c. 
whe any is (lung, 
the company mufl 
be none. 
30. 
The Bees bane the 
worft when they 
fling. 
JIo 
They lofe their 
fling and entrals, 
and confequently 
their lines. 
Vug. Georg. 
Hift. an. 1. 9. 
c. 40. 
3*- 
The fpeere of it 
felfe fiercetb dee- 
per when the Bee 
is '/one. 
33 - 
howto preuent 
the paine and 
jwclUng. - 
~ 3 4 .” 
N owing but time 
•cm air e their 
Of the filature and properties offeees, 
Land that is not very hairie,they will fcldomc or neuer fling, 
vnleffe they be much offended. % 
W hen you are flung, or any in the company, yea though 
a Bee haue flriken but your clothes, fpecially in hoc weather, 
you were beftbe packing as faftas you can: for the other 
Beesfmellingtheranckefauourof thepoyfon call out with 
the fling, will comeaboutyou as thicke as hade : fo that fitly 
and Iniely did he expreffethe multitude and fiercenelfeof his 
enemies, chat iaid , They cam about 'me life Bees. Then is 
there no way to appeafe them but flight : the more you re- 
fill, the fiercer they are. They are like vmo incsrrigible 
fhrewes : there is no dealing ^yith them but by patience: 
though when they fling they ate fure to haue the worfl. For 
the wound endangereth neither life nor limb : two nights 
fieep will takeaway the fwclling,and two minutes the paine, 
(vnlelfeithe in very rheumaticke or humorous bodies : of 
which. fort I haue knownefome fo lwollen and disfigured 
with that little ftroke, that you could fcarce know them by 
their faueur in fiue or fixe daies afccr.) Bur on the other fide, 
whereas the Wafpe, Hornet, and Dorre, doe fling often 
without an^ fiifrt to themfelues ; the Bee neuer flingethbut 
once, and then (lie leaueth hir fpeere and entrals, more or 
lelle behinde her, Animam^in vulner e ponit .( Inter eunt qua 
percpejprint, ejnoniam fine inteflini erupt tone acts lens eximi non 
potefi.) For within foure and twentie houres after, or, if much 
of hir entrals come forth with the fling, within halfe that 
time, (he dieth. Bur the fpeere *eteining life when the Beeis 
gone, if it be not prefently pulled out, will worke it felfe in- 
to the flefii vp to the hard end, and focaufe the paine and 
{'welling to be both greaeer and longer. Therefore when you 
are flung, inftamly wipe off the Bee, fling and all, and wafh 
the place with your fpittle: folhallyoupreuenc both paine 
and (welling, which otherwife nothing but time can cure; 
forthepoilonis fo fubtill, that it quickly pierceth the flefh, 
and the wound fo little, that no Antidote can follow after 
;md yet I haue heard commended for a remedie, the iuyce of 
Houfeleeke, of Rue. of Mallowes, of Iuie, of a Marigold 
leafe, 
