peaſe in waxe ſwallowed downe of Nurſes, or ſuch women as giue ſucke, doth diſſolue the milke courded in the paypes. And tenne little peeces of pure newe maxe, vnto the biggeneſſe of a hempſeede, drunke downe at one time, doeth cauſe the milke not to courde in the womans ſtomacke and breaſtes. If the priuis place or thereabout, or either man or woman, happeneth to ſwell, then by applying an ointment made of white waxe, it ſhortly aſſuageth and healeth the ſame. If anye alſo happeneth to be diſeaſed with the bloudy flixe, be ſtuffing a yong Pigeon with newe waxe, after roſting the ſame, and eating the fleſhe therof, doeth in ſhorte time after ſtaye the ſame. Alſo, if a Quince made hallowe and filled with pure newe waxe, be after roſted vnder hote embers, vntill the ſame be tender, and eaten faſting without drinking after it, doth in like ſorte ſtaye and helpe the perillous flixe, and ſcouring of bloude. The waxe beſides ſerueth to all maner of plaiſters, ointments, ſuppoſitories, and ſuch like.
¶Of that whych is a ſtay of the combes, and made for a defence of Bees from colde. Cap. xxxvij.
THe ſame made of Bees at the entrie of the mouth of hiues, oughte to be yelowe of coloure, and ſweete ſmelling, like to Storax, and drawne into a length, like to Maſtike. Yet that is rather choſen, bycauſe in heating and drawing it is principalleſt. For of itſelfe, this draweth forth thornes of ſplents of wood run deepe into the fheſh by applying it plaiſterwiſe on the grief, it helpeth an olde coughe by making a ſmoake thereof, and holding the mouth ouer it, and applyed in the forme of an ointment of ringwormes, doeth ſpeedily heale them. Nowe this matter (as aboue was taught) is the ſtay of the hony combes, by whiche Bees ſtoppe and keepe forth al manner of colde and other annoyances which might endamage them, the ſame alſo being of ſo ſtrong a ſauour, that ſome vſe it in the ſteede of Galbanum. M. Varro nameth it a refuge of Bees, withoute their cottages, bicauſe Bees make the ſame at the entry of the hiue.
¶ Howe
