mame of the 
kidneies. 
has “ 
630 The feven and thirtieth Booke 
howbeit it niaketh a fhew of red haires fprinckled among, | , 
Veientanaisa gem proper unto Italie, found about Veij, a cittie in Tufcane:: this {tone is 
blacke and croffedthrough the middeftwithawhitepath, le 
Z Zanthenes(as Demeritus weiteth) is found ordinarily in Media: in colour itrefembleth bafe 
gold EleCtrum : and if aman doe ftampe it in Date wine and Satfron together, it will relent in 
* manner of wax,and cafta moft {weet and pleafant fell. Zmilaces is a ftone which the river Eu- 
phrates yeeldeth,like unto the marble of Proconnefus,but thatin the middeft it hath agreenifh . 
colour.Finally,Zoronifios isengendered in the river Indus:commonly itis called the Magicians 
gem; more of it] find not written, | 
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ee Of certaine preciows Stones,taking their names from the members of mans bodie, 
from beafts alfo and other things. 
[_) Efides thofe gems comprehended under the Alphabet, there be more precious ftones alfo 
comprifed after other forts of diftin&tion according to divers fignificant varieties: forfome 
there be which bear the names of certain members of the bodie; as for example,Hepatites, | 
*Treaketh the of the liver;Steatites,of the fundry forts of fat,greafe or tallow of each beaft. Adad *Nephrosis 
a {tone worfhipped among the Aigyptians,fo is Theadactylas alfo.As for Adad,he is the cheefe 
god among the Aflyrians, The ftone Triophthalmos groweth together with the Onyx ftone,and 
reprefenteth three eyes of aman together. a3 
There be gemstake their names likewife of beafts, to wit, Carcinias of the colour which the 
fea-crab hath; Echites,of a Viper;Scorpites, either of the colour or form of a Scorpion;Scarites, 
of the fith Scaurus,/.a Gilthead;Trighites of the Barble;2gophthalmos,of a Goats eye; like as 
*Hyophthalmes. another ,for the refemblance that it hath to the *eye ofa {wine.Geranites tooke name of a cranes 
colour; even as Hieracites of the Hawkes or Faulcons colour. Actites refembleth the colour of . 
that gle which hath a white taile. Myrmerites fheweth the forme of a Pifmire creeping within 
the ftone;(o doth Cantharias of Beetils. Lycophthalmos hath the refemblance of a Wolfes eie, 
and confifteth of foure colours ; the outward parts are tawnie, enclining to abloud red, in the 
middeft there isa blacke,enclofed within a white circle,as like to the faid eye as poffibly can bee. 
The {tone Taos is like unto a Peacocke, even as the gem Cheloniato the Tortoife. In Hammo- 
chryfos there is arefemblance of fand,as if fand & gold were entermingled. Cenchrités is made 
like unto the graines or feeds of Millet {cattered here and there.Pryites hath a great affinitie with — 
the ftock of a tree:and the fame will burne after the manner of wood.Ciffites is white,and in that, 
white fhining feemeth to bee clafped every where with leaves of yvie. Narciffites likewife is di- 
{tinguithed and parted with veines of yvie. Cyamea is blacke, but being broken, it yeeldeth out of 
ita refemblance of a Beane. Pyren is{o called by reafon of an Olive {tone or kernill which it re- 
fembleth : within this ftone there appeare othetwhiles as it werefifh bones. Chalaziasas it car~ 
rieth the name of haile,fo it reprefenteth as well the colour as the fhape thereof; bur as hard it is 
as the Diamant: Itis reported alfo, that if it be putinto the fire,yet it will continue cold and not 
alter a whit. The fire {tone Pyrites is verely blacke: but rub it with your finger,you fhall find it to 
burne. Polyzonos isa blacke ftone of it felfe,but many white fillets it hath about it, Aftrapias is 
white or blew like Azur, yet from the middeft thereof there feeme to fhoot raies of lightening. 
In the {tone Phlegontis there appeare a burning flame within,and never commeth forth, Inthe 
Granat named Authracitis,there isafhew otherwhiles of fparkles running too andfro.Enhydros 
is evermore abfolutely {mooth and white, containing within a certaine liquor that moveth too 
and froif a man fhake it,as he may perceive inegges. Polytrix is a greene ftone,bedecked with 
fine veines in manner of the haire of ones head: but(by report) it will make the haire to fhead of 
as many as carie it about them. Of a Lions skin, Leontios beareth the name: like as Pardalios of - 
a Panther. The golden colour in the Topaze, gave it che name Chryfolith:fo the grafle green of 
a Leeke was occafion of the name Chryfoprafos: and of honey was devifed the colour andname jy. 
Melichrus, although there bee many kindsofit. Astor de ake it isof two colours, partly . 
yellow, and partly refembling honey.Crocias is yellow as Saffron :and Poliafheweth a certaine 
greyneffe in manner of Spart. As for Spartopolios the blacke,it fheweth like griftle veinsto the 
: other,but much harder. Rhodices took name of the Rofe:Melites ofthe Apple,the colour ea 
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