~ ofthe hearbe Efcuerconera. Rol. te; 
haue, the vttermaſt ſhale, that was bpd him, and that which 
remapned was as gliſtering and moze then the ürſt, theſe 
chales are greater 02 ſmaller accoꝛding to the greatneſſe of 
the flone, it is a light fone and eaſie ta bee ſcraped oz cutts, 
ivke to Alabaſter, becauſe it is fofte: if it bee long in the Pr is liebe 
Water, it diffolucth, It hath no heart noꝛ foundation in the 5 
inner parte, whereuppon hee is loꝛmed, but rather is ſame⸗ 
what hollowe, and the hollowneſſe is full ot Powder of the 
fame ſubſtaunce that the ſtone is ol, whiche is the belt. And 
this is the beſt way to knowe whether the fone be fine and 
true When it path that pouder, foꝛ they which are falle, haue 
it not, and by theſe twoo thinges they whiche are fine and 
true, map well bee knowne from thols which are falfe and ch are 
tounterfapt. an them that are moſte true bee theſe thinne fists 
fkalesand rindes, gliſtering and ſhining one vpon another. 
and the inner parte hath that powder which J haue ſpaken 
ok: and thoſe whiche are not true haue neither the one noꝛ 
the other. Foꝛ 3 ſawe one that was bꝛoken to fee if it wers 
fine and it had ſhales , and in the inner parte it has a graine 
oꝛ ſeede wherby the Indian deteined marry. f 
Guido de Lanazaris, à man naturally borne in this Cis Guido de I 
tie, whichtrauelled all the rounde wozlde ouer, and was in race. 
thofe partes of the China, ſapde vnts mee, that there were : 
Indians that counterfepted them with a tompolition that 
they vfe and knowe, but the tives thinges which is aloꝛe⸗ 
fapde they coulde neuer bring to pale: to wit, the gliſtering 
tales, and the poder, that is in the inner parte. And bee 
layde to me that they were there much moze eſtermed ten e ee 
e becaule they bee healen witz them ot manxe „4 , 
cafes. | 
Andrew Belunenſis doth alledge of Tipthas Arabien, f ewe 
in a booke that bee wꝛote of llones, and ſayeth that the B-- 
e Er is 4 spinerall, ann that it ts taken out n 
the fame manner as the other particuler tones are of brs 
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