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In the fourth degree. Diamond. Pumice-stone being beaten into powder 



In respect of property, they bind, as Lapis ! and the teeth rubbed with it, cleanses them. 

 Asius, Nectius, Geodes-, Pumice-stone. \ Dioscorides. 



Emolient, as Alabaster, Jet, Lapis Thra- i Jet, it is of a softening and discussing 

 gius. i nature, it resists the fits of the mother. 



Stiipify: as Memphitis, Jasper, Ophites, j Lapis Arabicus being beaten into powder 



Cleanse: as Lapis Arabicus. | and made into an ointment helps the 



Glutinate: as Galaclitis, Melitcs. t hemorrhoids. 



Scarify : as Morochtus. Ostracites, a dram of it taken in powder 



Break the stone: as Lapis Lyncis, Lapis; provokes the menses ; being taken after that 

 Judaicus, Lapis Sponge. \ purgation, causes conception, also being 



Retain the fruit in the womb : as JEtitis, i made into an ointment, helps inflammations 

 Jasper. j of the breast. 



Provoke the menses. Ostracites. Myexis being borne about one takes away 



c . 7, i -77 , / .j pains in the reins, and hinders the breedinp 



Stones altering by a hidden property (as they j 



y , v T. y * y of the stone. 



oalt it,) are T . . , , , , 



\ Lapis Armemm purges melancholy, ana 



Bezoar, Topaz, Lapis Colubrinus, Toad- \ also causes vomiting, I hold it not very 

 stone, Emerald, Alectorius, Calcidonius, j safe for our English bodies, and therefore 

 Amethist, Saphyr, Jasper, Lapis Nephri- \ I will speak no more of it. 

 ticus, Lapis Tibernum, Lapis, Spongites, | , ,. . . T7 - 



.. fnnnH i , thft maw of a Swallow. Explanation of certain Vacwtiov* 



the stone found in the maw of a Swallow, ; 

 Load-stone, Lapis Vulturis, Merucius, 

 Coral, Lynturius, Jet, ^Elites, the stones of j 



The five opening Roots. 



Smallage, Sparagiis, Fennel, Parsley, Knee- 



Crabs, Amber, Crystal, &c. i holly. 



The Load-s'nne purges gross humours. The two opening Roots. 



Lapis Armenius and Lapis Lazuli, purge? Fennel, Parsley. 

 melancholy. The five emolient Herbs. 



Pyrites heat and cleanse, take away j Marsh-mallows, Mallows, Beets, Mercury, 

 dimness of sight. Dioscorides. Lapis Asius : Pellitory of the Wall, Violet Leaves. 

 binds and moderately corrodes and cleanses j The five Capillary Herbs, 

 filthy ulcers, and fills them up with flesh ; Maidenhair, Wall Rue, Cetrach, Hart's- 

 beiug mixed with honey, and applied to the \ tongue, Politricum. 

 place, is an admirable remedy for the gout. j The four cordial Flowers. 



Chrystal being beaten into very fine pow- i Borrage, Bugloss, Roses, Violets. 

 der; and a clrarn of it taken at a time helps | The four greater hot Seeds, Carminative, 

 the bloody-flux, stops the Fluor Albus, and j or breaking wind. 



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increases milk in Nurses. Mathiolus. 

 Lapis Samiusis cooling and binding, it is 



Annis, Carraway, Cummin, Fennel. 

 The four lesser hot seeds. 



very comfortable to the stomach, but it Bishop's weed, Amomus, Smallage, Carrots 



dulls the senses, helps fluxes of the eyes 5 The four greater cold seeds. 



and ulcers. Citrul^ Cucumber, Gourds, Melon. 



Geodetes binds and drys, being beaten ; The four lesser cold seeds. 



into powder and mixed with water, and i Succory, Endive, Lettice, Purslain. 



applied to the place, takes away in- \ Five fragments of precious stones, 



flammalions of the Testicles. i Granite,Jacinth,Sapphire,Sardmc,Emerald 



