Th6 RvOi Booke of 



thereof: ofCinnabaris orSangdragonufed 

 in painting and Phyfick : divers forts of vcr- 

 niillonjand how painters ufe it. 

 S.Of Qnickfilver ariificiall: the manner of gil- 

 ding rilvcr:of touchftones: divers experi- 

 ments to trie filvcr : the fundric kinds therof. 



9, Of mirroits or looking-glaflTes : of the filvcr 

 in iEgypt. 



10. Of the exccflivc wealth of fomc men in 

 money .-who were reputed for the richell 

 men: when it was that at Rome they began 

 to make largefle and (catter money abroad 



chap, 



to the common.^. 



ii.Ofthefuperfluitieof coine, andthefruga- 

 litie of others as touching filver platCj beds 

 and tables of filver : when began fitd die 

 making of cKcelTive great and inaflive plat- 

 ters and chargers of filver. 



12, Of filver ftatues : the graving and chafing in 

 filver, & other workmanfhip in that niettall. 



I3.0f Sil^of Azutjof fuperfice Azur named 

 Ncftorianum : alfo of the Azur called Coe- 

 lum : that everie yeer iheie kinds be no!: fold 

 at one price* 



Thisbookehathinit of mcdecins^ftoriesjand obfervations, 121 5, 



Latinc Authors alleadged, 



L.Ptfo^i^ ntias^rerrm, xJAtymofior, Nepos^iMt^faU^mifus^Marfus the Poet^ Buthm^ lulm 

 BA^m^md Sext 'm Niger ^ {who wrote both ofPhyftcke in Greeke) and FcMm Feplts, 



Forrainc writers, 



Democrim^fjlietrodorm Scepfim ^Men^chmus^Xenocratesy and Antigonm^who rvrate ail three 

 of the feat and skill of graving^ ch^ifing^and embepng in mettnll : Helwdorus^ who wote a booke of 

 the rich ornaments and oblations of the Athenians : Pafiteles^who wrote of ivonderfullpeeces ofworke : 

 Nymphodorus^i?n£m who wrate ofK^lchymie or miner all Phjficke ; JolU^ Apollodorm^ Andreas^ 

 Heraclydes^ Diagoras Botryenfm^\^rchimedes^Dionjftus^Arillogenes^ DemocntHiyMncfidss^At- 

 taltis the Phyfman^ Xenocrates the fonne of Zeno^andTheownejles, 



5rTHE XXXIIIL BOOKE TREATETH 

 of other Mettals. 



Chapt 



1. Mines ofBraflejCoppec5rcon,Lead3& Tin. 



2. Sundriekinds of Bra{Ie,namely Corinthian, 

 Deliacke^and .(Egineticke. 



3. Of goodly candlcrticks, & other ornaments 

 of temples. 



4. The firft images made at Rome:the originall 

 of ftatues: the honour done to men by fta- 

 tues: fundry forts and divers forms of them. 



5.0f ftatues pourtraied in long robes ; and of 

 many others who firft ereded images upon 

 coliimnesand pillars at Rome: when they 

 w?.rc allowed firft at the cities charges : alfo 



. what manerof ftatues the fir ft wer at Rome. 

 Of ftatues without gowne or caftbckc, and 

 fbme other: the firft ftatue pourtraied on 

 horfebacke at Rome : when the time was 

 that all images as well in publicke places as 



' privat houles were abolifhed at Rome and 

 put downe: what women at Rome were al- 

 lowed to have their ftatues 5 and which were 

 the firft ercded in publiek place by forreine 

 nations. 



Chap, 



7.The famous workemcn in cafting & making 

 images: the exceffive price ot images: of 

 the moft famous & notable coloftes or gy« 

 andike imagesin the cittie of Rome. 



S.Three hundred fixtie and fix pecces of worke 

 wrought in brafte by moft curious and ex- 

 cellent artificers. 



What dilference there is in Braffc:thc di- 

 vers mixtures with other metials:how to 

 keepe brafle. 



10. Of Brafle ore called Cadmia^and for what 

 it is good in Phyficke. 



11. The refufe or fcum of brafle, Verdegris: 

 the skales of brafle and copperjfteele, cop- 

 per ruft, or SpanilTi greene : of the collyrie 

 or eyeialve called Hieraeium. 



12. Of a kind of Verdegris named Scolecia: 

 of Chalcifis, /.red VitriolljMyfy, Sory, and 

 Copperofeor Vitrioll, i, blackc Nil. 



13. OfthefoileofBrafle named white Nil or 

 Tutia : of Spodium, Aniilpodium, of Di- 

 phryges, and the Trient of Servilius. 



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