of the ſtomack. The Topaze againſt ſpirituall heats, ſuch as are coveteouſneſs, luſt, and all manner of exceſes of love. The like inclination is there alſo of Piſmires againſt the Hearb Origanum, and the wing of a Bat, and the heart of a Lapwing, from the preſence of which they flie. Alſo Origanum is contrary to a certain poiſonous fly, which cannot endure the Sun, and reſiſts Salamanders, and loaths Cabbage with ſuch a deadly hatred, that they deſtroy one the other; ſo Cucumbers hate oile, and will run themſelves into a ring leaſt they ſhould touch it. And it is ſaid that the Gall of a Crow makes men afraid, and drives them away where it is, as alſo certain other things; ſo a Diamond doth diſagree with the Loadſtone, that being ſet by it, it will not ſuffer Iron to be drawn to it; and ſheep fly from Frog-parſley as from ſome deadly thing: and that which is more wonderfull, nature hath pictured the ſign of this death in the livers of ſheep, in which the very figure of Frog-parſly being deſcribed, doth naturally appear; So Goats do ſo hate Garden baſil, as if there were nothing more pernicious. And again, amongſt Animals, Mice, and Weeſels do diſagree; whence it is ſaid that Mice will not touch Cheeſe, if the brains of a Weeſel be put in the rennet, and beſides that the Cheeſe will not be corrupt with age. So a Lizard is ſo contrary to Scorpions, that it makes them afraid with its very sight, as alſo it puts them into a cold ſweat; therefore they are killed with the oile of them, which oile alſo cures the wounds made by Scorpions. There is alsſo an enmity betwixt Scorpions, and Mice: wherefore if a Mouſe be applyed to a prick or wound made by a Scorpion, it cures it, as it is reported. There is alſo an enmity betwixt Scorpions, and Stalabors, Aſpes, and Waſpes. It is reported also that nothing is ſo much an enemy to Snakes as Crabs, and that if Swine be hurt therewith they eat them, and are cured. The Sun alſo being in Cancer, Serpents are tormented. Alſo the Scorpion, and Crocodile kil one the other; and if the Bird Ibis doth but touch a crocodile with one of his feathers, he makes him immoveable; the Bird called Buſtard flies away at the ſight of a horſe; and a Hart runs away at the sight of a Ram, as alſo of a
