312  SHAKESPEARE'’S [TOAD-STONE. 
Toad-stone. 
The toad, ugly and venomous, 
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. 
As You Lixe Ir, ii. 1, 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. xvili. § 17. 
Noszr, 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. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xvi. § 17. 
A Toap-stong, 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. 
