and of the vertuesthereof. Fol. 143 
Doctor. And ſeeing wee are heere, à will ſhewe Maiſter 
Burgus the metall ⁊ pꝛomiſed him, whiche is richer then 
Solde, eiluer, oꝛ Emeraldes which he went to ſee. B. J 
woulde be glad te ſee what it is. D. theſe planches of Iron Pron 
that you (ce leaning to thele walles, is the true mettal not” 
pꝛecious which ſerueththe twozld:¢ with it men profit them 
ſelues in their neceſſities:this is the true golde and filucr, 
without which wee could not liue: noꝛ men toulde srertiſfe 
their artes, and offices without it: and with it are recouered 
the true riches, all fruites, and tempozall goods, and with 
this metal al other metalles are fined and bought to theyꝛ 
perfection. B. Trueth it is, that vꝛon is very neteſſarie, but 
it is a plapne thing that golde and ſiluer are moze excellent 
then it, and they are bꝛedor a better oꝛiginal ſubſtante, and 
ofa greater beginning thenit, as it appeareth in the fapz⸗ 
neſſe and ercellencie whiche they haue, moze then all other 
metalles. f : 5 “i 
D. Maifter Burgus, pou ſhall vnderſtande, that all thefe a 
mettalles doo pꝛoteede and are ingendꝛedofone manner of Tbe original 
ſubſtance, original, and beginning. Crueth it ie, that there of the metals 
haue beene great opinions and dluers iudgementes among and of what 
the ancient and wife Philofophers, whereupporthe oꝛigi / they sre ur 
nal and beginning thereof fhould bee, and whereof they are gendred. 
ingendered. Some deolay, that moyſture congeled into a 
terteyne foꝛme, is the matter of all metalls. Ariſtotle faith, Ariſtotle. 
p they are ingendꝛed ofa vapour entred into the bowels ol p a 
earth. Democrito fapeth , that thepare made ofacerteyne Democrits 
kinde ot lime and lye. Gila Spanilh Per tayeth,that ther 
lements : ſome fap that they are tonge led ofa calde cauſe: o⸗ 
thers, that beate Both make them thic ke. Che Aſtronamers The Aſtre- 
dos attribute this matter to the ſuperianr cauſes, and to the nomeri. 
willing to repꝛooue the one and | | ‘tha 5 
celedttall vertue, with the „ cauſe of his be⸗ 
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