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LEECH BOOK. II. 209
cloth not scathe the man who hath this stone with liim.
Another virtue is, on whatsoever house it is, therein ;i
Book II.
(Jh. Ixvi.
fiend i')erha'ps enemy may not be. The third virtue is,
that no venom may scathe the man wlio hath the stone
with him. The fourth virtue is, that the man, who
hath on him secretly the loathly fiend, if he takcth in
liquid any portion of the sl)avings of this stone, then
soon is exhibited manifestly in him, that wliich before
secretly lay hid. The fifth virtue is, he who is afilicted
with any disease, if he taketli the stone in lic^uid, it
is soon well with him. The sixth virtue is, that sorcery
hurteth not the man, who has the stone with him.
The seventh virtue is, that he who taketh the stone
in drink, will have so much the smootlier body.
The eighth virtue of the stone is, that no bite of any
kind of snake may scathe him who tasteth the stone
in
liquid.
Ixvii.
A pint of oil weigheth twelve pennies ' less than a
pint of water ;
and a pint of ale weigheth six pennies
more than a pint of water ; and a joint of wine weigheth
fifteen pennies more than a pint of water ; and a
pint of honey weigheth thirty-four pennies more than
a, pint of water ;
and a pint of butter weigheth eighty
pennies less than a pint of water ; and a pint of beer
weigheth twenty-two pennies less than a pint of water
and a pint of meal weigheth 115 pennies less than a
pint
of water; and a pint of beans weigheth fifty-five
pennies less than a pint of water; and fifteen ounces
of water go to the sextarius.^
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This is the Saxon silver penny
of twenty-foiir grains, ovir pennyweight.
- " Sextarius medieinalis habct
uncias deccia."
Plin. Valer. Pref.