Quae etiam venis metallorum, aeris, ferri, et plumbi et argenti fecunda, gignit et lapidem gagatem plurimum optimumque: est autem nigrogemmeus et ardens igni admotus, incensus serpentes fugat, adtritu calefactus adplicita detinet aeque ut succinum.
This island also is stored with mines of sundry metals, as of copper, iron, lead and silver; it bringeth forth too, great plenty of the jet stone and that of the best, and this stone is glossy black and burneth being put to the fire, and then is of virtue good to chase away serpents. If you rub him till he be warm he holdeth fast such things as are laid unto him, even as amber doth.
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