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...are born 60 original: "scuntur" — a continuation of "nascuntur" (are born) from the previous page.
Water clocks original: "Horologia aquatica" or pneumatic clocks 637, 638
Man original: "Homo" mates with a she-ass and produces a beast 76; with a goat 77; with other beasts 78; monsters are generated in him 85; how he may be measured 336; how he may convince himself he is a bird 338; how he may be pierced with a ball original: "pila" without a sign of it passing through 403; how he may appear as an Ethiopian 666
Barley kept in laurel leaves 208
To fashion a hyacinth In this period, hyacinth refers to a reddish-orange gemstone (zircon), not the flower. 277
Hydraulic organs, what they are 634
From a hyena and a wolf, a crocuta A mythical beast, often described as a hybrid of a hyena and a lion or wolf. is born 75
Jasmine original: "Iasmes", how it may turn yellow 149; to extract scented water from it 401
Venom of the Ibis 541
Greek Fire, how it is made 464; how it may be extinguished 477; kindled by any moist stone 462; by what things it is extinguished 478; how it is kindled by the rubbing of wood 461; shot through tubes 466; that which is extinguished by oil and kindled by water 480; it indicates letters at night 569; that which fills a bedroom 481; with what flints original: "ignarijs" it is prepared 461; fire-bearing missiles, the compositions of the ancients 463 & 478; which the sun can kindle (ibid.); by it a signal may be made at night 569
An image seen hanging in the air 583, 586, 591, 592, 599
To remove skin eruptions original: "Impetigines" 388
How the salt of Masterwort original: "Imperatoriae" is extracted 434
To feign illnesses 355
Amulets against the evil eye original: "fascini" of envy 361
An instrument by which one hears from afar 633 The OCR says "6, 3", likely a typo for 633.
To make endives white 148; sweet 157; and tender 162
A remedy for sciatica original: "Ischiadis" 665
To extract oil from juniper wood 411
To heal cracks in the lips 343
Lizards are born from decay original: "putredine" 56
Milk, when it should be rejected 513; it increases the weight of bread 218
Lettuce, so it may contain within itself celery, rocket, and basil 14; that it may be made wild for winter 130; made large 135; white 147; sweet 155; pleasant 157; thin and brittle 162; fragrant 152; when it should be served 522
To extract oil from labdanum A sticky resin obtained from rockrose shrubs. 451
Thin plates original: "Lamellae" of violet color 285; of ruby, sapphire, and emerald 287