apa DE TlXCTJ^RIS MLTALLORVM. 



§. i8. Tant;im vero copi:im (iilphuris terra in finu 

 fuo coutinct, vc nou lolum cryptac cius illo rctcrtae lint 

 [ uulla tbdiua aut mccalli gcnus lluc fulphurc rcpcricur (*) ] 

 lcd etiam fupcr eius liiperticicm hoc folfilc prorumpat. 

 Montes infiilarum aclluolac Indiac et gclidac Islandiac , 

 tautum liilphuris fuudunt , vt quidam eo dclibuti tan- 

 quam auro inducli cminus fpcdcntur. Fontcs mincralcs 

 plurimi florcs liilphuris natiuos profcrunt. Pracrcliquis vcro 

 monrium vulcauiorum inccudia , vbi tiilphur pcr plu- 

 rima laccuLi valtitrima flamma confumi nou potctl , id 

 telbntur. 



§. 19. Qiiod vcro fulphuris phlogitlon mctall.i iii 

 tcllurc tingat , tcqucatia piobant. 1 ) Sulphiu- iu puluc- 



rcm 



Vcrum luculentifTim* documcnta non dcfunt , quae partcm contrariam tuentur, 

 auoium quacdam liic rcccnilic lubci, In An[;crm.innia Swccitc prouincia, vcnam 

 rcrri infuiidn laciium incolic pilcitntur , r,uuiiKiuc fundum cuacu.itur maicrit , adco 

 vt nil ampiius icfiduum fit , pofl clapfos 20 ant 30 annos rurfus rcnafcitur et 

 coiligiiur (i^. In ducatu Hctruiiac mr^ns Vtful.inus minera plombi rcfcrtus ert, 

 vbi putci ct cuniculi gUba mctallica cuncuati randcm pod 10 aiinos noiio implrn- 

 tur ct denuo c\hauriuntui (2 ;. Iiifula Ilua maris Tuf.i ferri cft fcr«ci(Tima, in 

 qua cxliauHum mctallum pofl 1« tnnos lurfus rcgcucratur (3^ <]uod ctiam an- 

 tiquis tcniponbu5 fuifTc patct cxilio Maroiiis (4; 



Atl llna 

 lolula incxhauilis iliilybuin (;cneroft mctallit. 

 Abenliamiac in fndina fan^i Ltuiciitii , quac tnte 30 annoi cxhaufta fiiit, ar- 

 (cntum purnm inucntum cft fuUio li;;nco innttum ($J. Uinnium tutcm argumcn- 

 torum foitifTjmum tft faepc nbferuaia a fofrnribus iftcrilium vcnarum [x:r halitvm 

 iir.pracgn^tio , cc diuitum dcflru^io , quod Ccinilni ^cttcrtl vocant. 



{i) Swcdcnbnrgiu» opertmi Pliil. ct Mtr. Tom. M. clafTc i. jf. 4. 

 (a> Rrucicmanni Mignalia Dci Totn. 1. Cap. 10. (3; id. ibid. 

 f4) Acntil. lib. X v, 174. 



(S) ll6l'nl'cig SScrictJt vcn ^^crgivcrcffrt i. Hwif. 



ii\}n^\% i?cri(t)t ron '^crflrocrcfcn i. Ijjcil. 



