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the combs, as thep were hallow builoings, o0 receiuea foun 
enoife, procured then bigger, fo that when there is hearde a 
big ¢hoarle found of p biming of them,then is it not pet met 
— tageld Pcombs. Varro woiteth, p it is thé time to gelve biues, 
fuben as pou fee within,» the Wes bag cluttring round,¢ p the 
boles of the houp combes be Conered oucr,as.it were with thi 
Caules,foz then be they full of bovinp. frow the dap of geloing 
the biues ought to be Done timely in the mozning, wher as the 
Yes are aonied thzougbe the colde-aire, and not done inthe 
heate of the Dap, when they be procured to fly forth of p bites, 
- and being then berp angry, to fing thofe perfons which come 
tothe biues. Qbhe maner of gelding p hiucs is on this wile, fire 
Hop the holes of the biues,that the Wes pafle not forth, with 
graffe 02 fome otber hearbe,after that putte bnoce fine linnen 
 fagges,o2 Crawe, making a little fmoake with the fame, wht 
che fmoake fo dping bppe, caufeth the ees after fo beeake € 
feauc their cluttering togither, ; 
After thele, with two inffruments 02 foles of pron, made 
fo2 the onlp purpofe,of a fote and a balfe long, o2 rather fomes 
twhat longer made, of whiche the one oughtto be along knife, 
and b2oabe of cither fide the edge, witha bafte, andbauinga 
crooked file on the one end. Whe other at the beginning plaine, 
and berp tharpe, whereby twith this the combes map the reas 
‘bier and. quicklicr be cutte Downe, twith that oiber infrument 
_ fevapedcleane,and wwhatfouer filth falleth off, pratwne aware, 
and thyowite afide. But tubere the hiue of fhe binder parte, 92 
parte bebinde, Chall haue no volde place cmptie.then makes 
fmoake (as Varro commaundeth) with Galbanum and bie 
Mre dung, which ought to be made ina carthe fuming pan, fils 
‘Led with quicke coles,o2 a pan of earth with anarrow mouth, 
and ahanile like to (¢.290 that the one part oughte to be (hare 
per or narrotwer Spivarde,bp tobiche the (moakemap pale by 
the littieboles andthe other parte where the coles are , beoas 
Ber, and with a large mouth of the enc fide of (f, byivhich the 
“perfon may bloiwe the roles: spotwe fuche a pot when it is [ef 
- Sutthinthe biue,ana the imoake firred bp to the Bes, whiche 
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