N AT VR All 
HISTOR IE. 
VIII. Century. 
Here beMinerals y andFojsilesjn great Varie- 
tie • But of Veines of Earth Medici will, but 
few • The chiefe are, T try a Lemnia^T crra 
Sigillata communis and Bolus Arminus : 
Whereof ITwaLeniniaXi the Ghieife. The 
Vmues of them* are, for Curing of wounds y 
Stanching of Bloud y Stopping at Fluxes and 
Rheumes r and Arrejling the Spreading of 
Poyfon , Infection) and Putrifafiion: And they 
haue,of all other i 7 >^/er,thePerfe<fteft and 
Pure ft ggality of Drying ,with little or no Mixture of any oth ti Quality, 
Yet it is urue,thatthe Bole-Arminicke is the moftCo/^otthen^Aad that 
Terra Lemnia is the moft Hot • For which Caulc, the Jjla'nd Lemnos , 
where it is digged,was in the Old Fabulous ^gacohfecrated to 
Bout the bottome of the straights are gathered great Quantities 
of Spongesyvhich are gatherecffrom the .{ides. Of Radetjatt ing as it 
were a large, but tough Moffe. It is the more to be noted, bccaufe that 
there bebut kwSubftanceSiPlant-likejh&t grow deep within thoSe^For 
they are gathered fometimes fifteen Fathom deep.. And when they are 
laid 
x 1 
175 'j 
Experiment 
Solitary cou¬ 
ching Veines 
of MedicinaU 
Earth. 
701 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the 
Growth ©f 
| Sponges. 
702 
