£>f cmtcalBe^anD 
the depth ana mo?c, if it be foule o? bauc ante 
other fault in tbc coiners o? in the fquares, f 
tohat hurt o?difaduantageit btytgctb to the 
ffonc,tbal pou dcceitie not pour fclfc in tabl¬ 
ing the p?tce it map be too?th, bccing of one 
&uilate,tbercbp to make pour reckoning as 
before: 3f it be a Rubie,marke todl of tuba t 
bignes it is, and tohat SDiamondtn toaight 
it map be copared bnto, $ rate it altoaics at 
leffe grcatncs,ratljer then at mo?e, that pou 
become not pour fdfe,and confiaer tocll tohat 
colour it batip.lf there be anp Ca(Tedonia,o? 
bnclcancffc, if it be thinne o? haue anp other 
fault tbcrctn,o; anp toant in the fquaren.es, $ 
tohat htnDeranccthofcfaultes map bee bnto 
the ffone,fn the j>?ice, perfection, and great* 
nescfthc2DiamonD toberunto pou compare 
tt,and ImUe pou faile not herein,fo? if pou bo, 
pou toill cleane oucrlhootcpourfelfe: like* 
toife in fetting the p?ice tohat it map bee 
too?th being fo great, as to compare toith a 
diamond of one Curtate , therebptomake 
pour reckoning of the toaight, that it mate 
toeighmo?eo? leffe. SMbat 31 haue faide of 
Rubies, pou muff liketoife bnderffand of 
Cmcraulds that arc 4D?tenfale,all after one 
fo?t and manner of reckoning. 'Chere are o- 
fher red ftones called €fptndlcs,an5 of diuers 
flther fojtcs, tobercof fome are fo perfect in 
their Uinos,tkat tbep are like fo Rubies, and 
this is to bee bndcrffooaof the good and the 
beff. ®here are others called Cfpinelles da 
Rouca Noua,0?neto Rocket: feme Ofthem 
bane the colour of Rubics,otbers a?ato were 
the colour of Jactnthes, and if is not knotone 
Whether thep be right d&fpindlcs c? not: fo? 
the g®d 3etoellers efteeme them fo? no €fpt* 
nelles,but fo? Mubaffes, and31acintbcs, and 
fo grab that thep arc like to dwindles: tuber* 
fo?etbcffonc grinders t Bletuellers fap } that 
thep are Cfpinelles, becaufc thep tuould bee 
better paidfo? the faction, land thercfo?e thep 
doe polity them tuith Ofptnell duff o? poli* 
tying, ‘Styefe dwindles in their polity are 
Cfpindles, but in colour Rubaffcs, and 31a* 
cinthes , and there are manpc Rubies, 
tohichto pollity todl, andgrinde toell, 
pou had neede polity tuith the polity of 
^fpinelles. 3f there be an Cfpindl of the old 
rockc, tuhich in Hind and qualtfie is good,be* 
ing perfect in all parts tuith aberp gcod table, 
and tucrc to bee compared tuith a HDiamond 
of one Curtate, it tuould bee too?th 4 o.due* 
HctSjbuthauing anp imperfections,eucrp ma 
map toell confiaer tohat hurt and abate tbep 
mapdoeinthep?tce, and after tbc fame rate 
make his account as hcc doth in Rubies, the 
Mlapcfcsarc lihetoifefoldbptoaight, but 
not in that fo?t as ^Diamonds ana Rubies, 
but thep are effftmed according to tyc 
The i * books. 
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tuaight, that is the beff IBalapcs that map 
be found being of one &uilafe,map be too?th 
ten ducUcfs,and hauing anp faults^ epther in 
colour o? other perfections, is of leffe taleto, 
buthecing perfect as 3 raid alrcadic, it is 
tuo?thtcndticHcts,andttuo Stoilafes ttoen* 
tie duchefs,of fh?ee inflates thirticducHets, 
andfo after the rate as it is, fmallo? great, 
being of the tuaight it ftjould bee, and becing 
imperfect,eucrp man oflHill map iudl ronfi* 
der tohat it is tuo?th .being of one SHitlate, % * 
effeeme it thereafter. 
* The 9 i .Chapter. 
' Of Orientale Pearles. 
tyc j©?tcnfale ^carles arc bet* 
ter then thofc of the *a>panity 
3ndics, and haue great diffe - 
rcncc in the p?tce: fo? thep are 
__too?th mo?e, and haue a better 
glaffc,beiug clearer, and fairer. 2Etyofe of the 
jbpanity 3ndies commonlp becing Barkers 
deader of colour: pet there are fome found in 
the po?fingall 3ndtcs that arc nothing infe= 
riour to the 2D?ientale pearles, but thep are 
berp feto; #oto to balcto them as thep tyuld 
be,3 toil onlp fef the good ^carles at a p?ice» 
0 dearie that fft all partes is perfect, both of 
toatcr,glaffc and beautie toithout knobs, of 
fo?mc berp rend o? p?opo?tioned like a pcarlc 
toithout dcnts,being of one ^uilate is too?tlj 
a ducket,and after this rate 31 toill make mp 
reckoning,as 3 doc toith S)iamonds,Rubies 
and CmcrauiDs, and if there be anp faults in 
tbetoater,clearcncsand fatylon, o? that it 
hath anp knobs o? other defaults,it map tod! 
bcconfidcrcd tohaf hurt it map bee bnto the 
falc thereof,and acco?ding to the goodnes, q? 
badnes baleto the p?tce tberof: tobteh hauing 
taletoed,toe muff fee tohat if toeigheth, and 
then make the reckoning thereof, as toith 
diamonds. Rubies t Cmeraulds, s if there 
be a tobolc ffring o? a chaine full of pearlcs, 
pou muff lokc tocll bpon the ,fo?®tobcrc there 
arc manp,tbep arc not all alike: the greateff 
becing the beff, «the other after the rate,fo? 
the godues of the great toil beare the badnes 
of the fmal: but if it be contrarp, then the bat* 
gen is not berp good.'&hte tyall lufficc fo? in* 
ffruction to fuch as defirc to dealc therewith, 
to haue altoaies in their memo?ie, and tohaf 
herein is toanting fo? the better bnderffand* 
ing and knotolcdgc hereof, it map be fupplicS 
bp true 3ctodlers and ff one cutters that are 
fkiifull in this point,and toith thefe inffructi- 
ons can cafilp hdp,fo that a ma tyall not xsd 
tohollp to put his truff in thole, that fo? their 
otonep?ofit toill glue them but bad ccunfdt 
therein. 
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