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[lion] at the sight of a Cock: And Panthers will not touch them that are annointed [anointed] all over with the
broth of a Hen, especially if Garlick hath been boiled in it. There is also enmity betwixt Foxes, and Swans, Buls
[bulls], and Daws [jackdaws]. Amongst Birds also some are at a perpetuall strife one with another, as also with
other Animals, as Daws [jackdaws], and Owles, the Kite, and Crows, the Turtle, and Ring-taile, Egepis, and
Eagles, Harts, and Dragons. Also amongst Water Animals there is enmity, as betwixt Dolphins, and Whirpools,
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Mullets, and Pikes, Lampreys, and Congers: Also the fish called Pourcontrel makes the Lobster so much afraid,
that the Lobster seeing the other but neer him, is struck dead. The Lobster, and Conger tear one the other. The
Civet Cat is said to stand so in awe of the Panther, that he hath no power to resist him, or touch his skin: and they
say that if the skins of both of them be hanged up one against the other, the haires of the Panthers skin fall off.
And Orus Apollo saith in his Hieroglyphicks, if any one be girt about with the skin of the Civet Cat, that he may
pass safely through the middle of his enemies, and not at all be afraid. Also the Lamb is very much afraid of the
Wolf, and flies from him. And they say that if the taile, or skin, or head of a Wolf be hanged upon the
sheep-coate, the sheep are much troubled, and cannot eat their meat for fear. And Pliny makes mention of a Bird,
called Marlin, that breaks Crows Eggs; whose young are so annoyed by the Fox that she also will pinch, and pull
the Foxes whelps, and the Fox her self also: which when the Crows see, they help the Fox against her, as against a
common enemy. The litle Bird called a Linnet living in Thistles, hates Asses, because they eat the Flowers of
Thistles. Also there is such a bitter enmity betwixt the litle bird called Esalon, and the Asse, that their blood will
not mix together, and that at the braying of the Asse both the eggs and young of the Esalon perish. There is also
such a disagreement betwixt the Olive-tree and a Harlot, that if she Plant it, it will either be alwayes unfruitfull, or
altogether wither. A Lyon [lion] fears nothing so much as fired Torches, and will be tamed by nothing so much as
by these: and the Wolf fears neither sword, nor spear, but a stone, by the throwing of which a wound being made,
worms breed in the Wolf. A Horse fears a Camell, so that he cannot endure to see so much as his picture. An
Elephant when he rageth, is quieted by seeing of a Cock. A Snake is afraid of a man that is naked, but pursues a
man that is clothed. A mad Bull is tamed by being tyed to a Fig-tree. Amber draws all things to it besides Garden
Basill, and those things, which are smeared with oile, betwixt which there is a kinde of a naturall Antipathy.
Chapter xix. How the Vertues of things are to be tryed and found out,
which are in them specifically, or in any one Individuall by way of speciall
gift.
Moreover thou must consider that the Vertues of things are in some things according to the species, as boldness,
and courage in a Lyon [lion], & Cock: fearfulness in a Hare, or Lamb, ravenousness in a Wolf, treachery, and
deceitfulness in a Fox, flattery in a Dog, covetousness in a Crow, and Daw [jackdaw], pride in a Horse, anger in a
Tygre [tiger], and Boar, sadness, and melancholy in a Cat, lust in a sparrow, and so of the rest. For the greatest
part of naturall Vertues doth follow the species. Yet some are in things individually; as there be some men which
do so wonderfully abhor the sight of a Cat, that they cannot look upon her without quaking; which fear it is
manifest is not in them as they are men. And Avicen tels of a man that lived in his time, whom all poisonous
things did shun, all of them dying, which did by chance bite him, he himself not being hurt, and Albertus reports
that in a City of the Ubians he saw a wench who would catch Spiders to eat them, and being much pleased with
such a kind of meat, was wonderfully nourished therewith. So is boldness in a Harlot, fearfulness in a Thief. And
upon this account it is that Philosophers say, that any particular thing that never was sick, is good against any
manner of sickness: therefore they say that a bone of a dead man, who never had a feavor [fever], being laid upon
the patient, frees him of his quartane. There are also many singular vertues infused into particular things by
Celestiall bodies, as we have shewed before.
Chapter xx. That naturall Vertues are in some things throughout their
whole substance, and in other things in certain parts, and members.
Again thou must consider, that the vertues of things are in some things in the whole (i.e.) the whole substance of
them, or in all their parts, as that little fish Echeneis, which is said to stop a ship by its meer touch, this it doth not
do according to any particular part, but according to the whole substance. So the Civet Cat hath this in its whole
substance, that Dogs by the very touch of his shadow hold their peace. So Salendine is good for the sight, not
according to any one but all its parts, not more in the root then in the leaves, and seeds; and so of the rest. But
some vertues are in things according to some parts of it, viz. only in the tongue, or eyes, or some other members,
and parts; so in the eyes of a Basilisk, is a most violent power to kill men, assoon as they see them: the like power
is there in the eyes of the Civet Cat, which makes any Animall that it hath looked upon, to stand still, to be
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amazed, and not able to move it self. The like vertue is there in the eyes of some Wolfes [wolves], which if they
see a man first, make him amazed, and so hoarse, that if he would cry out, he hath not the use of his voice: Of this
Virgil makes mention, when he sings,
Moeris is dumb, hath lost his voice, and why?
The Wolf on Moeris first hath cast his eye.
So also there were some certain women in Scythia, and amongst the Illyrians, and Triballians, who as often as [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]