8C> OF THE ORIGIN OF CHEMISTRY. 



were at firil cloied with a tranfparent 

 flone, a kind of gypfum ; and afterward 1 ? they 

 uied glafs: And liicronymus and 1, acanthi 1 

 mention, that the* windows in the fourth century 

 were all made with it. PtMih and (\eins were 

 hii-hly valued by them, and were often pulilhcd, 

 carved into various figures, either concave or 

 prominent. Nonnius, a ieiiator, v. hen Hying 

 from Rome, carried with him, of all his wealth, 

 a p--a:l alone worth 2r,cco fcflerces. Pliny, 

 with great propriety, expreflcs lii:; furpiife ar 

 the cruehy of Anthony in profcribinft a man for 

 the i\ke of a finale jewel, and at the fully of 

 Nonnius ibr chiil'mr banifhmcnt rather than 

 part with it ; when, even \vild beails would i're- 

 quently fave their livesby biting from tliemfehes 

 thole parts ibr \vhich unly they knew they were 

 puifucd *. 



Under the rci/rn of N r i ro, ti\e art of making 

 f.lalV, whieh hud been long known in Spain and 

 Caul, v.;i!i clifcovered at Rome; but it was yet 

 fo f.arce, that two fnvall cups niadv of Dial's, cal- 

 lei! ptcrotii told fertile iiinnenfe fuin of i'ccc t'v 

 fteru.i |. M:my other example:: (A tlr.ir lu.\i.r\ 

 CiJ^l proiiilion, occur in ic viral author* 1 . 



On the conyciilc,!! of CoinlantiP-e rlc Cin a" 

 to Chriilianity, a fatal blov/ \;';:', rue.vto tlir 

 fuptiftitious darknefs of i:n thul'.^y, arui the 



* I., xxxvii. c. 6. < 



I I'iiuv, 1, XAXVJ. c. 26. 



