/ P~rt.~.Set't-4- cure ofMelancholy. Memb .x.Subr. 4 ; --~----------~------------------~ ~ Sv E s • c-r. 4· I Pretiot#flones ,Metals, Minerals ,AlterAtiuts. ~ Craronb ep. Retious fioncs are diverfl y cenfured,many explod~ the life of ;:;·~~~~;::~ th~m or any Mineralls in Phyfick, ofwhom ThomfiJ llr.jlur <m"' mirabilia is the chiefe;in his Tract againfi PAracelfus, and in an Epillle 9~~·;~:,. ofhis to Peter UUona:'ius, k That flonts can work anywonaers, • <& ,.1 ,eri· let them belwvethat lift, no man fbaH per(wade me,f~r muart I ~ntiaJidici •· hauefitmd by experience there is novertue in them. But UUatthiolus in his ;::;,:~~:,"j •. comme~t upon 1 !J,iofcorides , is as profufe ~n the other fide in their com- •ik perfo,ae- mendauon, fo IS Card~n,K~noaeus,Alardus,Rueus,Enetluu,tMar~odeus, ~uJalj'umeje &c. m tMatthio/fiS fpeetfies m Corall: and Ofwaldus Crg/lius Bajil.chym. ~~~j:gemmu. pr:terres the f~lt of Corall. n Chriffoph.Encelites lib -3-"P· 131. will hauc m Morgarit~ rh e to be as fo many fcverall med1cmes agamfr_melancboly,forrow,feare, : .:~':.~:,:. dulnelfe,and the like, o Rtnodws admires them, befiiles tiny admit Kings licam pr<ei · Cr~rpnes ,gr•ce thefingers ,tnrtch our houfholdfluffe,defendus from enchant- ~~~~~~~~;;. ments,pre{rrve health,c~re difc•fes ,they drive away gri<ft,cam, •nd exhil•- & ,,fn~ ratethemmde. T_he pamcularsbe thele. . . . _ fPirirur eo•· Granatus a preuous fione focalled,becau!e lt 1s hke the kernels ofa Pomr. for~.,b~cor, granatc,an unperfea kindcofRuby ,it comes from Calectet, P if h,.Dg ab1ut ;~;;. 0 14111 the ne.·k,or taken in drink ,it much rejiffethforrow ,andrecreats the hwt. The o Pr£fat.aJ fame properties I finde afcribed to the Jacinth and Topaz~, q They allay an- ~~~~'d;~~;. ger,grie!e,diminilhmadnelfe,muchdelight and exhilerate theminde, •I{ m•d.Regum it veeither carriedabollt,or taken in apotion, it will increafe wifdome, faith 't::::~~:~"' Cardan,expell fme,h~ brags that he hath wreclmany madmen with it,which {l~ant,fopelle· when they l•td by the ftone,were M madagam M ever they were .at firft.Petrus flilem.litanr, Bayerwlib.z.cap.x3. veni mecum,Fran. Rtuns ,cap.19.de gemmis, fay as ;/,;;;::,:,::~ much ofthe chryfolitt,' afriendofwifdome,an enemy to folly. Plin~ /i~. medeutur,[•- 37•Solinuscap.)l. Albertus de laptd.Cardan.Enteltus ltl1.3 . r~p.66. htghly "itatemeon- maonifies the venue of the Beryl/,' it muchavailes to agood under{landing, {::;:':;~;;:~·- rep;efleth vaineconceits,evillthoughts,caN{eth mirt'h, &c. In the hdly ofa rant. trif/itiii fwallow,there is a!lone found called chelidonius , u which if it 6e la!fed in ~·::;:i;., 1• 3 • afoire cloath,and tiulto theright arme,••iO cure lunaticks , madnun, make • 4.s..fPe•("' thunArniable and merry. '"'.l ~bibitur1 There isakinde ot Onyx called a Ch•lcidonye,which bath the fame qua- ~~e·:;f;J:C: lities,x a'luiles mttch againftphantaflick il!uftons which prmed from me/an- & corremat choly ,preferucs the v1gour and good efiare of the whole body. ~Idem '~P,;/' The Ebdn fione which Goldfmiths ufe to t1eeken their gold wirh,borne :;:;r.;r;,& about or given ro drink,y hath the fame properties or not much unlike. Topatio.lraor; , LtviniM Lemnius Inflitut. ad vit. c. 58. amongft orher Jewels ma)<es ~f~;ifl~i:::,•· mention ~ftwomore notable; C ~rbuncle and Coralt , • which driNe aw•y ~~~;~ bi~ gejlalus aut ebihitUf f"UJen~iam il?ge:,noflurnos tim~r~s pt:Uit,infonos hac fona'Ui., ~ quum /ap;Jemabiet;trint. erup it iterumflultitia. 1 Induc~tf~ptentram ,fogat jiMlttttam,Idem Cardamu, l~ntltJCts)U'V~t. t C~nf~t J iooum inteUetlum,comprimit maiM cogzt~tton~r,&.c. Al<"resr~ddu.. u Albert~s,Enc~Jrus .cap.44'lt6 .3.P/zn ltb.;7• eop. 1o.Jacobus de'Do'IJdiJ: Jextro. bracbto aHtgatus (anat l~n~t~cos, mJa:r;~s,factt amabzles ,;tuundos. x Pa!et contra phsmtafiictU ihufionts ex melancbolta · YAme'ltet fonat, t~ijittt4m pe!ltt•r:am,&c. z "Ua(et ad fugandos ttmorer & Jt!mones Jtur~ulenraJomni~ ~~~igit ,0' THJfliJT110S puerorum ttmores 'ompe(ctt. thildijh
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