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how it may be mended original: "sarciatur"; likely referring to repairing the feathers or comb of a fighting cock 471.
how it may become combative 504. its venom 502
Carnations original: "Garyophylli"; gillyflowers or carnations, how they may bloom late 118. how purple ones may become blue 136. and whitish 96. how white ones may become blue 137. half-red 99. more fragrant 139. a preparation from them against the plague 323. to extract scented water from them 370. and oil 378
Gems, how they may be forged 251. how they are colored 250, 251. how they may be white on one side and red on the other 254. how to extract a magistery from them 395 A "magistery" refers to a concentrated medicinal or alchemical extract prepared from a raw substance.
Cheeks, to wipe away bruises from them 355
Gums, to cleanse swollen gums 315
Acorns, to extract oil from oak acorns 213
Scented pellets, how to make them 421 Likely pomanders or aromatic balls used for personal fragrance or protection against bad air.
Gnatho A stock character from Roman comedy representing a parasitic glutton., so that all things he eats may be bitter 487
Crane, its venom 502
Weight, it varies in water and air 576
Guaiacum, to draw out its magistery 396. its gum 412. its oil 390
A glutton, so that he cannot swallow food 486
Gum, to extract it from plants, specifically from all-heal original: "panace" and fennel 411, 412. to extract oil from them 418

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Fish-hooks, how to make them very hard 458
Ivy, how it may be made white 137. that it may bring forth beautiful clusters 150. it grows in the horns of stags 93
Herbs, how new ones are generated from putrefaction 91. how their virtues are to be tracked 411. to extract the quintessence from them 393. bread is made from them 199
Hedgehog, its venom 502
Hinny, is generated from a mare and a donkey 65 A hybrid animal similar to a mule, but specifically from a male horse and a female donkey.
Yellow mistletoe original: "Hiphear", is born from rot 93
Sea-cucumbers original: "Holoturia", are born from rot 54
Clocks, water-driven or pneumatic ones 592, 593, 594
Man, he copulates with a female donkey and generates a beast 70. with a goat (ibid). with other wild beasts 71. monsters are generated within him 78. how to make him go mad 310. so that he may be persuaded he is a bird 311. so that he may be pierced with a ball without a sign of passing through 372. how he may appear as an Ethiopian 620 Porta describes recipes for darkening the skin to appear as a different ethnicity for theatrical or deceptive purposes.
Barley, to be preserved in laurel leaves 191
Hyacinth gem, to forge one 254
Hydraulic organs, what they are 590
Hyena and a wolf, a "crocuta" is born from them 68 A legendary hybrid animal often mentioned in classical natural histories.

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Jasmine, how it may turn yellow 136. to extract scented water from it—