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that doth alwaiescurc infallibly. In /* a , 



we have feenc admirable effafis of this ftone , againft 

 \htTAverdette, which is a kinde of plague, but not fo 

 muchasinP<r#. They do apply it beaten and putinto 

 fome liquor, whjc5may make it fit for the CjjreoFmg^ 

 lancholy,the fafllng fickencs 3 peftilent feavers, & many 

 other difeafes. Some take it in wine,others in vineger, 

 with water Dezakac, ofLcangue Je6eufe,bomgc and o- 

 thcr fortes , as the Phifitians and Apotkaries can tell. 

 The Bezaar ftone hath no proper favour , as Rafts the 

 Arabiw doth tcftifie. Wee have feenc notable mails, 

 and there is no doubt but the Author of this vniverfall 

 world,hath given great vertues to this ftone. The Beza- 

 4r ftones which comes from the Eaft/W/tf, have the 

 firft place of account, they are of an olive colour , the 

 fecondarc thofcofP^, and the third thofebfNew 

 Sfainc. Since that thefeftoncs were in requeft,they fiy, 

 the Indians have made artificiall ones^and^pany when 

 they fee thefe ftones greater then the ordinarie , they 

 take them to be falfe and counterfeit : triall and expe 

 rience is the bcftmiftres to know them. One thing is 

 worthy admiration, that they grow and are fafhioned 

 vpon very ftrange things, as vpon the tagge of a point, 

 vponapinnc, orapecccofwood, which theyfindc 

 iruhe centre of this ftone, and yet do they not hold it 

 falfe,for that the beaft might (wallow it, and the ftone 

 thicken vpon it, and growes one vpon another, and fo 

 itincreafeth. I did fee in Peru, two ftones fafliioncd 

 vpon Pignons of CtftiBc , which made vs to wonder 

 much, for that in all P<?r0, we had not feene any pines 

 WPignMsofCatfiltt, if they were not brought from 

 Sp4te y which (eemes to me very extraordinary. This 

 little may fufficc touching the BCSMTS ftone. They 



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