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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. 2 
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 Fohn Mandeville, ch. xiv. 
Dock. V. Burr. 
Kinc Henry V., v. 2, 52. 
Au. 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. Y. Hart, Stag, Deer. 
Dog. 
[Often used by Shakespeare, though it is said that he has 
no good word for a Dog; but cf “ Lear,” iii. 6, €5, and “ Taming. 
of the Shrew,” Induction, i. 21.] 
Noruine 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, 
