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finda ftone to hide themfelves under; which not finding, 
they bury themfelves in the loofe fand .* and this obfer- 
vation gave me full fatista(3;ion, that they were not (at 
leait all the kinds Jconnate&coalefcent with their Shells, 
as other teftaceous Animals of the Sea and Landdixev 
but this being befides my purpole, I return to the 
Purpura. 
There is no doubt, but that it is a /pedes of that kind j 
of which there are many forts, differing in bignefs, ftruc- 
ture, colour oftheShell, according to the natureofthe 
Sea grounds, depth or fhallownefs of Water, Rocks, Gra- 
vell. Mud, as alfo the Latitude where they are found 
andfo differing alfo in the varietys of colours of the 
tinging juice in their Veins, as black, livid, violaceous, 
deep Sea-green, light and deep red, Amethyftine, 6cc, 
butthebeftof all were found in the Tyrzan Seas^ near 
that IJlandy on which the renowned City of Tyre was 
built, ("now an inconfiderable Town called Sur s) this 
was celebrated, and prifed above all the re ff, for that 
it excelled them all in its illuflrious colour, called in 
former Ages by divers names, 2iS0jlrum Sarranum, Fela* 
gium^ Venerium Tyrium^ Furpurijjum^ Flore s Tyriani^ &c, 
Almoltall Authors ^.gxQQy that it lys in a certain Vein 
in the Fiih, and fome of them mention it to be wl]jce 
& vifcous, as this ofours is. It were to little purpofe, to 
give the Hiflory at large of all the Furpur^e-, and when 
and how firft difcovered by Fhtenix the Son of Age* 
mr^ King of the Fhcenicians , by means of a Shep- 
heards Dog devouring one of the Fifhes, and colouring 
one of his lips with that excellent dye : by which its An- 
tiquity appears. In fucceeding Ages it received improve- 
ments, to the time of Fliny, in whofe days (being in the 
reign of the Vej^afians^ it feems to have arrived at its 
higheft perfedion ; of which he hath made more particu- 
lar obfervations then I can find in other Authors ; for 
whichhe had great opportunity living in the Imperial 
