Again, to quote from The Magik of Kiram, King of Persia, (London,
1685), " Jaspis,"—Jasper, —is a known Stone. On a Jasper do you engrave
a kite tearing a serpent; and under the stone put a stone taken out of
the head of a kite, and enclose it; give it to wear in the Breste; for,
it will draw away all harm of the stomach, and will create an appetite,
to eat, and good digestion. For it has also other virtues ; let it be
worn only in the Breast." " The Jasper—Jaholum (Pharmacopoeia Londinensis, 1696),
is to be used as an Amulet against phantasms, and witchcraft; worn on
the breast it helps the epilepsie, pain of the stomach, and colick. It
is of the nature of the Bloodstone; for, it stops bleeding at the nose,
and other fluxes of blood." " Being a very precious commodity,"
pronounced M. Pomet (1712), "it is very liable to be counterfeited in
glass. Chuse such as are of a fine deep green, smooth, and shining,
full of red spots, as if they were little drops of blood ; and which
can take no impression from the point of a needle drawn upon it, which
is a sign that it is truly Jasper." " Ground fine upon porphyry the
powder is astringent, proper to stop blood, and the scour of the guts."
