40f ^ttb!es 5 €fpineucs,®ratiatie^ttD emerald, rj| 
Velha, txjljcrc manp SDfamondes are found, 
that arc erccllcnt: thep are fmall, hut ticcie 
gfflD,andbeauic,lnhichis good fo?the feller, 
but not fo? tUc bupcr. ^Diamonds are Dig¬ 
ged like gold out of , and inhere tljep 
bigge one peare tfjc length of a man into the 
ground, Uritbtn th?ec o? foure wares after, 
there are SDiamondes founds againe tn the 
fame plate inhich groin tljerc* Sometimes 
thep find Diamonds of one hundred anD ttoo 
jjund?ed Mangclyns , and mo?e but berie 
fein. 
Chere is another Cone called a Topace fo? 
colour inhich is almott like the Dtamono,but 
barker $ of lefTe effimation.Chere are manp 
of them founoe, that are of great baleiufo'i 
that kinbe offtone, anoare liketofedigged 
out of the earth like Diamond in tfianp pla* 
ces of India, Sphere are alfo inbite £>affrrcs 
anti Rubles, inhich can hardlp bee knoinne 
from Diamonds bnles it be bp rijerp gob and 
ejrpertBletoellero, and Diamondgrmders. 
Chore is Iikcinife founbe in India a kinbe of 
thing much like to Uock*cb?iffalI,bnt inbaebe 
it is nonet fo? there is no Cb?tffall to be fctmd 
in Indin,no? in anp of the oriental countries. 
3 it is calleb bery lo,anbis little bifferent from 
Ch?i®all. 3 !t is much founb in Cambaia,Pe* 
»u,anbScy 1 on 5 anb thep make manp things 
thereof, asbeabes, feales, anb biuers other 
thinges,inhich thep fell hnto the Ch?i® fans, 
anbhfe among themfclues. 
The 8 6. Chapter* 
OfRubieSjEfpincllcSjGranades, 
Emeralds and other pre? 
cious Hones, 
t&bies are of manfe 
fo?ts, but the belt 
are thole thatare 
calleb carbunckles, 
inhich are Uubies 
that tough aboue 
af.quilateSjinber* 
of there arc berie 
fein anb felbome to he founb. Che be® Uu* 
hies that are of the be® co!our,anb loafer are 
in India calleb Tockes^inhich are like Car* 
bunckles, there are others calleb Ballax, 
Inhich are of a loiner price then the fir®, anb 
thep are reb. Chere are others called Efpi* 
nellas^that are of colour like fire» anb ate 
leffe efftemed then the other ttno fortes, be* 
caufe thep haue not the right toter of Uu- 
The i* Books. 
bies. Cherc are Uubics alfo of manic other 
forts,tnheroffome are inbite like Diamonds 
as 3 faib before: other of a C arnation colour 
o? much like indite Cherries inbentbep are 
ripe. Sphere are Uubics found halfe \nbite, 
halfered,fomehalfe Uubies, halfe &>afircs„ 
anb atboufanafucb other fortes. ^hecaufe 
thereof is becaufe that in the rockes anb bils 
Inhere thep groin, their fir® colour is inbite, 
anb bp the force oft&e'&mine, are in time 
brought to their perfection anb ripenefle, anb 
facing perfect thep are of colour reb, like the 
Carbunchle anb Tockes afo?efatD,&ut loan* 
ting fomeinhat of their perfection, anb being 
biggeb out before, that time thep are of biuers 
colours as 3faib before, andboinmuebpa* 
ler thep are, anb leffe reb then the Tockes,fa 
much are thep leffe in haleto t fo? as thep are 
in beautieanb perfection,fo are thep ettamed 
euerp one in thete kinbe. Cbofe that are 
balfe Uubies, and balfe ^afircs, inbich the 
3lndianscall Niicandi, that is to fap, halfe 
Matter,anb halfe Uubie'proceea of this.that 
the Uubies anb £>afiers groin altoics in one 
rocke, inberebpfbep are oftentimes founds.,, 
halfe one, halfe other, Che Uubies bp the 
Arabians anb perfians are called Iacut, bp 
the Indians Manica, Che Rafters are of 
tino fo?fes,one of a barhe fa!ein,the other of g 
right blein,the Blacinth, dSranabes, anb Uo* 
baffles are likeinife certainc kinbs of Uubies; 
but little etteemed, the 3 Inbianscall them the 
pelloin anb carnation Uubies, anb fo foo?tb a 
acceding to their colour. Cbefe ^actntbes., 
Cranaboes, andUobaffles, are in fo great 
numbers in Cananor ? Calecut,and Cambay 
i a, that thep are to fell in euerie sparket, anb 
comer of the ftreefs,bp inhole to?gias, each 
corgia hauing tinentie paces at the lea® 
in it, thep fell the corgia fo? one ®iuer o? tino 
at the mo® ,as manp as pou toll be&re, but 
pou mu® hnberffanb, thep are of tbefmalle® 
fo?t» Che smfierisnotof fo great eftimati* 
on as the Uubie, anb pet is one of the mo® 
precious Sows that are nc?t the Diamond, 
andtheKubietthe Uubies, pagers, anb o* 
ther Cones afo?efaib,boe groin anb are toms 
in rockes anb hikes like Diamonds: thep 
come out of Calecut,Cananor * and Com 
mante places inthelanbof Biinaga , but 
mo® out of the 3l&to of Scylon, inhich are 
thebe®: buttbofeof theCountrieofPegu 
areeffeemeb the fine®, tnhereof there ut 
great tto?e^ 
Che Cmeraulbes inhich the Nubians call 
Pache t and the Arabians Samanut, there 
are none th?oughout al India,pet it is repo?* 
ted § fome hattc bin founb tberc>but nerie few 
I not efte; but thep are much fought thether 
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