Batman vppon Bartholome his booke De proprietatibus rerum, newly corrected, enlarged and amended: with such additions as are requisite, vnto euery seuerall booke: taken foorth of the most approued authors, the like heretofore not translated in English. Profitable for all estates, as well for the benefite of the mind as the bodie. 1582.

Of Gagite. chap. 49.

IEat is called Gagates, and is boi∣stous stone, & neuerthelesse it is pre∣cious: And was first found in Cicilia by the riuer that is called Gagas: and was throwen vp to the brinke by the course of water. Therfore it hath y^e name ther∣of, though most plenty & best be in Bri∣taine, as Isi. saith: and is double, that is to say, yeolow and blacke. The blacke is plaine and light, & burneth soone in fire, & driueth away adders with smell ther∣of, when it is kindled, right as Thus or insence. This gineth monition of them y^t haue séendes within them. And is helde contrary to séen••s: and giueth knowledge of maydenhoode. For if a maide drinke of the water thereof, she pisseth not: and if she be no maide & drinketh therof, shée pisseth anon, and also against her will, as Dioscorides saith: And so by this stone a maiden is anone proued, as diuerse Au∣thors affirme. Moreouer the same stone both black & also yeolow, being made hot with rubbing in y^e fingers, draweth light strawe and leaues to it selfe if it bée put thereto, & a drinke thereof helpeth them y^t haue the dropsie: For it wasteth euil ••a∣pours. And it is sayd, that it comforteth the liuer, & that is perchance by drynesse therof, & also by priuy vertue & qualitie. Also the pouder thereof is good to féeble téeth & wagging, & strēgthneth & fastneth them. Also it is sayd, that this stone hel∣peth for fantasies, & against veration of féends by night. Also fumositie thereof exciteth Menstrua, if it be withdrawn by any day. Also it is said, that it swageth womb ach, when the stomack is mistur∣ned by any way. Also it helpeth against witchcraft, & fordoth hard inchantments, as it is said in Lapidario: and it spéedeth fast birth, & helpeth her that trauaileth of child, as it is said in Lapidario. And so, if so boistous a stone doth so great won∣ders, none should be despised for soule co∣lour without, while the vertue that is hid within is vnknowen. And Isidore spea∣keth of this stone & saith, that this stone is kindled in water, & quenched in Oile, and that is wonder.