rome_n to_o repress_v that_o excess_n 563_o b_o d._n gravers_n cutter_n and_o carver_n in_o marble_n who_o be_v the_o first_o 564_o h._n grave_v in_o marble_n as_o ancient_a as_o the_o reckon_n of_o year_n by_o olympiades_n ibid._n l_o marble_n of_o paros_n white_a 565_o b_o marble_n spot_v 571._o b._n of_o sundry_a sort_n ibid._n marble_n pillar_n and_o column_n in_o building_n of_o temple_n why_o at_o first_o use_v ibid._n man_n of_o chios_n build_v therewith_o the_o wall_n of_o their_o city_n 571._o c._n the_o scoff_n of_o m._n cicero_n unto_o they_o by_o that_o occasion_n ibid._n d_o marble_n slit_v into_o thin_a plate_n who_o invention_n 571._o d_o who_o seel_a the_o wall_n of_o his_o house_n first_o with_o marble_n at_o rome_n 571._o e._n who_o build_v his_o house_n first_o at_o rome_n upon_o marble_n pillar_n ibid._n f_o k._n mausolus_n first_o garnish_v his_o palace_n with_o marble_n of_o proconnesus_n 571._o d_o marble_n lucullian_n whereupon_o it_o take_v the_o name_n 572._o g._n it_o be_v black_a ibid._n where_o it_o grow_v ibid._n marble_n stone_n slit_v and_o saw_v after_o what_o manner_n ibid._n h_o marble_n of_o sundry_a kind_n 573._o a_o marble_n of_o lacedaemon_n esteem_v best_o ibid._n marble_n augustum_fw-la and_o tiberium_fw-la why_o so_o call_v 573._o b_o how_o they_o differ_v ibid._n marble_n serpentine_a ibid._n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o ib._n marble_n of_o memphis_n with_o the_o medicinable_a property_n 573_o c_o marble_n coraliticum_fw-la where_o it_o be_v find_v and_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o 574._o i._n marble_n alabandicum_fw-la why_o so_o call_v ibid._n it_o will_v melt_v and_o drink_v glass_n be_v make_v thereof_o ibid._n marble_n thebaicke_n 574_o i_o the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n k_o marble_n syenites_n why_o so_o call_v 574_o k._n it_o be_v name_v also_o pyrrhopoecilos_n ibid._n it_o serve_v for_o long_a obeliske_n ibid._n marble_n gray_a or_o sinadian_n marble_n 522._o i_o marble_n do_v live_v and_o grow_v in_o the_o quarry_n 586._o i_o marchesin_n or_o marquesit_fw-la stone_n see_v cadmia_n and_o pyrite_n martion_n of_o smyrna_n a_o writer_n of_o herb_n 300._o k_o marcipores_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 459_o a_o c._n marius_n censorinus_n how_o rich_a he_o die_v 479_o e._n f_o q_n marcius_n tremellius_n his_o statue_n in_o a_o gown_n for_o what_o desert_n 491._o e_fw-la marigold_n and_o their_o flower_n compare_v with_o violet_n 85._o e_o mariscon_n a_o kind_n of_o rishi_n 106._o k_o c._n marius_n drink_v ordinary_o out_o of_o a_o wooden_a tankard_n after_o the_o example_n of_o bacchus_n 482._o l_o mark_v remain_v after_o the_o cautery_n or_o searing-yron_n how_o to_o be_v take_v away_o 377._o f_o marmaridius_n a_o magician_n 372._o i_o marrow_n of_o what_o virtue_n it_o be_v 320._o m_o what_o marrow_n be_v best_a ib._n how_o to_o be_v order_v and_o prepare_v ib._n marsian_o people_n resist_v all_o poison_n 95._o a._n b_o marsian_n descend_v from_o circe_n 210._o l._n they_o cure_v the_o sting_n of_o serpent_n by_o touch_v or_o suck_v only_o ibid._n martia_n a_o water_n serve_v rome_n 408._o g._n most_o cold_a and_o wholesome_a ibid._n from_o whence_o it_o come_v ibid._n who_o convey_v it_o to_o rome_n and_o maintain_v it_o ibid._n how_o it_o take_v that_o name_n 585._o d_o q._n martius_n rex_fw-la his_o wonderful_a work_n perform_v during_o his_o pretourship_n 585._o d_o mascellin_n mettle_n of_o gold_n silver_n and_o brass_n 487._o q._n c_o maspetum_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 8._o l_o massaris_n 146_o g._n a_o wild_a vine_n ibid._n 147._o c._n how_o employ_v ibid._n massurius_n a_o writer_n of_o history_n 320._o k_o thistle-masticke_n what_o it_o be_v 98._o i_o mastic_n the_o gum_n of_o the_o lentisk_a tree_n and_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n 182._o l._n 184._o h_o matrice_n pain_v and_o vex_v with_o throw_n what_o remedy_n for_o it_o 39_o f._n 53_o b_o 66_o k._n 106._o ay_o m._n 121._o f._n 186_o k._n 198_o m_o 207_o d._n 266_o l._n 267_o b._n f._n 268_o g._n 279_o a._n 283_o a._n 308_o g._n 339_o c_o 340._o g._n matrice_n puff_v up_o swell_v and_o hard_a how_o to_o be_v assuage_v and_o mollify_v 72_o l._n 103_o c._n 111_o c._n f._n 162_o k._n 180_o l._n 183._o d_o 186_o g._n 339_o c._n f._n 340_o g._n 352_o i_o 396_o h._n 397_o a._n matrice_n inflame_a and_o impostumat_v how_o to_o be_v cure_v 55_o e_fw-la 59_o d._n 71_o b._n 267_o d._n 303_o a._n 350_o g._n 351_o a._n matrice_n sore_a and_o exulcerat_a how_o to_o be_v heal_v 140_o i_o 159._o d_o 161_o c._n 175_o a._n 267_o d._n 340_o g_o m._n matrice_n overmoist_a and_o slippery_a how_o to_o be_v help_v 340_o l_o matrice_n draw_v in_o and_o contract_v how_o to_o be_v remedy_v 303._o a._n matrice_n pervert_v fall_v down_o or_o displace_v how_o to_o be_v reduce_v and_o settle_v again_o 303_o a._n 339_o b._n 340_o h._n 396._o h_o 557_o f._n 591_o b._n see_v more_o in_o mother_n matrice_n obstruct_v and_o unclean_a how_o to_o be_v open_v cleanse_v and_o mundify_v 43._o b._n c._n 55._o d._n 57_o c._n 62._o k._n 77._o b._n 101._o d_o 168._o i_o 180._o l._n 268._o g._n 340._o k._n 104._o i._n 121._o f._n 133._o e._n 158._o h_o 175._o b._n 182._o g._n 187._o d._n 192._o l._n 266._o l_o 267._o c._n d._n 271._o d._n for_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o matrice_n in_o general_a comfortable_a medicine_n 102._o h._n k._n 108._o k._n 109._o b._n c._n 111._o d._n 119._o d_o 121._o e._n 154._o g._n 173._o a._n 175._o a._n 179._o f._n 181._o b._n 183._o e._n 193._o b_o 196._o g._n 207._o c._n 267._o f._n 271._o d._n 313._o c._n 318._o h._n 339._o d._n 340._o i._n l_o 395._o c._n 448._o i._n 449._o b._n 589._o b._n maturative_a medicine_n 76._o k._n 103._o c._n 139._o a._n 183._o d._n 303._o a_o 556._o l._n mattiaci_n what_o spring_v 404._o h_o maur-hil_n corrupt_o call_v moulhil_n what_o they_o be_v 397._o d_o mausoleum_n the_o renown_a tomb_n erect_v by_o queen_n artemisia_n for_o king_n mausolus_n her_o husband_n 568._o i_o the_o description_n thereof_o and_o the_o workman_n ibid._n m_o e_o mead_n or_o honey_a water_n see_v hydromell_n one_o meal_n a_o day_n no_o good_a diet_n 304._o h_o mechopane_n a_o painter_n full_a of_o curious_a workmanship_n 548._o m_o maecenas_n messius_n hold_v his_o peace_n voluntary_o for_o three_o year_n space_n 305._o d_o maecenas_n sign_v with_o the_o print_n of_o a_o frog_n 601._o f_o mecon_n a_o kind_n of_o wild_a poppy_n 69._o c_o meconis_n a_o lectuce_n why_o so_o call_v 24._o i_o meconite_n a_o precious_a stone_n 628._o i_o meconium_n whaet_fw-la it_o be_v 68_o i_o remedy_n against_o meconium_n 160_o k_o meconium_n aphrode_v a_o herb_n 257_o f_o mecontum_fw-la what_o kind_n of_o medicine_n to_o make_v a_o woman_n fruitful_a 303._o b_o medea_n a_o precious_a stone_n 628._o i_o by_o who_o find_v ibid._n medea_n queen_n of_o colchis_n a_o famous_a witch_n 210._o k_o medion_n a_o herb_n with_o the_o description_n 285._o e_o medius_n a_o writer_n in_o physic_n 39_o e_fw-la meddler_n the_o fruit_n and_o their_o medicinable_a virtue_n 171._o b_o megabizus_n what_o he_o be_v 548._o i_o meges_n a_o chirurgeon_n 439._o c_o melfrugum_a see_v panic_n melamphyllon_n what_o herb_n 129._o c_o melampodium_fw-la what_o herb_n and_o of_o who_o it_o take_v that_o name_n 217._o b_o melamprasium_fw-la 278._o g_o melampus_n a_o famous_a divinor_fw-la or_o prophet_n 217._o a_o melancholy_a the_o disease_n what_o remedy_n be_v appropriate_a for_o it_o 46._o i_o 50._o l._n 72._o k._n 107._o e._n 140._o h._n 157._o a._n 219._o d._n 283._o a_o 304._o l._n 316_o g._n 318._o g._n 336._o h._n melancholy_n the_o humour_n what_o medicine_n do_v purge_v 111._o f_z 188._o g._n 235_o f._n 412._o m._n melandrium_fw-la what_o herb_n 248._o g_o melanthemon_n what_o herb_n 125._o d_o melas_n a_o fountain_n the_o water_n whereof_o make_v sheep_n white_a 403._o c._n melas_n a_o cutter_n in_o marble_n of_o great_a antiquity_n 564._o k_o melichloros_n a_o precious_a stone_n 630._o m_o melichrus_n a_o precious_a stone_n ibid._n mililot_n a_o herb_n 90_o g._n why_o call_v sertula-campana_n the_o description_n thereof_o ibid._n the_o virtue_n medicinable_a 106._o l_o melinum_n a_o painter_n white_a colour_n 528._o k._n why_o so_o call_v 529._o d._n how_o it_o be_v get_v ibid._n the_o use_n in_o physic_n and_o the_o price_n ibid._n melitaei_n what_o dog_n 380._o h_o melite_n a_o precious_a stone_n 630._o m_o melity_n a_o kind_n of_o honey_a wine_n 136._o m._n the_o property_n it_o have_v 137._o a_o melitite_n a_o stone_n why_o so_o call_v 589._o b._n the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n melon_n their_o meat_n and_o medicinable_a property_n 37._o c_o melopepone_n what_o they_o be_v 14._o k_o melothron_n what_o plant_n 149._o c_o membrane_n wounded_z how_o
ochre_n silius_n and_o azure_a as_o for_o silius_n to_o speak_v proper_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o muddy_a slime_n the_o best_a of_o this_o kind_n be_v call_v atticum_n and_o every_o pound_n of_o it_o be_v worth_a 32_o denier_n the_o next_o in_o goodness_n be_v hard_o as_o stone_n or_o marble_n and_o carry_v hardly_o half_a the_o price_n of_o the_o other_o name_v atticum_n there_o be_v a_o three_o sort_n of_o a_o fast_a &_o compact_a substance_n which_o because_o it_o be_v bring_v out_o of_o the_o island_n scyros_n some_o call_v scyricum_n and_o yet_o of_o late_a very_o we_o have_v it_o out_o of_o achaia_n also_o and_o this_o be_v the_o sil_n that_o painter_n use_v for_o their_o shadow_n this_o be_v sell_v after_o two_o sesterce_n the_o pound_n as_o for_o the_o sil_n which_o come_v out_o of_o france_n call_v the_o bright_a silius_n it_o be_v sell_v in_o every_o pound_n two_o ass_n less_o than_o that_o of_o achaia_n this_o sil_n and_o the_o first_o call_v atticum_n painter_n use_v to_o give_v a_o lustre_n and_o light_n withal_o but_o the_o second_o kind_n which_o stand_v upon_o marble_n be_v not_o employ_v but_o in_o tablement_n and_o chapter_n of_o pillar_n for_o that_o the_o marble_n grit_fw-fr within_o it_o do_v withstand_v the_o bitterness_n of_o the_o lime_n this_o sil_n be_v dig_v likewise_o out_o of_o certain_a hill_n not_o past_o 20_o mile_n from_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n afterward_o they_o burn_v it_o and_o by_o that_o mean_n do_v sophisticate_a and_o sell_v it_o for_o the_o fast_a or_o flat_a kind_n name_v pressum_fw-la but_o that_o it_o be_v not_o true_a and_o natural_a but_o calcine_v appear_v evident_o by_o the_o bitterness_n that_o it_o have_v and_o for_o that_o it_o be_v resolve_v into_o powder_n chap._n xiii_o ¶_o of_o ochre_n silius_n azure_a caeruleum_fw-la nestorianum_n and_o coelum_fw-la also_o that_o all_o these_o kind_n keep_v not_o the_o same_o price_n every_o year_n polygnotus_n and_o mycon_n be_v the_o first_o painter_n who_o wrought_v 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the_o cyprian_a azure_a be_v prefer_v before_o that_o of_o scythia_n over_o and_o above_o those_o azures_n beforenamed_n we_o have_v some_o from_o puteoli_n and_o spain_n where_o they_o be_v artificial_a and_o they_o have_v take_v to_o make_v it_o of_o a_o kind_n of_o sand_n all_o the_o sort_n of_o these_o azur_n receive_v first_o a_o dye_n and_o be_v boil_v with_o a_o certain_a herb_n appropriate_v to_o it_o call_v oad_o the_o colour_n and_o juice_n whereof_o azure_a be_v apt_a to_o drink_v in_o and_o receive_v as_o for_o all_o the_o preparation_n and_o make_n of_o it_o otherwise_o it_o be_v the_o same_o that_o belong_v to_o chrysocolla_n or_o borax_n of_o azure_a there_o be_v make_v that_o powder_n which_o we_o call_v in_o latin_a lomentum_n for_o which_o purpose_n it_o must_v be_v first_o pun_v pulverize_a and_o wash_v and_o this_o be_v white_a indeed_o than_o the_o azure_a itself_o sell_v it_o be_v after_o three_o and_o twenty_o denier_n the_o pound_n whereas_o azure_a may_v be_v 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powder_n of_o the_o base_a account_n of_o all_o other_o some_o call_v it_o tritum_fw-la and_o it_o be_v not_o esteem_v worth_a above_o five_o ass_n the_o pound_n but_o to_o try_v the_o right_n and_o perfect_a azure_a indeed_o the_o best_a experiment_n be_v to_o see_v whether_o it_o will_v flame_n upon_o a_o burn_a coal_n as_o for_o the_o false_a and_o sophisticat_v azure_a it_o be_v thus_o make_v they_o take_v the_o flower_n of_o violet_n dry_v and_o boil_v they_o in_o water_n the_o juice_n they_o press_v forth_o through_o a_o linen_n cloth_n and_o mix_v the_o same_o with_o the_o chalky_a earth_n call_v eretria_n until_o such_o time_n as_o it_o be_v well_o incorporat_a with_o it_o to_o proceed_v unto_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o azure_a it_o be_v hold_v to_o be_v a_o great_a clenser_n &_o therefore_o it_o mundify_v ulcer_n in_o which_o regard_n it_o enter_v into_o plaster_n as_o also_o into_o potential_a cautery_n as_o touch_v ochre_n or_o sil_n it_o be_v exceed_o hard_a to_o 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