Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into Very Many Received Tenents

That Porcelain or China dishes lie under the earth an hundred years in preparation. chap. 5.
That a carbuncle gives a light in the dark; Of the Æglestone: Of Fairy stones, with some others. ibid.

Of sundry Tenets concerning Vegetables.

That the root of Mandrakes resembleth the shape of a man.
That they naturally grow under Gallows and places of execution.
That the root gives a shriek upon eradication.
That it is fatal or dangerous to dig them up.
That Cinnamon, Ginger, Cloves, Mace, are but the parts or fruits of the same tree.
That Mistletoe is bred upon trees, from seeds which birds let fall thereon.
Of the Rose of Jericho that flowers every year upon Christmas Eve.
That Sferra Cavallo hath a power to break or loosen Iron.
That Bays preserve from the mischief of Lightning and Thunder.
That bitter Almonds are preservatives against Ebriety. chap. 6.
Of the presage of the year from the insects in oak Apples.
Of the seed of some plants.
Of the running of the sap to the root.
That Camphor causeth impotency unto venery; with many others. chap. 7.

THE THIRD BOOK.

Of popular and received Tenets concerning Animals.

That an Elephant hath no joints. Chapter 1.
That a horse hath no Gall. chap. 2.
That a Pigeon hath no Gall. chap. 3.
That a Beaver, to escape the hunter, bites off his testicles or stones. chap. 4.
That a Badger hath the legs of one side shorter than of the other. chap. 5.
That a Bear brings forth her cubs informous or unshaped. chap. 6.
Of the Basilisk. chap. 7.
That a Wolf first seeing a man, begets a dumbness in him. chap. 8.
Of the long life of Deer. chap. 9.
That a Kingfisher hanged by the bill, shows where the wind is. chap. 10.
Of Gryphons. chap. 11.
Of the Phoenix. chap. 12.
Of the pissing of Toads, of the stone in their head, and of the generation of Frogs. c. 13.
That a Salamander lives in the fire. chap. 14.
Of the Amphisbæna, or Serpent with two heads moving either way. chap. 15.
That young Vipers force their way through the bowels of their dam. chap. 16.
That Hares are both male and female. chap. 17.
That Moles are blind and have no eyes. chap. 18.
That Lampreys have many eyes. chap. 19.
That Snails have two eyes, and at the ends of their horns. chap. 20.
That the Chameleon lives only by air. chap. 21.
That the Ostrich digests Iron. chap. 22.
Of the Unicorns horn. chap. 23.
That all Animals in the Land are in their kind in the Sea. chap. 24.

Of the musical note of Swans before their death.
That the flesh of Peacocks corrupteth not.
That Storks will only live in Republics and free States.