jihout Dfforpj from which It Jyes f to 
ing there fomereq aukab^ ^r,^ 
oiTthis laft hath been (by very cr^ibk ^datiQns) wrou^ ua-> 
der the Sea , aImo(^ half way over, thjere being a Afo/^ half a 
mile from the Shoar^where there wss ao entry that went dowq 
Jnto the^oal-fit uncter the S?^a, inatje jb a kiqd key, 
or Mate, as they eall^i ir, built ig a? that ijEikepc^out the Sea , 
which flow'd there 12 feeti oq \^ich th^ Cq^^^^ 
where a Ship of that.draught of wattr cquM Jay her fide to 
the Mote, and t4|Lci0 her coal/ Which colliery is^ (aid to have 
belonged to the Earl of&^^^r^/i/^V^ 
IS alfo faic| tp have beep remarkab|ej that t he ire )yy^at(f r, whf 
fpraog from the bottom and fides of the CoaUbed^ was drawn 
out qpoo the (hoar by an Engio, moved by water , that drew 
it 40 fathom ; though at laft a high Tide drowned alL 
13, Whether^ as »pft Trees have the long way luch a tex- 
ture and cohefion of partSjas render them apt to fplit end- way5^. 
and to break flhort of the crols-way f ib moft StQne (Marb^^^ 
a« well as others)have feme what analpgoustuWood in this^that 
they are much more apt to fplit or cleave one way thanan o- 
thcr } And if there be any ftreaky variegation in the Stone, itr 
runs that way mpft ufually^ as^Ifo |rets and creviecs f in ib> 
much that in fomp places , where there fcarce apj^ears any cre- 
vice or future, being ftruck on that line where the fiflTure is^the 
Stone will cleave or part afunder in the fao^ manner (fo to 
(peak) as the halves of a Bean or a Nut-kernel ufe to do> La-- 
pidarits ha>^e attained the^sfcill tp^diicerx) thofc jSHures even in 
Diamond^ Q^^hich they often giaR^ good ad[vantage5by fplit* 
ting them wUh a faaall kaoGk of a hamme^^ and ehcfil 5 when 
their Chape requires it, or will afford it 5 for fo the principal 
part is rendr^d more beautiful, the piece broken ofFpre- 
ferv'd to be reduced te a eonvcaieot ^ure by the mill, by 
which it m uft, other wife ha ve b^en grpuocl to duft*- 
1 4* mN^ p4rticular n0tke3 t|iat irj the heart or body or 
aSon ■ ir.qusocly found entire diftioifi Stones, of a 
)d fronn the Sione,in whofc bowels they feeoi 
ch'tj asFilaiSgPebles, Agats^ C^r.€ff ecially ia 
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