cit Iſi. ⁊ naſcit̉ in arabia. Eſt aūt ſubſtātie valde mollis et tn̄ valde vtilis. quiaſicut di. Dyaſ. ꝟtute ſua cuſtodit infantiū cunas ⁊ a nociuis caſibꝰ.Capitulum LXIX¶ De marmoreArmor greco ſermone a vixidinytate vocat̉. vt dicit Iſi. Sūt autem marmora. vt dicit idē lapides eximij qui maculis ⁊ coloribꝰ ꝯmendant̉ naͣm marmoꝝ genera infinita ſūt.nō tamē oīa a rupibꝰ incidunt̉ ſed multa ſub terra ſparſa ſunt. vt marmor lacedemonū virid̓ ⁊ p̄cioſum. ſimiliter ⁊ marmor orphites. qꝛ maculis ſerpentū ſimile eſt vn̄ ⁊ vocabulū ſumpſit. cuiꝰ duo ſūtgenera molle ac candidū nigꝝ ⁊ durumMarmor purpurites ex egipto ē rubeūcadidis interueniētibꝰ pūctis. ⁊ vocaturpurpurites eo ꝙ rubeat vt purpura. ſūt⁊ alia multa genera vt alabaſtꝝ ⁊ pariūde quo infra dicet̉. Eſt ⁊ aliud genꝰ ſcꝫ coralliticū in aſia reꝑtū nō hn̄s vltra duoſcubitos in mēſura. ⁊ ē candidū fere ſicutebur. tn̄ hn̄s qͣſdā maculas qͣdā ꝓportōee diuerſo nigras. Eſt ⁊ thebaicū tinctumaureis guttis inuenit̉ ī ꝑte egiptioꝝ. naturalit̓ aptū vt ſuꝑ illud colliria ꝯterāt̉.Sūt ⁊ alia genera q̄ ī officinis rupibuſqꝫ gignūt̉ vt marmor chorit eū gutte aromatice ſimillimū. exquo colūne ingētesfiūt limīa atqꝫ turres. Eſt ⁊ cariſteū viride et optimū. nomē hn̄s ab aſpectu eoꝙ gratū ſit his qͥ gēmas ſculpūt. huiꝰ enīviriditas reficit oculos. Eſt ⁊ numidicūqd̓ numidia mittit qd̓ fricatū ſucū ſil̓emcroco reddit vn̄ ⁊ nomē accepit. Sunt ⁊alie multa marmorū diuerſitates de qͥbꝰexēplificat Iſi. li. xvi. ſed hec ad pn̄s ſufficiat. Marmor itaqꝫ alijs lapidibꝰ ē ſolidiꝰ fortiꝰ ⁊ pulcriꝰ ⁊ vtiliꝰ. in cuiꝰ venis di.uerſaꝝ gemaꝝ materia inuenit̉ ꝓpt̓ ſoliditatē ſui difficillime ſculpit̉ et polit̉ ꝓpt̓ſui frigiditatē ⁊ ſoliditatē ad ſpēs ⁊ vnguēta aromatica cuſtodiēda vtiliſſimuꝫinuenit̉. Suꝑ oīa aūt admirari poſſumꝰꝙ marmorei lapides nec calibe nec ferro nec etiā ſerra vel malleo ꝑ potentiamaliqua edomant̉. ſed ꝑ laminā plūbeamaſſeribꝰ molliſſimis interſertā. plūbꝰ eīet nō ferro lapides marmorei diuidunt̉et ſerrant̉ tanqͣꝫ aſſeres ⁊ equant̉.Capitulum. LXX.¶ De nitroItrum ẜm Dyaſ. eſt lapis ſubalbidus ſciſſilis ⁊ ꝑſpicuus cuiꝰ ꝟtus eſt diſſolutiua attractiua abſterſiua ⁊ humoris ſuꝑflui cōſumptiua.De nitro aūt dicit Iſi. li. xvi. ca. ij. nitꝝa regione nitria egipti eſt dictū. ex quomedicine fiūt. ⁊ ſordes corpoꝝ acveſtiumabluūtur. huiꝰ natura nō multū a ſale diſtat. habet enī naturā ſalis ⁊ ſimiliteroritur caneſcētibꝰ ſiccitate litoribꝰ. cuiꝰ ſpuma afronitū nūcupat̉. Et colligit̉ diſtillans in partibꝰ aſie in ſpelūcis deinde ſolis calore deſiccat̉. ⁊ optimū fit qd̓ ſic ſic;catū eſt mīme pōderoſum vt di. Iſi. ẜmPlat̉. aūt nitrū eſt vena terre. ⁊ ē calidū⁊ ſiccū lene rubeū vel albū vel citrinū guſtui ē amaꝝ acidū ⁊ ſubſalſum. pinguedinē extenuat ſi ore ſit acceptū hūores viſcoſos minuit ⁊ ꝯſumit puluis eiꝰ ī melle ꝯfectꝰ faciē clarificat ⁊ decorat. mūdificat ſaniē ſtomachi ⁊ inteſtinoꝝ exapoſtemate ꝓcedentē pediculos ⁊ ſaniē capitis detergit ꝟmes auriū interficit ⁊ eoꝝſaniē mūdiſſime extergit cum aceto ſpuma eiꝰ ex corroſionibꝰ ⁊ inflationibꝰ ſubuenit ydropicis opilatis cū melle mixtacaliginē detergit oculoꝝ venenū mortificat ⁊ excludit. paliſim lingue potenter ꝓhibet ẜm Plat. ⁊ Dyaſ. eſt aūt nitrū calidū ⁊ ſiccū ī fine tercij gradus. laxatiuūcolatiuū. vt dicit Conſtan.Capitulum LXXI¶ De noſetꝭOſet .i. orapodine lapis eſt pren cioſus ſubalbidus aut variꝰ quivt dicitur in bufonis capite eſta quo extrahit̉ ⁊ in forti vino ⁊ aqua mūdificatur. vt di. Dyaſ. ⁊ in eo aliqn̄ apparet forma bufonis cū aſperis pedibꝰ ⁊ diffuſis. hic lapis valet contra morſus reptiliū ⁊ venenū. Nam pn̄te veneno varius lapis tangētis digitum adurit ⁊ ſuntſimul ambo includendi. vt dicit Dyaſ.