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A ditto other mensbookes attributed unto him, if haply any other had laboured and travelled in 
_ compiling fome worke,which himfelfe judged worthie of {uch a man as he was : but that C/eom- 
porus fhould fo doe,who had fet forth other bookes in his owne name, who would ever beleeve? | 
No man doubteth verely,but that the booke entituled*Chirocineta,was of Democritus his ma- “Ac one would 
king: and yet therein be found more monftrous things by a hundred fold, than thofe which Py- pea 
shagoras hath delivered in that worke of his. And tofaya truth, fetting Pythagoras afide,there continvally 
was nota Philofopher fo much addi&ted to the fchoole and profeffion o: thefe Magicians,than ocures.and 
was Democritus. ‘ } of Hand mane 
In the firft place he telleth us of an hearbe called Aglaophotis, Worthieto bee admired and 
_wondeted of men, by reafon of that moft beautifull colour which it had: and for thatit grew 
B among the quarries of marble in Arabia,confining upon the coatts of the realm of Perfia,ther- 
fore it was alfonamed Marmaritis. And he affirmeth,that the Sages or Wife men of Perfia called 
Magi,uled this hearbe when they vere minded to conjure and raife up {pirits. 
He writeth moreover, That ina countrey of Indiainhabited by the Tardiftiles, there is ano- 
ther hearbe named Achzmenis, growing without leafe,and in colour refermbliny Amber:ofthe 
root of which hearbe there be certaine Trochiskes made: whereof they caufe male‘actors and 
fufpeGed perfonsto drinke fome quanuitie with wine, inthe day time,to the end they {hould con- 
feffe the truth : for in the night following they thal be fo haunted with fpirits and tormented with 
fundrie fanfies and horrible vifions,that they fhall be driven perforce totell all,and acknowledge 
the faét for which they are troubled and broughtin queftion. Thefame writer calleth this plane 
© *Hippophobas,becaufe Mares of all other creatures are moftfeareful] i a of it, * or Eippophed 
Furthermore, he reporteth, That thirtie Scheehes from the river Choafpes in Perfia, there ws. 
groweth an hearbe named Theombrotion : which:for the manifold and{undrie colours shat it 
hath refembleth the painted taile of a Peacocke,and it cafteth withalla mofl {weet and odo tife- 
rous fent. This hearbe(faith he)the Kings of Perfia ufein their meats and drinkes: andthis opi- 
nion they have of it, Thatit preferveth their bodies from all infirmities and difeafes,yea and kee- 
peth their head (0 ftated and fetled,that they {hall never bee troubled in mind and out of their, 
right wits:[n fuch fort,that for the powerfull majeftie of this plant,itisalfo called Semnion, © 
Heproceedeth moreover to another,knowne by the name Adamantis, growing only in Ar- 
menia and Cappadocia: which if it bee brought neare unto Lions, they will lie al] along upon 
D theirbacks,and yawnewith their mouthsas wide as ever they can. The realon of the nameis this, 
becaufe itcannot pofiibly be beaten into pouder. 
He goeth ondhill and bearethus in hand,that inthe realme Ariana, there isfoundthe heatbe _ 
Arianis ofthe colour of fire. The inhabitants of that countrey ufe to gather it when the Sunne is 
inthe figne Leo:and they affirme;that it it doe but touch any wood befmeared and rubbed over | 
_ with oile,itwill fet chefame a burning on a light fire. ; 
What {hould I write of the plant Therionarca, which whenfoever it beginneth tocome up . 
and rife out of the ground, all the wild beafts will lie benummed and (as it were) dead : neither 
can theybe raifed orrecovered againe;untill they be fprinckled with the urine of Hyena. _ 
The hearb Athiopis,by his report groweth in Meroé,for which caufe it is called ailo Merois: 
E In leafe itrefembleth Lectuce:and being drunke in mead or honied water,there is not {uch are- 
medie againe forthe dropfie. 
Over and befides,he fpeaketh of the plant Ophiufa, found ina couarrey of the faine ZEthyo- 
pia,named Elephantine: Of a leaden hue it is, and hideous tofce to: whotoever drinke thereof, 
| fhall befo ftighted with the terrors and menaces offerpents reprefented unto their eyes,thatior 
very feare they thall lay violent hands on themfelves: and therefore church robbers are enforced 
to drinke ir, Howbeit,if a man take after ita draught of Date wine, he thail notbe troubled with 
any fuch fearefuil vifionsandillufions, \ 
“Moreover,thereis found(faith Democritus)the hearbe Thalaficgle abourthe river Indus, and 
thereupon is knowne by another name Potamantis:which if men or women take in drink, tran- 
FE fporteth their fences fo far out of theway,that they fhall imagin they feeftrange fights. 
AsforT heangelis, which by his faying groweth upon mount Libanon in Syria, and upon 
Di&e,amountaine in Candie ; alfo about Babylon and Sufisin Perfia, if the wife Philofophicrs 
(whome they tearme Magi) drinke of that hearbe, they (hall incontinenily have the {psiie of 
prophetic, and foretell things to come. ; 
