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VALERII CORDI 



, -^ATahicm aVm cfi cinerd cohris-.dlm candidi , cftim Germanice tt)« Ifr"" uocdnt : qudnqudm cr Afitm 1^« 

 iidemdUqui tPAlfrc in in tcrpre t^n/wr . Afd&^/rrj t« «f / On^yx (qimqudm o-gentmOnyx eSijhodie A^^^^''^''^'» 



Zfj- mdrmoY cdndidumi ejl enim marmoris f^€dcs,AlahdBcr,xce\\Ji.r ^Avmilfi 



Cr rcwt«« Iddem liquorem : Auicennd uocdt Idpidem N/gror«w CT Aethio^um. 



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IVDAICVS LAPIS, CiAP. W. 



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ladaiciiSjqufetiamBalanifeSjPhce 



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Tecolithus dCBurios appellatur, ad« 



hucinPharmacopoliisIudaicinomine habetur, Phnius ex eo kpide quatuor fec 

 pides , nominum diuerfitate deceptus ♦ Eft autcm infigni dC mirabili forma lapis 

 quo folonaturx artiEQiumcognofcipoteft; 



•^ SPecics una eflfigurd glandis, unde cr Bdlanites dicitur : alttrajimilis uertehrspifcium* 



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AMIANTVS LAPIS, CAP. tf6. 



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Amiantus lapis fine dubio cft fciffilis ille & friabilis lapis , qucm Pharmacopplat 

 Alumcnptumofumubcantjquieamhabetnaturam,utignenunquamconflimatur, 

 ctiamfiahquotdiehuscremetur* Multie eius diflferentiac (Imt , Inueniturmterduir^ 

 flexilis,utfila8<^ telx exeo heripolTint , Agyrtae pilos Salamandrac efledicunt^fed 



falfo^Eftcnimlapisquiexmontibus effbditur* Plinfus Indicicuiufdamliniitrcmi 



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quodigneconTuminonpolIittfcdmercatorum fabulis deceptus.Nam idem cft 

 cum Amianto linumillud, Germanice hiclapis j^cbcrrrei|5/€»tcmpacl)iS/(3tcin5i 



bact?c/r«C> 5at^ X£n?tg Ucd}C appellatur.Eft&aiius AmiantuSjquiihlaminasfin- 

 ditur,utlapis fpeculari^/edhuius nirllam facit mentionem Diofcorides* ^" 



defcriptio AMaHti Upidi f^ecuUVi potm conucnirejndm in ignenon confumiturt crjpurior reddiunf, 

 Hcuffi ^^ ia^. Yeteres kmiantum:,etiam Thernitin uocanL 



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Sapphirus gemma cft omnibus nota , arius plures funt Ipecfes , uutgo ©api?ti 



wocatur* 



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MEMPHITES. ,CAP. 158. 



Mcmphites circa Memphim urbem Aegypti inu^nftur* Hodicucro otnnfno ih^ 

 cognituseft^ , 



SfeLBNlTES» CA^/xs9,' 



SetenitcsquialionpmineAphrofelenus uocatur,idcm eft aim fpcailari fapfdc, 

 quemGermaniDufcf j^rawcn ti:i($/&: ilrrbt^laf appellant.Finditurinlaminas, 

 cx quibus olim feneftrx fiebant,quales adhuc in uetuftis tcplis bC ^dificiis uidcmus. 



'^idefuprainPjnianto, . 



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lASPIS. CAP. itfo. 



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lafpis multas habet fpecfes^qux colore diftinguuntur,hQdic tantum nottrs cft qirf 

 ad rufum coloxem inclinat,Ienac pluribuscp aliis locis in Germania nafccns 



AETITES. CAP. i6u 



' : Acntes non in Aqirilarum riidis gignitur, fed fn montfbus a:faxonim comffluris 

 inucmtur»Germanicc4ojlcr6jtetnuocatuf4 ^' ' ' 



■OPHITES. CAP. «1." "... 



Ophftes multa$ hitct dif&rcBtias : Qui ucro cinereo eftcolore 5C mactii.s J.ft/n. 

 Aus,in Gcrn,an|aetiam inuen/tu^^&uulgo Sct,l«„gc„ficm ap^efhTu 1 qu J^^ 



rhI,.,r..Sfpocalafiunt,qua.cotrWnau/mhaberecredunt.,r!Dm,Be,i^o^n^smo 



mentu q jaruor colicmnis 



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deftruAurii 



Ophite faaisfuftentabatur Mxfha: in arcis tcmpl 



PoiroO,;h,tcs,cui5rauitateinDiofcorfdestr,^uft,f,odfeomn^^ 

 . ■ dubmmc^ cft mram eauox -%tJr,ideft,graufs,ad pondus an ad odoSuria 

 tcm rcfcrenda Cn . Pon o Hildenshemii marmor planum ccdittrr mir,xi?/ S»'^"'"'^ 



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