[t 74 The Natural Hiflory Part 1 



*Vid, Rhombs, and the like ^. Or if we 

 conf, 2. have re^e£l to the terreftrid Matter 

 wherein they lye in thofe Strata^ here we 

 jQiall meet with the fame Metall qr 

 Mineral embodied in Stone, or lodged 

 in Cole, that elfewhere we found in 

 {{ Vii. Marie, in Clay, or in Chalk ||* 

 fnff'^' As much Inconftancy and Qonfufmn 

 is there in their Mixtures with each other j 

 or their Combinations amongft them^ 

 lelves ; for 'tis rare to find any of them 

 pure, fimple, and unmixt: but Cop- 

 per and Iron together in the fame Mafs: 

 Copper and Gold : Silver and Lead ; 

 Tin and Lead : yea fometimes all the 

 fix promifcuoufly in one Lump. *Tis 

 the fame alfb in Minerals ; Nitre with 

 Vitriol : Common Salt with Alum : 

 Sulphur with Vitriol : and fometimes 

 all five together. Nor do Mctalls on- 

 ly fort and herd with Metalls in the 

 Earth : and Minerals with Minerals : 

 t^ut both indifferently and in common 

 together: Iron with Vitriol, with 

 Alum, with Sulphur: Copper wifh 

 Sulphur, with Vitriol, &c. yea Irpn, 

 Copper, Lead, Nitre, Sulphur, Vitriol, 

 and perhaps fome more in one and the 

 fame Mafs. In a word , tlie only 

 flanding Ted, and difcriminative Cha- 



raderiftick 



