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throat, if they be burnt with Oken [oaken] wood, cause Storms, and Lightnings. There are
also suffumigations under opportune influencies of Stars, that make the images of spirits
forthwith appear in the Aire, or elswhere. So they say, that if of Coriander, Smallage,
Henbane, and hemlock be made a fume, that spirits will presently come together; hence
they are called spirits Hearbs [herbs]. Also it is said that a fume made of the root of the
reedy Hearb [herb] Sagapen, with the juice of Hemlock, and Henbane, and the Hearb
[herb] Tapsus Barbatus, red Sanders, and black Poppy, makes spirits and strange shapes
appear: and if Smallage be added to them, chaseth away spirits from any place, and
destroyes their visions. In like manner a fume made of Calamint, Peony, Mints, and
Palma Christi, drives away all evil spirits, and vain imaginations. Moreover it is said that
by certain fumes certain Animals are gathered together, and put to flight, as Pliny
mentions concerning the stone Liparis, that with the fume thereof all beasts are called
out; so the bones in the upper part of the throat of a Hart, being burnt, gather all the
Serpents together, but the horn of the Hart being burnt doth with its fume chase them all
away. The same doth a fume of the feathers of Peacocks. Also the lungs of an Asse being
burnt, puts all poisonous things to flight; the fume of the burnt hoof of a Horse drives
away Mice, the same doth the hoof of a Mule, with which also if it be the hoof of the left
foot, Flies are driven away; And they say, if a house or any place be smoaked [smoked]
with the gall of a Cutle fish [cuttle-fish], made into a confection with red Storax, Roses,
and Lignum-aloes, and if then there be some Sea Water, or blood cast into that place, the
whole house will seem to be full of Water, or blood; and if some Earth of plowed ground
be cast there, the Earth will seem to quake. Now such kinds of vapours we must conceive
do infect any body, and infuse a vertue into it, which doth continue long, even as any
contagious, or poisonous vapour of the Pestilence, being kept for two yeers [years] in the
Wall of a house, infect the inhabitants, and as the contagion of Pestilence, or Leprosie
[leprosy] lying hid in a garment, doth long after infect him that wears it. Therefore were
certain suffumigations used to images, rings, and such like instruments of Magick, and
hid treasures, and as Porphyrius [Porphyry] saith, very effectually. So they say, if any
one shall hide Gold, or Silver, or any other pretious [precious] thing, the Moon being in
conjunction with the Sun, and shall fume the place with Coriander, Saffron, Henbane,
Smallage, and black Poppy, of each a like quantity, bruised together, and tempered with
the juice of Hemlock, that which is so hid shall never be found, or taken away, and that
spirits shall continually keep it: and if any one shall endeavour to take it away, he shall be
hurt by them, and shall fall into a frensie [frenzy]. And Hermes saith, that there is nothing
like the fume of Sperma Ceti [spermaceti] for the raising of spirits: wherefore if a fume
be made of that, and Lignum-aloes, Pepperwort, Musk, Saffron, red Storax tempered
together, with the blood of a Lapwing, it will quickly gather airy spirits together, and if it
be used about the graves of the dead, it gathers together spirits, and the Ghosts of the
dead. So, as often as we direct any work to the Sun, we must make suffumigations with
Solary things, if to the Moon, with Lunary things, and so of the rest. And we must know,
that as there is a contrariety and enmity in Stars, and spirits, so also in suffumigations
unto the same. So there is also a contrariety betwixt Lignum-aloes, and Sulphur,
Frankincense, and Quick-silver [quicksilver], and spirits that are raised by the fume of
Lignum-aloes, are allayed by the burning of Sulphur. As Proclus gives an example of a
spirit, which was wont to appear in the form of a Lion, but by the setting of a Cock before
it, vanished away, because there is a contrariety betwixt a Cock, and a Lyon [lion], and so
the like consideration, and practise is to be observed concerning such like things.
Chap. xliv. The Composition of some fumes appropriated to the Planets.
We make a suffumigation for the Sun in this manner, viz. of Saffron, Amber-gryse
[ambergris], Musk, Lignum-aloes, Lignum-balsaim [lignum balsam], the fruit of the
Laurell, Cloves, Myrrh, and Frankincense, all which being bruised, and mixt in such a
proportion as may make a sweet odour, must be incorporated with the brain of an Eagle,
or the blood of a white Cock, after the manner of Pils [pills], or Trochiscks [troches].
For the Moon we make a suffumigation of the head of a Frog dryed [dried], the eyes of a
Bull, the seed of white Poppy, Frankincense, and Camphir [camphor], which must be
incorporated with Menstruous blood, or the blood of a Goose.
For Saturne take the seed of black Poppy, of Henbane, root of Mandrake, the Load-stone
[loadstone], and Myrrh, and make them up with the brain of a Cat, or the blood of a Bat.
For Jupiter take the seed of Ash, Lignum-aloes, Storax, the gum Benjamin [benzoin], the
Lazule [lazuli] stone, the tops of the feathers of a Peacock, and incorporate them with the
blood of a Stork, or a Swallow, or the brain of a Hart.
For Mars take Euphorbium, Bdellium, gum Armoniack, the roots of both Hellebors
[hellebores], the Load stone [loadstone], and a little Sulphur, and incorporate them all
with the brain of a Hart, the blood of a Man, and the blood of a black Cat.
For Venus take Musk, Amber-gryse [ambergris], Lignum-aloes, red Roses, and red
Corall, and make them up with the brain of Sparrows, and the blood of Pigeons.
For Mercury take Mastick, Frankincense, Cloves, and the Hearb [herb] Cinquefoile, and
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