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| “or Citrine Ja- take forth Cryftall. He affirmeth alfo, That he hath feenea *Chryfolith of twelve potnd weight. Gos 
| ‘einth., Moreover;there be certaine lacinchs which have a whire veine coniming between, andthofe are ! 
called Leucochryff,And of thiskind {ome be named Capnia,becaufe they befingler. You thall 
find of them like unto glaffe beads,and yet ofa fhining yellowinmanner of SaffromAindverely 
falfe lacinths there be counterfeitedby glafie fo artificially,that a:man fhall hardly difecrnthem ~ 
by the eye: howbeit handle and feele them, you fhall foone find the deceit: for the fine lacints in- 
deed are colder naturally than thofe that be counterfeit: Among thefelacints,I mayraunge well 
ynough thofe ftones which are called Melichryf, which fhewas if clearchoney {hone through 
gold. Phefe we have from India: but of all other they are moft fubjeG to injurie and: will fooneft 
breake. The {ame countrey yeeldeth alfoa gem called Xyftion,whereof thereis {uch plentie, that 
the veriecommon people doe weare them. | i ldsel bas sisoworom od nels Si 
If wee fhould {peake of white {tones, the principall of shemvall isthe gem named Pxderos: 
*Of which Andyetconfidering that under this name om paffe other *fair and beautifull ftones(fuch a pre- 
name there is : ed ype . ay a1 ay 
Opalus &¢ the FORative hath the word to fignifie fome excellenci¢ of lovelinefic)there may bee queftion made 
Amethyt, | howitcanbee properly ufed for one gem, ot onecolour; yer {urely thete is a kind of precions 
ftone by it felfe called Paederos,and the fame worth the looking on ;andthere feemetomeetto- ~ 
gether a skie colour,and the fame in his manner greenifh,upon aclearand tran{parendSsyftall: 
accompanied thefe be with a purple andacertain yellow and bright goldcolourofMaskat €,and ' 
the:fame is alwaies the la{t colour thatappeareth outwardly and giveth the luftre: and yeta man 
that beheld this ftone,would fay that the head thereof were crowned with a chaplet ofpurple:and 
as it appeareth to have thefe colours confounded all together, fo it feemeth as if everic one hada I 
feverall luftre by itfelfe. A more pure and clearer gem there is not againe: comfortable unto the 
head and pleafing to the eye. The beft fimplie of this kind wee have fromthe Indians,who call it 
Argenon. Inafecond degree to it isthatof gypt, whereit is called Senites: Of athird fort 
there bein Arabia,but thofeare rough. Thofe of Natolia and thekingdome of Ponmus,are not fo 
radiant and quicke asthe others: and yet from Galatia, Thracia,and Cyprus, we havefuchas be 
more feeble than they.If you would know what faults be incident to thefe Paderotes particular- 
ly sthey carie otherwhilesa languithing luftre ; troubled they be with unnaturall colours 5& ge- 
, _ nerally fubje& they are to allthe defeCtsand imperfeCtionsof others, 13En 
i Cine Sa Inthe fecond place of white gems,is* Afteria to be counted : a wonderfull propertieithath 
in Nature, for which it deferveth to bee cheefe;for that itkeepeth enclofed within acerrainelight ® 
in manner of the apple in the eye: which according asa man dooth hold orturne, hee fhall tee 
how it will end and transfufe it from the owne place; one would thinke that it walked within and 
fhifted from place to place. And the fame, ifit be oppofed againft the beamesof the Sun,cafteth 
forth bright and white raies of the owne,ia manner of a {tar, whereupon it tooke the name Afte- 
tias : and verie hardit is to beeengraven, Thofe which come out of India bee preferred before 
them of Carmania. Ve 
In like manner a white precious {tone there is called Afttios,approching neareto Cryftall: 
this isengendered among the Indians and along the coafts of Paliene.: From the verie centre 
within,there fhineth a kind of ftar in manner of a full Moon in the height of her brightnes.Some 
give this reafon of the name; that being held againft anie ftarres, it receivethfromthem alight L 
and fendeth the fame from itagaine in manner of beams.And they hold thatthe beft bein Car- 
mania,and there is not another gem againe lefle {ubject to blemifhes and imperfections than it. 
Asalfothat aworlekind thereof is called Ceraunias : and the worft of all otherrefembleth the 
blafe or flame of lampes and candles, BON ea Te ! | 
Astouching Aftroites, manie make great account of it:'andfuch as have written more dili- 
gently thereof, doe report, That Zoroastres hath highly commended itand told wonders thereof 
in art Magicke, Sib 2890 (he 
' <Sudines {peaketh of another gem called Aftrobolos,and faith itis like unto a fith eye, and ca- 
fteth forth white glittering raies againftthe Sunne.. RAD WON QIU, 
Among white precious ftones may bereckonedthat which they call Cerannia, which isapt jy 
to'receive light and luftre both from Sunne and: Moone and other ftarres. Ir felfe lookethlike 
Cryftall clearej howbeit,the luftre that commeth fronvitfeemeth to beofa blew Azure colour: 
and Carmaniais the native place therof.Zemathemis confefleth ,Thatitisa white gem,and hath 
within a ftarre-likefire,which feemethto run too and fro and chaunge place,according asa i 
ste turneth | 
