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it stops the pores of the huskjwherein the corn lyes, and de- First largeprives it from the aire, and consequently from nouristiment> ^ r *

this is not the cause, but what wa« delivered before. But hee * °’

concludes it is, and therefore commends bearded Wheat, be-cause the beard ihoors off the dew, that it doth not so easily in-sinuate it selsinto the ear, and likewise caufeth the ear to (hake,by the least breach. Credat Judctts ApiEa. Howsoever had heebeen acquainted with the inconvenience of bearded Wheat, hewould rather have stood t j the fazzaid of a Hony-dew.

For cure Mr Remvdat prescribes, when you petceive by yourBees that a H>ny-dew is fallen , to draw a cord over yourWheat as fast as may bee, before it bee dried on by the windor Sun. One in one furrow, and another in another, twp or threefurrows distant as they can well reach. One at one end, and theother at the other end os the cord , for the least mor on willshake it off, it is so exceeding thin when it newfalls. I dare notfay (as some) that this can b:e done with good profit, forwa-teriam super ai opus, the charge will exceed the benefit. Such assow sixty or eighty Acres of Wheat must of necessity imploymany men > and perhaps many dayes together,for Hony-dews ina dry season fall frequently , and sometimes twice a day, andtherefore it must be oft reiterated.

And the loss by it, is feldome great* it is rare to have or.eAcre in an hundred prejudiced by it, and yet we consist of in-closures, and much wood-land.

Pliny a firmed the Hony-dew to bee either the sweat of the Plin.Nat.bisti.heaven, or the slaver or spittle of the stars, or the moisture ofl« ,, * c * It *the aire purging it self.

Gualtcr faith , It is caused by the inconstant change of the Qualter inaire, when immoderate heat cause raines, and coldraires expel AmcsHotn.i ithear.

Dr, Lake faith, That too much moisture is the cause Dr Lakein

t fir. " I King 8.37,.

Mr. Butler judgeth the Hony-dew to bee the quintessence cfall the sweetness of the earth, meaning as hee explains hmself,

' the quintessence of flowers, because when the year is backwardin his fruits, the Hony-dews are alwayes backward,coming onlylit such times, as the flowers have the most solid and bestjuice.

S 3, Secondly*