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may be reckoned of the firft Rank of the EHrop£an Libra- 
ries. 
The Kings Chambers of Rarities are in all eight, large 
and well built over the Royal Library : They are furnifhed 
with great variety of Natural and Artificial Curiofities. The 
firft contains Coins and Medals, Gold and Silver 5 Modern 
and Antique ^ Gr£cian^ Roman^ Damjh and Oldenburgb'^ 
befides other Europmn Nations, diftinftly kept by them- 
felveb, v^hich make altogether a very valuable Colkaion. 
Amongft the Natural Curiofities which are in the other 
Chambers, the moft remarkable are 5 ' 
X. The Petrified Child ; This is the Tame Child thatB^r- 
tholtne makes mention of in his H^y?- Anat, Var^m^ Licetm 
de Monfirk^ &c. * who at large will acquaint you with the 
Hiftory. This happened at Sms in Ckampalgn^ anno 1582, 
when it was Cut out of its Mothers Belly, where it was 
fuppofed to haye lain about eight and twenty years. 
That it's an Humane Fe^tus^ and not Artificial!, is vifible 
to our Eye. The upper part of it is of a Gypfeous Na- 
ture, not fo hard as the lower , the Thighs and But- 
tocks being hard and perfeft Stone as can be, of a Red 
Colour, and of a Grain and S^uperfibe exaftly Hke thofe 
I have feen taken out of the Bladder: I had the Cunofity 
to have it near me 5 and touch'd and felt it all over. 
This was convey'd firft to Faris^ and there bought by 
a Goldfmith of Venice ^ from v/hom at Venice^ Frederick 
the Third, King of . Denmark^ purchased it, and. added it 
to his Rarities. 
2. Two Elephants Teetli, that weigh an hundred and 
fiity pounds apiece. 
5. Several Heads of Hares, with divers, fort of Horns, 
brought out of Saxonp 
4. An Egg, faid to be laid by a Woman, of" the ordina- 
ry fize o{ a Pullets Egg. This 01, Wormms tells us was 
fent him by very good hands, and Confirmed by people of 
Credit : He tells us^ tlie Woman brought fordi.two, with' 
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