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- ingebbe in the groundsand the fame fcattering by peeces here and there, Butthe greene marble 
ties there bee in Aigypr, ftanding wholly upon this marble,which yeeld fo fufficient,cut and hew @ lee pebble 
thereupon ittookethe name. The greareft peece of this marble that ever was found, Ve/paftan 
of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. | $73 
As for the fundrie forts of Marble and their colours, to difcourfe of them in generall, were 
needlefle they are fo well and eafily knowne: and toreckon them all in particular, were endleffe, 
they be in number {fo many and infinic: for what corner of the world is there,where you {hall not 
find one marble or other different from the reft? And yet in my Cofmographie, I have alreadie 
written of the belt and moftexcellentkinds of marble,as I had occafion to {peake of the nations 
and countries where they be fuund.Howbeit, this would be noted,that all forts of marblebe not 
found in quarries and rockes, thatftand upon veinesthereof :formuch you fhall meerwith, ly- 
tharcommieth from Lacedzmon, is efteemed moft precious, andto bee more gay-and pleafant 
thanall other. As touching the marblescalled Auguftum and Tiberium, they were found in A 
eypt firttafter thacfore lying loofe and fcattered during the time that Augu/lus.and Tiberius. were 
Emperours of Rome;of whom they tooke their name. And albeit thefe marbles be fleckedand 
{potted,yer they differfrom the Serpentine marble called Ophites; for thatthe{peckes in Ophi- 
tes, doe'refemble thofein aferpents skin, whereupon it:-tooke that name: whereas the other 
two beedittinguithed with {pots after a diverfe fort : for Auguftum hath veines curled, after the 
manner of waves,running round as itwere like whirlepooles ; and Tiberium fpreadeth rather a- 
broad in ftrakes, winding yet and turning after the order of whitith haire. Neither bec there any 
pillars found of the forefaid Serpentine marble,unlefle they bee very finall. And of this marble 
there bee two kinds: the white, which is gentle and foft: the blacke, which is churlith and hard. 
Both of them are faid to eafe the headach,and to cure the tting of ferpents,if they be but caried 
about one in peeces,cither hanging atthe neck, or otherwife tied to any part. Some there be who 
prefcribe the whiter kindto bee applied accordingly for the phrenfie and lethargic. Howber a- 
gainit ferpents,there be whocommend efpecially above the rett,that which of the colour ef athes 
they commonly call* Pephria.As touching the marble of Memphis or great Cairin Agypt,na- *Here Piinie 
med thereupon Memphites, itis of the nature of thefe *precious{tones,rather than of quarries, Aa ee | 
Theufe hereofisto be ground into pouder,and with vinegretobe reduced intoa liniment,forto j.skohathid 
be applied unto thofe parts that areto bee cauterized or cut: for itfo aftonieth and benummeth kind ofophizes, 
the member, that it feeleth no paine,either by the fearing yronorthe Chyrurgianslancet.. The SP °fors— 
Porphyrite matble, which alfocomuneth out of Egypt,is of a redcolour:of whichkind,looke | | fhaithitie | 
which hath white {pots or ftreakes running among, is called thereupon Leucottictos: And quats no biger thd 
thereout asbig andas huge pecces asyouwill. Triarivs Pollio Procuratour generalPunder Cian- * gravel Rone 
dius Cafar,in the province of Zyypt, brought for the Emperourcertaine ftatues of this Porphy- 
rie,out of Egypt: which new devile of his was not very well liked and accepted, for no man took | 
example by him afterwards to doc thefemblable. The gyptians alfo found in Ethyopia anos 7 
therkindof marble,which they call Bafaltes, refembling yron as well in colour as hardneflejand 
Axgufts the Emperour dedicated in histemple of Peace, and it wasa ftatue refembling the river 
Nilus, with fixteene litle children playing about it; wherby is fignified the number of cubits, un- 
to which height the faidriver rifech when itis at the higheft. It is faid alfo,that within thetemple 
of Serapin Thebes, a cittie of high Aegypt, there is another ftatue not unlike tothis marble Bae 
zaltes,and many thinke it wasmade for Memmnon ; & by report,cvery day at the fun-rifing,fo foon | 
as the raies orbeames doe bear thereupon, it feemeth tocracke andcleave, As for * Onyx, our *orrathet diye 
auncient writers were of opinion, [hatit was found in thofe daies upon the mountains of Arabia shite: Cafedonie 
and nowhere elfe: yee Sudénes faith, that it is gotten in Germanie.Cornelins Nepos affirmeth, That 
there was at firft great wonder made at the drinking cups of this {tone :and afterwards,at the feet 
of tables and beds, of chaires and ftooles likewife thereof; howbeit,afterwards(quoth he) L,Zen- 
tulus Spinter {hewed at Rome wine veflels, as big as good barrels, fuch as came ‘out of the Ifle 
Chios with wine: but within five yeare after by his faying,he faw pillars alfo, and thofe two and 
thirty foot long, all of Oayx or Chalcedonie.But in procefle of tine this ftone altered and varied 
much :for Cornelius Balbus brought foure {mall pillars thereof,and fhewed them in his Theatre 
for aftraunge and miraculous fight.And in my time | have feen of them above thirtie,much fai- > 
rer and bigger, which went to the making of a Summer parlour for pleafure, that Cu//i/?zs,one of 
the enfranchifed flaves of Claudine Cefar (a man well known for his exceeding riches and power) 
built for his owne {elfe. 
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