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556 The five and thirtieth Booke . 
to their Senate-houfe, named Gerufia: likewife the {umptuous and ftately houfe of K.cvan G 
Solus at Halicarnaffus : which goodly edifices continue at this day. Wee readin the Chrenicles, 
that Muraena and Varro when they were the high Aidiles arRome , caufedthe ourmoft coat 
which was overcaft of the brick-walls of Lacedzmon, to be cutout whole and entire, and to be 
fet and enclofed within certaine frames or cafes of wood, and{o to be tranflated from thence 
to Rome, for to adorne and beautifie the publicke hall for eleGtions of magiftrates, called Co- 
mitium ; and all for the excellent painting upon that parget.. The workmanthip therein al- 
though it were excellent & wonderfull in it felfe,yet being thus removed and brought fo far fate, 
it was efteemed more admirable. Moreouer, here within Italie the walls of Aretine and Meva- 
nia be made all ofbricke : marie at Rome they dare not build their houfes with this kindof brick, 
* For by reafé becaufe a wall bearing in thickneffe but one foot and an halfe, will not {uftain above one *fingle H> 
in at coe ftorie: for the order of the citie permitted not the common wals and thofe which were ourmoft, 
ie madema- tobe thickerthan a foot and an halfe: neither will the partition wals within abide thar thicknefle, 
ny lofts over but are made after another fort. 
head, fo that 
the building 
was railed to Cuap, XV. 
60 and 70 foot : : ‘ tate 
in upright O& Of Brimflone and Alame, with their fiverall kinds’: alfo $ 
eiertbele their mediciaable properties, ; é 
erved as tene- > * 
ments, & : . : . : a Pa 
ene Aving fpoken fufficiently of Brickes , itremaineth that I fhould proceed to other kinds 1 
la, & one paire ofearth: wherein the nature of {ulphur or brimftone is moft woonderfull, beeingableas * 
Bh eae itisto tameand confumethe molt things tharbe in theworld, Itis ingendred within : 
ftreet,ferved the Iflands ABoliz, which lie betweene Italie and Sicilie; thofe I meane which (as have faid : 
them al:wher- before) doe alwaies burne by reafon thereot. Howbeit, the beft fulphur is that which commeth 
as tne lord aed fom the Ifle Melos. Thereis found thereof likewife in Italie, within the territorie about Naples 
heufe kept be- and Capua, and namely in the hils called Leucogai: that which is digged out of themines, is . 
ee fined and brought to perfection by fire. Of Brimftone there be fourekindes:to wit, Sulphur- 
was nor trou Vif or Quick-brimftome, which the Greeks call Apyron, becaufeitnevercameintothe fire: the, 
bledwith fame is found folid of it felfe, thatis to fay, by whole pieces andin maffe, whichtheir Phificians = 
pee doe ufe, and none but it: for all the other kinds confift of acertaine liquid fubftance, and _ 
beeing boyled in oyle are made up and confeéted totheir confiftence: whereas the fulphur- & 
vif is digged out of the mine fuchas we fee, that isto fay, tranfparent cleere,and greenifh. 
The fecond kind is named Gleba, good onely for Tuckers and Fullers. The third fort alfo q 
yeeldeth but one ufeandno more, andthatis, fortinGtureof wooll, byreafon thatthefmoke 
and perfume thereof will bring itto be white and foft;and this brimftone they call Egula, 
As for the fourth kind, it ferveth moft of all for matches and wieks, ¥ 
As touching the nature of Brimftone, foforcible itis , thatif itbee caft into thefire;the 
verie {melland {teeme thereof will drive thofe inthe place into a fit of the falling fickneffe, t 
if they bee fubje& thereunto. As for Anaxilaus, he would commonly make fport withallac: 
a feaft, and fetall che guettsinto a merriment: for his manner was to fetit aburning within a 
cup of new earth over a chafing-difh of coales, and to carrie it about the rable where they were 
at{upper: andin verie truth the reverberation of the flame would make all that were neere it 
to looke pale and wan after a moft feartull menner,like as if there were as many grifly ghofts or 
dead mensfaces. Andtocome more neere to the properties that it hath refpe@tive unto Phy- 
ficke, It heateth mightily, and is a maturative:it doth refolve withalland difcufle any gathe- 
ring of impoftumes ; in which regard it entreth ordinarily into fuch plaftres that be difcuffive — 
andemollitive. A cataplafine made with itincorporat with greafe or fewer, and {fo applied unto 
the loynes and region of the kidneies, doth woonderfully afluage the paine and gricfein 
thofe places: beeing tempered with turpentine, itriddeth away the fouletettars calledLichenes 
that arife in the face ; yea and cleanfeth the leprofie, The Greekes havea prettie name for it and : 
call it Harpacticon, for the fpeedie remooving and {natching it from theplace where it isap- jyge 
plied ; for eftfoons it ought to beetaken away, The fame reduced into alohoch or liquideleciu- . 
arie, is good to be licked and let downe foftly towards the lungs, in cafeof fhortnefle and diffi. 
cultie of wind :in which fort it ferveth for them that {pit and reach out of the breaft by cough. 
ing, filthie matter: and foveraigne itis forthofethat be ftung with {corpions. Take fulphur-vif, 
mix 
