The Book of Secrets

...will lose its milk. And this has been especially proven in our own time by certain sorcerers original: "sortilatoribus," referring to those who cast lots or practice divination and folk magic.

¶ The tenth herb is called Luperax by the Chaldeans, Elisena by the Greeks, and Oak Mistletoe original: "Viscus querci" by the Latins; it grows upon trees by piercing through the wood. ¶ This herb, when combined with another herb called Martegon—that is, Silphium likely referring to a species of wild lily or ferula as it is written in the Germanic tongue original: "theothonica"—opens all locks. And if the aforementioned mixture is placed in someone's mouth, and they think of something that is meant to happen, the truth is fixed in their heart; if it is not to be, it leaps back from the heart. But if the aforementioned mixture is hung from a tree along with the wing of a swallow original: "hyrūdinis", birds will gather there from as far as five miles away. And this last effect has been proven in my own time.

¶ The eleventh herb is called Isiphilon by the Chaldeans, Oxlegon by the Greeks, and is called Centaury original: "Centaurea" by the Latins. The magi learned magicians or wise men say this herb possesses a marvelous power. For if it is joined with the blood of a female hoopoe original: "yppupe," a bird often used in medieval magic and placed with oil in a lamp, all those standing around will believe themselves to be sorcerers, such that one will believe of the other that his head is in heaven and his feet are on the earth. And if the aforementioned mixture is placed in a fire while the stars are shining, it will seem as though the stars are running toward one another and fighting. And if, furthermore, the aforementioned mixture is applied as a plaster to someone's nostrils, they will flee in great haste because of the fear they shall experience. And this has been proven.

¶ The twelfth herb is called Colorio or Coloricon by the Chaldeans, Elamioz by the Greeks, and commonly Sage original: "salvia" by the Latins...