Natural magick by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane : in twenty books : wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences (1658)
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615 · London : Printed for Thomas Young, and Samuel Speed ... · leaf 327
hat fo l might invite Gluttons and Pa- raft tes to Luxury, but that with fmallcoft and ex fence , I might fet forth the curio ft ties of t/irt, and may give occafion to others thereby to invent greater matters by thefe. The Art conftfts about eating and drinking. 1 [hall fir ft fpeak of Meats, then… … The Flefh of creatures killed by their enemies , efpecially filch as they hate and fear, will be very tender. Zoroafter in his Cjeoponickj faith , chat Sheep killed by Wolves, and bitten, their flefh will be more tender , and fo the Tweeter. Plutarch in Sympofacte gives the caufe of it. Sheeps…
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