440 C.Plinij N^aturalis Hirt- 
fyrtitas, pinnato fulgore radiantes. Inueniri aii' 
tem vbicunqi . maxime Solis reperculTu.Satyru^ 
Indicos non efle claros dicit, ac plerunq; fotdi' 
dos.ac femper fulgoris retorridi ; Acthiopic®* 
pingues, lucemqi non emittentes, fed conuolU' 
ro igne flagrare.CaMiftrarus fulgorem carbucij' 
candidum eire-f-pofiiit, extremo 
dlrri nubilantem, fi attoUatur,exardefcentem : ob ii* 
■vt picrifque hunc carbunculum candidum vocati' 
tur wrtjo *n‘^i‘-'‘* incene, li' ' 
Attollatur thizontas appellari.Carchcdonios multo mina" 
Cuiaudim- ■ Indicos etiam in fextarij vniusmenib' 
(ei virbam ramcauari. Archelaus Carchedonios nigrioci* 
Dtiit vtin cife, fed igne, vel Sole, St inclinatio»' 
pa acrius, quam cxteros.excitari.Eofdemvmbrat' 
'(onUrMt. purpureos videri, f.ib.c.-elo flammeos, cof' 
’ tra radios Solis 6c fcintillare iceras lignanciba® I 
hisliqucfccre,qu3muis inopaco. Multi Indicc| 
Carchedoniis candidiores :ire,S<:ediuerfoiDci' 
natione hebct.ari fcripfcreietiamnum in Carcb' 
doniis maribus flfllas intus arderc.fasminas ffi j 
goremvniucrfum fundere extra le.Alabandic®* j 
c.Tteris nigriores efle rcabtofque. Nalcuntut^' ij 
in Thracia coloris eiu fdcm.ignem minimd fe“' j! 
tientes.Theopliraftus autor t' fl , fc in Orchotn'' 
no Arcadiae inueniri,& in Chio; Illos nigriore*’ I 
eq iibus & fpccula fieri. flTc Sc Troezenios I 
rios interuenientibus maculis albistitem Coti» 
thios ex pallidiore candidos. Mallilia quoqu* 
impor ari Bocchus & Olyflipone fctipfit rn»' 
gno laBotc ob argillam Sole aduftis faltibuS' 
Nec efi aliud dilf;cilius,qti,tm difeernere b.vC g' 
nera; tantaeft ineis occafioariis , fiibditis pc' 
queriatiflucerccogantur.AiuntabActhiopibu* | 
hebetiores in aceto maceratos quatuotdecin* , 
diebu* I 
