[595] II, 154.
[596] II, 99.
[597] P. xxxix.
[598] II, 140.
[599] II, 138.
[600] I, 48.
[601] I, 78.
[602] I, 25.
[603] II, 123. This reminds one of the account of the tunny fish by Plutarch which we noted in our chapter on Plutarch, where he says that the tunny fish needs no astrological canons and is familiar with arithmetic; “Yes, by Zeus, and with optics, too.” It is unlikely that Neckam was acquainted with Plutarch’s Essays.
[604] I, 75; the reasoning is somewhat similar to Adelard of Bath’s explanation why his nephew wept for joy.