Stones.
Lapides.
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_Sand_, 1. and _Gravel_, 2.
is _Stone_ broken into bits.
_Arena_, 1. & _Sabulum_, 2.
est _Lapis_ comminutus.
A _great Stone_, 3.
is a piece of
a _Rock_ (or Crag) 4.
_Saxum_, 3.
est pars
_Petræ_ (Cautis) 4.
A _Whetstone_, 5.
a _Flint_, 6. a _Marble_, 7. &c.
are ordinary Stones.
_Cos_, 5.
_Silex_, 6. _Marmor_, 7. &c.
sunt obscuri Lapides.
A _Load-stone_, 8.
draweth Iron to it.
_Magnes_, 8.
adtrahit ferrum.
_Jewels_, 9.
are clear Stones, as
_Gemmæ_, 9.
sunt pellucidi Lapilli,
The _Diamond_ white
ut _Adamas_ candidus,
The _Ruby_ red,
_Rubinus_ rubeus,
The _Sapphire_ blue,
_Sapphirus_ cæruleus,
The _Emerald_ green,
_Smaragdus_ viridis,
The _Jacinth_ yellow, &c.
_Hyacynthus_ luteus, &c.
And they glister
being cut into corners.
et micant
angulati.
_Pearls_ and _Unions_, 10.
grow in Shell-fish.
_Margaritæ_ & _Uniones_, 10.
crescunt in Conchis.
_Corals_, 11.
in a Sea-shrub.
_Corallia_, 11.
in Marinâ arbusculâ.
_Amber_, 12. is gathered
from the Sea.
_Succinum_, 12. colligitur
è mari.
_Glass_, 13, is like
_Chrystal_.
_Vitrum_, 13. simile est
_Chrystallo_.