Natural Magic (1607) - Page 15

OF SECRETS

CONTAINED IN THE

BOOKS.

Hawk original: "Accipiter." mixed with various birds, and various offspring produced 81. With the falcon, with the Eagle, with the Goshawk, with the Sparrowhawk 82. So that it may turn out spirited 543.
Vinegar original: "Acetum.": how it may be made from various things 226. From Figs, Palms, Pears, Honey, Peaches, without wine 227. From spoiled wine, from grape-juice, from pressed grape-skins. How it may be doubled 228, 229.
Adamant The diamond, often called "adamant" in older texts. directs iron to the North, like a magnet 330. Its power is not inhibited by its presence 328 Porta refers here to a common medieval myth that a diamond could neutralize the pull of a lodestone; he includes experiments to disprove this..
Projectiles pileæ for bronze engines of war, so they may penetrate more deeply 483.
Air: how it may fulfill the role of bellows, and how inventions may be made in it 641. Water from it 648.
Copper or Bronze Æs: making it rival silver in various ways 248, 249, 250. How it may be burned Referring to calcination, or the reduction of metal to powder through heat. 272.
Separating silver from a bronze vessel 262.
Curing the discomforts of the armpits original: "Alarum tædia." In Latin, "alae" means wings, but is also a common anatomical term for armpits. This section likely deals with deodorants or hygiene. 393.
A Lark’s aphrodisiac original: "venerium." Referring to the perceived properties of the bird in folk medicine or magic. 541.
Making heads of garlic larger

136. So they do not smell 152. Sweeter 158. How they are preserved 202.
Extracting thread from Indian Aloe 236. Extracting the magistery magisterium In early pharmacy, a "magistery" was a concentrated essence or a precipitate of a substance that supposedly held its highest medicinal power. 429.
Extracting oil from Ambergris 417. And the quintessence 423.
How amethyst color may be made 273.
Extracting oil of Amomum A genus of plants in the ginger family. 408.
Remedies for love alexiteria From the Greek word for a protective remedy or antidote against poison. 361.
Sweet almonds: making them turn bitter 103. Growing without a shell, and becoming tender 143. Making bitter ones sweet 153, 155, 156. Growing with inscriptions on them 160. Preserving them for a long time 177. Extracting oil from them 233.
How the almond-peach A hybrid or graft known as "amygdalopersicum." is made 117.
Ducks: intoxicating them so they can be caught by hand 537. Making their meat more tender 503.
Eels born from mud 57. Bait for them 527.
Extracting oil of Anise 410.
Animals: how they may mate more passionately 62. New animals born from their cross-breeding 60, 61. So that they fat- This entry is continued on the following page.