crowns, grace the fingers, enrich our
household stuff, defend us from enchantments, preserve health, cure
diseases, drive away grief, cares, and exhilarate the mind."[92]

Some further quotations portray to us the efficacy of other stones:

"Heliotropius stauncheth blood, driveth away poisons,
preserveth health; yea, and some write that it provoketh
raine, and darkeneth the sunne, suffering not him that
beareth it to be abused."

"A topaze healeth the lunaticke person of his passion of
lunacie."

"Corneolus (cornelian) mitigateth the heate of the
minde, and qualifieth malice, it stancheth bloodie
fluxes."

"A sapphire preserveth the members and maketh them
livelie, and helpeth agues and gowts, and suffereth not
the bearer to be afraid; it hath virtue against venoms,
and staieth bleeding at the nose, being often put
thereto."

Aetius "attributed great obstetrical properties to the
lapis aetites, and gagates stone. The sapphire when
taken as a potion pulverized in milk, cured internal
ulcers and checked excessive perspiration. The amargdine
was highly recommended for strabismus...."

"Jasper, hematite and hieratite stones were strongly
recommended for unusual sanative virtues, but the
sapphire excelled as a remedy for scorpion bites."

"The Bezoar stone had a great reputation in melancholic
affections. Manardus says it removes sadness and makes
him merry that useth it."

"Noblemen wore the smargdum attached to a chain, in the
belief of its potential virtues against epilepsy. The
sard prevented terrible dreams, and the cornelian worn
on the finger or suspended from the neck pacified anger
and provoked contentment. Onyx superinduced troubled
sleep, but fastened to the throat, stimulated the
salivary glands. Saphirs cured internal ulcers and
excessive perspiration, when taken as a potion dissolved
in lacteal fluids."

"Of the stone which hight agate. It is said that it hath
eight virtues. One is when there is thunder, it doth not
scathe the man who hath this stone with him. Another
virtue is, on whatsoever house it is, therein a fiend
may not be. The third virtue is, that no venom may
scathe the man who hath the stone with him. The fourth
virtue is, that the man, who hath on him secretly the
loathly fiend, if he taketh in liquid any portion of the
shavings of the stone, then soon is exhibited manifestly
in him, that wh