[153] Surag radis ad coitum summe facit: si quis comedat aut infusionem bibat, membrum subite erigitur. Leo Afric., Lib, IX., cap. ult., p. 302.
[154] Gomez (Ferdinand) of Ciudad Real, a celebrated physician, born 1388, died 1457.
[155] Mag. Nat. Lib. VII., c. 16.
[156] Tractado de las drogas y medicinas de las Indias Orientales chap. LXI., p. 360, Burgos, 1578.
[157] Travels in Africa, &c., p. 341.
[158] Lignac. A physical view of man and woman in a state of marriage. Vol. I., p. 190.
[159] Turcæ ad Levenzinum contra Comitem Ludovicum Souches pugnantes, opio exaltati turpiter cæsi, et octo mille numero occisi, mentulas rigidas tulere. Christen. Opium Hist.
[160] It was, perhaps, the knowledge of this fact that suggested to La Fontaine the lines:—
"Un muletier à ce jeu Vaut trois rois."
"To play at which game, I'm sure it is clear, Three kings are no match for one muleteer."