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pliny_n astroite_n and_o ceraunia_n it_o be_v also_o call_v asteria_n michael_n mercatus_n call_v it_o astrobolus_n it_o be_v also_o call_v oculus_fw-la felis_fw-la the_o place_n it_o be_v find_v in_o carmania_n and_o india_n anselmus_fw-la boetius_fw-la say_v that_o he_o suppose_v that_o to_o be_v the_o asteria_n or_o the_o gemma_fw-la solis_fw-la which_o like_o a_o milkish_a crystal_n have_v a_o round_a light_n include_v in_o it_o do_v send_v it_o forth_o walk_v with_o a_o certain_a inclination_n and_o that_o to_o be_v the_o astroiten_n which_o have_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v small_a star_n shine_v this_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o opalus_n of_o its_o nature_n and_o property_n it_o be_v report_v of_o it_o that_o it_o do_v procure_v sleep_n and_o drive_v away_o terror_n of_o the_o night_n and_o troublesome_a dream_n it_o be_v dignity_n and_o value_n the_o oriental_a one_o be_v very_o beautiful_a and_o so_o hard_a that_o they_o can_v hardly_o be_v engrave_v it_o be_v 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as_o junius_n in_o exod._n 25.7_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v lapides_fw-la sardoniche_n &_o lapides_fw-la insitivi_fw-la pro_fw-la amiculo_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la pectorali_fw-la sacro_fw-la in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o latin_a it_n be_v call_v sardius_n sarda_n and_o carneolus_fw-la and_o corneolus_n and_o cornelius_n the_o italian_n and_o french_a call_v it_o carneolus_fw-la the_o german_n ein_fw-mi corneol_n it_o have_v also_o be_v call_v darneolus_n say_v pliny_n lib._n 37._o cap._n 7._o in_o english_a a_o sardius_n or_o cornelian_a of_o the_o kind_n of_o it_o there_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o this_o gemm_n as_o say_v boetius_fw-la 1._o a_o red_a corneolus_n which_o be_v the_o best_a and_o most_o excellent_a of_o all_o other_o est_fw-la ruber_fw-la instar_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la but_o pellucid_a with_o its_o redness_n 2._o the_o second_o be_v of_o a_o more_o dilute_a and_o
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