94 77)e Wisdom of GOD Part L 

 " but alfo fome Plants (as Ivy, MolTes, Maiden- 

 ** hair, Ferns, and fuch Vegetables as grow in 

 " thofe Places) fo exadlly defign'd and imprefs'd 

 " upon feveral Kinds of Stones, as though fome 

 " fkilful Painters or Sculptors had been working 

 " upon them. The DoBor obferves alfo the 

 " wonderful Diverfity of Shapes and Colours 

 " that Oars and other Fofiils fhoot into, refem- 

 " bling almoft every thing in Nature, for which 

 " it feems very difficult to him to affign any 

 " Caufe or Principle. In the Pyrites alone he 

 " believes he himfelf may have feen at Home 

 *' and Abroad above a Hundred Varieties, and 

 " yet he confejflTes he has been but a rude Obfer- 

 " ver of them. In the diaphanous Foffils (as 

 '* Ambers, Cryftals, Agates, &c.) preferv'd in 

 " the Cabinets of the Great Duke of T^ufcany^ 

 ^' Cardinal: Chigi^ Settali ^ Mofcardi^ and other 

 *' Repoiitories or Mufaeums of that curious 

 '' Country, he takes notice of the admirable Di- 

 " verfity of Bodies included and naturally im- 

 " prifon'd within them, as Flies, Spiders, Frogs, 

 " Locufts, Bees, Pifmires, Gnats, Gralhoppers, 

 *' Drops of Liquor, Hair, Leaver, Rufhes, Mofs, 

 " Seeds , and other Herbage ; which feem to 

 *' prove them to have been once in a State of 

 " Fluidity. The Bononia Stone digg'd up in the 

 " Appenines is remarkable for its Ihining Quali- 

 " ty. The Af?iianthus for its Incumbufiibility. 

 " The Oculus Mu7idi for its Motion and Change 

 " of Colour. The Lapis Nephrkiciis^' Calamina- 

 " ris^ OJliocolla, /Etitcs^ &€. for their medicinal 

 " Ufes;' , 



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