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OclapMibusmortaviWumedicmaliumj&molIibuslapfdibuSj&rpecuIanla - 

 pide, & filicibus, & phengft€,&: cotibus, 8c reliquis ad ftrucfturam lapidibus, 

 igni&: tempeftatibusreGllentibus» Cap* xxii 



Vtoribus curse fuere lapides mortariorum quoc|^,ncc medicinalium tatum aut ad 

 pigmenta pertinentiutEphefiumq^ lapidem in f]s praetulere cxteris , mox &:The«s 

 baicum,qucm pyrrhopoecilon appellaufmus* Alfquf fpfaronfii uocant.Tertium ex cha 



io chryfiten^Medici autem & bafaniten,Hic enim lapis nihil ex fefe remittit Ji autem 

 lapides quf fuccum reddunt,ocuIorum medfcametis utfles exfftfmantur, ideo<^ ^thio 

 pici maximead ea probantunTa^narium uero lapfdem 8c Pai:nfcij3& hematiten ijs mc^ 

 dicamentfs prodeire tradunt,qua: ex croco componatur. Ex alfo Tcnario qui nfger eft* lo 

 &:exParioIapfdenon 3cque medfcfs utfIem*Potforemex alabaftrfte iEgyptfOjUelex 

 ophftealbo^Eft enfm hocgenus ophftfs cxquo uafa &etfam cados facfuntJn Sfphnola 

 pf s eft quf cauatur , tornaturq? f n ua(a coquendfs cibis utilia , uel ad cfculentorum ufus^ 

 quod in Comenfi Italie lapfde uirfdf accfdere fcfmus^Sed in Sfphnfo fingulare quod ex* 



calfaftus oleo nfgrefcit durefcfrq^, natura mollffsfmus : Tanta qualftatum dffferetfa eft» 

 Nam mollitix & trans Alpes prarcfpua funt exempla.ln Belgfca prouincfa candidum la 

 pidem ferra,qua Ifgnum,facflfuscp ctfam, fecant ad tegularum & fmbrfcum incem:uel fi 

 jibeat ad qug uocant pauonacca tegcndi gcnera:& hi qufdem (ecflfles fijnt*SpccuIarfs ue 

 roCquonfam & hfc lapfs nomcn obtf net)faciIfore multo natura findftur in quamlfbct tc^' 

 nues cruftas.Hifpaniahunc olfm cftcrfor tantum dabat, nec totajled fntra centum mflfa 20 

 pafTuum cfrca Scgobrfca urbem.Iam & Cypros, & Cappadocfa^ & Sfcflfa,&nupcr fn;* 

 uentum Africa.Poftferendos omnes tamenHifpanf^,& Cappadocf^mollffsfmfs & am 

 pIifsima:magnitudinis,fcdobfcurfs*Sunt&inBononfenfiItaIfacpartebreues,macuIo- 

 fi,compIexu filfcf s allfgati,quorum tamen appareat natura fimilfs ef s quf fn Hflpanfa pu 

 tefs efibdiuntur profunda altitudine.Nccnon & (axo f nclufus fub tcrra inucnitur,extra 



hiturcp,autexcfdft.SedmaforipartefofsfIfnatura,abfbIutusfcgmcntimodo,nunquam 

 adhuc qufncp pcdum longitudfnc ampIionHumorem hunc terra?,quida autumant cry^ 

 ' ftalli modo glacfan\Et f n lapfde cocrcfccrc manf fcfto apparct , quod ciim fcra: dceidere 

 in putcos tales,& medulla^ ex ofsfbus earum in candem lapidfs naturam poft unam hye 

 niem figurantun Inuenftur & nfger alfquado ♦ Sed candf do natura mfra,cum fit mollitfa 30 

 nota,perpetfendi folfs rfgorfscp:nec fenefcf t,fi modo f nfurfa abfit, cii hoc etia in cxmen^ 

 tis multorum gcnerumaccidat, Inuenere&alfum ufumfnramentfsquocjcfrcummaxi 

 mum ludf s cfrcenfibus fternendf, ut fit f n commendatfone candor ♦ Nerone principe in 

 Cappadocia repcrtus eft lapi? durftfa marmoris,candfdus atcp transluccs,etfa qua par^* 

 te fulijas incidcran^ ucna2,ex argumento phcngf tes appellatus^Hoc conftrux^rat aedem 

 Fortune,quam Sefam appellant a Scruf o rcge facratam,aurea domo compIcxus^Quarc 

 ctfam forfb.apcrtf s intcrdfu darf tas fbi diurna erat, haud alio quam ipecularium modo, 

 tanqua inclufa luce non trafmifla* In Arabia quoc^ efle lapide uitri modo translucidum 

 quo utuntur pro fpecularibus,luba autor eft.Nunc ad opcrarios lapf des trafifle conue^ 

 pf at^primumcp cotes ferro acuendo.MuIta earum genera: Cretfcae df u maxfma laudem 49 

 babuerc,fecundam Laconfcx cx Taygeto monte, utraccp oleo indigetes Jnter aquarias 

 Naxiae laus maxima fuit,mox Armcniaca?, de qufbus dixfmus ♦ Ex oleo & aqua Cflfcfas 

 pollct^ex aqua Arfinoetice.Reperte funt & in Italia aqua trahctes acie accrrimo effcdu* 



• Necno&tras A|pes,quaspafrernicesuocat.QuartaratioeftfaIiuahominisprofidcnti 

 um in tonftrinaru ofTidnis,inutiIis fragili mollf tia.Flaminitana: ex Hifpania dtcriore in 

 €o generc prccipue. Rdiqua multitudo lapidu in totum »dificf]s inutflf s eft mortalf tate 



.iiiollf tf ^.Qucda tame loca no aliu habet, ficut Carthago f n Afrfca:excrcetur half tu ma 

 rfsjfricatur ucnto,& uerberat imbri.Sed cura tuetur picado parictes , quonf a & tecff orff 

 calce rodftunSdteq? df cftum eft,ad tccTta eos pfce,ad ufnum calce uti,quonfam fic mufta 



condf unt . Alia mollitia circa Roma Fid€nati& Albaao , iuLiguria quocp, Vmbria,& ja 



- ' -■' , Venetia, 



