312 SHAKESPEARE'S [TOAD-STONE. 



Toad-stone. 



The toad, ugly and venomous, 

 Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. 



As You LIKE IT, ii. i, 13. 



SOME toads that breed in Italy and about Naples have 

 in their heads a stone called a crapo^ of bigness like a big 

 peach, but flat, of colour grey, with a brown spot in the 

 midst. Batman's additions to Bartholomew, bk. xviii. 17. 



NOSET, that is crapaudine, is a precious stone somedeal 

 white, or of diverse colours. This stone is taken out of a 

 toad's head, and is cleansed in the same head and in strong 



wine and water, and sometime the shape of a toad seemeth 

 therein with sharp feet and broad. This stone helpeth 

 against biting of serpents and of creeping worms, and 

 against venom, for in presence of venom the stone warmeth 

 and burneth his fingers that toucheth him. 



Bartholo?new (Bertkelet}, bk. xvi. 17. 



A TOAD- STONE, called crapaudina, touching any part 

 bevenomed, hurt, or stung with rat, spider, wasps, or any 

 other venomous beast, ceases the pain or swelling thereof. 



Lupton, "Notable Things," bk. i. 52. 



