John Trapp on Proverbs 3:15

Verſ. 15. Shee is more precious than Rubies] Or, Pearls, Principium cul[illegible: 1 letter]enque omnium rerum precii Margarita teneus. Plin. Geſner. hist. de Aquat. lib. 4. Card. ſu[illegible: 1 letter]t. lib. 7. which of old were moſt highly eſteemed, as Pliny teſtifieth; Noſtra aetate mult is aliis gemmis poſt ponuntur. Now adayes there are many other gems of greater price, as Rubies, Carbuncles, &c. Cardan tells us, that every precious ſtone hath an egregious vertue in it: Every ſpiritual grace hath wee are ſure, and is of more value than large demains, ſtately buildings, and ten thouſand rivers of Oyl. If the Mountains were Pearl, the huge Rocks Rubies, and the whole Globe a ſhining Chryſolite, yet all this were not to bee named in the ſame day with wiſdome.