DOG.] NATURAL HISTORY. 85 



spirits. And if any cursed witch or enchanter would be- 

 witch him that beareth the Diamond ; all that sorrow and 

 mischance shall turn to himself through virtue of that 

 stone. And also no wild beast dare assail the man, that 

 beareth it on him. Also the Diamond should be given 

 freely without coveting and without begging ; and then it 

 is of greater virtue. And it maketh a man more strong 

 and more sad against his enemies. And it healeth him 

 that is lunatic, and him that the fiend pursueth or 

 travaileth. And if venom or poison be brought in presence 

 of the Diamond, anon, it beginneth to wax moist and for 

 to sweat. 



Natheless it befalleth often time, that the good Diamond 

 loseth his virtue, by sin and for incontinence of him that 

 beareth it ; and then it is needful to make it to recover 

 his virtue again, or else it is of little value. 



Sir John Mandeville, ch. xiv. 



Dock. V. Burr. 



KING HENRY V., v. 2, 52. 



ALL kinds of Docks have this property, that what flesh 

 or meat is sod therewith, though they be never so old, hard 

 or tough, they will become tender and meet to be eaten. 

 Lupton, "A Thousand Notable Things," bk. i. 30. 



Doe. V. Hart, Stag, Deer. 



Dog. 



[Often used by Shakespeare, though it is said that _he has 

 ) good word for a Dog ; but < 

 of the Shrew," Induction, i. 21, 



no good word for a Dog; but cf. "Lear," iii. 6, 65, and "Taming 



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NOTHING is more busy or wittier than an Hound, for 

 he hath more wit than other beasts. Oft Hounds gender 

 with wolves, and of that gendering cometh cruel Hounds. 

 Also oft the Indians teach Bitches, and leave them in woods 

 by night, for tigers should gender with them, and of them 



