A TABLE containing the General Heads ofNATURAL MAGICK.

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Treating of wonderful things.

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\s\THat is meant by the name-, Magickji

’ The Nstture of Magics 2

JnfiruBion of a Magitian , what he ought i Pretty little dogs to shy with

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Earthy Creatures generated ofputtefaBion iBirds which, are generated of the pushesaPlienof Plants 3

Fishes which are generated of putrefaction 4New kinds of living creatures maybe gene-rated by copulation of divers beasts $

‘Dogs may be generated ojgreat courage, andwith divert rare properties 6

Opinions of the Ancient ‘Philosophers touch-ing the causes of strange operations , andfirst of the Elements 4

Divers operations of Nature, proceed fromthe essential forms of things 5

Whence the form cometh : of the Chain that

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■Amend the defects in dogsDivers kinds of MulesMingle Sheep and (joats by generation(fommixions whereby Beast.

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Copulations of a man with divers kindes ofBeasts 12

Hoaieifaigned, and the 7 {ing that Plato j Divers kindes of Birds generated by diversmentioneth 6 Birds coupling together 13

Sympathy and Antipathy,by them to finde the , (fommixions of Hens with other birds 14

venues of thtngs

7 \Hawkes of divers properties generated

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From Heaven and the Stars things receive \ (ommlxion of divers kind of Fishes 16their force , and thereby many things are Njw and strange Monsters 17

wrought 8 Way es to produce strange and monstrous

At trad the vertues ofsuperior Bodies 9 j births 18

Knowledge of secrets dependelb upon the fur - Wonderful force of imagination , and how tovey of the World 10 produce party-coloured births 19

Likeness of things (heweth their fee'et ver - ■ Women to bring forth fair and beautiful chil-tues 11 | dr en 2 o

Compound things by their likeness I 2 Either males or females to be generated 21

Particular creatures have particular gifts ; j Experiments praClifed upon devers livingsome m their whole body, others in their [ creaturesparts 13

Properties of things while they live , and afterdeath 14

Simples to begotten and used in their sea-sons

Where they grow , chiefly to be considered‘Properties of Places and Fountains commo-dious for this work^ 17

Compounds workjnore force ably ; and how tocompound and mix those simples which wewould use in our mixturesJust weight of a mixturePrep.ire Simples

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Of the generation of Animals.

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P UtrefaBion, and of a strange manner ofproducing living creatures 1

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N £w kindes of Plants may be generatedofputrefatlion I

Plants changed , one degenerating into theform of the other 2

One fruit compounded of many 3

A second means 4

A third way 5

Fruits made double , the one contained withinthe other 6

Strange fruits may be generated and madeeither better or worse 7

Ripe fruits and flowers before their ordinary/Ut seasons