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Cc gencribus carbunculorum,&: uiti]s,& cxpcrimenti^jSi^ 

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PRincipatum habeni carbunculi , a fimilitudine ignium appcllati, Cilm (pfi non fen 

 tiant ignes, ob id a quibufdam apyroti uocati^Horum gcnera, Indici 8C Garamantiit 



ci^quos 8c Carchcdonios uocauere, pf optcr opulentiam Carthaginis magni* Adijciut 



^thiopicos &: Alabandicosjin Orthofia caute nafccntes 5 (ed qui perficiantur Alaban 

 dis.Practerea in omni gencre mafcdi appellantur acriorcs,at fctminaE lahcuidius refuli* 



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gcntcs* In mafculis quoque obferuantliquidioris alios flammac^ nigrioris alioSj&TquoC 

 dam lucidius,ac magis ceteris in fole flagrantes^Optimos uero amethyftizontas,hoc cft 

 fO quorum cxtremus igniculusin.amethyfti uiolam cxeat: proximos ilIis,quos uocant Syr 



titas,pinrtato fulgore radiantes, Inueniri autem ubicuncj,maxime folis repcrcuffii»Saty 



rus Indicos nOn efre claros dicit,ac plerunque fordidos,ac femper ful goris retorridiriE^ 

 thiOpicos pingucs,lucemc]^ non emittentes,fed conuoluto igne flagrare^Calliftratus ful 

 gorem carbunculi dcbere candidum efli pofiti , extremo uifti nubilantem : H attollaturj 

 cxardcfccntem :obidapIeri{quehunccarbuncuIum candidumuocari» Qui languidiuis 

 ac liuidius ex Indicis Iucent,Iithizontas appeIIari*Carchedonios multd minorcs elTe jri 

 dicos etiam iri (extartj unius menfuram cauari* Archelaus Carchcdonios nigriorisa{pe# 

 <Sus cfl^jfcd igne,ueIfore,S(rincIinationeacrius quam cactcros excitari.EofdcmUmbrail 

 te tcfto purpureos Uidcrijfiib caclo flammcos , contra radios iblis & fcintilfarc, c^ras (i<« 

 10 gnantibushisliquefcere,quamuisinppaco* Multi IndicosCarchcdonijscandidiorieg 



\ efl[e,& e diuerfo inclinatione hebetari fcripferc , ctiamniJ in Carchcdonijs maribus RtU 

 las intus ardcre,focminas fulgore uniuerfum funderc extra feie» Alabandicos cacteris ni 

 griores efl^ fcabroscp»Nafcuntur & in Thracia coloris ciufdem,ignem minime fentien* 



tes»Theophraftus autor eft,& in Orchomcno Arcadiac inueniri,& in Chio Jllos nign^ 



ores,e quibus 8c fpecula fieri.Efle & Trocscnios uarios intcrUenientibus maculis albis* 



ItemCorinihioSexpanidiorecadidos.MafsiliaquocpimportariBocchus&OIyKsipdi» 

 neicripfitmagnolaboreobargillam foleaduftis faltibus» Neceftaliuddifficilius, qudm 



difcerncre haec gencra, tanta eft in eis occafio artis, fubditis pcr quas translucere cogari* 



tunAiuntabi^ihiopibus hebetiores in aceto maceratos quatuordecim diebus niiefcc^ 



rCjtotidem menfibus durante fuIgore.Adulterantur uitro fimillima?,fed cote dcprehen 



duntur,ficut aliae gemac fadlitiaermollior cnim materia & fragilis:& cetrola ftobe depr^* 



. hendunc & pondere,quod minus eft uitreis,aIiquado & puftulis argeti modo rcluceri^ 



tibus^Eft&anthracitis appellata,in Thc{protiafo{silis,carbonibus fimilis.Falfum arbi^ 



tror cjuod & in Liguria nafci tradidcrunt^nifi forte tunc nafcebantur. Efl!e in ijs & prac^ 



cindlaj candida uena tradiitur,harum igneus color ut fuperiorum eft.pcculiare quidem 



. qucJd iacSatae in ignem uelut intermortuae extinguuntur : contra aquis perfufa: exarde^ 



fcunt« Cognataefthuic fandaftros, quam aliqui Garamantitin uocant, nafcitur in India 



loco eiufdem nominis»Gignitur & in Arabia ad meridiem uerfa«Commcndatio fumma 



qMod uelutin translucido ftcllantes,intus fulgent aurcai^ gutt3e,femper in corpore, nuit 



40 quam in cute* Accedit religio narrata a fiderum cognatione ab infpedoribus, quQniam 



fere ftellarum byadum & numero & difpofitione ilellantur, ob id Chalda^is in ccremOis 

 nijshabitsc^Et hicmares aufteritas diftinguit,quodam uigore appofitatingcns* Indicas 

 quidem ctiam hebetare uifus dicuntunBlandior fceminis flamma, alliciens magis quam 

 acccndens ♦ Sunt qui praefcrant Arabicas Indicis , fumidartp chryfolitho illas fimiles di^ 

 cuntJfinenias uero negatpoliri fandaftrospropter teneritatcm,&:ob id in magno erro^ 

 fefunt,qui{andarefon uocatjnteromnesconllat, quantumnumcroftcllarumacccdaf^ 

 tantum & prccio accedere*AfFert errorem aliquado fimilitudo nominis,fandafer,quod 



Nicanor fandaferion uocauit,aIi] (andafcron. Quidam uerd hanc fandaftron,illam fan^ 

 darefon;in India nafcentem illam quoqp,& loci nomen cuftodiente:maIi colore, aut olei 



jo uiri^i^^omnibus ipiproba^amtEx eodem gcnere ardcntium lychnitcs appcUata aluccr 



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