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...to do/win 370 original: "cere"; likely the end of "vincere" (to win) or "facere" (to do) from the previous page.
Venom of the Ibis 502
Greek Fire, how it may be made 430. how it is extinguished 441. how it may be kindled by any damp stone 428. by what means it is put out 443. how it is kindled by the rubbing together of wood 427. how it is shot from tubes 432. that which is extinguished by oil but kindled by water 444. it reveals letters at night 528. how it may fill a room 446. with what tinder it is prepared 427. fire-bearing missiles, the compositions of the ancients 429 & 443. that which the sun can kindle, same page. a signal made with it by night 528. Greek Fire was a legendary incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire; Della Porta provides recipes for various chemical fires based on ancient accounts.
An image seen hanging in the air 541, 544, 548, 549, 550, 556 Della Porta describes using concave mirrors and lenses to project images into the air, a precursor to the "pepper's ghost" illusion.
To remove skin eruptions original: "impetigines"; refers to various scaly or itchy skin conditions. 357
How the salt of Masterwort may be extracted 402 original: "Imperatoriæ"; Masterwort was highly valued in Renaissance medicine for its "masterly" healing powers.
To feign illnesses 327
Amulets against the fascination of envy 333 The "fascination of envy" refers to the Evil Eye.
An instrument by which one hears from a distance 607 Likely an early acoustic device or ear trumpet.
To make endives white 135. sweet 144. and tender 149
A remedy for sciatica 619
To extract oil from juniper wood 379.

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To heal cracks in the lips 316
Lizards are born from rot 51 A reference to "spontaneous generation," the then-common belief that small animals arose from decaying organic matter.
When milk should be rejected 476
it increases the weight of bread 200
That lettuce may contain within itself parsley,

rocket, and basil 105 Della Porta claims that by soaking seeds in the juices of other plants, the resulting plant will take on their flavors.; so that it may be late for winter 119. that it may be made large 124. white 135. sweet 143. pleasant 144. thin and brittle 149. scented 139. when it should be served 485
To extract oil from Labdanum 417 A sticky resin obtained from rockrose shrubs.
Thin plates of a violet color 261. of ruby, sapphire, and emerald 264
The experiments of Lampadius 620
Stones, how they may move by themselves 600
Venom for a gull 502
To extract oil from Laser 386, 387. by another method 418 Laser, or Silphium, was a prized medicinal resin from antiquity, often substituted in Porta's time with asafoetida.
That a red laurel may become black 94. to squeeze oil out of it 213
To preserve legumes 189. for a long time 174. that they may become tender 469. bread is made from them 198
That a lentil may turn out large 122. that it may be born quickly 114. it is preserved when smeared in vessels 174.
What a crystalline lens may achieve, a convex one kindles fire, illuminates at a distance by night, makes it possible to read letters by night, and to see distant things as near 552, 553. to read a distant letter, more perfectly by another method; a convex lens original: "connexa"; likely meaning convex or combined lenses shows an image hanging in the air; a concave lens shows wide and long things in a condensed way 553.
How a woman may become freckled 366
To remove freckles 356
To extract oil from Mastic 212 original: "Lentisco"; the mastic tree.