554 Qf Sntyburs. Part Ht 
A Ball of yellow and opacous AMBER. 
A Piece of clear yellow Amber, with a CICADA drowned 
in it. 
A Piece of Citrine Amber 9 with feveral GNATS im- 
merfed. 
A little Ball of citrine Amber, with an immerfed Em- 
viet. 
A Heart of yellow Amber, with two FLIES. 
Two or three more Pieces, with fome other INSECTS 
In Sep alius* Mufaum, is one fo large as to bury a Frog. 
S?. eGem * And Boetius (a) affirms that Pieces are found fometimes as 
big as a mans Head. 
Found in great quantity in Pomerania, and upon the 
Coaft of Prujjia in the Baltic J^Sea. The Eleftor of Branden- 
£kL vTlgd b ur g e -> Soveraign of that Coaft, farmes it out (b) for twenty 
Thoufand Crowns yearly. . Alfo plentiful on the Coafts of 
Soffala, Mofambique and Melinde. 
Hb^cidb Boetius defenbes a Powder, (c) in which Amber is the 
' chief Ingredient, and which he highly commends for the 
Eplepfie both in Children and grown perfons. The two 
(d) Muf. Salts of Amber united, faith Terzagi, (a) make an admira- 
Septal. y e 5p ec jg c j c f or t J iat ][)jf ea f e> 
Take Telks of Eggs fixteen, Gum Arabic^ %n, Gum of 
Cherry-Tree 1\. Diffolve them, and fet them in the Sun for 
an Artificial Amber. Amongft the many Opinions of the 
Original of Amber, I put this queftion, Whether it is not a 
kind of fiarden d Petroleum ? 
FLAKED STONE-COAL. Lithanthrax fcifilk. By 
fome called Black Amber $ not properly. For, when fir d, 
it hath fcarce any taft or fmell. Neither doth it yield any 
Oil, or melt, as Amber. Only makes a very weak and thin 
Flame, which prefently vanifhes ^ and little fmoak. Yet 
keeps fire for a confiderable time. 'Tis black, gMy, and 
pretty hard. Yet being ftruck, eafily breaketh into Flakes 
of a fquare Figure. Found in Mifnia, Bohemiaf&c. In fome 
(d) Boet. de Pits two Hundred paces deep. (J) 
G £ m.&L. A SXO ]srE taken out of the Dead-Sea. Blackifh and 
fomewhat flaky. DifToluble with Spirit of Nitre. When 
fir d, it yields a fulphurious fcent. Yet the barbarous Arabi- 
ans ufe it for fewel. 
A Piece of Jet. G agates, from Gaza a River of Lycia, 
where 
