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Alum. Heats, binds, and purges; scours 
filthy ulcers, and fastens loose teeth. 
Brimstone, or flower of brimstone, which 
is brimstone refined, and the better for 
physical uses; helps coughs and rotten 
flegm ; outwardly in ointments it takes away 
leprosies, scabs, and itch; inwardly it helps 
yellow jaundice, as also worms in the belly, 
especially being mixed with a little Salt- 
petre: it helps lethargies being snuffed up 
in the nose. 
Litharge, both of gold and silver; binds 
and dries much, fills up ulcers with flesh, 
and heals them. 
Lead is of a cold dry earthly quality, of 
an healing nature; applied to the place it 
helps any inflammation, and dries up 
humours. 
Pompholiz, cools, dries and binds. 
Jacynth, strengthens the heart being 
either beaten into powder, and taken in- 
wardly, or only worn in a ring. 
Sapphire, quickens the senses, helps such 
as are bitten by venomous beasts, ulcers in 
the bowels. 
Emerald; called a chaste stone because 
it resists lust; being worn in a ring, it 
helps, or at least mitigates the falling sick- 
ness and vertigo; it strengthens the mem- 
ory, and stops the unruly passions of men. 
Ruby (or carbuncle, if there be such a 
stone) restrains lust; resists pestilence; 
takes away idle and foolish thoughts, makes 
men cheerful. Cardanus. 
Granite. Strengthens the heart, but hurts 
the brain, causes anger, takes away sleep. 
Diamond, is reported to make him that 
bears it unfortunate. 
Amethist, being worn, makes men sober 
and steady, keeps men from drunkenness 
and too much sleep, it quickens the wit, is 
profitable in huntings and fightings, and 
repels vapours from the head. 
Bezoar, is a notable restorer of nature, a 
great cordial, no way hurtful nordangerous, | 
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pet is to incite a man to valour; or a fiddle 
and consumptions viz. taken inwardly; for 
this stone is not used to be worn as a jewel; 
the powder of it put upon wounds made 
by venomous beasts, draws out the poison. 
Topaz (if Epiphanius spake truth) if 
you put it into boiling water, it doth so cool 
it that you may presently put your hands 
into it without harm; if so, then it cools in- 
flammations of the body by touching them. 
Toadstone; Being applied to the place 
helps the bitings of venomous beasts, and 
quickly draws all the poison to it; it is 
known to be a true one by this; hold it near 
to any toad, and she will make proffer to 
take it away from you if it be right ; else not. 
Lemnius. 
Nephritichus lapis; helps pains in the 
stomach, and is of great force in breaking 
and bringing away the stone and gravel. 
Jasper; being worn, stops bleeding, eases 
the labour in women, stops lust, resists 
fever and dropsies. Mathiolus. 
Atites, or the stone with child, because 
being hollow in the middle, it contains an- 
other little stone within it, is found in an 
Eagle’s nest, and in many other places; this 
stone being bound to the left arm of women 
with child, stays their miscarriage or abor- 
tion, but when the time of their labour 
comes, remove it from their arm, and bind it 
to the inside of their thigh, and it brings 
forth the child, and that (almost) without 
any pain at all. Dioscorides, Pliny. 
Lapis Lazuli, purges melancholy being 
taken inwardly ; outwardly worn as a jewel, 
it makes men cheerful, fortunate and 
rich. 
And thus I end the stones, the virtues — 
which if any think incredible, I answer; 1. _ 
I quoted the authors where I had them. 2. — 
I know nothing to the contrary but why it — 
may be as possible as the sound of a trum- — 
ples which the College left out, I hope x 
etc aaa or at a least 
