The Operacion
Solinus sayth. yt the stone that is na / med Dracōcias is cut out of ye dragōs hede but and he be dede or the stone be cut out than it is nothynge worthe for than it leseth his vertue / but they that wille haue ye stone ordayne her••es 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hym to eat yt he sholde slepe to th•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that he sholde betaken / & that they shol¦de so ī his slepe cut the stone out of his hede / the wiche is very precyous for ye kinges of Oriente bere them in great honoure. ¶The dragons flesshe is gre¦ne & cold in ye operacion & coleth them sore yt eteth of it therfore they of Ethio¦pe eat moche dragons flesshe The dra¦gons hede promiseth to make a house fortunable.. The tonge of the dragon & his galle therof made decocciō in wi¦ne and therwith man or womans bo¦dy enoynted is good for ye encōbrynge of the fayre and suche lyke.