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A05105 The French academie Fully discoursed and finished in foure bookes. 1. Institution of manners and callings of all estates. 2. Concerning the soule and body of man. 3. A notable description of the whole world, &c. 4. Christian philosophie, instructing the true and onely meanes to eternall life. This fourth part neuer before published in English. All written by the first author, Peter de la Primaudaye, Esquire, Lord of Barre, Chauncellour, and Steward of the French Kings house.; Academie françoise. English La Primaudaye, Pierre de, b. ca. 1545.; Dolman, R. (Richard); W. P., fl. 1618.; Bowes, Thomas, fl. 1586.; Phillip, William, attributed name. 1618 (1618) STC 15241; ESTC S113143 72,610 1,102

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brew_v will_v be_v good_a botchet_n draw_v out_o your_o spelke_n immediate_o with_o a_o pair_n of_o pinchar_n lest_o the_o wood_n grow_v soft_a and_o swell_v and_o so_o will_v not_o be_v draw_v then_o must_v you_o cut_v your_o hive_n honey_n let_v no_o fire_n come_v near_o your_o honey_n for_o fire_n soften_v the_o wax_n and_o dross_n and_o make_v they_o run_v with_o the_o honey_n fire_n soften_v weaken_v and_o hinder_v honey_n for_o purge_v break_v your_o comb_n small_a when_o the_o dead_a empty_a comb_n be_v part_v from_o the_o load_a comb_n into_o a_o sieve_n bear_v over_o a_o great_a bowl_n or_o vessel●_n with_o two_o staff_n and_o so_o let_v it_o run_v two_o or_o three_o day_n the_o soon_o you_o ton_n it_o up_o the_o better_a will_v it_o purge_v run_v your_o swarm_n honey_n by_o itself_o and_o that_o shall_v be_v your_o best_a the_o elder_a your_o hive_n be_v the_o worse_a be_v your_o honey_n vessel_n usual_a vessel_n be_v of_o clay_n but_o after_o wood_n be_v satiate_v with_o honey_n for_o it_o will_v leak_n at_o first_o for_o honey_n be_v marvellous_o search_v the_o thick_a and_o therefore_o virtuous_a i_o use_v it_o rather_o because_o it_o will_v not_o break_v so_o soon_o with_o false_a frost_n or_o otherwise_o and_o great_a vessel_n of_o clay_n will_v hardly_o last_v when_o you_o use_v your_o honey_n with_o a_o spoon_n take_v off_o the_o skin_n which_o it_o have_v put_v up_o and_o it_o be_v worth_a the_o regard_n that_o bee_n thus_o use_v if_o you_o have_v but_o forty_o stock_n shall_v yield_v you_o more_o commodity_n clear_o than_o forty_o acre_n of_o ground_n and_o thus_o much_o may_v suffice_v to_o make_v good_a housewife_n love_n and_o have_v good_a garden_n and_o bee_n deo_fw-la laus_fw-la finis_fw-la the_o content_n of_o the_o country_n housewifes_n garden_n chap._n 1._o the_o soil_n pag._n 77_o chap._n 2._o site_n p._n 78_o chap._n 3._o form_n p._n 79_o chap._n 4._o quantity_n p._n 85_o chap._n 5._o fence_n p._n ibid._n chap._n 6_o two_o garden_n 86_o chap._n 7._o division_n of_o herb_n p._n 88_o chap._n 8._o the_o husbandry_n of_o herb_n p._n ibid._n chap._n 9_o general_n rule_v p._n 96_o chap._n 10._o the_o husbandry_n of_o bee_n p._n 98_o bee-house_n p._n 98._o hive_n p._n 100_o hive_v of_o bee_n p._n ibid._n spelke_n p._n 101._o catch_v p._n 102._o cluster_v p._n 103._o drone_n p._n 104._o annoyance_n p._n 105._o take_v of_o bee_n p._n 106._o strain_v honey_n p._n ibid._n vessel_n p._n ibid._n a_o most_o profitable_a new_a treatise_n from_o approve_a experience_n of_o the_o art_n of_o propagate_a plant_n by_o simon_n harward_n chap._n 1._o the_o art_n of_o propagate_a plant_n there_o be_v four_o sort_n of_o plant_v or_o
propagate_a as_o in_o lay_v of_o shoot_v or_o little_a branch_n while_o they_o be_v yet_o tender_a in_o some_o pit_n make_v at_o their_o foot_n as_o shall_v be_v say_v hereafter_o or_o upon_o a_o little_a ladder_n or_o basket_n of_o earth_n tie_v to_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o branch_n or_o in_o boar_v a_o willow_n through_o and_o put_v the_o branch_n of_o the_o tree_n into_o the_o hole_n as_o shall_v be_v full_o declare_v in_o the_o chapter_n of_o graft_v there_o be_v likewise_o season_v to_o propagate_v in_o but_o the_o best_a be_v in_o the_o spring_n and_o march_v when_o the_o tree_n be_v in_o the_o flower_n and_o do_v begin_v to_o grow_v lusty_a the_o young_a plant_v scion_n or_o little_a graft_n must_v be_v propagate_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o winter_n a_o foot_n deep_a in_o the_o earth_n and_o good_a manure_n mingle_v among_o the_o earth_n which_o you_o shall_v cast_v forth_o of_o the_o pit_n wherein_o you_o mean_v to_o propagate_v it_o to_o tumble_v it_o in_o upon_o it_o again_o 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