is made of Alkermes Berries c. and brought over from Marseilles being of a bright Scarlet colour well relished and tasted of an acid tast and a good Body Sulphur Vivum OR live Brimstone is nothing else but Brimstone before Fusion of a grayish colour and acid tast and not so easie to take fire as other Brimstone It is brought to us from Italy T. Talcum Com. COmmon Tale looks red without and white within There is a great deal to be had in Germany and in Yorkshire here in England Talcum Venetum VEnetian Talk is a Stone which shines of several colours as it were of Gold Silver and green and therefore by some called the Star of the Earth yet it will come off in Shivers 'T is brought to us from Italy * Tamarindi IS the Fruit of a small Shrub in the East-Indies growing like Ash-keys The best is reckoned to be the red of a lively sharp accid tast others like the black sort better those which are least stony and stringy are to be preferred They come from the East-Indies Tartarum Album WHite Argol or Rhenish Argol the best is that which comes from Heylbron and Strasbourg breaking clear and free without Dross It is brought out of Germany Tartarum Rubruns REd Argol is very course 'T is brought to us from Genoua Florence and some parts of France Tartarum Vitriclatum IS a Chymical Preparation made out of Oyl of Tartar per Deliquium and Oyl of Vitriol * Tea IS a small Herb of a Shrub which grows in China the same is used in most Coffee-Houses The goodness consists of a fine green Tenderness excellent fragrant smell like Violet and to keep a good clear and green colour in the Water being chewed streaks very green like Grass of it are several sorts which must be distinguished by the Eye tast and smell above all the leaves fine crisp'd green inclining to Razor-blew-colour Terra Sigillata Alb. IS a thing made out of fine Earth and sealed here in England Terra Sigiâ—â—â—â—a Rubr. IS likewise made here â—â—d sâ—â—led their goodness are according to what Earth is used in the making up of them Terra Lemnia IS a fattish red Earth coming from Turky by some called Axungia Solis this is a fatter Earth and darker red than the fine Bole the goodness of it consists if thrown into Water to rise up in Bubbles if touched by the Tongue to adhere to it Terra Sigillata Vâ—ra USED to be brought out of Turky sealed with Turkish Characters but of late several Fallacies being discovered there is a Sealed Earth made out of Terra Lemnia and some sealed Earths are brought from Germany growing near Strigonia which is by modern Physicians best esteemed * Terra Japonica alias Catechu IS a dark colour'd Earth like to course Aloes Socatrina if chewed it dissolves tastes adstringent in the Mouth and sweet in the Throat 'T is brought from the East-Indies Terra Samia IS an Earth which comes from Armenia growing near a City called Samos 'T is adstringent and of a yellowish colour Terebinthina Com. IS brought to us in great Abundance from France from whence the Oyl of Turpentine is drawn in Quantities and little Barrels of several Weights are made up for the Druggists use 'T is of a thick Body strong smell and whitish colour Terebenthina Veneta VEnetian Turpentine is of a thin clear transparent Body and indifferently well scented 'T is brought from thence and some parts of Germany as Brechmen being brought down from Salzburgh and Nâ—rimburgh c. Terebenthina Strasb IS of a green and inclining to an Amber colour very clear well scented and brought from Strasbourgh * Terebinthina Cypria IS brought to us in Gourds something resembling Chio Turpentine but that it is generally foul and full of Dross and a thicker body than any other * Terebinthina è Chio. CHio Turpentine comes over from Turkey in earthen Pots is very clear and thick of a yellowish colour Tincal IS nothing else but an unrefined Borax brought over to us in Tuppers from the East-Indies The best is that which is in large greenish pieces free from Mud which it is generally pestered with as also small Pibble stones and greased over with stinking Oyl which is said to be Neats-foot Oyl The driest cleanest and largest is therefore to be preferred Trochisci de Viperis 'T Is a little round Cake made and sealed with the Mucilage of the Powder of Vipers and beaten Biskets and dryed in the Sun The best come from Venice Turnesole ARE nothing but old Rags and Linnon dipped in the red juice of Grapes others say in Mulberry juice and dried up in the Sun They strike a red colour in White-Wine or other Water like Claret They come to us out of France THUS FRankincense is brought to us from France in large pieces that which is best is in large dry and white pieces V. Viscus Quercinus THE best of Misseltoes are found upon large Oaks almost the colour of the same other Missels are found upon Apple Trees and others but not so good Viscus Aucupum OR Bird-Lime is a thing made here in England with which Nut-Oyl being struck over little Rods is so clammy that it fasteneth the small Birds to it Vitriolum Album VVHite Copâ—eras comes to us from Hamborow that in large and great Pigs white and not yellow nor dusty is looked upon the best Viâ—riolum Viride GReen Copperas is made in great quantities here in England from a round Stone which is found in the Isle of Wight and old-rusty Iron Vitriolum Dantz IS made in Prussia the same running more upon Copper This is looked upon better than English Vitriolum Hungariae THE Hungarian Vitriol is of a blewish green colour 'T is said to grow near Silver Gold and Copper Several Counterfeits are sold for it Vitriolum Roman ROman Vitriol is vulgarly so called it is nothing else but Cypress Vitrio in cut Stones very blew like a Sapphire There is another sort which comes in Duppers from the East Indies not inferiour to the former but that it generally runs together in lumps and not loose nor in cut Stones Ungula Alcis ELks claws come to us from Dantzick The best are those which are large full Legs to the upper Knuckle full Hooff'd and well Haired Unguent Flor. Aurant ORange Flower Butter is made from the Orange Flower and if right with Pomatum The best comes from Bermoodos some good comes from France and Genoua Usnea Cranii Humani THE Moss of a Scull of any dead â—ody dying violently and left unburied in the Field we have seen it in some Sculls brought from Ireland Z. Zibethum or Civet THE best of it is reckoned to be made in England though a great deal more is made in Holland and with Certificates Transported into most parts of Europe That which is clear of a fine lively whitish colour not mixt with Butter c. is to be preferred The African Barbados and other Civets coming from
generally from Barbary some few from Province and other parts of France Amygdala Dulcis SWeet Almonds are to be chosen as aforesaid but of a sweet taste without rancor the best are the Jordan after them Province and Barbary Almonds Anacardia IS the Fruit of an Indian Tree like a Birds Heart with Juice like Blood it is by some called the Elephants Lowse it is brought from Bantam in the East Indies Antimonium Crudum CRude Antimony is a Mineral Body in which the Metalline nature is finished consisting of Sulphur Mineral of Metallic Mercury indigested and of an earthly Substance intermixt with Salt That which is brought to us comes from Dantzick and Poland which is in Loaves of a pretty length being larger streak'd and less foot in it than that which comes from France which is in large round thick Loaves full of foot and nothing nigh so good as the former Antimonium Hungar. OF all Antimonies the Hungarian and Transylvanian Antimony is to be preferred because that it is of a purer Sulphur and inbibeth a Golden Mineral therefore are its streaks more splendid and longer of an obscure reddishness which showeth its goodness 't is cast in a Pyramid fashioned Loaf and this Antimony is in all Medicines to be preferr'd before any other Antimonium Diaph DIaphoretick Antimony is a Chymical Preparation with Nitre and Antimony and Washing that it comes very white and light Antimonii Vitrum OR Stibium is a Glass of Antimony looks a transparent deep red Chymically so prepared and that most in Amsterdam Antimonii Cerussa IS Chymically prepared from Antimony c. made here in Town being very white Aqua Fortis OF Aqua Fortis there is in Druggists Shops sold viz. double and single It is a Chymical Preparation drawn from Salt petre and Copperas to several degrees the strength of it is known by pouring it upon the blade of a Knife by its strong scent fumâ—â—g and eating in presently in the blade of a Knife or any thing of Brass or Coâ—â—er as also by the quickly rotting a Pack-thred Aqua flor Aurant ORange Flower Water is brought to us from Province and Nizza in France as also from Genoua and other parts of Italy It s Goodness is only known by the rare odoriferous and fragrant Smell by dipping your Handkerchief c. in it Argentum Vivum QUick Silver is a Mineral Liquor or a Metallic Volatile the best is Virgin Quick Silver or that which is sometimes naturally found in the Earth tho' most of it is made of a Mineral which is called Cinnaber by the force of Fire as also drawn out of other Metals 't is found in quantities in Hungaria Transylvania Tyrol and other parts of Germany and some parts of Spain Aroma Equinum HOrse Spice is a thing made here in England of several Ingredients as Foenugrick Turmerick Long Pepper c. All ground together in Powder Auriculae Judae JEws Ears is a spungy Excrescency out of Elder Trees they are found here in England and most parts of Europe * Auripigmentum ORpment is a secundary Sulphureou Mineral but inflammable the finest comes from Surrat in the East Indies breaking of a shining Gold colour there is a great deal in Saxony in Germany but courser and lighter yellow inclining to a green more hard and rocky than the former Aerugo Aeris VErdigrease is a thing made out of Copper which by the Evaporating of new Wine turns to a green Powder and so gathered in Leather Bags and brought to us from Marseilles in France that which is of a dry and lively colour breaking easily into Powder is to be preferr'd Aes Ustum IS nothing else but the Scales of Copper Calcined in a Reverberatory Fire which are easily reduced into a Calx by beating them in a Mortar Arsenicum Album VVHite Rats-bane the best of it breaks clear and transparent like Crystal and comes out of Saxony by way of Hamborough it 's nothing else but a fusion of Orpment and Salt and therefore not a natural but an artificial thing Arsenicum Citrinum YEllow Arsenick comes likewise out of Saxony It is to be chosen of a pure yellow colour breaking clear within Arsenicum Rubrum BY some called Rose Alger alias Arsenic Sandarac is of an Orange colour if beaten to Powder the most pernicious of Poysons even outwardly applied it produceth horrible Effects this comes from the places aforesaid B Baccae Alkekengi Winter Cherries THey grow here against a Wall in England and in a great many other parts wild amongst the Vineyards The Berries are in a husk resembling red Cherries but a little more of an Orange colour being well dried they will continue of a lively red colour a little enclining to yellow * Baccae Coffee COho Seeds or Coffee is a Berry which groweth upon a Shrub in the Desarts of Arabia Foelix fâ—om whence it is carried through all the Grand Siegnior's Dominions even to the East Indies the best comes now from the East Indies being large bright a full â—erry and clean Formerly that which came from Turky which generally looks a little greenish was best esteemed great quantities are yearly imported from both parts Baccae Hederae IVY Berries grow in England and all parts of Europe they are to be chosen of a good full growth and well dried and gathered in the right season Baccae Juniperi JUniper Berries grow here and in all parts of Europe the largest and freshest of a good pleasant Smell black without and very green within are to be preferred Baccae Lauri LAurberries Bay Berries is a large Berry brought to us from Port a Port of a very hot oleaginous taste a little inclining to black brown Kernels within they come from several parts of the Straits Baccae Myrti MYrtilberries grow in Italy France and other hot Countries near the Rocks and Cliffs of the Sea brought to us from Marseilles Baccae Kermes ALkermes Berries is of a lively red colour very light and soon broken something like a Fly within They come from Italy Venice France and Marseilles Balsamum Capivi IS a Natural Balsam flowing from a Balsam Tree in Surinam in the West Indies of an Aromatic Smell hot and bitter taste of a body clear transparent like Venice Turpentine but exceeding all Turpentine for Goodness and Vertue * Balsamum Judaicum BAlm of Gilead by some called of Meccha by other Balsamum Syriacum is a Balsam much resembling the former but of a more condens'd Body if some drops are poured into Water it will spread upon the surface of the Water and uphold a little piece of Tobacco Pipe it is very fragrant of Smell somewhat like Rosemary and Sage Flowers 't is brought to us from Turky and is said to grow out of a thorny Tree in Arabia Media and India * Balsamum Peruanum NAtural Balsam Indian Balsam is of a a very fragrant sweet Smell a reddish black colour sinking under Water 't is brought to us from Peru and New Spain in earthen Jars covered over with
in the best way purged that which comes from Styria and Venice is generally reputed the best Other sorts come from Cologne and Bergsland but inferiour to the former Chalybs Preparat IS Steel Chymically prepared by a strong Acid c. Cerussa Veneta CErussa or fine white Lead of Venice is in little fine Loaves wrapped up in blew Papers brought over to us being very heavy formerly it used to be brought from Venice now great store is imported from Holland but that which is made here in England is better esteemed Cinnabaris Factitia VErmilion or made Cinnaber is of a very fine lively red colour made out of Quick-Silver and Brimstone by the Chymical Art First it was made only in Italy afterward great quantities were imported from Holland and now it is likewise made in England The goodness is known by its pure fine red colour Cinnabaris Nativa NAtural Cinnaber is a Mineral consisting of Sulphur and live Mercury some doth resemble a red Stone the finest is a very smooth drop of a pure red glistering and shining like the best of Vermilion it is said to be found in Lybia but of late the Dutch have brought the finest yet seen from Japan out of the East-Indies That which is found in Germany is rocky and stony and far inferiour to the former * Cochinille IS a fine little Berry breaking in a very dark red Powder grayish coloured without in shape like that Insect called Lady-bird but something less and therefore by many believed to be a Flie or an Insect which cannot be that any such rich colour can be in any such Creature The truest account I ever could learn is that some Flies and Insects fastening upon the leaves which are sharp as Needles of a certain Shrub on which your West-India Shoak-bears do grow causes a kind of a blister turning very red at first and grayish the outside After the Indians do rub all the other part of the leaf when dry and thus the Cochinille is produced Others think it only the blossom of a tender Herb taken off before it flowers 't is of an excellent colour of which all the finest Scarlet and Purple are dyed Brought from New Spain and Mexico Corallina IS nothing else but a Sea-moss Muscus Marinus growing in little white threads as small Vipers to the Rock like the Moss to a Tree being good is very white in longish Strings like the unrifling of a course white Linnen some of an inch long some shorter 't is of a saltish taste the smell resembling to Oisters Corallium Album WHite Coral is said to be a stony Juice growing under water in the Sea some like the small branches of a Tree others of several forms and shapes I have seen pieces of half a hundred Weight covering pieces of the Wrack where the Silver was fetcht out the best of it is that which is pure white and clear almost transparent free from Dross resembling almost the white Wax It comes generally from the West-Indies and other parts near Spain and France there is a course sort like to pieces of Tobacco-Pipes some small like Sugar-Confects is better but the best is of good handsome clear Branches and very clear and white Corallium Rubrum REd Coral of a most pure red colour like Vermillion when pollished and in large Branches such as used to be transported to the East-Indies is best But for Physical uses a small little Sprig sort is used likewise that of a pure red is to be preferred the pale scruffy sort is nothing near so good It is brought from the Tyrrhene and Sioilian Seas as likewise some parts of Italy and is polished at Naples Cornu Alcis THe Horn of an Elck is of several shapes but that which is best for use is a broad slat thick heavy Horn a little hollowish at one side if white within fit for rasping is in some cases to be preferred before Harts-horn Cornu Cervi HArts-horn or Stags horn of which the best come out of Germany the large with white and clear tips of a good fresh colour without and very white within are best those which come from the East-Countreys Scotland and Norway are not so good Cornu Rhinocerotis THe Rhinoceros horn is of a dark brownish colour with a sharp point mostly bendeth Half-Moon fashion but the Root very broad and heavy I have seen some of three foot in length they are brought over from the East-Indies Cornu Unicornu THe Unicorns horn is sometimes eight foot and more in length others of a smaller size they are very sharp pointed running taper all along and twisted of the colour of Ivory and a finer grain than any Ivory and very white within they are not of a four leg'd Creature like to a Horse but come from a Fish and therefore a Sea-Unicorn they are brought from the Straits Davids near the North-Passage Cortex Cappari Rad. CAper-bark is of the Roots of a Caper Tree or rather a Shrub whereupon the Capers grow the Bark is best which is bright a fair Paisnip colour and somewhat large and not Worm eaten * Cortex Cassiae Ligneae CAssia-Lignea is of several sorts the most and best for Physical Prescription is the quill sort being made up in small bundles the thickness of a Goose Quill generally sixteen Inches or thereabouts long of a bright light Cinnamen colour of a sweet but not sharp biting c. of a glutenous tast when chawed There is another sort which is called the Tramboon sort of which there is one kind in bundles like Clove-Park of a very hot biting tast breaking gummy as it were and blackish within like Clove-Bark which is very good also then likewise another sort much like this last in large thick rowles as big as a Thigh which proves pretty good and strong but is of a very dark colour Others of the Tramboon sort is like the small Cinnamon something of the same tast but not so strong but more woody and of a worse colour all come from the East-Indies Cortex Cinnamomi CInnamon is a Bark of the Cinnamon Tree which groweth upon the Island Zeylon of a light bright Cinnamon colour of a very hot but very pleasant odoriferovs tast of a fragrant scent in the very handling of it in Pipes about a yard in length the smallest and thinnest Bark is generally best Cortex Citri CItron Peels come from Spain and Portugal those which look of a lively yellow colour and fragrant smell are best * Cortex Elatherii IS a Bark so called from the name of an Island which is in the West-Indies 't is a round curled Bark something like Jesuits Bark of a very hot tast and fragrant smell when burned therefore it is often used to sweet-scent Tobacco Cortex Esulae Rad. IS a small bright Bark growing in England Germany c. Cortex Granatorum ARe the Peels of Pomegranate-Apples of which greatest part are brought to us from Portugal the largest reddish without and a bright yellow within are
Italy and Spain They grow here in England and many other parts Flores Chamaemeli CAmomil Flowers of which the double is called Roman Camomil-Flowers being most fragrant and whiter than the single the same being yellow within and white at the edge They grow here in England Germany and most parts of Europe Flores Meliloti MElilot Flower is of a yellow colour growing here in England in stony places best It is in its Flowers the whole Summer the smell resembling somewhat near to Honey Flores Origani ORiganum the best which is liked of here in England resembleth the sweet Marjarom 't is nothing else but a wild Marjarom growing in Spain Portugal Italy and other hot Countries of a fragrant smell betwixt Marjarom and Time being in knotty Flowers and free from Stalks and of a light brownish colour It is generally brought from Veâ—ice and Cadiz Flores Staechados SAechas is a Flower pretty large much of the shape of large Hops of a fragrant smell when growing the Flowers are yellow and blewish but when dried up of a Beer colour or light brown in knobs the largest not broken well scented are best which come from the Straits Italy and Spain There is a blewish sort which comes from Marseilles but is not so well liked of Flores Sulphuris IS nothing else but rough Brimstone sublimed by a Chymical way it is to be chosen that which is fine light and soft not harsh of a fine lively yellow colour almost insipid in taste dissolving in the Mouth Folia Betonicae BEtony Leaves are gathered here in England and most parts of Europe their Flowers being of a Purple colour the best are those which are gathered in May. Folia Dictamni Cret DIttany Leaves grow in Candia Dalmatia Morea c. the besâ— are in large Leaves well covered with Willow-green rough Cotton as it were upon them sometimes with Purple Flowers Those Leaves which are thiâ— and bald are to be rejected they come from Italy * Folia Malabathri FOlium Indiae Folium Cassiae is brought to us from the East Indies groweth plentifully in Cambaja near the Waterâ—â—de the Leaf is large and broad longer than a Lawrel leaf not quite so broad that is to be chosen which is green of a strong smell Cinnamon like and that which is fresh not black or decayed Folia Rosarum Rubrar REd-Rose-Leaves come out of France sometimes great stoâ—e are gathered in England of a sweet smell lively dark red colour choice ought to be made Folia Scordii SCordium or wild Germander groweth in and near waterish places here in England and many places of Europe * Folia Sennae Aleppo ALeppo Senna is the coursest of all Senna except the East-India being generally full of Stalks c. of a shorter Leaf it is to be chosen of a good strong smell not musty green of a palâ— colour and well cleansed * Folia Sennae Alexand. ALexandria Senna is the best of alâ— Senna of a large and long leaf â— fresh smell free from Stalks and small of a lively colour and a very gooâ— scent Folia Soldonellae SEA-Colwort or Bindweed is an Herâ— of a green leaf growing near Maritim places in Italy France and Zealand from thence 't is brought to us Folia Tussilaginis THe leaves of Colts-foot grow herâ— in England and most part of Europe G. * Gallae GAuls is a thing which groweth upon Oaks of a certain kind in Turky more in use by Dyers and Salters than Druggists the best sort are the Aleppo Gauls and the best of them those which are blew and heavy those which are yellowish inclining to red as most of the Smyrna sort are not so much esteemed They are brought from Turky * Grana Paradisi MAllagetta is of a dark reddish colour hot taste like Pepper They are brought from Guinea * Gutta Gamba CAmbogium Gutta-Gum is an inspissated Juice of a Plant but not well known of what Herb The same is brought from China the colour is not unlike to the finest Curcuma a fine yellow pure inclining to an Orange colour without Dross pure and clean in round Rowles and Cakes easily dissolving when touched with wet or the Tongue wilâ— turn whitish or of a milky Substance * Gum Ammoniacum Gum-Ammoniack is in fine little drops the best is loose somewhat like fine Olibanum but in less drops white within and yellow without smelling like to Castoreum of a bitter taste it will easily stick to the Fingers and so it often cometh all in one Mass or Lump it is brought from Turky and East Indies growing near the place where the Oracle of Hammon was from whence 't is thought to take its name * Gum Animi HEre that which is called Gum Animi is called beyond the Seas Copal and so Vice versa the Gum here meant is hard transparent rough without like Gum Senica it is brought from Guinea * Gum Arabicum GUm Arabick Gummi Thebaicum Gum Babylon cometh from a small Tree growing near the Water of a white clear and transparent colour 'T is brought to us from Turky and other parts of the Straits * Gum Asa faetida STinking Asa by some called Devilsdirt are the Tears or Lachryma of a Tree called Laseris growing in Syria Lybia and Media the finest is in pure fine white and clean drops free from Stalks and other mixture of a very strong foetid or stinking smell even exceding Garlike 't is adulterated with flower Sagapenum c. It is brought from the East-Indies and the Straits Gum Cerasorum GUM from a Cherry-Tree is of a brown red colour softish and clammy 't is found issuing out of Cherry-trees here in England and all parts of Europe * Gum Carannae GVm Caragna is a softish resinous Gum being very tough of a darkish Olive colour inclining to a Musk colour being soft condenseth being brought from the Spanish West-Indies from a place called Cartagena being of an odoriferous smell * Gum Copal IS a whitish softish Gum as it is here in England esteemed of an indifferent good smell inclining to a yellowish white colour much like to the ordinary Frankincense but of a better smell It comes from the Spanish West-Indies Gum Bdellium 'T Is the Tear or Lachryma of a thorny Tree growing in Arabia India and Media 't is of a bitter taste fat in feeling of a fragrant smell somewhat softish not easily to be beaten in a Mortar of a light brownish colour like bright and fresh Prunelloes and some of it black There is another sort which here is most desired which cometh amongst Gum Senica and a little resembling it or like large pieces of Olibanum which is easily beaten into Powder but by the Learned not looked upon so true as the former * Gum Benzoin IS very well scented odoriferous and fragrant the best is as if it were marbled or intermixt with white and light brown or dark yellowish specks breaking very easily being rubbed betwixt the Hands of a most pleasant fragrancy it may also be
St. Christopher's Mevis Jamaica c. It is very white and hard like a Stone somewhat resembling white Ivory Lapis Nephriticus IS a grayish Stone inclining to a pale green it comes out of New and Old Spain likewise from some parts of Germany of which one has been seen weighing fifty Pound and more at Francfâ—rt Lapis Ostiocolla IS of a whitish colour very rough in shape like the Pipe of a mans Bone 't is found in the Palatinate Darmstad and in Saxony Lapis Sapphirus IS of a Steel colour in very small pieces that sort comes from Germany and is used in Physick but the Oriental Sapphire is of a most curious blew colour which is set in Rings and is brought from the East-Indies Lapis Rubinus IS of a pure fine red fiery colour that which is Physically used is very small like Gravel but of blood red colour the harder they are the better they are reckoned The small ones which are used come out of Germany Bohemia and Italy the large Oriental Rubies being Jewels of great worth come from Zeylon and other parts of the East-Indies Lapis Sardus IS of a fleshy colour therefore sometimes though corruptly Carneol they are found in Egypt Arabia and likewise very good ones in Bohemia and Silesia * Lapis Smaragdus EMerauld Stone are if good of a very fine green and lively colour especially those which are the Oriental the other which come out of Egypt Germany are far inferiour being sometimes mixt with white and purple Amethysts Lapis Topasius TOpas Stones some are very hard and if fine and a good lustre they resemble a Diamond the nearest of any others more soft resemble Crystals and so are those which are found in Bohemia They are likewise called Chrysolithus * Lapis Tutia IS a dark grayish Stone very rough on the one side and hollow and smooth on the other 't is said to be the Exfulmination of Brass Mettal but I rather believe it Natural They are brought from the East Indies Lapis ex felle Bovis IS a little Stone found in the gall of an Oxe Lapis Spongiae ARe little white Stones which are found amongst the Sponges being supposed to be that which fastneth the Sponges to the Rocks They come from the Gulph Lâ—panto Lapis Aetites THe Eagle Stone is of two sorts the Oriental is of the bigness of a Prune or a Plumb of a yellowish gray colour the other of divers shapes and bigness are found near Sweinford in Germany They have another Stone within as it were pregnant which rattles those are of an Iron colour rough without some of them are polished they are found in the Nest of an Eagle Women with Child carry them under the left Arm about them to hinder Miscarriage and Abortion Lapis Hibernus IRish slate is a softish Stone which is easily scraped to a Powder 't is of an Ash-blew colour inclining to black Lignum Aloes IS brought from Bantam in the East-Indies and is by them called Colum-back 't is of a most fragrant smell and of a darkish colour the knotty resinous and blackest sort which is sometimes full of black resin like Aloes is to be chosen * Lignum Aspalathum COmes likewise from the East-Indies in great pieces much resembling Lignum Aloes but somewhat of a lighter colour but nothing near so fragrant nor good * Lignum Guajacum LIgnum Vitae looks greenish and blewish within and white without 't is very heavy and cometh from Jamaica and other parts of the West-Indies Lignum Juniperi JUniper Wood groweth here in England and most parts of Europe 't is very well scented like the Berries if cut in March * Lignum Lentiscinum IS the Wood of a Mastich Tree which cometh from Marseilles in the shapes of Faggot-sticks when rasp'd it will smell a little like Mastic The smallest sprigs of all are best esteemed It groweth likewise in Italy and great quantities in Chio. Lignum Nephriticum IS a Wood which is blew within and white without to know whether it be right is to scrape some of the inner Wood and let it stand for four or five hours in Water it will turn the said Water into a blewish Tincture which will appear above 't is brought from Mexico the Spanish West-Indies Lignum Rhodium 'T Is by some called Rosen Wood not that any Roses do grow upon it but that the Wood has much the same fragrancy the best is very fat of a deep yellowish colour inclining to red is of a very strong smell and if broken of an oyly substance 't is brought from the Canaries Lignum Santalum Album VVHite Sanders Wood is brought from the East-Indies is of a very little smell in long sticks as big as a Leg. Lignum Santalum Citrium YEllow Sanders cometh likewise from the East-Indies being very fragrant and of a sweet smell Lignum Santalum Rubrum REd Sanders is a red and heavy Wood called in Holland Caliatours Wood it is brought from the East-Indies and if ground is a very fine red Powder Lignum Sassafras SAssafras Wood is rather a Root than Wood of a pleasant smell the best is in long Sticks streight and not jumpy the Bark without is very red and cuts of a Flesh colour within Lithargyrus Argenti LItharge of Silver is whitish and in lumps very heavy shining and glistering easily broken in shivers if good if otherwise 't is hard and rocky 't is a made thing out of Lead The best of it is made in Poland that which is made in Germany is nothing near so good Lithargyrus Auri. LItharge of Gold is made like the former of Lead being smaller than that of Silver of a redder colour more resembling to Gold 't is not improperly called the foam of Lead there is no other difference betwixt both sorts than that the Litharge of Gold is more boyled The best cometh from Dantzick and is of a fine reddish colour M. Magisterium Corallior MAgistery of Coral is a Chymical Preparation made of red Coral and distilled Vinegar c. whereby the Coral is reduced into a fine Powder almost inpalpable Some make it in little Casks but it is nothing the better for it Magisterium Perlarum MAgistery of Pearls is likewise prepared of Pearls as aforesaid * Margaritae Occitendal OCcidental Pearls so called because they are not of that Oriental Lustre brightness nor smoothness as the Oriental Pearls They come from Surrat and the coast of the East-Indies being a Seed Pearl which is more obscure or muddy than the Oriental the best are round even of a shining Lustre There is a large scrubbed and rough sort which are the least esteemed Margaritae Orientales ORiental Pearls the best are of a fine lustrous oriental Water of an even size round and smooth something harder than the Occidental sort They come from the East-Indies as aforesaid the best from Persia There is another sort called the south-South-Sea Pearls they are very smooth of a more whiter and paler colour Margaritae Scotiae