ThefirftBookeof 



iS.yVhowcfe they that enriched thcirflaves ip.Ofthc earth that commeth out of the IHand 

 after they were enfranchifed, and who they Galata : of the earth Clupea : alfo, of that 

 were of flaves came up and grew togreat j which commeth from the Balcar Iflands 

 weahh and power. I andthe ineEbufa. 



In fom^the medecins^hiftoricsjand obfcrvations in this bookc^amount to ^5^. 



Lacine Authors alledgcd. 



mffak the Orateur^ OHeffaU the elder y Feneflella^ i^tiiewy rerrim^M.Varrofor, NepesyDe. 

 cimEculeOy MuttanfiSy Melijfui^ Vitruvm^ CapmSe'vermLonguUnm^FabmreJldis ivhodlfi 

 wrote of Painting,, 



torrainc Writers. 



TafitelesyApelksyMeUnthim^ Afclepodormy EuphramryBarafifi^yBeUodorm who wrote of the 

 fiBuresand other ornaments fet up at AthenSyMetredortis (who likewife wrote ofArchiteHureyfo wit 

 Mafonric and Carfentrie : ) Bemocritmy fheophrajlm^ yjpion the Grammarian who alfo made A 

 hooke of Miner all or C hymick Phyftcke^ Nymphoderm^Andreas^HeracMesy lolla^Afoilodorm^Dia' 

 goroi Bmyenfis^ArchidemuSyDionyftHSy ArtHogenesyDemanes^MnefchyXenocrAtes the fcholler of 

 Tj^nOyandTheomnefim^ 



5" THE XXXVL BOOKE TREATETH 



of Stones. 



chap, 



1. Thc nature and propertieof ftones:thefu- 

 peifluitie and cxpenfe about buildings, of 

 marble. 



2. Who firft Hie wed at Rome columns of mar- 



ble in publickc place. 



3. The firft that brought columns of marble to 

 Rome out of forrein countries. 



4. The firfl: workementhat were commended 

 for cutting in marble : and at what time that 

 invention began, 



5. Excellent peeccs of wotke in marble to the 

 number of n6. The cunning and curious 

 workcmen thcmfelves.Ofthe white marble 

 of thelfland Paros.The ftately and admi- 

 rable fepulch re Maufoleum. 



6. When they began at Rome to build with 

 marble :who was the firft that overcaft the 

 outfide of walls with marble s at what times 

 this or that kind of marble was taken up in 

 building at Rome : who cut marble firft and 

 brought it into leaves or thin plates by cut- 

 ting: the manner thereof; alfo of fand. 



7. Of the hardftoneofNaxos^and Armenia : 

 fundrie kinds of marble. 



S.Of the Alabaltrc marble of Lygdinum and 

 Alabandicum. 



Of the great obeliske at Thebes in iEgypt, 

 • and at Alexandria : of that alfo which is in 

 the great ciri^ue ot fiiew-placc at Rome. 



thapt> 



lOk Of that obeliske which ftandeth in Mars 

 field at RomCj and ferveth for a Gnomon oe 

 Stile in a quadrant or dyall. 



n.Of a third obeliske at Rome in the Vatican* 



1 2. Of the Pyramidesin^gyptj andamon* 

 ftrous Sphynx of a wonderfuU heigth. 



1 3 . Of the Mazes or Labyrinths in ^gypt, the 

 lOe Lemnos, and in Italie. 



14.. Of hanging gardens made upon terraces : 

 of a great towne where allthehoufeswere 

 built upon vaults and arches fecming to 

 hang in the aire :alfo of the temple oi Bia- 

 »4inEphefus. 



I j.Of the ftately temple of Cyzicum : of a cer- 

 taine rockc of ftone called Fugitive : of an 

 Echo that rendreth the voice leven fold :of 

 an houfe built without naileor pin :of the 

 furaptuous and woonderfuU buildings at 

 Rome. 



i^.Sundrie kinds of the Loadftonesthe rae- 

 dicinable vertues and properties thereof. 



17. Ofcertaine ftones which foone eat & con- 

 fume dead bodies that belaid therein: of 

 others againe that prefervc them long: of 

 the ftone Afiusjand the vertues of it. 



iS. Of Ivorie digged out of the earth : of ftones 

 converted into bones : of ftones that lepre- 

 lent palms imprinted in them, and of othes 

 kinds^ 



