The firftBookeof 



order accordingto the Alphabet. 



II. Of Tomeprctious ftones which take their 

 denomination of the parts of mans bodi&: 

 alfo from other living creaturesj of thofe 

 which have the names from bther things. 



chap, 



i2.0f other new ftoncs growing naturally: of 

 counterfeit and artificiall ftones : of their 

 fiindrie forms and fafhions. 



13, The manner and way howtoproove fine 

 ftonesfrom other. 



In fummc, here are to be red of notabfe matters, worthie hiftories, and ipcciali obfervations^ 

 to the number of 1 30O3 gathered out of ^ : 



Latine Authors, 



UH, Varro^the Records of Bomane triumphs ^MecxnasJacchmyandCornelim Boochus^ 



Fortcine Writers. 



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 iyrm^heophrajlmfhares^PhilomenesfiemGcrAtesyKenotmuSj Mttrodorus^ Sotacm^ PpheaSyTi^ 

 m^m the Sicilian^ Niceas^Theochreftus^ jfiruba^ Mnafea^Theomcnes^ Ctefias^ Mithridates^Sopho-' 

 cUiJC.Archdamfdli^rMmfiernocrimtlfmmAi^^^^^ Akxindtr Vol'jhipor^ x^pion;^ He- 

 rm^oroafireSy4ndZ^^aliaSi 



