The firll: Booke of 



7. Divers operations of the Bces^Si thetcarms 

 thereto belonging. 



8. Of what flowers Bees do make their cellars, 

 combesjand other workes. 



^.What pcrfonstookea great love to Bees, 

 and delighted to nourifh them. 



to. The manner of Bees when they be at their 

 buHnelle. 



1 I. Of Drones. 



1 2. The nature of Honey, 



1 3. Which is the beft Honey* 



14. The fevetall and particular kinds of Honey 

 in diverfe places* 



1 5. The markes and tokens of good Honey. 

 i5.0f a third kind of Honey, and how a man 



ihould know good bees. 



17. The regiment and pollicie that Bees ob- 

 ferve. 



18, Diverfe forts of Bees, and what things bee 

 hurtfullto Bees. 



I The difeafes incident to Bees. 



20. How to keepe the caft of Bees when they 

 fwarmCjthat they flie not away,al(b how to 

 recover Bees^in cafe their breed and race be 

 loft. 



2 1 . Of Wefpes and Hornets. 



2 2 .Of filke flies, their wormes and lackes cal- 



led Bombylis and Necydalus, and who firft 

 devifed filke cloth. 



23 . Of the filkeworme in the Ifland Coos. 



24. Of the Spiders and their generation. 



25. Of Scorpions. 



26. Of Stcllionsand Grafhoppers. 



27. In what countries there bee no Grafliop' 

 pers^and where they fing not. 



28. The wings of Infects, of Beetles and their 

 kinds. 



2^. Of Locufts. 



30. Of Ants orPifmires inlcalie^ 

 3 1. Of Indian Ants or Emmets. 



3 2 . The diverfe forts of Infects . 



33. Of certaine creatures breeding of wood, 

 and living of wood* 



34* Of a certain creature that hath nopaflage 



to void excrements. 

 3 5. Of Modis and Gnats. 

 3 Of flies living in the firCinamed Pyrales or 



Pyrauftx. 



37. Adifcourle Anatomicall of all parts and 

 members of the bodie. 



38.0f Bloud.Alfo in what creatures bloud wil 

 fboneft clutter and congeale,and whofc will 

 not at all. What creatures have the grofleft 

 and heavieft bloud , and which the fineft 

 and thinneft -.and laftIy,who have no bloud 

 at all. 



3 5?. Whether the foveraignetie and excellen- 

 cie of lence confifteth in bloud.Of the skin 

 and hide, of the haires and dugs of IMng 

 creatures. 



40. What creatures have notable dugs or teats 



above the refl:. 

 41* Of Milke, and what milke will make no 



cheefc. 



42 . Divers kinds of C heefe. 



43. How the lims and members of mans body 

 differeth from other creatures. 



44. The rcfemblance that Apes have to us. 

 45.0fNaiIes. 



45.0fHoufes. 



47. Of birds feet and their clawes* 



48. Of Infedls feet,from two to an hundred. 

 45?. Of Dwarfes in each kind, and the "genitall 



parts. 

 50.01 Tailes. 

 5 1, Of Voices. 



5 2. Of fuperfluous members of the bodie.The 

 fayings of Anflotle as touching long life. 



53 .Of the wind & breath that living creatures 

 take.What things if they bee taftedjbee ve- 

 nomous and deadly. The food of man, as 

 well for meat as drinke. What caufcs they 

 be that hinder digeftion. 



54. How toencreale or diminifh thecorpulen- 

 cieof the bodie, and what things withtaft 

 onelyjwill allay hunger and quench thirfl. 



*/. As touching 

 theworke of 

 Bees. 



In fumme, this Booke containech notable things, ftories,and obiervations, 2270. 



Laiinc Authors cited. 



M. Varro^ ffjginus^Scyopha^Sarceriafelfu^ Cernelm^Aemilm Macer, Virgil^ Columella ^ luUm 

 AquiUjivho mate of the Tufcane dtfriplme^firquilm^ who likemfe wrote of the [ame^and V mbritius 

 that travelled in that argument, Cato Cenfermpommus Cahinm^T rogm^Melifm^Favonm^Fa- 

 hianm^Mutianu^^Nigidm^Mamlim^andOpm, 



Fotreine Writers. 



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