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...[that the dog] may be in heat (57); conceived from a man, that it may be born variegated (82) Della Porta explores the folklore of "monstrous" births and hybridity between species.; that it may be marked with white spots, and its scars covered with hair of the same color (86); that it may be made drunk (497); it is captured by music (493); that it may be put to flight (615); that it may be soothed (613); its poison (502).
Rocket original: "Eruca"; likely referring to the plant arugula, though it can also mean caterpillar.: that it may be born sweeter (144).

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Bean original: "Faba": that it may bear huge pods (122); in what soil it should be gathered so that it may endure (170); at what time it should be stored (166); how it is stored (163, 174); preserved in salt water (185).
Torches original: "Faces": which are not extinguished by the winds (445); how they can be used to signal letters (526).
Face original: "Facies": how it is prepared for beautification original: "mangonium"; a term for the deceptive "faking" of goods, here applied to cosmetics. (344); that it may be made white (343); white as milk (ibid.); soft and shining (345, 351); silvery (346); in another way (349); bone-colored, purple, or red (352); to dilute its redness or to remove the burning of the sun (353, 354); spots (354); freckles (356); wrinkling (359); that it may grow young again; how a painted face may be made to turn pale; how makeup may be detected (365, 366); to transform it so that it is not recognized by friends (604, 605); how it may appear with the light of thinness and paleness through artificial means (620, 621).
Beech original: "Fagi": to extract oil from the kernels (214).
Hunger and Thirst: how they may be taken away (201, 202, 203).

Fascination original: "Fascini"; referring to the "Evil Eye" or magical influence.: an amulet against it (328); against envy (333).
Wild and Tame Sow: a hybrid is generated from them (67).
Iron original: "Ferrum": to be made hard by tempering (455); that it may be softened again (454); for cutting soft iron; a soft iron for cutting bread (454, 455); for wood, for bloodletting, for a herb-sickle, for files (455, 456); for a fish-hook (458); for carving marble, for cutting porphyry A very hard igneous rock, prized in antiquity., for sawing iron (459, 461); for various uses (462); to protect it from rust (464); to change it into copper; to whiten it (238).
Fig original: "Ficus": a white fig, that it may turn out black (94); red (133); inscribed with writing (117); one part white, the other black (98); one part white, the other red (101, 103); early-ripening (112); that it may ripen its green, unformed fruit (115); late-ripening (118); that it may sprout more joyfully (148); that it may be perennial (162); to be gathered with its branches that it may be preserved (187); stored while closed (172); floating in wine (175, 180); in honey (178); dried in the leaves of mullein original: "verbasci" (190); that eating it may loosen the belly (153); to make wine from it (204); vinegar (208).
Thread original: "Fili": types of, from flax, hemp, or Spanish broom (215, 216); from nettle, Indian aloe, and asbestos Historical authors often believed asbestos was a "mineral flax" that could be woven into fireproof cloth. (216, 217).
Flame: to cast it from a distance (446).