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in gtsitto in the Citric of '.Ki-^s^ ' the DP/^^ which is 

 neere thcrcvnto, caft fuch aboundance of afhes, that in 

 many leagues compafle thereabout it darkncd the light 

 of the day : and therefel! fucli ftore in -gritto , as they 

 were not able to goein the ftreetes . There have beene 

 othet J^/wtfj fcene which caft neither fmoake, flame, 

 nor yet afhes,but in the botome they are fee-tie to burn 

 with aquicke fire without dying : fuch a one was that 

 which in our time a covetous and greedy Prieft feeing, 

 perfwaded himfelfe that they were heapes of golde hee 

 did fee burning , imagining it coulde be no other mat 

 ter or fubftance , which had burnt fo many yeeres,and 

 not confumed. And in this conceit hee mzde certaine 

 kettles with chaine's, and an infeurnent, to gather and 

 drawe vp the golde out of this pitteor Volcw : but the 

 fire fcorned hirn/or no fooner did his yron chaineand 

 caldron approach neere the fire, but fodaincly they 

 were broken in peeces. Yet fometoldemee, that this 

 man was ftill obftinate , feeking otherinventions for to 

 drawe out this golde.as he imagined. 



Whatfioxldbe tkereafin why thefreavdfaoake contL 



CHAP. 25. 



THere is noneede now to mate any mention of o- 

 thcr Vulcms, feeeing wee may well vnderftand by 

 the former what they are :yetisitwoorthy thefearch, 

 what fhould be the caufe why the fire arid fmoake con 

 tinues in rhefe Vdcans ; for that it fcemes a prodigious 

 thing, yea againft the courle of Nature,to vomite and 

 caft out fb many flames . Whence dooth this matter 

 proceede, or whether it be ingendred within thcbovv- 



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