The boke of secretes of Albertus Magnus of the vertues of herbes, stones, and certayne beasts : also, a boke of the same author, of the maruaylous thinges of the world, and of certaine effectes caused of certaine beastes.

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The boke of secretes of Albertus Magnus of the vertues of herbes, stones, and certayne beasts : also, a boke of the same author, of the maruaylous thinges of the world, and of certaine effectes caused of certaine beastes.
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[S.l. :: J. King],
M. D. LX [1560]
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Medicine, Medieval.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- Early works to 1800.
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"The boke of secretes of Albertus Magnus of the vertues of herbes, stones, and certayne beasts : also, a boke of the same author, of the maruaylous thinges of the world, and of certaine effectes caused of certaine beastes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15531.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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ISidorus semeth to saye, ye Licania hath in ye heade 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a stone of most noble ver∣tue, & is of whyte colour, whych brayed, geuen to them that haue the strangulion, to drinke, it lou∣seth perfectly the vryne▪ & shortly healeth, it putteth awai the feuer quartayne. Also it taketh awaye a whyte spot or perle in the eye. Also yf a woman with chylde, beare it on her she shall not loose her byrth. Also the fleshe of them sodden, and eaten, is good to thē that haue an exulceratiō, or sore in the lunges, with a consump∣tion of all the body, and spitting of bloude.

Also the poulder of the beastes, with the rynde, or barke of trees

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with some greynes of pepper, is profitable against the Emerodes and growinge out of flesh about the buttockes. Lykewyse they beynge rawe, brayed with ryn∣des or barkes of trees, breake ry∣pe impostumes.

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