C. io. 
Tht dr effing of 
thefirft part for 
Honie in two 
Ih'ntt. 
4 
The fir ft fiat 
for fi ie ordinary 
Hmie. 
f. 
0‘ for Virgin- 
Honiiy which u 
woo/? fine. 
Nar.hiS. 1 . 1 1. 
e. 15. 
6 . 
T wo forts of vir> 
yin haute. 
V.c.6 .n.ly, 
V.t. 
Of the fruit and profit of Bses. P. 1, 
T ap-wazc, a hairen Clenfieue, * Honic-pots, Wax-moulds, 
Meth-barrels, &c. 
* Tremcveflels,if theyleake not, arc better than earthen : which if 
theybreakenotbyfomemifehance, theverie force of the Hoaie is able 
tocracke. 
Thefe things prouided, take out thefirft Combe :and 
fettingthe Honie-endin a Riddcr, refting vpon Tongs ouer 
acleane PanorKiucrthatwillnot lcakcjmarke andbreake 
off rhe firit part for Honie, and leauc it there : thengoirgto 
the Kieue fitted with a Tap andTap-waze, marke and break 
off thefecond partfor Meth or Hydromel,and leauc it there: 
and lay the third part afide for Wax. Then taking out an 
other Combe doe the like, &c. till the Ridder be full. 
If youmeane to make two ftioots, and fo two forts of 
Honie ; let your afliftant prefently cut the firft part into thin 
dices, and, without any moreadoe, let the Honie runne his 
firft (hoot But this is to be vnderftood of thedaiker part 
of the Combes : for the pure whice Cells in the vpperpart 
( which containe nothing but pure white, or yellowifli Liue- 
Honie) you may as well cru(h betweene your hands : and 
this will be fine ordinarie Honie. 
But if, for fomefpeciall vfe, you would haue fome Honie 
yet more fine and pure ; then onely dice the purer part of 
rhe Combes, being yet warme with the temperate hear of 
the Bees, and fo let the pure Liue-honie runne through a 
clean e Clen-fieue. For, In omm melle ejuod per fefluit, (ut 
mu ffum oleum %) appelUtury? arcetou, maxime laudubtle eft. 
Of all Honie that which runneth of itfelfe, ( as new Wine 
and Oile ) and is called * *s4coeton, \% moll commendable. 
This Acoeton or fined NettarSor his incorrupted puritie, 
is called Virgin-Home. £>t*ode (avis (ponte primum defiutt, 
virgineum mel vulgo appelUtur . Plantius in Fernel. 1 . 7. de 
Meth. Med. 
Whereof there are two forts. The right Virgin honie 
is of a Swarme : v. that which is of an old Stall, though it 
runne firft and of it felfe, and were garhered the fame yearc j 
yet being partly mixrwith other, and laid vp in corrupter 
vedTels,not in the pus* Virgin-Cells, v; is butafecond or 
~~1 baftard 
