Part III 
Of Earths'. 
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Of BOLES and other EARTHS,here are examples of all 
colours, as White, Afh-colour’d, Yellow, Red, Green, Blew, 
Brown, Black. Of which in their Order. 
A parcel of MELITA EARTH. Given by Sir Phil. 
Skippon. By fome called St. Pauls Earth. ’Tis of a white 
colour, but inclining to that of Mortar. Not gritty, yet 
lefs foft than many other Earths. Makes a ftrong Effer- 
ueftcence with any Acid. Cerutus (a) extols the ufe of it in 
Peftilential Feavers, and againft Worms in Children, and Seft.2.p.130 
not unjuftly. Not only the Earth it felf, but the Images, 
Veffels, and the like, made hereof, are fabled to derive thefe 
and other Virtues, as againft the bitings of Serpents, isrc. 
from St. Paul, who liv’d fometime there, and miraculoully 
preferv’d himfelf from the V enome of the Viper. And Wor- 
mius (b) hath given himfelf the trouble to tranfcribe a print- W Muf - 
ed Paper hereof. ‘ 1 ‘ c ' 4 ‘ 
SAMOS EARTH. ’Tis white, andfoftcr than the for¬ 
mer. Maketh an ebullition with any Acid 5 but very weak 
and flow. It hath fomewhat of an aromatick Taft, like 
that of calcin’d Harts Horn. Of thisalfo Veffels were an- 
tiently made of great efteem. 
STONE MARROW. Stenomarga Agricolee, i. e. Saxi 
Medulla: becaufe found between the Commiftures of 
great Stones. Agaricus Miner alls, Imperato 3 from its likcnefs 
to Agarick. in colour 3 but no further. For between the 
Teeth it feels fomewhat like fine fand or grit 5 and hath no 
Taft. Nor is it fenfible of Acids. ’Tis fometimes ufed by 
Chirurgions for the drying of Dicers. 
A BOLE like that of WHITE (c) Terra Lemnia. VeryfOMuC 
clofe and heavy, and when fcraped, of a pale white, fmooth, u 
and gloffy 5 almoft like to white Wax. ’Tis but flowly dif- 
folved in the mouth. 
This and other like fmooth Earths are commonly called 
Pingues, or Fat: abfurdly, for Latves or Subtiles. Their 
feeming Pinguitude proceeding only from the exquifite 
finenefs of the Particles of which they confift. 
A fmooth BOLE, almoft of the colour of C aft He Soap. 
More eafily diffolved than the former, fo as it feems to melt 
in the mouth like Butter. 
A parcel of very white, light, and foft EARTH. Taken 
out of the Cave opened at the Royal Fort at Plymouth 3 
Y y 2 where 
