C 1 0< Of the fruit and profit of 'Bees. P. 3 # 
to eucry pound thereof adding foure ounces of the powder 
of red Brickc finely bruifedj put it all together into your Re- 
j/.n, to. tort of Glalle well luted : v . then fct the Retort into an 
Earthen pot, filling it round about and beneath with fine fif- 
ted Afhes or Sand ; and fet the pot with the Bodie in it on a 
Furnace, and fo diftill it with a fofc fire. And there will come 
forth afaire yellow Oilc , the which will congealc in the re- 
ceiuer like Pap when it is cold. Fyou fhould reftifie this oile 
or diftill it often, vntill it will congeale no more ; then fhall 
you make it ouer hot to take inwardly, and fo quickcinrhe 
mouth, that you cannot drinkeitdowne. In the comming 
forth of this Oile, fhallappearein the Heceiuer the foure Ele- . 
ments, the Fire, the Aire, the Water, and cheEarth, right 
maruellous to fee. 
The vtrtue of So vertuous is Wax by it fclfe, both in his owne kindc, 
wax in am- a nd altered by diftillation. It is moreouerof great vfe mixed 
pound medicines , ^ and is the ground and foundation of ( re- 
clothes and Salues : whereof to fct downc twoor three *.x- 
amples fhall not be amiire. 
A c<re -doth, A fere-cloth or Ceratttm, fo called of Cera, doth confift 
' chiefly ofWax and Oile mixed in fuch propornon, as may 
make the ointment of iuft confiftence: and therefore (1 ) be- 
ing made in Summer, or compounded with Turpentine, 
Lard, Gum, Marrow, or any liquid thing, a greater quantity 
ofWax is required : and being made in Winter, or com- 
pounded with Rozin, Pitch, Metals, dried Hearbs, Powders, 
or anydry thing, a leffe quantity of Wax than Oile is con- 
menient. 
Theingredients being prepared, firft melt the Wax, and 
whatfoeuer elfe of like nature, as Pitch, Suet, &c. in the 
Oile ouer a gentle fire, or in a double velfell, v. for fcare 
of burning ; when they arc melted together, put in the 
Powders and other like Ingredients, if time be any: 
and alloone as you haue ftirrtd them well together, ( be- 
fore the liquor be very hot ) fet it a cooling, and make 
your Cere-cloth. 
A Cere - 
