Section 76

How Animals are congregated by fweet fmells.
THere are many odou/s, or other hidden qualities, that gather Animals together, from the particular Nature of things,or of living Creatures. I (hall (peak of the fmelling odours and other aliments that they much defire. As,
The Unicorn is allured by fent,
Tretres writes,tbat the Unicorn fo hunts after young Virgins, that he will grow tame with them ; and (onetimes he will fall afUep by them , and be taken and bound. The Hunters clothe feme young luliy Fellow in Maids clothes ; and ftrewing fweet odours on him , they fet him right again!* the place where the Unicorn is , that the winde may carry away the fmell to the wilde Beaft : the Hunters lie hid in the mean time. The Beaft, enticed with the fweet fmell, comes to the young man : he wraps the Beaft's Head in long and large flceves : the Hunters come running, and cut off his Horn.
To make ffheezles come together.
The Gall of a Stellio beaten with water, will make Wheezles come together , faith Tltvj. Alfo , the wife Plinianifts write, that with the Gall of a Chamselion caft into water, Wheezles will be called together.
To make CMice come together.
If you pour thick lees of Oyl into a Difh, and fet it right in the houfe, they will flick toil. PtHadiM. But lAnatolitu faith , if you pour Oyl- Lees into a Brazen Ba- fon , and fet it in the middle of the houfe , all the Mice at night will meet toge- ther.
To make Fleas come together.
The fat of a Hedge-hog boy I'd in water, and taken off as it fwimson the top; if you ano>nt a (taff with it, and fet it in the houfe, or under your bed, all the Fleas will come to it. Rhafis,
To bringFrogs together.
The Gall of a Goat fet into the cart h in feme Vcffel, is faid to bring all the Frogs to- gether, if they can finde any delight therein.
CHAP.
Natural Magick. ©00^15.
Chap. VIII.
How Creatures, made drunks may be catch'd -with the hand*
I Have faid what draws them, now I (hall fay what will make them drunk. There are many fimples that will do k, that you may take them with your hand?, wbilft they flsep : and becaufe there are divers Animals that are made drunk with divers things, I (hall fpeak of them in order. And firft ,
Hew Dogs are made drunks Athemtu faith , that Dogs and Crows are made drunk with an Herb called jEourra » but Theophrafius, from whom he had it, faith, that the Root j£nothera, given with Wine, will'make them more tame and gentle. Whence jEnutra comes , by corrup- tion of the word. Theophrafttu his j£nothera is. Rhedodaphni, as 1 laid. So
Ajfes are made drun^
And when they fleep, they are not onely taken • but, if you pull off their skias, they will fcarcc tee! you, norawke j which comes by Hemlock : for when they have eaten that, they fall fo faft afleep, that they feem Uupid and ienflefs. So
Horfes are made flnptd by Henbane feed, if you give it them with B-ncy; and they will be fo faft afleep,that they will be half dead, ha f a day. A certain Cheat , who wanted money on his way , caft this feed to fame of h'n company . and when they lay altnofl dead afleep, and they were all much troubled for them , fcr a reward he promifedto help them, which received, he put Vinegar to their NotfriU, and fo revived them. Whereupon they went on their journey. So
Libards are made drHr.kj Optin teacheth the way, and how they ire raken when they are drunk. In Africa, fo foon as they come to a Fountain w iere the Libar is ufe to drink every morning, there the Hunters in the night brin^ maoy y-fleis of Wine • and not far from thence, they fit covered in blanker. The Libards, very thirlly,come 10 the Fountain, and fo foon as they have drunk Wine, that they delight in , firft they leap , then they fall fait afleep on the ground ; and fo they are eafily taken. If you defire to know how
Apes are taken, being drmnkjt
Athenam writes , that Apes will drink Winealfo ; and being drunk, arecatch'd. And Tliny faith, that four-footed Bcafb, with Toes, will not encreafe, if they ufe to drink Wine*. So U
Sows run mad,
eating Henbane-feed. %Allia» fait h, thar Bears eating this Herb> fall fick of a lingring difeafe , and are troubled : it is of the Nature of Wine that disquiets the minde and head. So
Elephants Are made drunk.
Athemm reports out of Ariftotle's Book de Ebrietate , that Elephants will be drunk with Wine. t/Elian writes, that they give the Elephant that muftgoto war. Wine cf the Grapes , and made Wine of Rice , to make them bold. Now I will (hew how Birds laid afleep, may be catch'd with your hands. If then you would know how
Birds may be catch 'd withhands^
Pliny writes, A certain Garlick &rews in the Fields , they call it Alum, which being
boy led,
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boylcd, and caft tethem, is a remedy a gain ft the vihany of Birds that eat up the Corn that it cannot grow again : the Birds that eat it are prefeotiy (Inpid , and arc catch'd with ones hand, it" they have ttaid a tittle, as it they were aflccc. Bu: if ycu will
Hunt Cartridge that are drun'^t
Boettm teacheth ycu thus: You (hall eafily hunt meal wet in wine t fot every Bird is loon taken with it. It ycu make it with water and wine mingled,and put that which is ftrongei into the vefirls,lo loon as they have but lipc a little, they grow drowfic and ftupid. He fheweth,
Howtotakt Ducks n th your hand. If any cne obferve the place where Ducks ufe to drink ; and putting away the water, place black wine in the place : when they have drunk , they fall down, and m2y be eafily taken. Alio, wine-lees is beft.
Ducks and other Birds being dmxl^are foon taken
With fome meats, as arc the Bur Dock feed, l'rewed here and there in places where Birds frequent : they are fo light-headed when they have eaten them , that you may take t hf m a it h y our hands. Another bait. Tormentil boy'ld in good wine , and boyi Wheat or Barley in the fame, cart to Birds, is good to catch them: for tKey will cat pieces of 5 ormeutil with the feeds , and be drunk that they cannot fire j and fo are they cate'd with yocr hands. This is beft when the weather is cold , and the Snc w deep. Or cite drew Barley-corns in places where many Birds come , then make a cempefuien likeapultis of Barley-meal, Ox-gall, and Henbane-feed ; fee this cn a plank fcr them : when they have rafted it, the Birds will be fo ftupid,thac they carnot file, but are catch'd with ones hand. Or mingle Barley, and mdhrooms, that are to called from flics,with the feeds of Hcnbane,and mike the pap of it,and lay on a board, as before.
To catch %pok* with your hands.
Powder Nrtxvcmica^od mingle it with flcfti. So alfoyou may make Fifh drunk- pan teacheth fome ways. If you will
Make Ftfh drunks
Sow-bread will do ic : for I faid , that Sow-bread will make men more drunk. Hi? Words are :
Of Sow bread- Rooty they make a pafte that's white And fat, with which the recks ar.d holes they fmcer • The water* s poyfon'd by it* and the might And force thereof doth fpread both far and neer. The Fifhes faS, the Fi(hes art made bltnde> 4/fnd tremble at it : for the fttnkirg fmell Thif Root thm ordered , alwayes leaves behinde, Doth make themdrm\ , as Ftfhers k«ow full welL
Chap. IX. The peculiar poyfons of Animals are declared,
T""\0 not think I mean, that one poyfon can kill all living Creatures, but every one I 3 hath his fevcral poyfon : for what is verome to one, may ferve to preferve ano- ther ; which comes not by reafon of the quality, but of the dillindt nature, WculdF we mention
The venoms that kill Dogf.
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Viefcbfides faith, thai white Chamscleon made up with Barley-Flour, will kill Dogs^ Sows, and Mice , being wet wich water or Oyl. Theophrasltu faith , Dogs arid S ows kneaded with water and Oyl : but with Coleworts Sow?. Nux vomica, which from the effe£fr is called Dogs Nut , if it be filed , and the thin filings thereof be given with Butter or fome fat thing to a Dog to (wallow, it will kill him in three hours fpace; he wiil be aftonifhed, and fall luddenly , and dies without any noifc : but it muft be frefh , that Nature feems to have produced this Nut alone to kill Dogs. They will not cat the Fruit of the Afii, becauie it makes pain in their back-bone and hips : yet Sows are fatted by it So there is one Plant , called Dogs bane. Chry- Jtpptu faith, that Dogs are killed with it, if thefhootsof it are given to them with water. Dogs cole, or wilde cole, if it be given with Flefh j fo the fumes of Lead. jArtstotlc 'vb his wonders, concerning the Country of the Scythians and Medes, faith, that there is Barley that men feed on ; but Dogs and Sows will not endure the Ex- crements of tho'e that eat it, as being poyfon to them. I fay nothing of Acenitum, called by Diofcorides, Dogs banc. I fliall fay the lame
Of Wolfs bane.
Wolfs bane kills Wolfs and many other wild Beafts; and it's fo called from the effect. Mountebanks make venome thus : Take black Hellebore, two ounces ; Yew-leaves, one ounce • Beech-rinde, Glafs, quick Lime, yellow Arfcpick , Of each one ounce and half : of fweer Almonds three ounces ; Honey what may fuffice. Make pel- lets, as big as a fmall Nut. Others take Wolfs bane , yellow Arfenick, and Yew- leaves , of each alike , and mingle them. There are «ther Herbs that kill Wolfs: but I pafs them, to avoid tedioulneis. %/Ehan faith, Bv Nilus grows an Herb called Wolfs bane \ if a Wolf tread on it, he dies of convulfions. Wherefore the Egyp- tians forbid any fuch Herb to be imported into their Country > becauie they adore this Creature. There are alfo
Herbs that kj&OMice, That Aconirum, which is called Myo&onon, kills Mice a great way off. Dtofeoridet and 'Hjcaxdor. Staves-acre hath almoH the fame forces , whofe Root or Seed in powder, mingled with Meal, and fried with Butter, kills Mice if they eat it. They are driven awiy with the Root of Daffodils j and if their holes be llopt with it,thcy die. The wilde Cucumber, and Colcquintida , kill Mice. If Mice eat Tithymal, cut into (mall dices , and mingled with Flour and Metheglin , they will be blinde. So Chamseleon, Myacanthus, Realgar , namely, of live Brimftone, quick Lime and Orpimcnt will do the fame. But among \
Wolfs baneSy
is reckoned Libards bane , by whofe Root , powdered, and given with flefh , they arc killed. Flefh is ftrewed with Aconitc,and Panthers are killed if they tafte thereof. Their jaws and throat are prefently in pain : therefore ir is called Pardalitnches. They are killed alfo by Dogs bane, which alfo they call Pardalianches.
Lions bane
i; called Leontophonon : "u is a little Creature that breeds nowhere but where the Lion is. Being taken, it is burnt: and with the Afhes thereof, flefh is ftrewed ; and, being caft in the high-ways where they meer , Lions arc killed :' fo Pardalianches kills Lions as well as Panthers.
Ox bane.
The juice of black Cbamarleon kills Heifers by a Quinfey : wherefore fome call it Ulophonon. Cxen fear black Hellebore, yet they will eat the white.
(joats bane.
There is an Herb , that from killing Beafts , but efpccially , Goats , is called &" golcthros. The Flowers of it , in aw airy Spring-time, are venome when they
wither ;
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wither ; fo that this mifchicf is not found every ycer.
Harts bane.
Some venemous Ftfh are found in Armenia ; with the powder of them, they fcatrcf Figs Hrewed with it, in the places where wilde Bealfs come : Bealts no fooner talie of them, bur they die. And by this Art arc Harts and Bores killed. &£lian.
Horfe lanes, are Aconite, Hellebore, and red Arfcnick.
Wheedles bane, are
Sal Ammoniac , and Corn moyftened with feme Liquor : fcatter this about fuch places as Wheezles haunt : when they eat it, they die, or flic away.
Sheeps bane,
Nardum kills Sheep. Diofcoridet. Cattel and Goats,if they drink the water where Rhododendron is ftceped,will die. Pliny and Omnymutt an Author nameleis. Flea- bane kills Goats and Sheep : fo doth Savin,
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Pigeons bane, *
Seraph writes , that Piseons are killed when they cat Corn or Beans ftcept in wa- ter , wherein white Hellebore hath been iofufed.
Hens bane.
Hens die by eating the Seeds of Broom, called Spartum,
Bats bane.
Zortafies in Geopon. faith they die by the fume of Ivy.
Vultures.
Some Animals are killed by things that fmell very fweet to us : Vultures by Un- guents, and black Beetles by Roles. The fame happens if a man do buc anoynt them, or give them meat that is fmeered with fweet Oyntmcat. lAriftotle lib. lMi- rabil,
Scorpions bane.
Aconite called Theliphonum , from killing Scorpions. Scorpions are ftupified by touching it, and they wax pale, (hewing that they are conquered. The Eagle is* killed with Comfrey : the Ibis with the Gall of the Hiaena : the Stare with Garlick- feed i the Charadrius with Brimftone : the Urchin withPondWeed : theFaul- eon* the 5 ea-goll, the Turtle, the black-Bird, the Vulture, the night-Bird , called Scope?, pcrifrf with Pomegranate Kernels. T he Titling by the Flower of WilloWs :' the C rew with Rocket- feed : the Beetle with fweet Oyntment : the Rbok with the reliqucs of flefh the Wolf hath fed on : the Lark by Muftard- feed : the Crane by the Viae juice.
Chap. X.
Of the venomesfor Fijhes*
T He Sea and Rivers ufe to be infefted with feme Herbs, and other fiaipjes whereby the Fifties that fwim in thofe waters , are made drunk and die. Bur, becaule they are feveral for feveralFifh, I ftiall let down both the Particulars an«f the Generals, that the Fifherman taught by thefe, may invent others hknfclf.
Fijhes are killed,
huh
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called alfo the venome of the Earth. This Root they bruife, and mingle it with Lime, and caft itin to the Sea: the Fifties come to it with great delight, and are pre- sently killed, and float on the waters. Dtofcorides faith, that broad leaved Tithymal, bruifed and ftrewed in the waters, kills Fifh. We ufe now to bruife the Roots ot it, and with a weight let them down to the bottom of the waters, that will be in- fe&ed by them, and kill the Fifh prefcntly. But in the Sea, we fhall fooner kill them thus : Mingle Oriental Galls, two drachms •, Cheefe, one ounce ; Bean-meal, three ounces, with Aqua Vit* > ma .c pellets of thefe as big as Chick-peafoo. Caft them into the Sea, 'in the morning before Sun rife : after thrte hours , come to the place again , and you fhall finde all thole that tatted of it either drunk or dead , and to appear either on the top or bottom of the Sea ; which you fhall take up with a pole and a hook fattened to it, or Fifh.fpeer. The Aqua. Vita, is added , bccau'.e it foon flies to the head. The Oriental Galls are poyfon that aftonifheth them : the Bean- meal is not of great concernmenr. This bait invites them ; and the Cheefe fraells fo, that they fern it at a dittance.
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Chap. XI. # other Experiments for hunting.
Ow I will add fome Experiments that feem to be requifite, that you may ufe for neceffky when you pleafe. ,
To change a Dogs colour/ 1 -»v , .
Since white Dogs are feldom fit for hunting, becaufc they are fqen afar pS j a way is found to change his colour, that will be done if you boyl quick Lime with Litharge, and paint the Dog with it, it will make him black.
That a Dog way not go from you. Democrites faith, a Dog will never tun from you , if you fmeer him with Buttef from head to tail, and give him Butter to lick. Alfo, a Dog will follow you if you hav« the lecendine of a Bitch clofe in a bag with you,and let him fmell to it. If you would
not have
Tour Dog to bark^ ;
If you have a Bitches fecond Membrane, or a Hares hairs,or Dung, or Vervain, about you. In Nilus there is a black (tone found, that a Dog will not bark if he fee it: you mult alfo carry a Dogs Tongue under your great toe within your fhooe , or the dry heart of a dog about you. Sextut. Or , the hair of a Hare, or the Dung. Tliny. Or cut off the tail of a yongWheezel, and put it under your feet : or give the Dog a Frog to eat in a piece of meat. All thefe things are to keep Dogs from barking. Ni~ giditu faith, that Dogs will all day flie from him who pulls effa tick frcm a Sow, and carrieth it a while about him. Optan.