C. io, 
P.3. Of the fruit and profit of Bees, 
well for pleafentnellc intafte,as for health jfo being burnt’ 
jt is becter than any burnt Wine, for comforting and fetling 
of a weake and ficke ftomach, and for recreating the naturall 
heat. 
The manner of burning it (if you know not) may be^his. 
Firftfcton thefirea * deepe Skillet or Kettle, almoftfull of 
water: when it boileth,put in a Pewter pot full of Mtthdtglcn: 
before that begmneth to boile, skimme it and put in two or 
three bruiled Cloues, and a branch of Rofe-marie : then beat 
theyolkcofanEggeinadilh, put vntoit afpoonefoll of the 
Meth cold, and ftirre them together to keep the yolke from 
curdling : then put to that a fpoonfull of the hoc Ateth : 
and after that an other, and another, alwaies beating them to- 
gether : and then, fome and fome, put all into the pot , {fill 
ltirring it about. Then as foonc as it boileth,take vp the pot, 
and, fauing your hands harmelelfe, powjj it into another 
warme pot of like capacitie, firing it as iftunneth : and fo 
brt jc it till it will burne no more. A Metbtiglen-polTct is of 
the like vertue. 
* The deeperthe pot Itandcth, the fooner it boileth. You may, fora ■ 
need, fet the pot on the Harth inthe midft of hot Embers : but take beed 
the flame melt not the Pewter. 
W Ax hath no certaine elementar qualitie, but is a The propertiu 
meane betweene ( 1 ) hot and cold , and betweene antiyer ’^ ,> f 
dry and moift. It ( 2 ) mollifieth the finewes, it ( 3 ) ripen- 
eth and refolueth Vlcers. (4) The quantitieof aPcafe in 
Wax,beingfwalloweddowne ofNurccs, doth difloluethe 
Milke curded in the paps, and (5 ) ten round peeces of Wax> 
of thebigneffcof fo many graines of Millet orHempfeed, 
will not fuffer the Milke to curdle in the ftomach. 
Moreoucr, it maketh the mod excellent 5 light fit for the 
vfesof themoft excellent } for cleernetfe, fweetneHe,neat- 
netre, to be preferred before all other : Which Scaligcr in his 
iAEnigmata, giuing it the precedence, doth intimate. 
Aut Apis , aut Hire tts, vel pinguid vifeera Pint 
0 ftendere diem, pofi fimnl ante diem, 
Z (1 )Galen >' 
