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A lit rope original: "Funis accensus", so that it may not produce smoke 481
To discover a theft 663
A hen, so it may mate with a partridge 77; a pheasant, or a pigeon 78; a peacock, from which is born a turkey original: "gallopauus" 81; so that it is born with four wings or four feet 86; that its chick may be hatched without incubation 287; that a rooster original: "gallus" may perform that duty 241; its meat, how it may be made tender 503, 504; and the rooster's 504; how it may be stuffed 508; so that it may turn out pugnacious 543; its venom 541
Gillyflowers original: "Garyophylli." While this can mean cloves, in this horticultural context, it usually refers to carnations or pinks., so they may bloom late 129; purple ones, so they may become blue 148; and whitening ones 104, 150; white ones become blue 160; semi-red 108; more fragrant 152; a preparation from them against the plague 350; to extract fragrant water from them 401; and oil 410
Gems, how they may be fashioned 274; colored 272, 274; so that they are white on one side and red on the other 276; to extract a magistery Magisterium: an alchemical term for a concentrated essence or the "master" preparation of a substance. from them 427
To wipe away the discoloration of the cheeks 385
To purge swollen gums 342
To extract oil from oak acorns 232
To make fragrant pomanders original: "Globulos odoratos." Scented balls used for perfume or to ward off disease. 455
For a parasite original: "Gnató." A character type named after Gnatho from Roman comedy; used here to refer to a gluttonous person or unwanted guest., so that everything he eats may be bitter 525
The venom of a crane 541
Weight, its variation in water and air 620
To elicit the magistery of guaiacum original: "Guaiaci." A tropical "holy wood" used historically to treat syphilis and other ailments. 428; its gum 445; its oil 422
A glutton, so that he cannot swallow food 524
To extract gum from plants, from all-heal original: "panace" and fennel 445; to extract oil from them 451
Fishing hooks, how they may be made extremely hard 494
Ivy, how it may be rendered white 150; to produce beautiful clusters 164; growing in the horns of deer 101
New herbs, how they may be generated from putrefaction 99; how their virtues are to be investigated 444; to extract the quintessence Quintessence: the purest or most concentrated essence of a natural substance, literally the "fifth element." from them 425; bread is made from them 217
The venom of a hedgehog 541
A hinny original: "Hinnus." The offspring of a male horse and a female donkey., generated from a horse and a donkey 71
Hiphear original: "Hiphear." A species of mistletoe or parasitic plant described by ancient naturalists. is born from rot 102
Sea cucumbers original: "Holoturia." are born from rot...