C. io. Of the fruit and profit of 'Bees. P. 3. 
alfohathwithhisfweetnefTea power to * preferue,as being 
_ a | kind e of Honie. 
* Condiuntur fru&us aut meile, aut Saccbara. Fsrntl. MctbJ.4. 
Sylv.fimpl. med. mifi.l. 5 . 
■f Saccharum quod exlndia & faelici Arabia convehitur,concrefcitiu 
calamis: cftquen.cllisfpccics, noftratc cerce minus dulce, fcdfimilesei 
vires obtinens, quod ad abftergcndutr.,deficcanuum, & digerendum pcr- 
tinet. Gidtn.de ftmpl, mid. fault. Ub.y. Item, Eft & auoddam melln concrete 
genne quod Saccharum nominam : quodque in India & falici Arabia in etrundi - 
nibuireperitur. Saccharum eft mel in arundinibus collegium. Tftn.l. 42. r« 
8. Saccharum meliis fpecies cum (Ic,ficcar quoque&abttergit. Fern.Mtth. 
1 . 6 . c . 1 1. 
if- 
- Home to be pre- 
ferred before 
Suirar, 
V.p.i.n. 4.^ 6 . 
- l.& 2. 
But inrefpeftof the maruellous efficacie, which fine v, 
and pure Honie hath in preferuing health, v. that grofte 
and earthy ftuffe is no whit comparable to this Celcftiall Ne- 
tiar. Although fome queint and Ladilikepalats (whom no- 
thing but that which is farre faught and deare bought can 
pleafe) vnhappily negleft it. In preferuing Fruits it hath 
more power through the vifeofitie thereof. Alfo Conferues, 
andSyrupsbeing made with Honie * continue longer, and 
doemorekindly worke their effedis. So that wee may con- 
clude with Ecclefiafitcm, cap. 1 1. i. The Bee is little among 
fitch as fiye : but hir Fruit is the chief e of fweet things. 
* Ex melle confedus fyrupus diutiusaflervatur j isquoque magisinci- 
dit,acdetergit. ExSaccharo fuavior, fed non a:que efficax, Fern. Meth.l. 
4. f- 1 a- 
Honie is vfed in outward medicines for diuers purpofes: 
* notonely to conteine the other ingredients in forme of a 
Plaifter 5 but alfo to open, to cleanfe, to dry, to digeft, and to 
relift putrefaction. And therefore it hath the predominance 
in that excellent Salue, called t Vnguentum <L/£gyptiacnm: 
jtJaiMfortm w Fich ferueth to cleanfe and mundifie old fores, and totake 
--ZZL -. — , away both dead and proud flefh. The receipt whereof is this. 
OfVerdegrecefiue ounces, of ftrong Vineger feuen ounces, 
and of Honie foureteene : boile firft the Honie and Vineger, 
and ftirre them together : after a little while put in theVer- 
degrece, being pounded to powder : and then, ftirringall 
together, 
lS 
Honie goad in 
outward medi- 
cines. 
19. 
