A Theatre of Political Flying Infests*

In old Waxe faith Aristotle, there is bred small white Oca-tures, the least of creatures, called Acari, in regard of the small*ness, not devisible, 1 suppose he means Mites, which are'bred al-so in many other things.

The Kingdome of dwadrcaa,watered with the river Ganges, Francis. Fcx-is plentifully stored vt ith Waxc, which in abundance the people n*ndu*finde in the Woods, and therewith supply Btngala, and a greatpart of India.

The Livwians knew not the use of Waxe, and therefore Aloysius Cado.pressing out the hony threw it away ; Cadomnjlut reports the mn ^ u ‘”like ignorance of the Africant in Mauritania.

From the Coast of Mtlwdia, near adjoyning to Madagascar,there is brought one thousand five hundred Tun of Waxe yearlyto India.

Teculeth a Town of Hta sendeth Waxe into PertingaU', and hto, Kb* *to Temfethne resort (hips from Ptrtingale for Waxe*

IniVt-on Idabomeu Birth-day the Schollirs of every School, Idem, lib. j,which are two hundred, celebrate a Feast, when the Fathers arebound to send each man a Torch unto the School, whereuponevery Boycarrietha Torch in his hand, some of which weighthirty pound ; these Torches are most curiously made, beingadorned round about with divers sluices, of Waxe, which beinglighted betimes in the morning doe burne till Sun rising, whenthe solemnity ceaseth. This day useth to be very gainful untothe School-masters, for they fell the remnant of the Waxe up-on the Torches for above a hundred Duckets.

The f er stunt in old time, and also the Africans had a cu-Funeral i axi-stome to wrap up in Waxe their dead, that so they might prc- tich *d» Tho.serve them for a long time. PorcascHt,: ab.

The Kttnant in the Burial of a Senator or chief Officer, bad Goodwin,eettaine waxen Images of all his Predecessors carried befote Rom.aiui’qmt.him on long Speares. Kb. a. c. 7 *

Wax was much used anciently, to make the Image* of emi-nent persons deceased, as also in our dates, which by many ci»currtstances (as appears ) were borrowed of the RamoMt i whowhen the deceased Emperour was to be coiTecrated, the wholeCity gave-over* all exercises, as if it had been a Festival day;

First, they burned the dead Body with sumptuous exequies,andthen they made ao Image of Waxe as like as was pos&ble to the

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