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spjty ferue, if the 
Honie he good. 
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The quintejjince 
ef Ho^ie. 
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Thevertues of it. 
Of the fruit and profit of 'Bees. P. $ . 
* The right skum, which istkoffe, is (hort and brittle : which when it 
iscleane taken away, the force cf the fire willcaufe the veryHony to rife 
vp like a skum: but that will then be tougher and more clammy than the 
droffie skum,and(o will all the reft be , when it is cold > as being ouer- 
boiled : therefore be fure to take it off in time. 
j- i. a veflell let in a veffell of boiling water, called, Balneum Metric t 
which is beft. 
With water it is to be boiled an houre at the leaft,euen vn~ 
till the water beeuaporated : v. which thingisknowneby 
the bubbles that rile from the bottom : then , to make it 
morepure, put into euery pound of Hony the * white of one 
Egge, and afterward skim it againe in the boiling. The fire 
may bemoreferuentatthefirft j but toward the end it mull 
beflacke: for it is then apt to be fee on fire, as themeere Ho- 
ny, and to become bitter with violent hear. 
The courfe Honie being boiled and. clarified hath a plea- 
fant tafte, and is comparable for moll vies to thepureft bot- 
tom-honie being raw. 
Which pure Honie, if you be difpofed to boile it, will aske 
Idle time to be clarified, as y eelding little or no skum at all t 
and in tafte and vertue it ismore excellent. 
W hen your Honie is boiled enough, take it from the fire$ 
and rather too foone, than too late : forif there bee any 
drollc remaining, you fhall finde it in the top, when it is 
cold : but ouer-much boiling confumeth the fpirituous 
parts of the Honie, and turnerh the fweet tafte into bitter. 
And fuch is Honie in his owne kinde, both raw and boi- 
led. It is alfo altered by diftillation into a water, which Rai- 
mmdus Luliins- that excellent Chymift calleth the Quintef- 
fence of Honie, This Quinteifence dilfolueth Gold , and 
maketh it potable: likewife any fort of pretious ftone that is 
put therein. It is of fuch vertue, that, if any be dying, and 
drinketwo or three drammes thereof, prefently he will re- 
uiue. If you walh any wound there-with, or other fore jit 
will heale quickly. It is alfo good againft the Cough, Ca- 
tarre, and paines of the Melt, and againft many other difea,- 
fes. Being giuenfor the fpace of fix and fortie daies toge- 
ther to one that hath thePalfie, ichelpeth him. Which thing 
