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Catching the Aulopius fish original: "Aulopii captura"; the aulopias was a fish mentioned by ancient authors like Pliny, often identified with a type of tuna or a similar large sea fish. (489).
Gold: how to extract it from silver (234); how to increase its weight (238); how to diminish it (239); how to separate it from silver (239, 240, 241, 242); from brass (242); how to separate it from silver in different ways (243); how to extract a tincture A "tincture" in alchemy refers to a concentrated extract or a substance capable of imparting color or medicinal properties. from it (398); how to draw it out from a silver cup (239); from a brass vessel (240); how to recognize if it has silver mixed in (586).

B

Berries: how they may be born multi-colored (103).
Barnacles: generated from rotting matter original: "Balani"; though it literally means 'acorns,' in this context it refers to barnacles, which were once thought to generate spontaneously from decaying organic material. (55).
Balsam: it preserves things (193).
Barbel fish: when they are poisonous (476).
Basil: it is changed into wild thyme (96).
Beet: how to make it large (124); white (135); sweet (144).
Drinking: making the cup stick to the mouth (489).
Burnet original: "Bibinella," likely referring to Pimpinella or Burnet-saxifrage.: how to extract an elixir (404).
Ox: how to fatten it falsely (87); how to fatten it truly (472); how to make its meat tender (467, 469); its poison (501).
Metal foil original: "Bracteolę"; thin plates or leaves of metal.: how they are polished (260); how to dye them a sapphire color (262); an emerald color (ibid).
Cabbage: how it may be changed into a turnip (95); how it may sprout early (113); how it may become tender (149); how to make it sweeter (144).
Whelk original: "Buccina"; literally a trumpet shell or triton's trumpet.: generated from rotting matter (54).
Bugloss: how to extract a tincture from its flowers

(400).
Bulbs: how to make them large (124, 125).

C

Corpses: how they may be preserved for a long time (193).
Shallot original: "Cępa Ascalonia"; literally 'onion of Ascalon'.: how it is made (150); how it may become thick (123); how it may be made larger (125); sweeter (145); how it may be preserved (189).
Stones: how to dislodge them original: "Calculos deturbare"; likely referring to the medical treatment of kidney or bladder stones. (317).
Eye cosmetics Calliblephara: From the Greek for "beautiful eyelids," these were ancient recipes for eyeshadow or eyeliner.: how they are made (342).
Marigold: how to extract its tincture (401).
Crabs: how to make them tender (407).
Candles: how they may be lit quickly (447); how they may burn perpetually (448).
Dog: how a strong one is bred (57); from a lion (60); a strong and swift one from a wolf and a fox (60, 61); a small puppy (62); a mimic original: "mimus"; a performing dog or one that imitates actions. (63); how to correct their faults, and how they may become robust and swift (63); a shaggy one (83); how to make them drunk (497); how to kill them (500); how to change their color, how to stop them from barking, and how to keep them from running away from you (503, 504); how to prevent them from being able to run (504).
Hemp: how to make thread from it (216).
Camphor: how to extract its oil (389).
Hair: how to prepare it for dyeing, and how to make it yellow or golden (335, 336, 337); how to dye gray hair (338); how to make it long and black (ibid); how to keep it from falling out (340); how to make it long (ibid); how to prevent moths from eating it This likely refers to hairpieces or wigs, as "tinea" (moths/lice) would eat stored hair.; how to make it curly (341); how to change...