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 them, and just as they grow: The Pearls, are rich Pearls and round. The two pieces of Emmeraud-rock, the one scarce formed yet into perfect Emmeraud, but onely begun: the other quite finished and green. Then two close cupbords within the walls of this Room, in which I saw a world of curious Cups and Vases of Crystal, Agate, Lapis Lazuli, and other such curious, but brittle matter, yet of rare fabrick and shape: They value them at two hundred thousand Crowns. The Unicorns horne, and the Alabaster Pillar are not to be forgotten. The great Cabinet of Ebeny standing at the further end of this Tribuno, full of ancient Meddals of Gold Silver and Brass, of the ancient Consuls and Emperors, all digested into their several series; and yet this Cabinet is almost as rich without, as it contains riches within; being set without with precious stones of a vast bigness and value; to wit, a Saphir as broad as a twenty shillings piece, and half an inche thick; a Ruby full as great, but farr