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- feltewhite, itis overcaft with a blacke colouraloft. 
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The feven and thirtieth Bopke 
to tell us by way of prophefie and revelation, many things for to allay tempefts and ftormes: G 
but efpecially the ftone of thiskind which hath golden drops orfpots in it, if togither with a flie 
called a Beetle it be caftintoa pan of feething water, it willavert tempefts that approach.Chlo- 
rites is 3 ftone of a graffe-greene colour, according as the name doth import; andby the faying 
of magicians, it is found in the gefier of the birdcalled Motacilla or Wagraile, yeaand isen- 
gendred togither with the faid bird, They give direction (forfooth as their manneris)to enchafe 
or enclofe it with a peece of yron, and then it will doe wonders, Choafpites taketh that name of 
the river Choafpes ; greene it isand refplendent like burnifhed gold, Chryfolampis is found in 
“Ethiopia; all the day long of apale colour, bur by night it gloweth in manner of a cole of fire, 
Chryfopis is fo like unto gold,as a man would take it forno other, The ftones called: Cepioni- 
des, growin Aolis about Acarne,a little village now,butfometimea great towne: they have ma- 
ny colours, and be tranfparent; fometimes in manner of glaffe, otherwhiles like Cryftall or the 
Tafper: fuch alfo.as bee not cleare through but foule and thicke within, are notwithitanding fo 
pure and neat without, thatthey will reprefenta mans or womans vifage as wellas a mirtoir or 
looking-glafle. : 
Daphniasis a ftone, whereof Zoveaftres writeth;and namely that itis good againft the falling 
ficknefle, Diadochus is like unto Berill, Diphris is of two kinds; the white and the blacke, the 
male and the female ; wherein may be perceived verie diftin@ly, thofe members that diftinguifh 
the fex, by reafon of a certaine line or veine of the ftone. Dionyfias isa blacke ftone and hard 
withall,having certaine red {pots intermingled :ifit be {tamped in water,it giveth the taft of wine, — 
and is thought to withftand drunkenneffe. Draconites or Dracontia, isa ftoneengendredinthe — 
braines of ferpents, but unleffe it be cut out whiles they bee alive, namely after their heads be 
chopt off, it never groweth to the nature of a pretious ftone;for of aninbred malice and envie 
that this creature hath to man, if perceiving it felfe to languifhand draw on towarddeathy itkil- 
Jeth the vertue of the faid ftone: and therfore they cake thefe{ferpents whiles they be afleepe,and 
off with their heads, Setacus (who wrote thathe faw oneof thele ftones:in akings hand) repor- 
teth, that they who go to fecke thefe {tones ufeto ride ina coach drawn with two fteeds,& when 
they have efpied a dragon or ferpent,caft in their way certaine medicinable drugs to bringthem 
afleep,and{o have means & leifure to cut offtheir heads: white they arenaturally & tranfparent, — 
for impoffible it is by any art co polith them, neither doth the lapidarie lay his hand unto them. 
Encatdiais a pretious ftone, named alfo Cardifcx : one fort there is of them, wherein:'a man 
may perceive the {hape of an heart to beare out: a fecond likewife thereis fo called, of a greene 
colout,and the fame doth reprefent alfo the forme of an heart:the third fhewerh the heart onely. 
‘blacke, for all the reft is white, Enorchis is a faire white ftonesthe fame being devided, the frag- 
ments thereof doe refemble a mans genetoirs, whereof it tooke thatname. As touchieg Bxhe 
benus theftone,Z oroa(fres {aith,that itis moft beautifull andwhite, and therwith goldfimiths ule: 
to burnith and polifh cheir gold. As for Briftalis,being oficfelfe a white ftone,feemeth asaiman 
holdeth it,to wax red, Erotylos, which fome call Amphicome, others Hieromneman, iscom= 
mended much by Demoeritus,for{undnie experimentsin prophefying and foretelling fortunes, 
Eumeces groweth in the Baétrians countey, like unto a flint; being laidunder amans head ly= 
ing afleepe upon his bed, it reprefenteth by vifions and dreams in thenight all that heisdefirous 
to know,¢ven as well as an oracle. As for Eumetres, the Affyrians call it the ftone or gem of Belus 
the moft facted god among them, and whome they honour with greateft devotion: as greenitis 
as alecke,and ferveth verie much tn their fuperftitious invocations facrifices,and exoreifms. Eu’ 
petalos hath foure colours,to wit,of azur,fire,vermillon,and an apple. Bureosis like the ftone of 
an olive, chamfered in maner of winkle fhels,but verie white it isnot. Eurotias feemethto havea 
certain mouldines that covereth the black underneath, Eufebes feemeth tobe that kind offtone: 
whereof (by report)was made the featin Hercales templeat Tyros,where the gods were woontto 
appeare and fhew themfelves. Moreover, any pretious ftoneiscalled Epimelas,when being ofit. 
The gem Galaxias, fome call GalaGites, like unto thofe Jaft before-named, bur char it hath yg 
certain veins either white or of a bloud colourrunning between,As for Galactitesindeed, itis as: 
white as milke,and thereupon it tooke thatname.Many there bewho call the fame ftone Leucas, 
Leucographias,& Synnephites,which if it be brufed yeelagzh a liquorrefembling milke,both in. 
colour & taft: and in truth, it isfaid,thae it breedeth fore of milke in nources that give fucke: a9 
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