A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/First Treatise/Chapter 36
Of the great commoditie and benefite of Waxe in Medicine. Cap. xxxvj.
WAxe hath a meane among heating things, both in the cooling, drying, and moiſtning, as writeth Galen in the ſeauenth booke of Simples, and 22. {{bl|Chapiter, whiche properly helpeth the roughneſſe of breaſte, when it is ioyned or mixed with the oyle of Uiolets, for that bothe mollifyeth or ſoftneth the ſinewes, ripeneth and reſolueth vlcers. The quantitie of a peaſe in waxe ſwallowed downe of Nurſes, or ſuch women as giue ſucke, doth diſſolue the milke courded in the paypes. And tenne little peeces of pure newe maxe, vnto the biggeneſſe of a hempſeede, drunke downe at one time, doeth cauſe the milke not to courde in the womans ſtomacke and breaſtes. If the priuis place or thereabout, or either man or woman, happeneth to ſwell, then by applying an ointment made of white waxe, it ſhortly aſſuageth and healeth the ſame. If anye alſo happeneth to be diſeaſed with the bloudy flixe, be ſtuffing a yong Pigeon with newe waxe, after roſting the ſame, and eating the fleſhe therof, doeth in ſhorte time after ſtaye the ſame. Alſo, if a Quince made hallowe and filled with pure newe waxe, be after roſted vnder hote embers, vntill the ſame be tender, and eaten faſting without drinking after it, doth in like ſorte ſtaye and helpe the perillous flixe, and ſcouring of bloude. The waxe beſides ſerueth to all maner of plaiſters, ointments, ſuppoſitories, and ſuch like.}}