of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 
595: 
A. grofle maffe or lumpe.At Elis there ftandeth a temple confecrated to the honour of Minerva, 
wherein Pasnews the brother of Phidias,ufed a parget (as they fay) which he tempered with milk 
and faffron together: and therefore arthis day,ifa man wet his thumbe with fpittle, and rub it 
againft the wall, he fhall perceive both the {mell and taft of faffron to remaine full, 
Astouching pillars in any building,the thicker they ftand one to another, the bigger & grof- 
fer they feeme to be, Our architects and mafons make foure forts of them:For they fay,thatiuch 
pillars as beare in compaffe or thicknefle toward the foot, asmuch as commeth to the fixt pare 
of the height,be called Dorique: thofe that carie buta ninth part,are lonique :{uch as have a 
feventh part,be Tufcanique, And as for the Corinthian pillars,their proportion is anfwereable 
to the Ionique; onely thisis the difference,that the chapters of thefe Corinthian pillars arifein 
height to as much as the compafle at the bafe taketh up :in which regard they feememoreflen- 
der than others. As forthe heightof theIonicke chapter, it is juftthe third part of the thickes — 
neffe, The proportion ordinarily in old time for the height of pillars, was anfwerableto the third 
part of the breadth of the temple.In the rempleof Diana at Ephefus,the invention was firft pra. 
Gtifed to pitch the foorftall of pillars upon a quadrant or {quare below,and to fetchapiters upon 
their heads. And as touching the proportion, it was thought fofficient in the beginning, if aco- 
Jumne contained in compafle orthickneffe the eight part of the height; alfo, thar theiquare of 
the quadrant under the bafe,fhould contain halfe the chickneffe of the pillar:finally,that the pil- 
lars fhould be finaller by one feventh parc in the head, than at thetoot. Over and befides thefe 
pillars, there be others alfo of the Atticke fafhion,and thofe be made with foure corners; and the 
fides are equall. \e tits ear 
Cua, xxrin | 5 WANe 
~ O& The medicinable properties of Lime. Alo, as touching the Mali ba ufed im 
old timejand of Plaftre, © ie! aie 
Vch ufe thereis of Lime alfo even in Phyficke:but then there muft be chofen that which 
Mi: quicke and unqueint.Such lime is caufticke,difenfliveand extractive: the fame alfo is 
_ proper torepreffe corrofive ulcers that begin to {pread andrun far. If the faidlime bee 
tempered with vinegre and oile of rofes,ic maketh an excellent healing’plaftre, which'will skin 
up afore cleane. The fame if it be incorporat with fwines greace or liquid rofin and honey toge- 
ther,ferveth alfo to fet bonesin joint:& the fame compofition is likewife good for the kings evill. 
Concerning Maltha,it was wont to be made of quicke and new lime: tor they tooke the lime- - 
_ ftone and quenched it inwine, which done;prefently they punned it with {wines greafe and figs 3 
hereof they made ordinarily two couches:.and being thus tempered andlaid, it was thought to 
be the faftett whitening that could be devifed,and in hardneffleto exceed a ftone.Butlooke what- 
fcever is to bee pargetted with this Maltha or morter thus prepared, ought firltto bee rubbed 
throughly with a fize of oile. : 
_ Of neare affinitie unto Lime is Plaftre, whereof beemany kinds :for thete is a kind of plaftre 
artificiall and namely in Syria and about Thurium, made of ftone calcined'in mantier of lime : 
and there is of itthat is diggedourof the ground naturally, as namely,in the Ifle Cyprus, and a- 
boutthe Perrhoebians.Neare Thymphza,a citie in Etolia,itlieth very ebbe and as it were even 
with the ground.As forthe {tone that isto be burnt for it,che fame ought to be not unlike to the 
ftone Alabaftrites,or at leaftwife to that which ftandeth much upon marble. In Syriathey chufe 
forthis purpofe the hardeft,andthey burne the fame with Cow dung, that it may che fooner bee 
calcined. But the beft plaftre ofall other1s known (by experience)to beimade of the Fale or the 
glaffe {tone aforefaid,or atleaftwife of fuch ashath the like flakes.as Talc.Plaftre mufibe wroghe 
and driven prefently whiles itis wet and will run, for nothing in the world will fo foone thicken 
and drie: and yet when it hath been ufed alreacie, it may be beaten againeto pouder, and ferve 
the turnein newworkes.Plaftre fervech pafling well to white wals or feeling ; alfo fot to make lit- 
tle imagesin fretworke,to fet forth houfes; yea,and the browes of pillarsand wals,to caft off rain. 
Toconclude, Imay not forget that which befell toC.Proculeivs, a great favourit and follower of 
Atgifius Cafar,who in an extteame fit of the paine of the ftomacke,dranke plaftre, andfokilled — 
himfelfe wilfully. -> | 
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