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[Troilus and Cressida, iii, 2, 185, and Winter's Tale, u 
supra|. He cometh in springing time and warneth oi 
novelty of time with groaning voice. -And in winter he 
loseth his feathers, and then he hideth him in hollow stocks. 
And against summer, in springing time, when his feathers 
spring again, he cometh out of his hole in the which he 
was hid, and seeketh convenable place and stead for to 
breed in. The Turtle layeth eggs twice in springing time, 
and not the third time, but if the first eggs be corrupt. 
Also the blood of her right wing is medicinable, as the 
blood of a swallow, and of a culvour or dove. 
Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xii. § 34. 
AMATIDES is a precious stone; if a cloth be touched 
therewith, the cloth withstandeth fire and burneth not, 
though it be put therein; but it receiveth brightness and 
seemeth the more clear. And withstandeth all evil doing 
of witches. Ibid., bk. xvi. § 19. 
Ir is supposed that in the maw of the cock Turtle-dove 
this stone is to be found, and hath virtue to increase 
concord and love. 
Batman's addition to Bartholomew, ut supra. 
Ir the heart of a Turtle-dove be worn in the skin of a 
wolf, the wearer will never thenceforth be wanton. If its 
heart be burnt, and put on the eggs of any bird, never will 
it be possible that they should be hatched. And if its feet 
be hung on a tree, from thenceforth it will not bear fruit. 
And if a hairy place be anointed with its blood, and the 
water in which a mole has been boiled, the black hairs will 
fall off. Albertus Magnus, “Of the Virtues of Animals.” 
Unicorn. 
A living drollery! Now I will believe 
That there are unicorns. 
TEMPEST, ili, 2, 22. 
Junius Casar, il. 1, 204. 
Aw Unicorn is a right cruel beast, and hath that name 
for he hath in the middle of the forehead an horn of four 
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