C.IQ. 
P.3. Of the fruit dnd profit of Bees. 
together, let them boile vntill the Ointment haue his iuft 
thicknelleand Purplecolour. 
* Mel panada? & alijs quibufehm emplaftris mifeetur, ut corpus praebeat 
emphliicum 5 &pra?terea (iccet,tergeatdigerat 3 a purredine vindicet.sy-v. 
de med.fimpl.msl.i. 3. Me! calidum ficcucnque ordine fecundo aperit s pu. 
:rcdmi obfiftit. Gccat, deterget 3 expurgatque ratatus & ulcera ; nec ur fal, 
corporum fubftamiam coarftar. Fern. Metb. 1 . 6 . c. 1 2. 
•f Sylv. de med.fimp.miTi.ly. feet. 10. & Ftrn. Metb. i.'j. 
e^Ar, other of like vertue, but not fo much corroflue . 
Boile a quart of good Ale in a Skillet to halfe apinte, 
skimming off the froth as it arifeth : then put in a fpoonfull 
of good Honie : and skimming ftill as need is, let it boile to 
the halfe, or till it be fo clammy that being taken vp vpon 
aftickesendit will not drop, but ftsingdowne like clarified 
Honie. 
W Hat are thevertues and properties of Cfrleth or Hy- 
dromel, may partly be knowne by that which hath 
beene faid of Honie. For feeing Honie is the chiefe matter 
whereof it is made; it mult needs, together with the fub- 
ftanceof Honie, participate the natural! qualities thereof. 
The which, by the purifying in boyling, together with the 
accede of fundry holfome ingredients,^, are rather confir- 
med and increaled, than any way extenuated or diminifhed. 
Therefore faith Lobel, CAiulfum, ubi aejuu ylurimum mellis 
non multum , diuturna mt eft why, mellfs ebullitione. in vinum 
longe uttliffimum abit. And Piftorius, Hy dromel l onjrd ve- 
tuTtate tr unfit in vinum (tomacho convenientijfrmum. Meth, 
when itis old, is a Wine moft agreeable tothcrtomack :it re- 
couereth ( 1 ) the appetite being loft , it ( 2 ) openeth the 
padage of the Spirit or breath, it ( 3 ) foftneth the bel- 
ly, it ( 4) is good for them that haiie the cough. (5) If a 
man take it, not as hisordinariednnke 3 bur, as Phyfick, now 
and then ; helhall receiue much benefit by it againft Quar- 
tan Agues, againd Cacexies, and againft the dif cafes of the 
braine, as th cEptlep/ie, orthefallingEuill ; for which Wine 
is pernicious : it ( 6 ) cureth the Yellow Iaundife : it ( 7 ) is 
alfo good againft Henne-banc with Milke, and againft the 
Winrer- 
10 
Another. 
t £• 
T he properties 
and vertnes of 
MedcandMe* 
thaegltn. 
V.f 2.W.ZJ.J2. 
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