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Part III- 
Of Sulphurs. 
A Ball of yellow andopacous AMBER. 
A Piece of clear yellow Amber, with a CICADA drowned 
in it. 
A Piece of Citrine Amber', with feveral GNATS im- 
merfed. 
A little Ball of citrine Amber, with an immerfed Em¬ 
met. 
A Heart of yellow Amber, with two FLIES. 
Two or three more Pieces, with fome other INSECTS. 
In Sept alius s Mufceum, is one fo large as to bury a Frog. 
lib. 2." em ‘ -And Boetius (a) affirms that Pieces are found fomenmes as 
big as a mans Head. 
Found in great quantity in Pomerania, and upon the 
Coalf of Pruffia in the Baltic/fSea. The Eleffor oiBranden- 
ini Ibj'gc." burge, Soveraign of that Coaff, farmes it out ( b) for twenty 
Thoufand Crowns yearly. Alfo plentiful on theCoaffs of 
Soffala, Mofambique and Melinde. 
[ib.^cabo’. Boetius defenbes a Powder, (c) in which Amber is the 
chief Ingredient, and which he highly commends for the 
Epilepfie both in Children and grown perfons. The two 
U) Muf. Salts of Amber united, faith Terzagi, \d) make an admira¬ 
ble Specifick for that Difeafe. 
Take Telks of Eggs fixteen, Gum Arabick, |ij, Gum of 
Cherry-Tree ?j. Diffolve them, and fet them in the Sun for 
an Artificial Amber. Amongft the many Opinions of the 
Original of Amber, I put this quclfion, Whether it is not a 
kind of harden’d Petroleum ? 
FLAKED STONE-COAL. Lithanthrax fciffilk. By 
fome called Blacky Amber ; not properly. For, when fir’d, 
it hath fcarce any tali or fmell. Neither doth it yield any 
Oil, or melt, as Amber. Only makes a very weak and thin 
i lame, which prefently vanifhes; and little fmoak. Yet 
keeps fire for a confiderable time. Tis black, glofly, and 
pretty hard. Yet being ftruck, eafily breaketh into Flakes 
of a fquare Figure. Found in Mifnia, Bohemia,istc. In fome 
■ A E “ r - de Pits two Hundred paces deep, (d) 
A STONE taken out of the Dead-Sea. Blackifh and 
fomewhat flaky. Difloluble with Spirit of Nitre. When 
fir d, it yields a fulphurious feent. Yet the barbarous Arabi¬ 
ans ufe it for fewel. 
A Piece of Jet. Gagates, from Gaza a River of Lyaa, 
where 
