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A09765	A summarie of the antiquities, and wonders of the worlde, abstracted out of the sixtene first bookes of the excellente historiographer Plinie, vvherein may be seene the wonderful workes of God in his creatures, translated oute of French into Englishe by I.A.; Naturalis historia. English. Abridgments	Pliny, the Elder.; Alday, John, attributed name.; I. A.	1566 (1566)	STC 20031; ESTC S110480	40,229	130

a tunne And therfore Cato did ordaine that women and maydens shoulde be kyssed of their parents and kinssolke to the ende they shoulde knowe whether they did smel of wine or no. Marcus Varo wryteth of a Consull which neuer made banquet nor had at his Table more at one time than at another for feare of to much drinking In tymes past at Rome the pryce was set on wine to the ende that little should be dronke but since Cesar made great banquettes whiche gaue occasion to make prouision at Rome for all kinde of Wynes Wyne alone serueth to make medicines There is wyne made of Peares Apples and of other trées whiche they vse towarde the East Some make Wine of hearbes of water and hony sodden which in Wales is called Metheglyn that wyll laste fiue yeares or wyth hony and Uineger whiche is called Oximell The smal wynes ought to touch the groūd for to be the better kepte but not the good The flower of white Wyne is good and that of red is naught By dronkennesse menne reueale their secrets and make debates The. xv booke treateth of trées bearing fruite THe Oliue tree groweth not neare the Sea nor in places to hote nor to colde they must be cut lyke Uines The Oliue oyle is of a better sauour when the Oliues begin to rype but there is not so much when they beginne to be blacke but that is the tyme to take them and of their rypenesse There is more payne to make Oyle than wine The Oliue hath stone oyle and flesh the grene are bytter by drying they become lesse thoughe that the heate is cause of oyle The lyquor of the Oliue is the Oyle but is lasteth not as doth Wyne for it is best the firste yeare Some there are that tarry till the Oliues fall from trees for it hurteth the trées agayne the yeare following to be cutte broken or smitten Olyues before they are rype will be kept wyth salte after that they haue bene in hote water If the Oliue be not cleane it is washed and dryed thrée or foure dayes and seasoned wyth salte There is Oyle made of manye thinges of Nuttes of Acornes of smal graynes of swéete smelling trées of Gumme that serueth for medicines of Almōds Chesnuttes and dyuers other things according to the Countreyes Apples and Peares ought to be kept in a drie and cold place and for them the north winde is good and no other wyndes when the weather is faire they should be put on hay seperated one from another for to take the ayre and they ought to be gathered before the full Moone Nuttes make a sounde or 〈◊〉 in falling when they are rype and among other fruites they are parted in foure within with a little skinne betwene both They will kepe gréene being putte in earthe● Pottes in the earth and with them is made good Oyles Chesnuttes are a kinde of maste and it is maruayle that nature hath so closed them in shelles Mulberryes stayne a bodyes fingers and they are of thrée colours at the first they are whyte after that become redde and when they are ripe then they are blacke Cheryes wyll kepe dryed wyth the Sunne as Olyues There are many relessinges in fruites as swéete waterishe sower bytter greene salt brackish fatte and dyuers others among the which there are that haue many tastes together The Wynes are swéete and sowre pricking Mylke is swéete and fatte but there are thrée principall Elementes wythout sauour and wythout smel as water fire and the ayre The Lawrell is didicated to triumphes and Emperours beare therof on their heades principally bycause it kepeth the persones from thunder The. xvj booke treateth of wylde trées THe Acornes commeth of Oke trées of dyuers sortes for some there are better than others and in time of famine the good Acornes dried may be grinded to make breade Acornes be most swéetest when that they are newe and rosted in the imbers The Oke is beste for to builde withall eyther houses or shippes bycause it will longest laste If an Oke trée be smitten with the thunder it beareth fewe Acornes or none and is so bitter that no beaste wil eate therof but Hogges and when they are very hungry The Beache trée beareth a kinde of maste the whiche reioyceth the Hogges being fedde with them their fleshe is soone sodden and verye profitable for the stomacke Taxus is a trée lyke vnto a Pyne trée In Arcadia it is so venemous that no beast dare sleepe vnder the shadow of it nor eate thereof The Cuppes that are made of thys woodde to putte Wyne in are venemous It is sayde that the venime of this woodde ceasseth when there is nayled therein a nayle of brasse An Esshe trée the leaues thereof is mortiferous to Mares but it hurteth not the beastes that shadowe vnder it to drinke the lyquor of it is good against the byting of Serpents for neuer serpent resteth vnder the shadow therof and he that wyll compasse a Serpent about a fire with y e leaues of this trée the Serpent will rather take the fire than escape through those leaues The Tilia of some called the Teybe hath Male and Female for the Female alone beareth floures and séede The luyce of the barke leaues is swéete but no beast will eate of the fruite betwene the barke and the woodde there are many little thinne pelles or skins with the which are made Ropes The Mapple if it were so great and so high as the Cedar should be preferred bycause of his propernesse Wyth this trée is made Tables being of a blackishe colour The Boxe trée spreadeth very large and thicke and is very proper bycause of his shadow There are certaine wylde trées that neuer léese their leafe as the Cedar the Ienuper the Holly trée and others The Ienuper for his leafe hath a sharpe pricke or thorne There are certayne places in Egipt whereas some trées wyll not grow Other trees there are that leaue their leaues sooner than the reste and the difference thereof commeth for that their fruite is sooner rype than others but Almonde trées the Esshe and others haue their fruite wyth the first and caste their leaues with the laste The Mulberrye trée bringeth hir fruite late and falleth hir leaues wyth the first The trées after the maner of beastes doe conceyue in Ianuary with the winde some sooner than others and after a straight wynde beginneth the floures to appeare and nourishe the fruite Uynes in some places beareth twice a yeare The rootes are dyuers according to the dyuersitie of trées Esculus as wryteth Virgill is a trée that hath such profunditie or déepenesse in the earth as it hath aboue the ground in height The Ciper trée is slowe in growing without fruit hauing bitter leaues violent smell and naughty shadow The trées haue moystu● which is their bloude with the whiche they ●ut as well as beastes They haue skin fl●she bloud s●newes vaines bones mary There are trées of a maruellous height and greatnesse A trée lyke to a Pine called Larix was six score foote long and so thicke that foure men coulde scant f●dome it In Germany they cut such great trées for to swimme on the Ryuers and such there are as will bolde thirtie men Commonly wood wil flote aboue the water but some there are so waighty that they wil sinke Diuers woods there are that wyll neuer rotte as Cedar Boxe Ienuper and others Ciper Box and Cedar of their owne nature doe neuer cracke nor crayse nor are eaten of wormes There were brought to Rome Cypers that were 400. yeares olde which séemed as if they were new Wormes hurte many woods but neuer Cipers bycause of his bitternesse neither Box bycause of his strength Alexander the great his souldiers found in an Iland of the red sea ships that had bene made two hūdreth yeres before of a certaine kinde of wood not vsed on the water The Oliue trées last two yeare and Uines sixe hundreth yeares It shall suffise at this presente with the one halfe of Plinies booke the other halfe is of husbandry with the nature of Uynes that vnto vs is well knowē by experience as wel by the diuersitie and situation of places as of the propertie of euery hearbe seruing for medicine the which I leaue out for prolixitie obscuritie of the same Also it serueth more for the science of medicines than to vs. Making vpon this an ende with prayse to God the father that hath vs in his tuicion FINIS

some to come in at some to goe forth by the most hony is in the highest rowme If there chaunce to ryse a great winde whylest they are in the fieldes then they flie close to the groūd along the hedges and they take a litle stone or earth to be more waightier to the ende the winde beare them not away and lode their floures in their fore féete against their breastes Those that are appointed maysters or ouerseers of their house will chastice those that are negligent and slowe They neuer file nor make filth in their Hiue they are so cleane In the night their watch being set they retyre into their lodging and make a murmuring or noyse still deminishing till that one maketh the last sounde or Trumpet flying in the midst of them and then they ceasse oft al til the morning First they make their common houses and then the house of their king or Capitaine whome they doe elect and choose Among these good flyes there are others more greater without sting whiche serue at the workes to chafe or warme y e yong ones betwene their féete and they are straightly corrected and if they fayle without any remission These make their king a fayre house pinacled lyke a Castle seperated from other houses The lodgings of the common sort haue sixe rowmes or corners for the worke of their sixe féete and they make them in close darke or raynye dayes and at suche tymes they fill the vpper Celles with hony and in a fayre cléere day they goe to the fieldes The maner how the yong ones are borne there is greate defficultie for thei neuer couer one another There was a Romaine that made a hiue of cléere lanterne hornes for to sée their workes and it séemeth that they make little wormes that become flyes and before that they haue feathers there is nothing that y e dame desireth more to eat whē their heades are pulled of Their king is chosen in euery swarme or cōpany they choose hym that is greatest he is knowen for he hath a spot in the foreheade If he go or flye to the fieldes the others follow him as his gard and he goeth not out of the Hyue vnlesse that al the rest do followe If he haue a wing broken or perished he goeth not oute of the Hyue he onely taketh no paynes but admonisheth them of their worke If by aduyse of councel he cōmeth forth euery one putteth their payne to serue him and wil carry him if he be weary If he haue a sting yet he vseth it not Whē they intend to depart leaue the hiue certaine dayes before they murmure and make a noyse and flye their way by tempests Often tymes they be at strife for their bondes floures or if one Hyue haue no foode they wil spoile another and their king doth defende them If there want vittayles they kill or driue away those flyes that haue no sting If their sting be once broken they are tamed or faint hearted as a gelded body and can profite no more such haue places a part for to retyre them They hate shéepe for they can scarce get out of their wooll Also they hate Crabbes or Creuices and if there be any soddē nere to their place the smell of them will make them dye They haue many diseases and if any of them dye they bring him oute of their rowmes cast him out of their Hyue as making of funerals If their King dye they doe more for then they make such dolor and sorrow that they do nothing By this and by to muche taking off of their hony they die often tymes They haue sense and vnderstāding to heare and doe reioyce and at the sound of a Basan they wil assēble When their worke is finished they flie abrode then retourne to their hyue or house Their age is seuen yeares they neuer touch any Carion as Crowes Kytes and other flyes doe Their hony commeth as it were a sweate from heauen spittle from the starres or lyquor from the ayre when in the spring tyme the sayd moysture falleth on the leaues and the Dew and the Bées receyueth it and caryeth it into their byue The hony at the first is as cleare as water it boyleth lyke newe wine and purgeth the twentie day it fatteneth then it hardneth and casteth a little skin like a scumme there is wayes how to get the hony for want of foode causeth the Bées to disperse and flye their wayes or die and to great abundance maketh them vnprofitable for they labour no more than is necessary or nedeful and therefore the twelueth parte is their porcion that they ought to leaue them Of hony is made many medicinable thinges seruing to eche one Some leaue the tenth parte and if it be not ful but almost empty ye ought not to touche it That hony that cleaueth together or thréedeth is not good but when incontinently it breaketh in taking of it it is a good signe Also the good smelling hony that hath a colour lyke golde and swéete in the tast is a signe of goodnesse The wilde hony is not so good as the other Spiders or Spinners haue within them suche fertilitie that they spinne beginning in the mydst they make thréedes very subtill They make their yong ones lyke wormes Scorpions towards the East are very venemous they make little wormes like egges of whiche commeth their yong ones but in Italy they do litle harme They byte or sting with their tayle Locusts or Grashoppers make egges they goe on the ground with their clawes The Parthians doe eate them Also Ants make egges of the which growe their yong ones and as the good flyes doe congregate their workes so they hide their foode in the earth for to liue with in the winter They haue knowledge howe to deuide the greate graine Acorne and they dry them that are wet in the Sommer they worke by night in the full Moone one commeth to another for their burthens it séemeth that in them is mutual loue in the diligence of their worke Among other beastes they bury one another when they are deade The Butterflye commeth of a little worme in thrée dayes shée groweth also of woode wherein is humiditie There are beastes full of bloud that dye ●o sone as they are ful for behinde they haue no issue they are ingendered vnder the Oxen sometyme on Dogges In Cypres there growe in the furnaces of flyes greate flying flyes called Piralis or Piransta that dye when they are out of the fire And some there are called Hemorobios that dye that day that they take life Deade flyes if they be hidden or buried in Ashes will reuiue All beastes haue their hornes hollowe sauing at the very ende except the Déere Asses in India haue one horne Man alone hath his eares vnmoueable Hares sléepe with their eies open so do many men which the Greekes call Corybantia The eyes of yong Swallowes wil come again if