Natural Magick. “Book 15 .

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Chap. VIII.

How Creatures , drunks tnaj he catch'd with the hand.

I Have said what draws them, now I (hall fay what will make them drunk. Thereare many simples that will do k, that you tmy take them with ycur'hands, whilstthey sleep: and because there are divers Animals that arc made drunk with diversthings, I (hallfpeak of them in order. And first,

Hew Dogs are made drunks

Athenaus faith , that Dogs and Crows are made arunk with an Herb called Ænurra:but Theofhrafttu , from whom he had it, faith, that the Root Ænothera, given withWine, w ill make them more tame and gentle. Whence Ænutra comes, by corrup-tion of the word. Iheophrastus his Ænothera is Rhedodaphni, as I laid. So

Asses are made dr un!^.

And when they sleep, they are not onely taken. but, if you pull off their skins, theywill fcarce feel you, nor awake ; which.comes by Hemlock : for when they haveeaten that, they fall so fast asleep, that they seem stupid and senslefs. So

Horses are made stupid

by Henbane feed, if you give it them with Barley; and they will be so fast asleep, thatthey will be half dead, half a day. A certain Cheat, who wanted money on hisway, cast this feed to some of his company } and when they lay almost dead asleep,and they were ill much troubled for them , for a reward he promised to help them.which received, he put Vinegar to their Nostrils, and so revived them. Whereuponthey went on their journey. So

Libards are made drunks

Opkn teachetki'rbe way, and how they are taken when they are drunk. In Africa,so soon as they come to a Fountain where the Libards use to drink every morning,there the Hunters in the night bring many vessels of Wine ; and not far from thence,they sit covered in blanket'. The Libards, very thirsty,come to the Fountain, andso soon as they have drunk Wine, that they delight.in , first they leap, then theyfall fast asleep on the ground ; and so they are easily taken. If you desire toknow how

Apes are taken , being drun^i/

Athena us writes , that Apes will drink Wine also ; and being drunk, are catch’d.And st? liny faith, that four-sooted Beasts, with Toes, will not encreale, if they useto drink Wine, So y.

Sows run mad ,

eating Henbane-feed. tÆlian faith, that Boars eating this Herb, fall sick of a lingringdisease, and are troubled: it is of the Nature of Wine that dtiquiets the minde andbead. So •’st 1

Elephants are madt drunks

Athensus reports out of Aristotle's Book de Ebrietate , that Elephants will be drunkWith Winci \v£lian writes, that they give the Elephant that must go to war, Wineof the Grapes, and made Wine of Rice, to make them bold. Now! wilWhewhow Birds laid asleep, may be catch'd with your hands. If then you would knowbow.^

Birds may be catch'd with hands•

Pliny writes, A certain Gaxlick yrews in the Fields, they call it Alum, which being

boyled,