class="c009">Of the venomous honie, and of the wonderful hony of Creta.

cap.xxvj. Of the miraculous worthinesse of honie. cap.xxvij. How profitable the vse of honie is in medicine. cap.xxviij. Of the drinke of hony whiche they call the Mulse water, or sweete water of the Romaines. cap.xxix. Of the drinke Oenomel, which is made of pure wine & hony. cap.xxx. Of the singular water of hony gotten by order of distillation. cap.xxxj. Another maner of distilling the hony more at large taught. cap.xxxij. The maner of distilling a water of hony named the Quintessence. cap.xxxiij. The maner of drawing and making waxe of the combes. cap.xxxiiij. What waxe is best allowed, &c. cap.xxxv. Of the great commoditie and benefite of waxe in medicines. cap.xxxvj. Of that whiche is a stay of the combes, and made for a defence of Bees. cap.xxxvij. How to make waxe white. cap.xxxviij. How to make red waxe. cap.xxxix. How to draw a profitable oyle out of waxe for sundry vses. cap.xl. Another way of drawing the oyle of waxe most noble, and dothe maruellously help the cold goute, the sciaticke, the swelling of the legges, and all other griefes of a colde cause. cap.xlj.

Certaine Husbandly coniectures of dearth & plenty for euer.	cap.j.
An euerlasting Prognostication of the state and condition of euery yeare, by the only calends of Ianuary, written by the ancient & learned Leopol. Aust. & other for the commodity of the wise husbandmen.	cap.ij.
How to foreknow the state of the yeare by the only rising of the dog starre, out of the husbandrie of Diophanes.	cap.iij.
Other profitabl instructions, right necessary for husbandmen to know.	cap.iiij.

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Plinie nameth Bées Cleft beasts, bicause of the diuision or parting betwéene of the head & shoulders: and Aristotle nameth them plighted or ringed, in that their bodies are diuided with plightes and rings. And most men know, that the Bées haue neyther sinews, bones, fleshe, gristle, backe-bone, nor fat, but are only created of a certaine mixture, being a meane betwéen these, and hauing a very few intrailes. And againe, no man néedeth to doubte, but that the Bées be a kinde of beasts, greatly to be set by for mans vse, & for mans prouision, are nourished of the aire, passing throughe the diuided places, which they by great diligence and care preserue from being stopped, for as soone as they be stopped, they shortly after die, like as the same we may learne, when anye happeneth to fall or light into Oyle, which straight way after die, throughe the Oyle stopping then their powers. They haue and fly with foure wings, that they maye the better carrye in their bellies the stings of reuengement. For when two of them striue togither in flight, then do they