Ssrapha. 
‘Ofthe Bezaarftone and 
mineries asthe Dicwondes , Rubies, Efmeraldes, and A. 
gatas: and it ſeemeth that Scrapienooth ſo vnderſtande it, 
When hee ſpake ofthis fone. Be ſayde that the Mineral 
ol this fone is in the lande ol Spꝛia, and of the India, and 
Caſt Countries, in the whiche they were deceiued: for that 
te is clœerelꝑ ſeene that they are taken out of the ſapd beats, 
Which the Indians da take out with great diligence as we 
haue ſayde: andthere is ſeene in them the wooꝛke and ma⸗ 
tile effect which we will ſpeake of, 
Serapio dooth ſhe we, that in bis tyme there wers 
like wile of theſe counterfapte ſtanes which hee layth haus 
not the vertue againſt Wenome as the true Beraar bathe 
Of this ſtone 3 finde naOreeke Autheur which bath writs 
ten of it, m0; Latineſt: onely amongeff the Arabi this 
The old wri- matter is treated ot, and in fome late Aziters whiche tse 
bers Wrote of will ſpeake of heersatter, and fo2 this cauſe onelp the Aun⸗ 
thas Fone, 
Serapio of 
bis vertue, 
Rete: 
tient Mzyters, beepng Arabiens that to20te of it, aun 
the late Wiziters Latiniſtes and thole ot our time, amongſt 
the Arabiens, hee that dyd moſte largely wꝛite ol it, was 
Serapis a learned man, in bps Pedicinall Hyſtozie in che 
306, Chapter where bee wziteth many thinges ofths Bea 
zaar Hone woozthie tobee kuotune, the which of his otuns 
authoꝛitie he ſheweth ham great ercellencic this tone bath 
againſt all kinde of Genome, of what manner and qualitie 
euer it bee , and agaynſte the bytinges of Wenemous 
beaffes, extinguiching and taking alway the grounde, and 
ruill qualitie, that the venomes dos intuſe ints the bodtes, 
deliutring them from death that ſhall vie it. at is giuen in 
Vonder, and they (ay that it doth the ame effect by che wing 
ok it, o3 holding ofitin the Pouth : faz after it is taken, 
it dooth pꝛeuałe watt and booth expell the Aenome, and 
maketh the tooopke fare, faving that beeyng carries about 
any perſon, and that it touch the fleſhe, and bzinging it auer 
‘Spe lett parte, tt daatg pzeſeruꝛ pin that Gall ſa carrie by 
