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Rh  on ſuch wiſe, vntil they flye backe vnto their proper home. But if the ſwarme ſhal be deuided into two or many round cluſters, then iudge that there be yet manye Captaynes lefte, and that their yre is not ceaſed: and in thoſe partes, where you eſpecially ſee the bees to cluſter moſte thicke and rounde togyther, there diligently ſeeke out the Captaynes. Yet annoynt your hand before with the iuyce of the hearbe Baulme, that touching or handling the Bees, they flye not hither and thither, after which put in your fingers gently, and ſeuering the Bees aſunder, ſeke diligently among them, vntil you finde out the author and procurer of the battell, whiche you oughte like wiſe to kill. Vergill writeth, that the kings ſometimes fly forth for a vaine delight, to ſport them flying in the aire, which you may eaſily ſtay and let, if that you pluck of the kings wings, that he cannot afterward flye.

F it ſo happeneth that bees are flowen away, & that you be in doubte whether they be lodged neare hande, or farre off, Palladius doth inſtructe and teache many goodly wayes to finde them againe. Firſt he teacheth to take red leade, or red Oker infuſed in water, or any other colour, ſtayning, and to carry the ſame wyth you in a little ſhallow diſhe. Unto ſuche a ſpring or rūning water as the honny bees haunte, eſpecially in ye moneth of Aprill. And there ſitting downe, awayte the comming of the Bees to drinke, which after they be come, and there drinkyng, ſtayne in the meane whiles ſuch bees, with your ruſh coloured redde at the ende, as you may well retche with the ſame, ſitting yet ſtil, and watching the comming againe of thoſe Bees marked to drinke, whiche if they ſhortlye returne, then is it an euidente note and token, that their lodging and cottages be neare hande, but if thoſe Bees are long before they returne and come againe to the place, then maye you ſuppoſe and iudge them to be farre off, and the diſtaunce you may geſſe, according to their  Rh