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- There isan earth called Ampelicis,which refembleth Bitumen as neare asmay be. Thetriall 
of that which is good indeed, ts, if in oyle it be gentle to bee wrought aswax;andifwhenitis 
torrified,it continue ftill of a blacke colour.It entereth into medicines and compofitions, which: 
are made to mollifie and difcuffe : but principally it ferveth to beautifie the eyebrowesjandto ¢o- 
lour the haire of the head blacke. : ont Mmog, jvalyat 
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O& Sumdvic forts of chaulkes for to fcoure clothes and namely the Tuckers earth — 
Cimolia, Sarda, and Vmbrica.of thecommonchaulke: 
and of Tripolinm, ie 
“y F chaulkes therebe many kinds: of which,Cimolia doth affourd two forts,and both pers 
tinent unto Phyficke; the one is white, the other enclineth ro the colour of Rofer. Both 
~, the one and the other is of power to difcuffe tumors, and to ftay deftillations, if they bee 
uled with vinegre. They doe keepe downe biles in the emun@ories and {wellings behind the ears: 
the fouletettars alfo,and other offenfive pimples and pufhes they repreffe, applied in the forme 
of a liniment: incorporat therewith fal-petre,fal-nitre,and put vinegre thereto, it isanexcellent 
medicine co allay the fwellings of the feet ; with this charge,that this cure be done in the Suone, 
and that after fixe houres,the medicine bee wathed off with fale water:Put thereto the cerot Cy- 
punuin,tc is fingular good for the {welling of the genctoires. This Fullers earth Cimoliais of a 
cooling nature,and being nfed in the forme of a liniment,it ftaicth immoderat fweats, The fame 
taken inwardly with wine in the baine or hote houfe, reftraineth the breaking foorth of pimples. 
The beft of this kind, is that which commeth out of Theffalie. It is to bee found alfo in Lycia as 
bout Bubon. There is over and befides another ufe of this Cimolia or Tuckerscley, towit, in 
fcouring clothes. As for the chaulke Sarda,fo called becaufe it is brought out of Sardinia, it is 
employed onely about white clothes, for if they bee motley or pied-coloured,it is of no ufe. Of 
allkinds of Cimolia itis the cheapeft,and of bafeft accountiyetthat of Vmbria is of more price, 
_and thatwhich they call Saxum in Latine, and is our ordinarie white chaulke : This propertie it 
hath, that with lying in water it groweth ; this is commonly bought therefore by weight, where- 
as the other is fold by meafure. As for the forefaid earth of Vmbria, it ferveth onely tor to. pol- 
lifh and givea gloffe toclothes : for why fhould I fcorne or thinke much to handle this matter 
alfo? {ceing there is the exprefle law or at Metella provided for Fullers, the which,C .Flaminius 
and-L, Aemylius when they were Cenfors,propofed unto the people for to be enacted ; fo care-" 
full were our predeceffors, to take order for all things. To come then to the myfterie of Fullers - 
craft : Firft they wafh and {courea peece of cloth with the earth of Sardinia, then they perfume 
it with the {moake of brimftone,which done,they fall anone to burling of it with Cimoliaspro- 
vided alwaies that itbee the right and have the native colour, for if it be fophifticat, itis foone 
knowne by this,that.it waxeth blacke,and will chaune andcleave,if it come after fulphur : and if 
it be the true Cimolia,it doth refrefh and give a chearefull hew to precious and rich colours,yea 
it fectetha certaine glofle and luftre vpon them, if they were made duskifh and fad by the fmoake. 
of fulphur. But in cafe the clothes be white,then the common chaulke is better ‘to bee ufed pre- 
fently after the brimftone: for hurtfull it isto other colours. In Greece, they ufe in ftead of Ci- 
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molia,a certaine plaftre which they have from Tymphe. Yet is there another kindof chaulkeor 
white cley,named *Argentatia,for that it giveth a gliftering filver colour unto clothes. Howbeit, 
one fortmore there is of chaulke,which of all others is moft bafe and leaft efteemed ; thisis that 
chaulke, wherewith our aunceftours in old time ordained to whiten the cirque,in token of viGo- 
ties wherewith alfo they ufe to marke the feet of thofe flaves which were brought over from be- 
yond fea, to be bought and fold in the markets: {uch an one fometime was that Publiws.the devi- 
_ fer of riming and wanton jeftures upon a ftage:{uch another was his coufin germaine,.%anilizs 
Antiochus the Aftrologer, yea,and T aberius Erotes the excellent Grammatian: whom all three, 
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