clear that his head could not have been now upon earth as a relic. . . A cogent argument, sans doubt: and yet methinks somebody might have accommodated him with a head till the general Resurrection, without any inconvenience. Fray Luys knew that a leg had been lent in this way, which is surely sufficient authority for such an opinion. The leg in question was taken from a dead negro, who received in exchange the incurable limb of a white cripple: the operation, which far exceeds that of Talicotius, was performed by the Saints Cosmes and Damian, and one of the eight hundred questions propounded to the oracular friar, was concerning the sound leg, to which of the parties it was finally to belong.
237. Blood Showers.
Paracelsus is less fortunate in explaining blood-showers than sky-stones. He is; however, equally bold.
