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oS Of acertaine venomsors and poyfonfull Honey, The remedies as well againft rhe {ard Ho- 
ney, as another kind that maketh falke befides themfelves, . : 
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Emblably in Spaine they deale with their B ées and hives upon Mules backs in the like cafe; 
and carie them up into the countrey for to bee provided of victuals, Buthercitwould bee 
confidered by the way, what pafturage itis that they be put into for thatthere is fome kind 
of food,which poyfoneth all the honey that is gathered from it.At Heraclea in Pontus,infome 
yeares,all the honey that the Bees do make, is foundto be venomous and no berterthan poyfon; | 
and yet the fame Bees in other yeares gather good and holefome honie.Howbeit,thofe authors 
who have delivered thus much in writing, have not fet downe what flowers they bee that yeeld 
~ this hurtfull honey: and thereforel thinke it not amiffe to write what I have found and known as 
touching this point. Thereis an heatbe called Agolethron in Greeke, which killech horfes vere- 
ly but Goats moft of all, feeding thereupon ;and therfore ir tooke that name : the flowers of this © 
hearbe,if itchaunce to be a wet and rainie Spring,do conceive and engender within them a cer- 
taine deadly venome which doth corrupt and rorthem. Thismay bea propable reafon, that the 
forefaid mifcheefe and bane is not alwaies felc alike. This poyfonfome honey may beknowne by 
thefe figns: Firft ic will never thicken but continue liquid ftill ; fecondly,the colour is more deep 
and reddifh than ordinarie ; thirdly, it carrieth a ftraunge fent or finell with ir,and will caufe one 
to{neefe prefently ; laft of all, itis more ponderous and heavie than the good and harmelefic 
hony. The fymptomes or accidents that enfue upon the eating of this honey, are thefe, They that 
have tafted thercof,caft themfelves upon the ground and there falla tumbling :they feeke byall _ 
maeanes they can to be cooled :andno marvell,for they run all tofweat, tharonedrop overtakes 
the other. Howbeit,there bee many remedies for this poyfon,which I will fhewin place convent- 
ent.Meane while,becaufe a man would not be without fome good thing readie ay hand,fince the 
world is fo full of villanie and fet upon fuch fecret mifcheefe, muft needs put down one goodree 
ceit,and thatis this : Take honied wine that is old, mingle and incorporat icwith the beit honey 
you can meet withall,and Rue together: ufe thiscontection at your need, Jem Hat much offalt- 
fifh,alshough it comeup againe,and that your ftomacke doe caft it. Moreover, this honey. is fo 
pernicious,that the very doggesif they chaunce to licke up any excrements that paflefromthe _ 
partic fo infeed (cither by reaching {pitting, vomit,or feege)they are fure to befped therewith, 
and to feele the like torments, Howbeit, the honied wine that is made therewith, if it may have 
age ynough and be ftale,is knowne for a certainetie to doe no creature harme. And there is not 
a better medicine in the world, either to fetch out fpotsin womens faces, and make their skinne 
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