and the Dr ef sing of them . q j 
With. The collar thus fitted to the neeke,fet the hackle Be- 
tweenc your legs, as you fit or ftand,with the knot outward % 
and then, to begin, take vp a litche of the cares (about the 
bignelfeof the top of your finger) next vnto the fore- faid 
left end of the collar, and laying this end betweeneit and 
the head, turne the top of the end downeward, and fo leaue 
it : then take the next litch , and laying the firft betweene it 
and the head , turne the firft downeward , and fo leaue it: 
then likewife take a third litche, and laying thefecond bc» 
tweene it and the head, turne the fecond downeward, and fo 
leaue it : likewife the fourth, and fo forth, working thus 
round, till you come to the crowne , and platting ftill the 
lirches hard, and clofe to the head. But when you come to 
the other end of the Collar, take that in for a litche. If the 
litchcs be too (host for the worke, plucke them vp higher a- 
bout thenecke as you goe. When you haue wrought vp to 
the Crowne, knitting thefoure laft or top-litches in a true' 
loues-knot, make all fart. 
The hackle thus made offoure or fiue handfulls will con- Tbe tynetfe tf 
teine in compafle about the necke, clofe vnder the Cap, be- the baekk. 
tweene fixteen^and twenty inches : fixteene will feme for 
the fmaller Hiues, and twenty for the greateft, although they 
be fiue foot about. as. 
For the length of the hackles, each one is to befitted to his T ^ elen ^€K 
Hiue, fo that the skirts thereofmay reach to the ftoole, or 
within halfe an inch of it round about ; faue onely before , 
' where it muft be pared fotriewhat Ihorter, that the Bees paP 
fage be not hindered. zz. 
And then with a fmall pliant Garth or Belt of Bethwyn, lelt or 
Bramble, Brier, or the like, gird the hackle clofe to theHiue*, • 
left the wind diforder it. If there be any crookc or bout in the 
Belt, let that before, that the hackle, bearing in that place far- 
ther our, may (hoot the water from thedoore: otherwife,for 
that purpofe, fet the Belt fomewhat higher before, then be- 
hinde. 
*In the Winter, place the Belt below the middle or biggeft part of the 
Hiue, to keepe it warmc in extremity of cold. In Summer aboue, thac 
the nether part of the hackle hanging out from the Hiue, the Hiue may be 
the cooler : andthen becaufc the Bek will be apt to rife , it would be held 
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