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anid this is by tempering with every hundred pound weight of braffe,three orfourpoundweight G 
of argentine lead or tin. To Cyprian brafle or copper, ifyou put lead,youfhall have thatdeepe 
red or purple colourwhich giveth the tin@ure tothe robes that ftatues are pourtraied with, © 
Moreover, this is tobe noted, that the more youdoe fcoure.any veflels of braffe, the more are 
they fubject to ruft and fooner will they gatherit, than if they were neglected and not medled 
withall; unleffe they be well annointed with oile, Itis faid, that a vernifh made of tarre, is fingu- 
lat for to preferve and fave any braffe from ruft. To conclude, brafle hath ferved many a yeerea- 
goe, for the perpetuitie of memorials and regifters, as we may fee by thofe brafen tables here in 
Rome, wherein be cutand engraven all our publickelawsandconftitutions. MAS 
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de Of Cadmia or Brafse ore, andthe medicines wherein itis te) 
ufually employed. 
“He mines and veins of braffe ore do many waiesfurnith us with medecines :a good proofe 
whereof this may be, that any ulcers be fooneft healed there : but the moft medicinable of 
all minerals that belong to braffe-mettall, is Cadmia|artificiall,] And verely there isa kind 
of Cadmia made inthe furnaceswhere filveris fined, of a whiter colour and lefle ponderous, _ 
but nothing comparable tothat which commeth from the brafle furnaces. And fundrie forts 
there be of Cadmia: for the verie ftone of which they make braffe, iscalled Cadmia, andas it 
is neceflarie for founders, fo it is ofno ufe at all in phyfick.Now istherea Cadmiabefideswhich 1 
is made in the furnaces, and fo called, butthe reafon thereof is:farre different: and this kind of 
Cadmia commeth of the fineft and thinneft part ofthe ore or matter in the furnace,caft up aloft 
by the flame and blaft, flicking to the roufe or fides of the furnace, higher or lower according 
tothe proportion of the lightneffe thatitcarrieth more or leffe. The fineft and the floure as st 
* Elfen, wereof Cadmia, is found inthe verie mouth of the furnace, whereas the flames * doe ftrive to 
orrhen te getforth: The Grecks call it Capnitis,for that itis fimokie and burnt,and for the exceeding levi- 
breathed aad Uethercof refemble flying cinders. That which is more inward and hangeth downe from theco- 
fentforth, — ping and vauted ronfe of the furnace, is the beft: and in that refpedt, becavfeit hangeth fo asit | 
were by clufiers,they give ic the name Botryitis : heavier thisis than theformer, butlighterthan = 
thofethar followafter, Asfor the colour thereof, it is in two forts:that which youfee of adead Ko” 
hew like athes, is the woorfe,whereas the red isthe better; the fame alfo is brittle and will foone 
crumble {mall : for eyefalves and collyries reputed foveraigne. A thirdkind of Cadmiafticketh 
by the way,to the fides and wallsof che furnace ; for by reafon of the heavinefle and {pte ra 
it was not able tomount up to the bending roufe of the furnace: this the Grecks call Placitis : 
and wellit may bee fonamed ; for a cruft rather itis than a skalie fubftance:breake it, you fhall 
find many colours in its:and this Cadmia for to heale {cabs and {curfe,as alfoto cicatrice or 
skin a fore, is better than the former, Outof this kind, there proceed other twaine ; to wit, Ony- 
chitis, which in the outfide is after a fort blewith, but within, irrefembleth the Alecks or {pots of 
the onyx ftone ; and Oftracitis, blacke throughout, ofall the re{t moft foule and grofle, howbeic. 7 
fitteft for wounds, | } ) 
Generally, that Cadmia, of what kind foever,is beft, which is found within the furnaces of 
Cypros: thisthe Phyficians doe burne afecond time with pure coles; andwhen it is calcined 
and turned to afhes, they quench it with Amminean wine, if they meane to prepare it for pla- 
fires ; but with vinegre, for {cabs and {curfe, Some there be, who after it is ftamped groffe, burne 
orcalcine itin an earthen pot, then wafh it well ina mortar, and afterwards drie it. Nympbodo- 
rws taketh the verie ftone or the ore asit lyeth inthe mine, theheavieftand moft compact that 
may be found, which he burneth among coles ; and after itis fufficiently burnt, quencheth it in 
wine of Chios: he beateth and punneth it then againe, anon he driveth orboulteth it through | 
alinnen clotlz, and grindeth it finer in a morter: this done, foone after he fteepethand foketh it ; 
well in raine water,and that which fetrleth in the bottome he ftampeth :and this hee doth , untill M b 
fuch time as it be like cerufe or white lead,and will not crafh between the teeth. The famemanner ie 
of preparing ufeth /o//as,but he chufeth the pureft and brighreft ftone that he can get. 
The medicinable operations of Cadmia, bee, to drie, to heale throughly,to ftay fluxes, to 
cleanfe the filthineffe in the eyes, and to fcoure the pin andweb, toextenvat any one ; 
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