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cloth not scathe the man who hath this stone with liim. 

 Another virtue is, on whatsoever house it is, therein ;i 

 fiend i')erha'ps enemy may not be. The third virtue is, 

 that no venom may scathe the man wlio hath the stone 

 with him. The fourth virtue is, that the man, who 

 hath on him secretly the loathly fiend, if he takcth in 

 liquid any portion of the sl)avings of this stone, then 

 soon is exhibited manifestly in him, that wliich before 

 secretly lay hid. The fifth virtue is, he who is afilicted 

 with any disease, if he taketli the stone in lic^uid, it 

 is soon well with him. The sixth virtue is, that sor- 

 cery hurteth not the man, who has the stone with him. 

 The seventh virtue is, that he who taketh the stone 

 in drink, will have so much the smootlier body. 

 The eighth virtue of the stone is, that no bite of any 

 kind of snake may scathe him who tasteth the stone 

 in liquid. 



Book II. 

 (Jh. Ixvi. 



Ixvii. 



A pint of oil weigheth twelve pennies ' less than a 

 pint of water ; and a pint of ale weigheth six pennies 

 more than a pint of water ; and a joint of wine weigh- 

 eth fifteen pennies more than a pint of water ; and a 

 pint of honey weigheth thirty-four pennies more than 

 a, pint of water ; and a pint of butter weigheth eighty 

 pennies less than a pint of water ; and a pint of beer 

 weigheth twenty-two pennies less than a pint of water ; 

 and a pint of meal weigheth 115 pennies less than a 

 pint of water; and a pint of beans weigheth fifty-five 

 pennies less than a pint of water; and fifteen ounces 

 of water go to the sextarius.^ 



' This is the Saxon silver penny 

 of twenty-foiir grains, ovir penny- 

 weight. 



- " Sextarius medieinalis habct 

 uncias deccia." Plin. Valer. Pref. 



