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but well fhent and rebuked hee was for his labour. And verely,this was the firft Numidian mar- G 
ble.as farre as I can find by any mention or token at all, brought overto Rome;not to ferve in pil- 
Jars onely and panels in the feeling of walls, as Mamarra enrployed his Caryftian marble, but in 
*middle workes,and in the bafeft of all namelysin dore fils, lintelssand jambes.. After this Zepe- 
dws {ome foure yeares,fucceeded Confull £.Zueullus, who,as itfhouldfeeme by that which fell 
out,gavethe name to Lucullean marble,for thathe was fo much delighted therein: he brought - 
it firft to Rome,and had a fpeciall fancie thereto,notwithftanding it were blacke otherwife:wher- 
as all other men efteemed better of other coloured marble, or elfe fpotted. This marble groweth 
in an Ifland lying within the river Nilus,and no marbles(as many kinds as there be) tooke namie | 
of him chat loved them, but it alone.But among thefe men that were given to build with ote if 
M.Scaurus was the firft man,asI take it,that for the {tage and forefront of hisTheatre,madethe H 
walls of marble: bu whether the fame were of flitand fawne marble, or laid with good found 
fquare afhler or no (asthe temple of /apiter Tonaas in the Capitollhill,is atthis day built) 1am 
_ notableto fay forcertaine : for as yetI doe not read or find by-any figne,that Italieknew howto 
flit marble into leaves. But furely, whofoever devifed thatinvention, tofawmatble {tone and to 
‘flicitinto leaves for toferve the turne of roiotousand waftfull perfons,had a perillous head of his 
owne,and a fhrewd,But would you know the caft of flitting marble? it is done with akind offand, 
and yeta man would thinke that it were the faw alone that doth the deed; for when thereis an en- 
trie once made by avery finallline or trace, they ftrew the faidland aloft all che length thereof : 
then they fet the faw to it, and by drawing it too and fro,the fand under the teech thereof,maketh 7 
way downwards ftill,and fo the ftone,as hard as it is,they cut through inatrice: Nowforthispurs J 
pofe the Ethyopian fand hath no fellow. And co this pafle forfooch we are come; that wee can- 
not have marbleto ferve ourturnes,ualeffe we fend as tarre as into Aathyopia: nay, we muft bee 
provided of fand toflit our marble with, out of Indiasfrom whence in times paft, during the aun- - 
cientdifcipline of Rome, itwas thought toomuch anda fhamefull thing, tofetch rich pearles, 
Andyet this Indian fand is commended in a fecond degree:but the Achyopian is the fottet and 
better fimply ;forthat fand curteth {mooth and cleane as it gocth and Jeaves no race at all inthe 
work ; the Indian maketh not fo even and neat plates, howbeit,they that polifh marble;fitthem- 
felves with this {and when it is burnt and calcined; for if they rub theit leaves and plates therwith, 
it wil! make them flicke and faire; for otherwife,ifiebe not calcined to a fine pouder, of it felfe iris 
churlith and rugged :which isthe fault hkewile of the {and thatcommeth fiom NaxosandCop- K 
tis which commoaly is called the gyptian fand for thefe fands verely wereufedinoldtimeto — 
the cutting of marbles, Afterwards they met with a fand as goodas the beft, and wentno farther 
than toacertaine bay or creeke in the Adriaticke fea or Venice gulfe,whichbeing leftbare when 
the tide is gone, they may at a low water eafily difcerne to have beene caft upby thefloud, And 
nowadaies ourfawyers of marble, make no moreadoe, bur cake the firft fandthey come by . (it 
makes no matter out of what river it be)chis ferves their urne well ynough; and thus they abufe 
& deceive the world, although few chapmen therebe chatknow what loffe there isby theinmar+ 
ble leaves fawne in that fort: howbeit, {uch groffe fand as chat, firft maketh a widerflitin themain 
ftone, and by confequence {pendeth andconfumeth more ofthe marble: againe,there is: more 
worke and labour about the polifhing therof,thefaw and fand beforefaid leaveth the facesofthe & 
ftone fo rugged and uneven : and by this meanes the plates become flightandthin before they 
can beeemployeds To conclude,the fand from Thebaisin high Agypt;, isvery good topollifh 
withall: like as the grit that commneth of gravellie {tones or pymith ground, fervethvery well for 
the faid purpofe, pet ilools nO ASN 
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o& of Whetftones andGrindjtones, comming out of Naxos and Armemias 
Of dive fe kinds of Marble; 
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precious ftones, Naxium ferveda long time, and was conimended before any otherftone: _. 
.. for by this word Naxium | underitand the whetftones and grindftonesthat come out ofthe 
Mland Cyprus: but afterwards, thofe which were bronghtfrom Armenia, woonthename fiom 
them,and were efteemed betcer. 1k9y% i 2hw 5”) 5 -oldinee eee Wf q 
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