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their Perfons : It was likewife imagined 

 they were a Protedlion from Witchcraft 

 and Enchantments. Some of them are 

 marked with the Conftellations ^ others 

 have the Figures of Angels, (ffc. on them ; 

 but thefe Cabalifts efpecially attributed 

 on all Occafions a particular Power and 

 Virtue to the Word Abracadabra^ the Let- 

 ters of it being properly arranged. 



'My Reader is next to obferve a Snuff- 

 box made of the Lava of Mount Vefuvius^ 

 fome Account has been given. Page 6, 

 of the Nature of this Lava. 

 . A Ring fet with a tranfparent Agate. 



Two Pieces of ferpentine Stone for the 

 Lid and Bottom of a Snuff-box, and fome 

 Pieces of metallic Cryftal from Mount 

 ^tna. 



Among fome Bronze Figures brought 

 hither with the Cotton Library, is one par- 

 ticularly worthy of Remark, on Account 

 of its Singularity, the naked Body being 

 covered with a rough Subftance, and i 

 upon the whole bears a great Refemblance | 



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