wing of an Eagle under the Feet of a Woman in travail, fie will prefently be delivered j but afToon as (he is delivered, take away the Feather. And the'Eagle-Stone, which upon (baking rattles within , is red of colour, «nd carried in wax, preferves Children in the womb, and fuffers them not to become a* bortive: But naked, it hajiens Birth.

"Ap-m, an Harpy, if a rapacious Bird, like to a Vultur, lefs indeed, and redder. The Belly of this dried and powdered, and eaten in Broth or Pap, cures difficulty of Urine, breaks the Stone in the Bladder , and cures racing pains in the Loyns : for the Belly of the Bird eaten, and carried about one, creates a great Digejiion.

'Axixfap t i.e. a Cock, known to all. The Broth o f a Cock's belly drunk, loofens the Belly. And its Blood cures an Eryfbelas and Chil-blains,and thofe that have eaten a, Sea-Hare. And if one firft eat Garlick, and drink the Blood hot with Wine, he need fear no creeping thing. And ftrewed upon Broth, and[given,

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Book III . to the quantity o f a Nut , for ten day?s, to eat it if good for fuch as bring Blood »jmrk Alfo anointing with its Gall, and the Juice of Celondine, and Honey, Jbarpens the to perfe£lly. And a Plafter of its Dung an Vinegar heals the Bites of mad Beajls avd Ul-

And applied with Vinegar it ript cers Felons. And its Brain drunk with Vinegar , nor with Vinegar, but drunk with the Pickle of a Seipint, helps the biting of a Street. Its T e f t i c l e s drunk with Wine irritate Venus, tnd create a good habit. And the inner horpy coat of the Gizzard, which they c a l l a m , fome Sifnkion, put into Wine, and then dried and beaten with Salt, drunk in Wine, or Sy-rup, perfeaiy cures the Stone in the Kafajt. And the Comb of a Cock's head with one grain of Olibanum, and a little H a r t s - h o r n , carried about one, averts all noQurnal far, and the meeting with any Evil, and it mkfi the Bearer without fear. And its Dung drunk with good wine, dots wonderfully me lo-cation caufedby Cold.

'AixTwr, i .e . a Nightingale, is a Bird to all, like to a Swallow. This Bird tinning of Spring never ceafesto fingmgbtm day in a mournful and bewailing Note * whence alfo it had its Name, becaufe tt almyesk, If any will fwallow down its Heart w i t h H o

10? K I R A N I . Book III/ ncy, while the Bird is panting, and will car-ry abSut him the Heart and the Tongue of the lame Bird, he will he fweet in fpeech, and if a fhrill voyce, and will he heard gladly. If onctakcoutits eyes, and let ir go alive, and carry thefn about him , he (hall in no 'wife deep, while he carries them about him. And and anointing with'its Gall and Honey, fhar-pslhc fight perfectly.

' A a n Halcyon, if a very beautiful Bird, blemfi or greenifh, of diver J Colours, HI-m on the Sca-(1me. This Bird hatches on the bmefthe Sea, and when fl)e lays her Eggs were is a great Tranquility in the Sea, left the Set ftmld either break or wet them : For fix Ms near the brim of the Sea, where the Sea brinks or mfhes. After therefore that fix has dm with her Nefi , and her young ones are

the Sea flutfuates again after its wonted Iumr. If any one tie the eyes of this Bird m a Cloth, and lay them at the head of one-that fleeps too much, they will k^ep him from fito. If any fliall carry its eyes, when he fails at Sea, he fliall not fear Tempeft rtor Storm, nor any ncceffity whatever. Alfo the Pilot, that ernes them, flail ficer his Veffel quietly, and

™ the of a Storm. And its heart carried mil make a man beautiful and beloved,

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a man fall into the midft of hit enemies, he fhall receive no harm, and he fljall neither be hurt by florm, nor by thunder 5 but he fh ill be accepta-ble and pcaccable to all. But it muft be put in its own Shin, and fewed, and put into a gol-den Pipe. And if a Fifher carry the Belly, or the Head, or the Feathers, that Fifher fhall never be difappointed. And the whole Bird roafted in its Feathers, and eaten, quiets peo-ple pojfeffed with the Devil. And let vn the Houfe, it averts all fedit ion and fir ife.

"A/^wa, a Cormorant, is a Sea-bird, infatidr ble, and known to all : If this Bird meet a (hip under fail, and as fhe flies dives in the Sea, (he

ftgnifies a fiorm to the pip } but if flse fly before, or fit upon a Rocl'{_, fhe portends a good Voyage, The Blood therefore of this Bird is an Antir pharmacum and good againfi venomous Beafis. And its Belly dried, and drunk, and carried about one, creates a perfect digefiion or a good flgmach. And anointing with it9 Gall and Tar, fuffcrs not the hairs plmkt from the eye-brows to grow again. And A whole Cormo-rant dried and eaten cures a Lcprojie. And jt is good againfi the Spleen. And the Eggs cure difficulty of Urine, and .the Kidneys, and the Stomach.

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, an Owl, fome fay this Bird is tl$ Mother of watching 5 for Jhe appears not in the day, but in the night fhe whoops and hollows. Her Claw, hung about a man as a PhylaQcry, is for-tunate,, and never fails.

r. nty, a Vultur, a great and a very ufeful

Bird, known to ail. And the utility o f a young Vultur is this 5 The bones of the head of this Bird tied with a purple thread to the Arm, cure the head-ach and an old fwim• tning in the head. And its brain diflolved with Tar and old Oyl , and anointed on the Temples, cures every Head-ach. And the Gall, with Honey and Juice of Horehoundt, cures a Juffufton of the Eyes. And its Fat mixt wixt with Hog's Lard, helps the Gout, a bad Stomach, the Palfie, and fuch as have a ConvuU fion upon too much evacuation. Its heart alfo tied up in the skin, flops all Bleeding. And all this is o f young Vulturs.. And Devils, and mid beaftswill very much fhun the bearer 5 and he will have favour with all men, and with all women, and will live in riches 5 and thk is victorious in every thing. And the heart o f a great Vultur boyled, and given privately in meat, or dried and oivcn in drink to a wo-

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Book Iir. K I R ANI. 111 man, creates great friendjhip, and lafcivmt defire in her. And its feet carried about one, conduce highly to Eloquence of Speech, and In Gain, and to the filence of Enemies, and foolh-ing of Adverfaries. And its Talons burnt, and diffolved in old Wine, anointed all over the heart, and drunk, caufe Vittory over Enemiti, And its Mouth or Bill, with the Tongue, carried about one , is good for journeying kj night, and drives away Devils, and wild Bap, and every creeping thing, and all evih. A n d we will fay metre, it will acquire to ihehtsrtt all victory, and abundance of things, elomm of Speech, and Caufes, andGlory, and Honour, Carry therefore the Eyes and the Tongue, and you will preferve your body in all C h i -ftity. And if a Woman diffolve the brain , and anoint her belly for feven dayes, and anoint alfo the belly of the Man, jhe mil ml conceive at all. Keep alfo it bone6 burnt and beaten for a Powder, and this Powder firm-ed upon any 7J leer, will heal it, and m i x t with wine, it will put an end to the Tooth-ach. And its Gall mixt with with Juice of Hore-hound, and Opobalj'amum, and Honey, does perfcSI) cure all dimnefs of the Eyes and Sufiufton. And its Feathers fuffumigated, cure the Letkr and fits oj the Mother, and the Phwifie. An i the Vultur does as many things u s t h e l i> gle. lint tho' wc have palled b y m a n y ulcs n

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AmiepiyAa'^Mf, i. c. Picus, a Wood-pecker, tr Oak-tutter, is a Bird of a very flrong Bill, which breeds in the hole of an Oak.: If anyone flop up its young ones with a Stone, and go hi; v t j , the Wood-pecker comes, and fetches an herh, ad applying it, opens all fajlnings. And its Eyes carried , fharpen the fight. And its Bill hung about ones neck, cures the Tooth-ack and Vvnla, and fore Throat, and the g u i n f e y , And the Bird roafted or boyled, recovers fu k peo-f k jjicedily, andloofes fuch as are bound by in-chintmcnt, and cures t h e m , a n d gives projpe-rilj.

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'fyvh&s kind of Stork, is a Bird that mak$s ill Ncji and lives in Temples and JUdifices, which are in the City: upon its head it hatha Tuft of Feathers lify hair, Uout three fingers % If its Claws with the Gall of a Crab be hung in an Afles Shin about the Neck of oi:e that cannot deep, he will fieep. And if any one at the Table put a Cloth, wherein the C l a w s are, into wine, they that drink it will

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2w«, is a Bird of Jove , which the Greeks call Aftragallinus, and the Latins, Carduelip, yiz. Thifile-bird, a fort of Linnet y it has red Feathers in the Head -and golden ones in the Wings, and all orer befides it is of divers Co-lours. This roafted and eaten does excellently cure Loofeneffes and Colickj. >.

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'H/io'^ef/uoj is a Bird in India, which affoon as it is hatcbt, flies towards the Eafi againfi the Sun -j and when the Sun comes to the Wejt, it turns alfo : It lives no longer than one year, but it breeds a Male and a Female. And this in Drink has Favour. If therefore any one open it, and carry its Inwards about himj embalming it in Myrrh, he will grow rich. And eaten it gives health, and he that carries it will not be fic\ all the dayes of his Life, and l.e will grow rich.

e. ©«<7n®. is a noflurnal Bird. The eyes ?nd

heart of this carried, makfthe bearer.bold and without fear in the night, and unhurt in his eyes. And eaten, it gives Profperity and a good flo-mach.

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a Hawk., can do whatever the Vul-tur does, but weaker. And its Dung drunk in fweet wine, hajiens the birth of Children, And being pulled alive, and boylcd in Oleum Sufinum,till it is di(Tolv'd,and afterwards (train-e d , whatever you anoint with it, it will tajy sway all clouds and dintnefs ef the Eyes. And the Bird roafted, and eaten, cures the facred Infirmity, And its Eyes , hung about the N e c k , drive away a Tertian. The Heart alio carried for all thing*, flrengthens and pre-

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, a Raven, is known to all men. This taken and buried alive in a Horfe Dunghil, and putrefied forty dayes, then burnt, and made into a Cerecloth, perfeHly cures the Gout. And its Dung in fuftumigation, cures the Mor-phea and white Leprojie. And its eggs blacken gray hairs.

Kopmn, a Crow. The Heart carried cre-ates Concord between a Husband and a Wife 5 If he that has a Wife, (hall unwittingly carry the Heart of a Female Crow, and it the wo-man well knowing i t , (hall carry about her the Heart of a Male Crow , the Love between

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took II!. KIRANI. ii) them will be infeparable. And if you give to a Woman the Inwards of it roafted, (he not knowing it, Jl)e will love you well. And if you anoint your Genital with its Brain and Honey, and (hall lie with her, Jhe will Im you entirely, and (he will adhere to no man hi your felf. Its Dung in wine, cures difficult) in breathing. T w o fpoonfuls of its Wood drunk in wine, per fell ly cures the Dropjii. Catch a Crow without hurting her, if ym Feet pain you, and cut off the hind Claw trom the right foot, juft by the Leg unbroken,tie it in a thread, hang it, and faften it about; but anoint the Crow all over with Oyntment of Turpentine, or with Oyl, and let her fly away alive: And tie the Claw to the Foot afflifted, the left to the left Foot 5 He muft not wafh, left the Ligature (hould fal) down: but the Ligature mult be made in Deer's Skin, and fo it muft be carried. And when you cut off its Toe, fay, I take this Claw f o r t h Cure of the Sciatica, and of the Gout of the fal, and for all the Limbs, and anointing her kt her go.

K/eotc, 4 Jay, » * fagacious Bird, i r n i m the Voyce ofa man. The heart of this, car-ried about one,with Ivy root, cures Worn* of Cotrvuljtons: In likp manner it cores difficult) in 'Urine. And it is a Bird of various Colours,

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KWU OJ, an Oitzle , if a fweet-finging BirdA [wgitfg much in Summer, and it is all over ve~ rj black, only it has a golden hill. This boyled in old Oyl, rill it is dillolved, Anointing with this 0)1 cures a backyard Convulfion and the Sciuticu. -

Axpos, Sea-Gull, can do the lime things that the Halcyon does. Therefore a Woman in travail, that holds the heart of this Bird, jrill quickly he delivered : And afToon as (he is delivered, carry it out, left the Guts follow. Its Belly alio dried, and drunk , and carried about one, makes perfc8 Digeflion.

Aafiww^s, is a winged Worm, jlying in the Night, and it Jl)iues as a Star: for it has Light behind in the Coat of its Belly. If therefore you tie it up in the Skin of the Matrix, and hang it about a Woman, it hinders Conception iltopther: And if any one put a Glow-worm on the Floor of the Houfe , where' there are Fleas„ they will all get away.

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M«e*4 > a Lapwing, is a Bird all green , which fomc call Gangraena: And it is a very aiming Bird, good alfo for many things, as is

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lit Alcyon. This Bird, when fhe is bringing up her young ones , left any one fhould take them way, changes them from place to place : She | tlfo, when Jhe fpies him , that feeks her young [ones, fhifts her felf hither and thither, left per-haps it might be known, where fie feeds her joung ones. The heart of this is fit for too much Love, and eaten it helps them that are troubled

I ffith ' the Pajfion of the Heart, and the Jaun-dice, and a bad Stomach. And it is there-fore called Meropt, becaufe it quickly creates Love in a Man.. And its Gall with Honey, or Juice of R.ew , cures a Suffufton in the Eyes.

Mf?uv< * a ftn&'"& fi*cetb i n Summer. | This Bird burnt and mixt with Honey, and applied in an Oyntment, cures the Sore called

I Meliceris. And rofted and eaten, it cures the | bloody Flux.

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NWa, a Duck, living in Rivers and Fens. | is kpown to all: And the blood of a Duck

drunk either hot, or dried in wine, prefcrves the Drinker from all poyfon, and heals them that

1 are bitten by a Viper i, and it gives health, and flrength, and a good habit.

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XTJTHEOS according to fome f-jwflds, i. c. a Sparrow t according to others m/fytrtis, Tower« bird 5 according to others rpuiyAnns, Hole-bird. The dung of this drunk with wine, caufes great Ereuion. And applied in an Oynttnent with Hog's Lard, it cures an Alopecia, and thickens it, ard breaks Carbuncles. And the Bird roafted and eaten, moves Venereal De-light.

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"Opwst a domefiick. Hen. The Brain rubbed upon Childrens gums, makgs their Teeth breed Without pain. And drunk in wine, it curu them that are flung by a Scorpion. And her Heart, while the Bird is ftill panting, tied to a Woman's hip , hafiens travail excellently well. And its Liver bruited, and applied as a Plafter with Barley Bour and water, is good

for the Gout. Its Greafe melted with N a r d , is good for pain in the Ears , and in Women's Peffariesy and for Difeafes of the Nerves. And Chickens fplit, and applied hot to venomous ftings, draw out all the Venom. And we muft change them often and apply frelh ones. Then we muft bruife fome green Olive Leaves with Oyl and Salt, and fo apply it to the Wound. Aud frefti Hen's Dung applied,

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cures galling caufed by ones Shooes, and it takt

T J T r Y T n k i n ^ a t e wine good for them that have eaten poyfim

Mujhromes. Alio dried, and powdefi , Z applied in an Oyntment wiA Vitriol and Vnguentum aridum,, it thickens an Alopecia.

' < W , 4 guail. The Eyes with Marfh-mallow Root, hung about one, cure fore mt

a Tertian and a guartan Ague. And its Broth

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n. nh*pyot, a Stork is a very good Bird. Ftt

prefently when the Spring comes, they proctcddl

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come tnto Lycia tto a River, called Xmh^nd *nd, n the fane place they engage in battel with R* vtns andCrmstand Magpies,and VH It urstand with f c*rmv°rous Fowl. For they know the timtfm-band and all come thither. The Amy of tit Storks tndeed put themfelves in Battalia on m

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AN<L Vnltwu. and all the carnivorous Birds tarry on the otter fide of the River. And they tarry the whole faf Month for battel. For they know the dy "hereon they arc to engage. And then a Cr/js

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hard to the very Heavens, and the Jhedding of lie blood of wounded Birds tsfeen in the Rivery

4»d the plucking off of many Feathers, of which the Lycians make Feather-beds. And after that the Field is clcared, they find the Crows, and all arniverous Birds torn in pieces. And Iskfwife Stores and Pelicans, and no fmall number of fiich M are of their ftde. For many of the Birds fill down dead in the battel. And this Conten-tion mong them, and Viftory, on whether ftde fdever it falls, is a Sign to all Men. For if the Amy of Storks be Conquerors, there will be Riches, and abundance of Bread command Fruits on the Earth: but if the Crows get the better, there will be a Multitude of Sheep, and Oxen, and other four-footed beafts. And the Storks have another certain, excellent natural Qua-lity. For when the Parents are grown old, and are not able to fly, their Children, on every fide, wry them upon their Wings from place to place, M alfo maintain them j and if they be blind, their Children feed them $ this Retribution, and due Gratitude from Children to Parents, is cal-led anmehapyia., antipelargia, i. e. Stork.-gra> titHde. And the Stork has fuch Vertues as thefe. The Eggs diffolved in Wine, make Hair •bttck. But you muft cover the Forehead and Eyes with Pafte,left the Liquor running down tinge them- And after the Tinfture o f the Hair, wa(h the Hair very well, and anoint it

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fcooklH '^fcobkllL x i i t mn- Hi »with Oyl of Myrtle, antj with i tnr ipeOyld-^ive, in which Beat's, or Boar's Greafe is dif-folved.'And if you take a little young Stork, and put it in a courft: Earthen Pot ; and fet njt in an Oven to'bake,and when it isb^k&i to a Coal , yOu make Powder of it, jw/ w)lttyive a dry Eye-falve for Speck/ in the Eycsj and for blear-ey'dnefs, and for Inflammation, arid for

falling of the Hair 5 and you will do all thefe thirtgsas an Artift. But if you have a mind

40 make a raoifl Eye-falve,put it into Honey, Without Drofi, and ufe it as an Oynrment. While the Stork is alive,take away the Sinews of her Feet, and Legs, and Wings, and apply them to the Gout in the Feetxandin the Hands, joyning like to like, and you will eurethetri. And a Stork eaten roafted ot Ipdyl'd once a year, in the Spring time, before th£y take their Fight to the War, will preftrve the Ea-ter fafe and found in his Nerves and Joynts 5 for the Gout in the Feet, and in the Hdnds, and >in the*Knees, the Sciatica, backyard Convulfi-on, and the Difeafes of the Nerves and Joynts will fly away. And its Dung in a Cataplafm, with Leaves of Henbane, and wild Lettuce, is-good for the Gout. And take the Skin of the ifnfide of the Gizzard, wafli it in Wine, and dry it in the Shade, and make a Powder of it. If any one therefore have drunk deadly Poyjort, fcrape a little of it, and give it him

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to drink in Wine, mixt with Sea* water, and it will be well with him. And it9 Guts eat-en, cure the Colicky, and Stone in the Kidneys. And its Gall anointed, Jharpens the light. And i f any one take the Heart of a Stork,Conque-ror in the War, and tie it up in the Skin of a Hawk, or of a Vulture that is conquered, and. write on the Heart, becaufe I have con• gutr'd my Enemies! And (hall tie it to his right Arm. He that carries it, will lie invincible by all, and admirable in War, and in all Contro-versies, and his Vitlory will be irrefragable and great.

Tle&nest, a Dove, is a known bird. And there isaTree in India which is called Peridexi-on , whoje Fruit is fweet, and ufeful, fo that Doves alfo delight and tarry in it: And the Serpent fears this Tree , fo that he avoids the fhadow of it. For if the fiadow of the Tree go towards the Eaft, the Serpent flies towards the Weft i and if the fhadow of the Tree reach to-wards the Weft, the Serpent flies towards the Eaft , and the Serpent cannot hurt the Doves, becaufe of the Virtue of the Tree. But if any of them ftraggle from the Tree, the Serpent by its breath attra&s it, and devours it: Yet when they Hy and go together, neither the Serpent nor tlx Spar-hawk, can or dares hurt them. There-fore the leaves or bark, °f the Tree fufumigated

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avert all evil (that i s , venomous Beads.) If any one is blear-eyed, the blood of a D o v e poured on hot cures wounds and breaches of the Eyes. And its Dung applied with Barly Flower and Iris P o w d e r , and Birdlime, and Hogg's Lard, does hollow out Gangrenes, and breaks fcrophulous Tumors. And applied with Vinegar, it takes away Specks and Freckles in the Face. And mixt with Tar it perjetily cures the Morphew and Leprofie. And d i f l o l v e d in Vinegar with JEgyptian Earth, aud Enphor-

and Crocomagma , and applied t o the mm ore head, it cures the Headach ferfettly, And pplied to the Seat with Oyl , it matys the bel>

coftive. And the Tefticles of the Male are a Love-potion given by a Man to a Woman, and fo is the Matrix of the Female given to Uert.

P E R D I X , a Partridge is a crafty Bird! hr Jhe calls her Neighborus and Kiridred into he Snare : She vouches auothers Eggs for her mn \ but affoon as the young ones are hatch, iey return to their own Dams, and leave her defolate that hatcht them. The Gall therefore of a Partridge with honey , and Qpobalft' ttium, and Juice of Foenil, Jl)arpens tlx fyk Andboyled with Quinces, and eaten, and the broth drunk with ftyptick wine, cures Loofeneffes and a bad ftomach. And its Eggs

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Pa/j.p(&, is a Bird by the River Nile, dicb is called a Pelican, and lives in the Fens of Egypt: fhe loves her brood extremely welly vhen therefore the young ones are hatcht and pom a little, they continually beat the old ones in the face } but they not being able to endure it, caff their young ones, and kfll them ; then mo-ving the bowels of compaffton over them, they lament their )0ung ones, which they killed 5 the fame day therefore the Mother, to get to her own Children, tears open her fides, and fhedding her om blood over her Children, fhe revives them, and they rife again in a certain natural man• tier. The Gall of them therefore mixt with W i n e , makes the black. Morphew, and black furs, of the fame colour with the other flefb) And it makes dull Silver bright, and cures and cleanfts all blacknefs. T h e blood of them d r u n k cures the falling fickpefs.

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Sapinus, is a beautiful Sparrow, and kjtown it all, living in the fields. This eaten confers beauty, and preferves from dulnefs of fight.

Xeioomyig, i. e. E ropa , vel Caudatremula, is a Bird, or Sparrow, that alwayes wags its Bead or Tail, which is found about Rivers and Brooks: It is called Caudatremula, or Water-wagtail, becaufe it alwayes wags its Tail, i f any one therefore take it, and fhutit alive, with its Feathers on, into a pot, and bake it to P o w d e r , and give fome of it to a Wo-man in her Drink, it will make her to diffolve and melt away for Love : For this is an irrefra-gable Potion, to which there is no like.

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Taut, i.e. a Peacock.,' is a mofi facred Bird*» confpicuous for divers colours, beautiful indeed, having delight in its Tail: This Bird , when he treads, cries, and after he has done coition, he retires backyard, and he treads only in the Spring. Its Eggs are good to makf a Golden Colour, and fo are Goofe Eggs. And when * Peacock is dead, his Flefh does not decay, nor yield any fiinkjng fmell, but continues, as it were embalmed in Spices. The Brain o f this Bird is 4 Love-potion. Its Heart carried, procures

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13(5 K I R A N I . Book HF. goodwill and felicity. Its blood cajlsout De-vils. Its Inwards and Dung futtiimigated calls out all Evil. And eaten it cures the Woody Flux. Its Dung drunk, cures the fal-ling jicknefs.

T'puy*t a Turtle , is a Bird known to all content with one Mate. The Dung o f this With honey cures (pecks in the Eyes. Aj)d it and Oyl of Rofes, in an Oyntment, cures the I Vomb.

T . 'Tme/ovis, is the Female Eagle. The virtue

of this is fuch as of the Male. And its dung with honey pcrftHly cures the guinfie, and ii ff -good for all Difeafes about the Throat, and for• Coughs.

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<J>«w, is a bird that breaks bones, an OfJ>rey } fofiit.does not only eat flefh, but the very bones. TI\e Stqojach of >this dried, if any one drink it in powder, or carry it about him , will mkeperfctf digefliott. T h e Hip bone of the Bird hung about the Hip, cures the Varices, or broken Veins that arc in the Legt. 'And its Ga l l , and Honey anointed, cures the Morphtw and Leprofie.

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$ct<nawj, a Pheafant, if a bir4k»omtod T h e dung o f this anointed and drunk, caufes Eretfion., And its Fat is good for fuch as are troubled with difienfioh of Nerves, arid fir fits of the Mather. And its Blood is an Antidote again fi Poyfon.hnd the Gal \ parpens tbeSi$k

" the bird, which is called Alty-f rons , or White-brow : for it is all b lack, only it has a white' forehead, and it is found in Rivers and ftanding Waters. The brain of this mixt with old Oyl and anointed, cms all Difeafes of the Arfe. And the Bird eaten is a Medicine againfi Poyfon.

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XeAi<Wv,i.e. a Swallow,which in the Spring raifes all people by ftnging. And it has fuch Aftionsas thefe j If any one take its young ones, and put them in a pot, and when it is luted up, bake them, then opening the Pot, if heconiiders,he will find two young ones killing one another; and t w o turning the one from the other: If therefore y o u take thofe two that kiG one another, and diflolve them in Oyl of Roles, and anoint a Woman, fhe will immediately follow you j And if you give her fome of the a flies in D r i n k , fhe will go mad lor Love.But you may diflolve this,if you give a little of the afhes of thofe that turn one

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from another, in anOyntment or Di ink, and fhe Will recover. And theafbesof them and of the old ohes, applied as an Oyntmcnt with Hority , cure the gtanfey, and drunk with Meliorate they cure 'hoarfeneffes. And thi; M l b w her felf , eaten frequently cures the Filling Skfaefs. And the Gravel that is found in tjie Qizzajrd of the young ones , hung at thc iight Afai, perfectly cures bad Livers: It it ijtyrtniic*) of a Cough, Running at the Nofe,

fire Throats, and of all manner of Jore Ejes. .'And the Eyes, tied to the Forehead, cutt loft Eyes, and take array the cold fit of Af>)tts•: And Swallows eaten, cure the Fat ling Sicfy:efs , and hafien the birth. And it's Allies.and Honey anointed, fharpen the Sight: And anointed alfb they perfiSly cure Vleers in the Throat or Tongue, and all eating Sores, and Gangm.es. And the Earth of the Ntf t , diP folvcd in Water, and applied, cures firelhngs of the Throat and Jam, and tl. e Qun;fey. And with Vinegar it cures the Head-ach. And its Dung drunk , cures Nafientia And mixt WitlvGoat'b Gall, it tinges the Hair black, and cures the white and blacl{ Lcprofie.

Xuesif &a, is a Kingly Bird, foreknowing wUt u to come. If any one is i l l , and the Bird walk before him, and it turn afide its head from the lick Perfon, he will d i e :

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But if the Bird look the fick Man in (the face, it takes away all the Sicknefs from him, and flies agAinft the Sun, and gqts a W y the Sick-nefs, and both the fick perfon and the Bird

faved. T h e Heart , and the Head of it , carried about one, preferves the bearer fafe and foi/nd from all Sicknefs all the dayes of his Life. ' ;

yLlw. a Goofe. If 1 any one cut out the tongue of a Goofe alive, and lay it upon the Breaft o f a M a n o r Woman afleep, they will confefs alltfat ever thty have done. And its Brain with its own Greafe and Melilot or Fcenugreek in a Deco&ion or Broth, applied, cures Chaps and the Hemorrhoids and all fwellings in the Arfe. And with Oyl o f Rofes and Fat , and the fliells of the Eggs rofted or fried, it is good for all fivellings of the Matrix, With Deer's Marrow it is good for chapping of the Lips, and for Chil-blains. And inje&ed with Oyl of L i -lies, it brings away a dead Child. With an au-ftere Juice, it is good for a Thrufls. And with Honey alfo it cures aU that is about the Tongue. With Nard, it is good for old running Ears. And with Raifins ftoned, it cures Carbuncles. And the Gall, efpccially of a wild Goat, put in a Pefl'ary with Juice of Horehound and Knotgrafs, helps Conception, and in Menlnten-fton. And its Greafe is good in Peffaries,

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i3o KIRANI. Book nBoofcllf, KIRANI. 131 and in Anodyne and emollient Oyntments. Am \<tt fytailt and Partridge eat Hellebore. This its Dupg drunk in w i n e , afwages a Cougi&Xtn helps aU who have drunks Come deadly T h e Dung alfo o f a wild Goofe fuffumigated fhing^ and he that taftes it, pall not be hurt cafls out Devils, and cures the Lethargy ant [4t all. Fits of the Mother. And its Gall , with thi Gall of an O x e and Juice of Bayes , curei Deafnep. And the Broth of a Goofe drunk with wine, is good for them that drink much Wine , or Aconite, i. e. Hemlock, or Dorigi-num, i. e. Hcrba Apollinaris, or Henbane. The Inwards alfo of a Goofe rotted and eaten are

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good (as ) the Liver is good for the Liver, the Stomach for the Stomachy the Guts for Looj-nejfes: And the Heart and Lungs are good for Confumptive People.

^nldtui,, a Parrot, is a Bird all green, having the feet apef the bill red: This is found at The-ba is in iEgypt, and in India ^ It has a ftrong beak., Jo that it break/ Iron: And it imitates the vojee of Men, and of all Animals. The beak of this Bird carried, cajlsout Devils,and the cold fits of Agues. And it can do all that the Goofe can do. And the eating it helps all People in the Jaundice, and cures the Confump-Hon well.

' f l a , I.e. Eggs. N e w laid Hen's£ggs anoint-ed, cure burns with fire. Alio an Egg ntvv Uid , tied about a Vyoman, hafiens Travail, And it is very good for Difeafes of the Eyes. And the fhell of it rofted, with Myrtle, heals galling of the feet by the Jfmes, and Jlopj every Tumor and Defluxion. And it is good in Pef-faries, and in things that are good againfl Dif-eafes of the Feet and Matrix, and it ajfm^es all pain, but efpecially fwellings of an Eryfipe-las and Nafcentiae. And if it be fupt raw, it flops a Woman's Flux, and voydiug of Blood upwards , and it attenuates dnd beautifits an Artery. And it is good for an Inflammation, and it per fed ly cures all Pain. And an Egg-(hell burnt and powdered fine, is blown into the Noftrils to ftop bleeding at the Nofe. Waft-ing the Mouth with it, cleanfes the Teeth. And thte Pellicle of the Egg which is called Vemen,

Yap©*, <t Starling, is a Bird of a red or va-riable Colour, known to aU, which cats Hemlock,

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lie, is good for chapped Lips and a rough Tongi And it is very good for any breach in the Ears, And Goofe and Peacock Eggs do the fame thing. A Snipe's Egg rofted oaufes Mifcarri-age. And a Crow's Eggs anointed on the Te-

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K I R A N I Book III-fticles, caufc Delight, and drunk, they caufe Ijjvt And fo Swallow's Eggs make the hah, blick, W cure the white Lcprojie. And Piee- ' on s Errs eaten caufe Intenjion. A Partridge's 1

Eg*i ditto!ved with Honey, jharpen the Sight, " j Btrth. An Eft rich's Eggs applied 2 Spiders Eggs drunk, three for

tTtrtm four for a Quartan, put away the

° d d Hen's Eeg boyled in. Af fes Urine and eaten, c„re Ntphritick and Colick Pains.

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AE J O S, the Eagle-Fiji), is a Fifh without Scales, like to the Hawkrfijb, likf to a lit-

tle Fierce• claw , becaufe of its Prickle. T h e (tones therefore that are found in the Head of this F i fh , hung about o n e , cure Quartan Agues. And its Gall anointed Jharpens the Sight. Its Prickles burnt upon Vine-branches cafi out Devils. And the Fifh eaten perfect-ly cures the falling Sicknefs.

A N T H I A S is a great Fiji). Its Gall applied with Honey, cures Pimples, and makes a florid Countenance. And its Fat with a Ce-rote, cures Carbuncles, Steatomata, Apoflemes, and the Breafts, and the King's Evil, and Fe-lons. T h e Stones of the Head hung about

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of the fiead and Neck. ive to a place, in which Matter does fuper* ibound, evacuate i t , and make a man

A M l A » / ; ^ a Tuny, it if a bold Fiji.\ and ound. They are therefore good for the Spleen, purfuet other Fijhes. The Teeth o f this car- Dropfie, and for Jore Eyes, fet to the Fore-ried, caufe Childrens Teeth to breed without bead. Suffumigated they kfU Chinees $ and pain. T h e Fifh eaten, cures a Dyfury. , Chinees fuft'umigated fetch up Leechs drunk

A ^ U A n XT, , ™ , . i down, for they cannot endure one another. A C H A R N I are little fijhes, a kindofT.

Roaches. T h e Broth of them loofens the belly, and is good for the Kidneys.

A S T A C U S , a Crey-fifh, known to all. Give the Shell o f this b u r n t , and difToIved in Broth of Rice, it cures the bloody Flux and Loofnejs.

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B A T O S or V A T O S , a Fiji) without Scales, which the Romans call Culpelna. The^ eating o f this frequently provokfs Venus.

B I I G L O S S A , /. e. Bovis Lingua, a Sea-fijh% which is called Skitopmia, a Sole* This applied to the Spleen and fwathed on, dimi-nrjhes the Spleen in a natural manner: But you muft after three dayss hang it in the fmoak.

B D E L L JEt i . e. Leeches. Burn them, diflolve the Afties in Vinegar, and pluck of f the hairs of the Eye-lidstand anoint,they will not

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B L A C E I A S , a River-fiflj. The head of this burnt, and difToIved with honey, and anointed, makes the fight very Jharp 5 its Gall alfo does the fame.

B O B E S, Some call them Bufei, Oxeyes, are Ifhes like to little Chevins. Thefe eaten are ood for the Kidneys. And the Gall parpens be fight. And the bones burnt, and ftrewed on dry, heal Ulcers.

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G I S E N T E R A , i.e. Ter r* Inteftina, or Worms,applied,perfeftly cure fijrunk. Nerves: And they are good for Apojlemes of the Nerves, and they di(folve Gangrenes. Bruifed with honey and applied, they cure fuch as are bit-ten with a Scorpion, and the fling of the Sea. jijb Mursena. Bruifed with Wine and drunk privately, they break, she Stone, and cure diffi-culty in Urine : And drunk fo, as was faid,

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136 JCTkAMl. they breed much Milk in Nurfes. And applied to aking Teeth, they cure the Tooth-ach. Boy|» ed in Oyl till they diflolve, the Oyl anoint-ed cures pain in the Ears. And burnt, and thealhes of them diflblved in Vinegar, and anointed, cure an Eryjipelas. Put into the holes of Moles, they bring them away without pain, fo that the Moles drawn with the hand, follow by the roots. Diflblved with an oynt« mcnt of Eggs, and applied, they cure the Gout,

G O N G R . U S , ha River-fifh, like an Ed This boy ltd in Oyl till it is diflolved, and drained, and a Cerecloth made of the (train-ed Oyl and Wax, and applied, fuficrs.not tlx belly of a Woman with Child tohurfi\ And it if good for the Gout, and Chaps in the feet.

G L A N E U S is a River fifh. The bond of it burnt, drive awayDevils. And its Gall anointed, cures the Speck i» the Eyes. And its Liver eaten, cures the Falling Sickpefs. And the whole Fifh is good fair thewontach.

G L A U G U S , a large Sea fifh. This boyl ed with Herbs and Foenil, and eaten, and the Broth of it drunk, caufes much Milk: And its Gall blackens the >Aau>y<p0aA,oux, or grey-tiefs of Childrens Eyes, and white fpecks. Both of its eyes, and hkewife of an Orphus, and of a Tunny, and of the Sea-Star, and the

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Gall of an Hyana bruifed and mixt with the Fat of any heart or bird whatfbever, and put into a lighted Candle or Lamp , they that look on it will think they fee that beart, if it be of the River, a River-Creature^ and if o f the Feather, a feathered Creature. But you muft put i.n the whole Star-fifh, and bruife it. And the Fat of a Glaucus is good for many things, and efpecially for D/feafes of the Arfe and the Womb.

D.

D E L P H I N , a Dolphin, brings forth young ones, and is a Sea Animal. Many of them play about the Euxine Sea, where fox<pivi-Xa/or and ij^fioujyMo., i. e. Oyl of Dolphins and Icing glafs are made. The Womb of this a-oointed ( fome have it blown and turned) turn-ed to the North makes the North-wind blow 5 and if to the South," the South-wind , and in like manner it operates upon other Winds. And its Teeth, hung about the neck, are good for breeding of Teeth. And its belly dried, and powdered, and drunk, aires the Spleen, lis Liver rofted and eaten, perfeftly cures a Terti-an, and guartan, and noflurnal (perhaps a Diurnal or Amphemcrinus) ague, and every Fit.

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MU1. venom.

D R A C O, the Dragon fifh, is very poyfo• This opened and applied, cures its own

And the Sting ( others have it the Brain ) if it be burnt, and applied to a Tooth with Juice of Tithymal, niak$s it fall out. And the Stones, that are in the Head of it, drunk, cure pijfing of Gravel. And if it be reduced to a flies, and (hewed on its own wound, mixt with Sulphur (others fay Bran) it cures the Sores.

E.

E N C H E L Y S , is a Fifh like a Serpent without fca!esy i. e. an Eel. If you privately give the Liver and Gall of this difToIved in wine to any one to drink with his wine, ht can never drink wine again. This Eel alfo killed in wine preferves from Drunkennefs 5 if you give a little of the wine to drink where in it was killed. And roafted and eaten, it cures a bad flomach and the bloody Flux.

E L O P S, is a great Sea-fiJIj , like to a Glaucus. The Fat and Gall of this cure all dimnefs of the eyes. And its Liver rofted and eaten cures Epatickj. The Stones of its head hung about one, cure every Head-ach and He-micrania.- The right muft be applied to the right, and the left to the left. And its Eyei

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carried about one, cure all fore Eyes and tit Hcmicrania.

E C H I N U S , the Sea-Urchin. The Flefh of it eaten loof-ns the belly, and perfectly cures pijfmg of Gravel, taken with the Pickle. And the Sca-Urchin it ft If burnt, and reduced to powder, and auoi^trd, curcs the Lejirofie, and reduces any 'Ulcer to a Cicatrice and dolulity, it alfo cures unci thickens an Alopecia, if it be anointed with litais Greafe, or with the Fat of a Dolphin, or with Hogs Lard.

E C H E N E I S , a Remora, is a rnji powerjul Fifh. If it flick. 10 a Ship under Sail before the wind, it flops the Ship. Take there-fore a living Echeneist and put it into Captie-bum, that it may be fuffocated , and when you will boyl it, weigh the F i fh : For if it weighs a pound, you muft put it into a quart of Oy l , a quart for every pound of Fifli, and boyl it on a gentle Fire, and when you find the Fifh is diflolved, and dry, ftrain out the Juice and Oy l , and mix of the firft But-ter §iij in a quart of the Juice of the Fifh and the CapneUum: And when it is well boyled, put it up in a Glafs-Vellel, and ufe it. And you fhall anoint the Joynts of the hands and feet with this. Forif the Gout in the feet be of Ten jears ftanding, it will perfectly cur* it, and the

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140 K I R A N I . Book IV, Gout in the hands, and the Gout in the faces likfwifi. And when you boyl it, fee that it do not boyl over, and throw out the Capne-U m , becaufe you will fet nil on fire: Boyl therefore the forefaid me.ifure in the open Air, as if the Fifh weigh 1t> ix. and Butter ^iv. And CapneUum is the thing, which is called Naphtha. +

Z.

Z M U R j E N A, A Sea-Lamprey , is 4 malicious marine wild Beafl, and ingenious, without fcales, having black fpots upon. the bacl( and in the skin, it is venomous, and violent up-on Men. And the Sea-Lamprey is contrary to the Polypus, and kills it, and the Lobfier killt the Sea-Lamprey $ Jo that if a Sea-Lamprey and a Lobfier be bdyled together, the Sea-Lamprey wajles away, and will not appear. And the Po-lypus kills the Lobfier. The Tteth therefore of a Sea-Lamprey hung about one, are goot for Children, when they breed their Teeth. More over, eaten in Broth and Pepper it cures thi Stone in the Kidneys, and the Leprofte, and al fcabby difeafes.

E. H E P A R , the Liver-fifi) if a foft and fiov

fjl), having a great Liver. The Gall of thii drunk with Melicrate cures Epatickj• And id

Livei

Book III. KIRANI. 141 Liver bruifed applied plafterwife^we/a// fweU ling and the Gout. And its Head burnt and pow-dered, and the Powder firewed vpon old eating l)lcersJ heals the Flefl).

T H.

T H Y N N U S , a Tunny. I f one bruife the eyes and lungs of a Sea-Tunny, aud fprin-kle them on the roof o f the Houfe at night, they that are in the Houfe will think, they fee jlars. And if you anoint a wand and walk at night, when the Moon does not (hine, they will thinly that Light fliines from the wand. And if you draw a wild Beaft or any Image upon a Wall or Paper , the Beholders will admire.

T H R I S S A, fume call it C o p l a , others fay it is that Fifi which is now called Trichias. A Thriffa there tore dried and eaten, cures dif-

ficulty of Urine. Burnt and anointed with Unguent um Irinumt it makes the hair curl and thick., and k?ep* it Jrom falling. Rotted and eaten it is good for bad fiomachs.

I.

H I R P U R U S , i, e. Horfe-tail, is a fifi. which fome call Coryphaeus , i. e. a Prince, or Crown. T h e Gall of this and Honey without drofs, cures aU dulnefs, or black*>cfs, orobfeuri-

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ty. It has altogether the fame Vi r tue , that the Gall of an Hyjcna has. And it is very good and fweet to cat.

H I P P O C A M P U S marinus, is a Sea-In. f e t f , kpown to all. This burnt, and mixt with Hogg's Lard, perfe&ly cures an Alopecia. With Leaves of the black wild Fig-tree , or with Allies of Butcher'? Broom, diflolved in Vine-gar, it cures the Morphew and Leprofie. And tied about one , it eafes //><? Sciatica , and is good for the Pa Hie.

I U L I S , a partie-colourcd Fiji), known to all. The Teeth o f it carried about one, di-jhtrbs Devils and Witchcrafts.

K -t

K E P H A L U S , * Mullet. The Head of this Fifh b u r n t , and anointed with honey, cures the Piles and fwell/ngs in the Se.it, and in any other place. The Head alfo of a little Tunny does the fame thing: You mult ufe ihim therefore both mixt.

K O R A S C U S , a Crow-fip. The Gall boiled with Honey , cures dimnefs of fight. T h e Gall of this, and of a Cabote, and of a Partridge, and o f a Scare, and of a Scorpion, equally with Honey and Opobalfamum, anoint-ed, greatly helps old men labouring under dim•

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nefs of fight. And fo doe6 the Gall of a Vultur.

C A N I S Marinus, a Dog-fiflu The Teeth burnt, and difToIved in Vinegar, cleanje the Gums. And its Skin carried, puts Land-Dog: to flight.

; K Y P R I N U S , a Carp, a River-fib t

fiiffumigated, drives away Devils. And its Gall anointed cures all olifcurity. And its Fat flirs up Venery. If any one melt it, and anoint the Sex in a Bath, it will caufe a good Colour, and Conception immediately after Coition,

C O M O S , The Fifh boyled in Water and S.dt, till it is dif lolved, and the Broth of it drunk, efpecially with Milk , loofensthe Belly.

K I C H L A, A Sea Jiflj like a Tench. The Broth of it loofens the Belly, caujes good'dige-Jiion, jiirs up to Venus, and breeds Mill'{_ 1 n Nurfes.

K A 1 1 1 S Marina,/', e. Gatnmarus,* Shrimp tied about one cures them that are flung by Scorpions. In like manner, if you wr i te up-on the flung place, Karisit takes amy the pain the fooner: fuch efficacy it has. And it any one engrave a Shrimp in an Agate , and wear it in a R i n g , he fhall not he J'lutig by a Scorpion at any time.

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>44 K I R A N I . Book IV. K A R K I N I, River-crabs bruifed, and

drunk in Goat's Milk, heal fuch as are Rung by a Scorpion, or are bitten by a Spider, or by a dcfperate Serpent, or by a homed Serpent. Given in black Wine to a Woman that has hard La-hour, they haften the birth. Bruifed, and tied to the Holts of Darts or Ponyards, they draw out pieces of Iron, and fplinters of Wood, and Thorns out of Wounds. Applied with Wax, they cure Chil-blains.

i C A N C E R marinus, a Sca-crab, raw

With Lead, and burnt, and powdered, cures tmrous places. And its Allies, with Oyl of unripe Olives anointed, are good for ChiUlains. And applied with an Oynimenr, they are pood for the Gout.

K A R A B U S , * Lobfier, ro.ifted and eat-cn, fs good for a bad flomach. A n d the Broth of it drunk with Wine, cures the Jlune w the Kidneys, and difficulty of Vrwc, and looter,s the belly. J

C O C H L E / E , marina?, Sea cocklcs. The Broth of them, and o f Achami, and of Moles, and of Sprat?, and of Crabs, and of Palours, and of Lepots, and of lepades, mollife and holm a cojiive belly.

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K I R U K. E S marini, Sea-trumpets, tied about a Woman newly brought to Bed ,affwage the pains and fwellings of the Breafls. And the Afhesof them ftrewedon with Honey, cure Freckles, and fwellings in the Face and Warts. And Shell-fi(h,and Sea-trumpets, boyled, and eaten are good for them that haze drunks Hemlock, or Aconite. And the Broth of them well boyled, is very good for fuch as have drunk Poyfon. The Horny part of them burnt, cures grained Sinews. And the Shells of them burnt, and diffolved with Honey, cure fwellings and Warts in the Cheeks. And difTolved in Water, they dr^w out pieces of Bones, and caufe new Fief!) to grow. And the Fifh of them bruifed with the White of an Egg,and applied to the Fore-head, cures the Rheum of an Hemicrania.

K O C H L I A S, an Earth-fnail, bruifed, and applied as a Plafter, cures the pain in the Forehead, and Rheum in the Eyqj, and dejlroys the King's Evil. And tied about, it cures wounds and breaches of the Ears. And a na-ked Snail difTolved in Manna, i. e. the pure Grain oiOhbanum, and put up the No(e, Jlops the bleeding thereat, and opens the Jhut Mouth of the Womb. Take a naked Snail after the Sun is up, and cutting in the middle between her Horns, with a fharp Quill, take out what Bone it has: Keep it wrapt up in Silk, for all

manner

146 K I R A N I . Book IV. manner offote Eyes. The Preguftation fuffers tto fore Eyes, nor fore Throat, nor Cough, not Head-ach, nor any Difeafe about the Neck. and Head to happen. And if there be any of them, it cures them, tied about. And the Froth oi Snails, plucks out the Hairs of the Eye-lids. And they, and their Shells bruifed, drunk with Myrrh and Dates, cure the Colic!And tht Antes applied in an Oyntment, cure the Seal fallen-down.

L A B ( l A X , A Sea-pike,is an excellent Fiji\ and like a Mullet. The Gall o f it anointed with Honey, makes the (ight quick., Clires

white Specif. And its Belly caufes Digeflion, and to eat well: And car l ied about one,it does the lame thing.. And the Pearls of its Eyes, carried about one, eafe an Opthalmia. And tht Stones that are in the Head, cure the Head-acl and Hemicrama The right to the right, and the left to the left. And its Teeth tied about, are good for Children that breed Teeth. And tht Bone in the Crown of its Head, laid upon the Head, brings up bones that are fwallowcd>

L A G O U S , a Sea-hare,difToIved and an ointed, fuffers not the Hairs of the Eye lids thai are pluck! o f f , to grow again. And they tha have drunk of it , give to them the Blood ofa Goofe hot, as it runs from the Wound.

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M.

M IE N I S, a Herring. Its Head burnt, and applied, cures the Piles, and leprous Nails, and Chaps, and Warts in the Arfe. And the Brine of pickled Herrings, is good for the Itch, and wafting with it, wonderfully cures Drjnefs, and eating away of the Throat.

M A R. 1 D E S, Pilchards burnt,powdered, and ftrewed upon Warts of all forts, eradicate them. Boyled with Fenil, and the Broth of them drunk, is good for Womens Milk.

M E L A N U R U S , a R u f f , roafted and ca ten,parpens the fight. And the Broth of it aires the Colicky

M Y O N marinorum,Sea mufcles,their Broth boyled with Alexanders and Leeks, and Par-fley , and drunk with Wine, cures the Sci-atica.

M Y A K O N , Rher-Mufcles, the Broth of them drunk, loofens the Belly. And the Shells of them burnt, and made a Xeron, i.e. a delic-catory Medicine,cures Galling, and Cicatrical, Anointed in Honey, they attenuate thick. Eye-brows, and white Specks. And Sea-trumpets have the fame u f e ; but. you muft wafti the Afhes in Water.

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N A R . C A Mar ift a, a Cramp/iff). Applied to old Aches, it affwages them, and it miti-gates violent Head-aclses, and applied, it wonder, fall) deprejfes the falling down of the Arfe-gut.

X .

X U T H O S , is the Fiji) which fome call Sma-ris-, a Pickerel. The Head of it dried and burnt, checks proud FleJI.j, Ulcers, and Sores,and it con-fines Corns and Warts. R a w , it is good for the fling of a Scorpion, and the bite of a Dog.

O.

ON OS, a Sea Aft, which fomc call a Poly-pus, or Eight-foot. Pur it alive into a new Pot, make it boyl, and the Stuff (others fay the Blacknefs) that comes out of it, give it to vephritick Perfon s, and to jiich as pi ft Gravel, with old Wine in the Bath, and they will be cured, and will void Gravel.

P.

P E L O R I D E S, Paloitrs, are fnsall Sea-fifi. The Broth of thefe, and of Crey-fifh, with Wine, I oof en the Belly.

P U L M O N A R I U S , Sea-Lungs, applied to the Gout, and Chil-blains, cure them. This

Fifh

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Fifh often makes all the Birds o f the Air to hover over it, that when they would eat it, it may catch them. Its Bones fuffumigated, a-vert all Evils, and fo does the Star-fifh.

P E L A M Y S , a young Tunny. The Guts, and the Head burnt, and ft re wed upon eating Sores, cure them.

P E R C A , <* Pearch. The Afhes of it ftrew-cd upon pntrlcl Ulcers, and fores in the Mouth, cure them.

P E T R E O S . T h e Broth of it eaten with Pepper is good for a bad flomach, and cures dif-ficulty in Urine. For its Broth is very good.

R .

R A P H I S , i.e. Sutura, is the Fifi), which is called (ItMm, i. e. * Needle, having.t little lone Mvitb, like to a Sphyrana. T h e Cheek o f it carried, or fuflrumigated, cajis out Devils. And all the Fifh bruifed with unguentum iri-nttm, thickens an Alopecia cfictiually.

R I N A, i .e . a Frog's skin burnt,and mixt with Water, and laid on , and anointed, cures Warts.

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S. S A L P E , A Stockrfifb. The Stones that

are in its Head carried, the right indeed can* Jes earnejlnefs, and the left the contrary. And its Fat anointed, caujes great delight.

S A U I V U S , a Lizard-filh. The Gall and Honey anointed, brings much Milk into the breajis.

S E P I A , the Cuttle-fft. The Shells cleanfe the Eye-brows, and thin the Hairs of the body. Take therefore fuch as are found on the Shore. And boyled, and eaten, they cure the Bladder, and Kidneys, and difficulty of Urine.

S Y N A G R. I S „ Tooth-fft. The Teeth a re gopdfor breeding of Teeth, and for the Tooth-ach. Its Gall alfo with O y l o f f w e e t Almonds, cajes the Tooth-ach.

S A R G U S , a Fift like a Ruff. The Teeth carried about one, prevent all Tooth-ach.

T.

T R . I G L A, a Sea-barbel. I f any one cut off its Beard alive, and put it alive into the Sea again, and give a little of that Beard to a Woman in Drink, he will kindle great Love and Delight in her. And the Beard carried,

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pves Fortune, and All Utility. And if anyone bruife the Eyes, and anoint any ones Eyes with it, he will prefently labour bf dintnefs of jIght. The Cure of this thing is 5 the Gall of the Fifh anointed in Honey, jharpens the fight. The whole Sea-barbel burnt, andB diffolved with Honey, and applied, eradicates Carbun-cles, and pisrfellly cures thtm. And its Liver applied, cures the Wounds of the Fierce-claw, and of the Sea-l.tmprcy, and of the Sea-dragon. And killed in Wine, and the Wine given to drink, helps Women that have hard Travail. And.the Broth of it chunk, helps them that have drmil^ hurtful Drink^

T R I G O N , a Fierce-claw. The Prickle, or Sting of it ftucU into a Tree, dries it. And if you fix it in an Houle, or Ship that is build-ing, it will prove unfortunate, -and will not be finifted. And if it be in an Houfe, or in a Ship, it will fuffer Dimmage : For it is in aU Cafes the c^ufe of Milehief and Hurt. But if you prick aking Tcttb round about with-it, it will cure them.

, 'y. Y D R O S , is a {Vat orfnakf, living much in

the Fields, and frequently fwimming upon tl:e Water in Ponds, creeling its breajl, a crafty A-nimal. This has a Stone in its Head, if any'

catch

catch the Serpent alive,he will find the 9ton e if he charm it, it will vomit up the Stone. Hang up, I fay , the Serpent alive, and fuffu-migate it with Laurel, conjuringit in this man* ner j By him who created thee,to whom that cloven Tongue of thine does often devout lypr ay Jf thou wilt give me thi ft one, I will not hurt thee, yea, I will' let thee go home again to thy Friends• And af. ter it has vomited up the Stone, gather it in a clean filken Mantle, and keep it. The Ver-tue of this Stone is tried thus ; Fill a brazen Bowl full of Water, and tie the Stone about theBafon, and fb you will find the Water e« very day to deereafe two Pints, /. e. a duart. For I once tied this Stone about a Woman in a Dropfte, and fhe was cured : I fay, I meafu-red her Belly with a Line, and every day it fell above four Fingers, till her Belly return-ed into its Compafs, and then I took it away : For if I had let the Stone tarry on any longer, I fhould have dried up even the natural Moifture. The Stone, I fay, is proper, carriet to a meafu re : For being carried .about one, it is not only good for a Dropjie, but alfo it hat fympathy with a Defluxion into the Feet, ant with a Rheum in the Eyes, and with a rkcuma> tick Head, or any other part $ and upon ac-count of its Nature, it cures th(m of over much Moifture.

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P H . P H O C A , a Pore- pi fee or Seal, is a Sea-

Animalpi u hich mention has been often made. .The Fat of this in a Fume, prefeutly helps a Lethargy and Fits of the Mother. And as much Seal's Rennet ns a Vetch in bigntfs drunk, cures Quartane Agues. And drunk in like man-ner, it cures backward Convulfions. Alfo, if any one cany about him a Seal's Rennet, he will overcome all his Adverfaries in Law. If you tic a Thong of it about a Bottle, and give it them to drink that are bitten by a /Had Dog, or to one Mad\. he will prcfently recover. And the Skin, wherefoever it is put in an Houfe, or Jn a Ship, or if it be carried about one, no Mifchief can hi tide them: For it averts all Thun-der, Storms, Dangers, Enchantments, Devilst

Wild-beafts, Thieves, and Notturnal Invaftons. But one muft have with it the Sea Stone of Coral. And it is good for the Gout, to wear Shooes made of its Skin. And the. Hairs of it» Noftrils, with the Heart carried about one, are Fortune and great Favour to him.

C H . C H ^ Y S O P H R U S , a Guilt-head. The

Stones found in its Head, cure confumptive Per-fons, tied about them. And its Gall, anointr ed on the Member, in an Oyntment, caufes Luft, and delight in Coition. And its Eyes cure a Tertian, and all fore Eyes.

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,54 KIRANI. Book IV. C H E L O N E , i.e. Tef tudo marina, a Sea-

Tortoife. T h e Blood of it is a gpod Remedy a-gainfi all Wild-beajls, and it cures the bitings of •every Wild-beafi, and of the Afp magnificently. Its Eggs eaten, cure Lunaticks. The Wine al-fo of tne fame Sex, drunk, cures fuch are bib ten by an Afp, or a Viper.

C H E L O N E terreflris, a Land-Tortoife. T h e Blood of it alfo drunk, cures the falling Sickpefs, and greatly helps fuch as are bitten by a Viper, or flung by a Scorpion. Anointed on the Head, it cures an Alopecia,. and clcanfis Dandriff. Diflolved with a Serpent's Slough nnd Vinegar, it cures Pains in the Ears and Burns. T h e Gall and Honfcy greatly helps Scars, and white Specks in the Eyes. And the Ivhole burnt, and ufed with Honey, prefently clears old fpeckj in the Eyes, and anointed, it cures the Pain and Clouds. And diflolved with old Butter, it cures Carbuncles.

C H E L O N E paluftris, which is called Emy-lus,(i. e. e^s (Aeo;) * MarfijTortoife. T h e Blood of it anointed on the Forehead, cures a Hcmi-crania, and all Head-ach. And its Afhes anoin-ted in Oyntment of Rofcs , do very well curt burns by Fire, Eryfipelas, and the hot Gout. And its Afhes applied, Jlop all Eruption of Blood, both at the Nofe, and at Wounds. Anc

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the Blood o f a Marfti-Tortoife, anointed on the Head, does very well cure all Head-aches. ;Atld the telood of ft Sta-Tortoife, htlpt them ihtH aft bitten by a Piper., both dn!ink,t»rid dp-plied to the Sores: And made into tStfrifh^rtd drunk, it cuYes fhortnefs of Breath* and them Hhat have, druvl^any Jmr iful thing. The- Stones 'ChclQniticles carried with;tfue-Ro^c ot^oeany, make one very JucccfJ'u{.Aija \i$X*a\L anoipt; ed,cures ail Di»(nejs xof Sigh*- its Liver ch^nk, cures the *~J\undice.

. . C H I LrO N , « F i p J ' k f * fyevitr.: vThe t a t o £ i t : d i f fo ived with J u i c e o f ^aenugr^el^

to the Lips,. a,yd tQ;\th( ,SQle^ of tne Feet, [perfectly cures Chaps* . ,

.." ?:. 1 i, C H A N N U S, a Fifli like a

ed and eaten frequently, it makes tie fight flvrp. v;. . . ,, .....

C t j f f c L i p O I v I , the W fiji^jltk* Ihlte Pifo'fi: t'hat in fiords,,it eve* aiidf anon Jties above %e 'Waters, wl:cn 'many of thefe rife up together, and fink, again,' Maritiert know, that they forebode Wind >wd Storms to come. If any one take this, and carry it dry in a Ship, it will fail fwJftly,and he will be fuccefsful in all things.

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P S A R I , are excellent Fiji), which being eaten frequently, caufe Beauty, and create a goodjlontach.

P S Y L L U S ntarinut, a Sea-Flea. I f you boyl them in Sea-water, with the Herb Flea-bane, apd fyrinkle.it in a Houfe where there are Fleas, th$re pill be no more. I f a Fiftier car-ry aSea-Flea, be xviB obtain great Fijl)ing.

O. O V A pifcium, the Rows of Fifh kept and

dried, and eatert, c«yc all Trouble, and Difeafe, andall^Naufeoufnefs ; efpecially thofe of Mul-lets, and of Sea-Pikes, and of Spets, and of fuch like Filh, both freth, and dried, cure all Naufeokfnefs.

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And theje Gifts indeed Divine Nature, for the benefit, of Men, has beftowed upon all Aerial, and Terreftrial, and Aquatick, Ani-mals: That nothing may be left vpithout a Gift for Life.

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Stones.

'Annus -BfyiAA©-

Atr^phm Eyap-Sss

Ov prims laarris K u -AuyFu&t©* Mji^^'s Ne/xwi-mj E/<p i©-'Oyu^uis TlofXrtjpt©* fPtyoMpu.'i

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Herbs.

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Aga jct/Viroi*

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ia, Sitpiov OyojUaAa^ti IlcAuyi'ov Pduros

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A* Fter burthen, 6, 67 , 1 0 5 . i to/ww, ,67, 7 1 , 76 , 8 1 , 8 9 , 9 3 , 9 8 , 9 ? .

1 1 8 , 1 1 9 , 1 3 9 , H9- : oplexy,, 6 , 7 1 .

Apoflems, 5 1 , 6 8 , 1 0 1 , 1 3 3 , 1 3 5 . jjr/e, its Difeafes, 2 , 3 6 , 3 7 , 3 8 , > 7 , 127 , 129 ,

1 9 1 , 1 3 7 , 1 4 6 , 1 4 8 . Ajlhtna, 10 , 99.

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Belly to bind, 1 2 3 .

1 4 7 , 1 4 8 - , n „ B / w J ^ , 36, 37o38» S i , 5 3 , 67 , 75 , 8 1 , $ 4 ,

8 9 , n o , 1 3 1 , 1 4 5 , ! 5 4 -Breajlf, 1 2 4 , 1 3 5 , 1 4 5 . Breath, Jhprtnefsy 1 0 , 9 9 , 1 0 4 , 1 1 5 . bubo's, 6 9 , 1 0 1 . for?/, 68, 1 3 1 , 1 5 4 .

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Lfoftaww 4, 1 4 4 . JCurfowc/e, 1 1 8 , 1 2 9 , 1 3 3 , 1 5 1 , I 54-

T h e j a ^ f j f , 1 7 , 3 0 , 3 2 , 4 * , Chilblains, 1 2 9 , 1 4 4 , 1 4 8 .

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Child dud, 56,80,88, 105, 129. Cilia'ta, 113,123V.i?0> • ' • . • i Colick, 19, 20,72, 78,82> 92> 105,113,121,

142,146,147*'n ; -Conception , 1 | , 18,47, 69, 72, 80, 8 3 , IOO*

129, 143. Confumption, 5 7 , 130. Cfavuljion of Women, 11$. CcnvJfton backwards , 80, 95, 1 1 6 , 1 2 1 , 159, Corns, 5, 67. Ctugh, 126, 128, 146.

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fireSion, 17, 41,49, 73, 78, 83$ £7,:90,99. 1 18 , 129, 192)

Eryfipelas, 86, 106, 1 3 1 , 136. Evacuation, 36. fye-falve, 35, 45, l a i .

.., their DifeafeJ 10, 116, ^ 45- 651,70, . .^o, 104^ 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 2 , 119,^28,138:. n

Eye brows ', the Hairs , 52, 73> * 3 4 , 1 4 6 , 147, 150.

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Davdrif, 4,^,88,154-Dtfluxions, 6 8 , 7 5 , 9 3 , I3»» ! 4 5 , >5a-Dcafnefs, 80,129. Devils, fo <M/* out, 1 2 , 1 6 , t8, 26, 40? 47,oo.

84, 92, 94, 97, 104, n o , 126,130,141 , 1 ^ 6 , 1 4 3 , 1 4 9 ' ' 5 ? - , ,

Digejlion, 49, i °5» 1 0 6 , 1 0 $ , " 3 , 1 1 6 , I ! 7 , 126, 146, 156.

Dimnefs of fight, 83 ,91 , 104, 125 , 143 , I55: Dropfte, 1 8 , 6 5 . 6 7 , 7 1 , 7 6 , 1 1 5 ^ 5 , Druukennefs, againfi //, 2, 8,28,86, 130,138.

For it, 8,27. .JkFfoflf, 58, 95', 98,"116. Dyfentery, 12, 20,65,66, 76, 77, tfo, «9,l26j $orgetfMmf^ 53.

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Falling Sicknefs , 1, 7, 10, 1 7 , 65, 66, 69, 70, 7 1 , 76, 79, 86, 95, .94, 95^97* 1 2 4 , 1 2 6 , 1 2 8 . 1 3 3 , 136, 154.

Fafcination, 26, J 12 , 142 , 153 . Felons, 107, 133 . - •— 'v.r Fevers and Agues, 53, $7, 79,^2,84, 87*96,

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Gangrene, 5, 1 2 8 , 1 3 5 . Gout, 5 3 , 6 8 , 8 1 , 9 2 , 93,98, 104, 1 1 0 , 1 1 5 ,

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Gout in the Hands, 81 93 98 1 2 1 140. in the Knees, 93 16^ i a i 140. in the Feet, 46 §3 58 6? 74 7 8 8*' 9 ^

98 105 n o 1 14 118 i l l 132 14b 14J 144 148. ^

Gums, their pufrefaSion, 4 1 4 3 . . ' '

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1 * 8 , 1 3 4 , 1 3 8 , 146, 155-Hearing, 14. 1

Hemicrania, 14 46 85 100 103 138146,154 Hemorrhoids, 37 38 77 129. Hordeolum, 82t Hydrophobia^ 63 ± 92,

Jaundice, 53 77 91 1 1 7 155 . * lnconceptioni l i 69 74 78 87 I I I 116.^ Inflammation? 68 1 3 1 . Z/fA, 1 4 140 147. ' '

• Ki Kidneys, Pain , 53 7 1 93'9^ 109 1 1 9 134

150. King's Evil, 5 43 51 68 75 101 1 2 3 1 3 3 145.

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: 1 2 3 1 2 6 1 28 1 3 9 140 142 . * £ethargy, 66 81 , i n 1 3 0 1 5 3 . Leucophlegmatia, 14. Lienteria, 2. Liver, 32 9 4 9 8 128 1 3 0 1 3 8 140.

the Pains ofiheto, 55 719^ 109. Lrt/f, ftf procure,- to t i 48 49 5 < y ^ - j

83 8 5 9 9 1 0 4 m 1 1 4 1 1 7 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 2 2 150 . *

Lunatiiks, i 9 6 0 79 l o o 154 . LHJI, 3 1 4 8 83 8 4 86 1 0 6 1 5 0 1 5 3 .

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Mad Creatures Bitirigs, 63 92' 107 148 lit. Men (I r ita, to procure, 7 . 54 78 88. • Milk, to encreafe Jt, 1 2 4 , 1 3 6 147 150 . Mifiarrhgc, to prdcurt, 6131.

f<? prevent, 106. Mother, its Difeafes, 3 6r 3 7 43 5 * 66 78 wtf

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with the Devil, 84 1 0 9 . .

Quartan Agues, 9 1 9 3 1 43 $3 58 6 0 78 8<| 8 4 9 2 96 1 1 9 1 3 2 1 3 3 , 1 3 7 153*

Quotidian Agues, 43 5 3 . 3 0 74 . ,

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i'&welting, 5 43 66 8 1 93 1 2 8 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 4 ^ . Swimming in the Head. 6 7 7 1 94 1 0 0 1 0 3

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T. Teeth, to breed, 5 7 7 0 8 1 97 1 0 0 1 1 8 1 2 4

1 3 8 1 4 0 1 4 6 . to prefervc fiom.Rottonnefs, 436131.

Tertian Ague, 3 0 5 3 * 5 7 58" 7 4 87 96 1 1 4 1 *9 I37-

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r I 5 1 ' ' fravail to promote, 1 2 1 8 50 60 67 76 Q2 : 9 4 * 1 0 5 " 1 1 4 T i ^ l t i s 1 2 8 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 4 4 1 5 1 .

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Vlccrs, 4. M<%7> " I - 138. il3$. 1 4 1 . 140 . • r> .

Vrwe, Difficulty 5. 6v 6 $ . 106. 109. 134. 135. 141. 144. 148. J.JO.

Warts, 3. .82. 8 7 . 1 1 9 . 1 4 7 . Watchittgs, 1 7 . 47- 83. 108. Worm, 89.

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h e b o o k o f n a t u r a l a n d t a l i s m a n i c m a g i c k n o w n a s t h e Kyranides or Cyranides, i s o n e o f t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t w o r k s o f t e c h n i c a l H e r m e t i c a , t h e p r a c t i c a l m a g i c a l , a s t r o l o g i c a l a n d a l c h e m i c a l w o r k s a t t r i b u t e d t o t h e s a g e H e r m e s

T r i s m e g i s t u s .

h e Kyranides i s a c o m p i l a t i o n o f s e v e r a l e a r l i e r w o r k s , n o t a b l y t h e t r e a t i s e o f H a r p o c r a t i o n , t h a t d e a l w i t h t h e o c c u l t a n d m a g i c a l p r o p e r t i e s o f b i r d s , a n i m a l s , p l a n t s a n d s t o n e s . T h e Kyranides i s t r u l y a n a n c i e n t t e x t , d a t i n g t o b e t w e e n t h e 2 n d a n d 4 t h c e n t u r i e s A . D . T h e e m i n e n t s c h o l a r o f H e r m e t i c i s m , G a r t h F o w d e n , d e s c r i b e s t h e Kyranides a s t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t s o u r c e f o r t h e H e r m e t i c d o c t r i n e o f t h e o c c u l t v i r t u e s a n d p o w e r s .

T , h e Kyranides i s d i v i d e d i n t o f o u r b o o k s , l o o s e l y o r g a n i z e d b y t h e l e t t e r s o f t h e G r e e k a l p h a b e t . E a c h c h a p t e r c o n t a i n s t h e m a g i c a l a n d o c c u l t p r o p e r t i e s o f a n i m a l s , b i r d s , p l a n t s a n d s t o n e s b e g i n n i n g w i t h t h a t l e t t e r , p l u s t h e f i r s t b o o k i n c l u d e s i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r t a l i s m a n s u s i n g t h e a p p r o p r i a t e p l a n t s , a n i m a l s a n d s t o n e s . T h i s t r a n s l a t i o n o f t h e Kyranides w a s m a d e i n 1 6 8 5 a n d i s t h e o n l y c o m p l e t e t r a n s l a t i o n a v a i l a b l e in E n g l i s h o f t h i s k e y H e r m e t i c t e x t .