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vision, or not well defended from winds and wee. they have anill digestion, because they have little to eat, and they lose theirbrood , because they have not wherewith all to feed them ; andtheir natural heat is wasted for want of meat co maintain na-ture ; and they have sometimes a scowrmg not having meatproper and good for them , they then will lometimes gather ofpurging flowers, which doth not strengthen them, but makethem more faint and weak.

And yet to all these various effects proceeding from one andthe fame cause,have thcAocients given sundry ana divers names, „as if the causes had been as diverse, Vhtto therefore giving di- ru ft ™ y t ererections what a man should observe that buyes Bees; mindeshim to take notice,if they bee numerous,if they bee shining, andfull j whereas if the combs bee not set in an even posture, if theBees be hairy and thin bodied, they arc to be refused, all whichare but effects of hunger.

In a word / if you desire to have your Bees thrive, andprosper , keep them well from winds and wee., heat and cold,destroy their enemies , and let them enjoy a sufficiency of foodgotten-by their own industry ; and if there be a wine in some,timely supply them, and doubt not of, by Gods blessing on yourendeavours, the increase and prosperity of your Bees.

CHAP. XXI.

Of tbe Hony-deW. *

'•J* He Hebrew word for Hony-dcwis JiPT jtrakprh which

comes from PV jarclj, and signifies sf*ere, exfputre, bu-

mnm tvtcuarti as if it were saliva fiderm (as Pliny) an excre-menticious moisture, which the stars spit down on tbe fruits ofthe earth. By this word also is signified the Kmgs-evil, Buxtorf lex.

In Ratine Kubigt is a Hony-dew, as well as rust, a namefrom the effect,shewing how that by a hurtful touch,it stops the J.RovrlanJscngrowth of some fruits tdat are obnoxious to it, making them Go ^ s jessingto rust, eatingoutebeir state and substance, as a canker or rust inblastir e-

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