[74] Genesis, Chap. xxx., v. 14, 15, 16, 17. The last verse must be considered as decisive of the efficacy of the mandrake.
[75] Solomon's Song, chap. vii. v. 13.
[76] See the word Dudaïm, in Dr. Kitto's Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature. The learned doctor has given a sketch of the plant Mandragora, a copy of which the reader will find in plate VI.
[77] Onkelos was a celebrated rabbin contemporary with St. Paul, and to whom the Targum, that is, a translation or paraphrase of the Holy Scriptures, is attributed.
[78] Lib. IV., cap. 76.
[79] Quoted by Oct. Celsius in his "Hierobotanicon," Part I., par. 5. art. Dudaim, from Epiphan: Physiolog. c. 4.
[80] Pliny's "Natural History," Vol. IV., p. 397 (Bohn's Classical Library).
[81] Columella De hortorum Cultu., v. 19, 20.
[82] See a manuscript Interrogatory still preserved in the "Bibliothèque Nationale," Fonds de Baluze, Rouleau 5.
[83] See "De l'imposture des Diables," par Jacques Grévin, Tom. IV., p. 359.