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apply and Isy things together with their likes, which indeed is the chief matterwherein the moll secrecies do consist. It is manifest that every kind of things, andevery quality can incline and draw, and allure some things to it, and make thembecome like itself; and as they are more active, so they more easily can performit: as for example, fire being very active, doth more easily convert things into itself, and so water into water. Avicenna faith, That if any thingstand long in fait,it will become wholly salt; if in an unsavory vessel, it will become unsavory: hethat converses with a bold man, shall be bold; if with a fearful man, he shall befearful: and look what living creature converses among men, the lame will betame and gentle. Such positions are usual in Physick; as, All parts of the body, arenourished by their like, the brain by brains, teeth by teeth, lights by lights, andthe liver by the liver. A mans memory and wit is holpen by a Hens brain; and herskull, if it be put into our meat whilst it is new, helps the falling-sicknesse; and hermaw, if you eat it before supper, though you hardly digest it, yet is it good tostrengthen the stomack. The heart of an Ape, takes away the palpitation of a mansheart, and encreaseth boldnesse, which is seated in the heart. A wolfs yard broiledand minced, is good to eat for the procuring of lust, when strength begins to fail.The skin of a Ravens heel is good against the Gout; the right-heel-skin mustbe laid upon the right-foot, if that be gouty; and the left upon the left: and final-ly, every member helps bis like. But these things, Physicians wrire of, whose say-ings it is not our purpose here to rehearse. Furthermore, we must consider and bewell advised, what things such or such a quality is in; and whether it be there onclyafter a common fort, or else in some great measure; and whether it be an affection,or perturbation ; and whether it come by chance,by art, or by nature; as sot example,heating,cooling, love,boldneffe, barrennesse, frailfulnefle, sadnesse, babling, orsuch like ; and whether it can cause any such matter as we would work thereby: forexamples fake: If you would make a woman fruiful, you must consider with your, self the most fertile living-creatures > and amongst the rest, an Hare, a Cony, or aMouse; for an Hare is bigge even after the hath brought forth; she genders everymonth, and brings not forth all her young ac once, but now and then one upon sun-dry dates, and presently goeth to buck again; and so conceives while (he gives fuck,and carries in her womb at once, one young that is ripe, another that hath no hairs,and a third thac is but lately conceived. Again, you must consider the parts andmembers where that property lyeth, and minister them to your Patient : as, tomake a woman fruitful, you you must give her the womb and curd of an Hare; and tothe man, the stones of an Hare. In like manner, any particular creature that wasnever sick, is a help against all diseases. If you would have a man become boldor impudent, let him carry about him the skin or eyes of a Lion or aCock, andhe will be searlesse of his enemies; nay, he will be very terrible unto them. If youwould have a man talkative, give him tongues, and seek out for him water-frogs,wilde-geese and ducks, and other such creatures, notorious for their continual noife-making; the tongues whereof, if you lay under the head or side of a woman as (beis sleeping, because they are most clamorous in the evening, they will make her ut-ter her night-secrecies. Other things we omit, as being superfluous and unprofitablehere, feeing we have largely handled them in our books of plants.

Chap. XIII.

"That particular creatures have particular gifts-, some in their whole hod}, others havethem in their parts.

P Articular creatures are not destitute of excellent and strange properties, butare very powerful in operation, more then ordinarily their kind yields :and this is by reason either of some hidden property, or rather of the hea-venly aspects and influences working diverfly in divers particulars, as Albert™supposeth, and in one particular more then in most other of the seme kind.These sundry effects and inclinations of such particulars, a Magician must