Note 52 — III On the Talismanic Use of Special Stones36
Reading edition
Belleau, “Œuvres poétiques,” ed. Marty-Laveaux, Paris, 1878, vol. ii, pp. 172 sqq. The poem in which this tale occurs is the “Amours et nouveaux eschanges des pierres précieuses,” written in 1576 and dedicated to Henri III.