a Ligure] Or, Lyncure. A kinde of Amber, Plin. 37. ch. 3. a gumme hardened into a stone; which stone (in some places) is very precious and of excellent qualitie and operation: Rueus lib. 2. 100: 18. 26. Some call it a Turkois, or Torcois, a stone of a pale greene, inclining to sky colour, and of strange effects, Ibid. ch. 18. p. 256. Some take it for a Hyacinthus, or Jacinth, which is of a Purple or Violet colour. an Agate] Or, Achate. A blackish stone, most usually with white streakes upon it; and many of them have much variety of colours, Rueus lib. 2. 100: 16. p. 255. Which though in some places it be common, is said to be of excellent vertue against many diseases: of this see Plin. lib. 37. 100: 10. an Amethyst] A precious stone, of a pale Violet colour, Rueus lib. 2. ch. 11. p. 244. Of this see Plin. lib. 37. ch. 9.