and silver
because of
their
scarcity;
whereas,
on the
contrary,
it is
their
opinion
that
Nature, as
an
indulgent
parent,
has freely
given us
all the
best
things in
great
abundance,
such as
water and
earth, but
has laid
up and hid
from us
the things
that are
vain and
useless.
If these
metals
were laid
up in any
tower in
the
kingdom it
would
raise a
jealousy
of the
Prince and
Senate,
and give
birth to
that
foolish
mistrust
