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c To the worshipfull maifterM. 
_. Gentleman, ThomasHillvvitbethall 
ee wap eer ao chealth and felicisic. 
S$ it hath beene, and is yet (vvor- 
S| fhipfall Sir)a trade commonly vfeda- 
, |} mong moft men, to choofe ‘out froma 
pip tereate number,fome one, vnder whofe 
iS |iname and title they may publifhe their 
workes: Euen fo I (feiiowing the fteps _ 
& of the learned , though in all other 
aS poyntes moft inferiour) haung fini- 
thed thislittle treatife of Bees, and ca- 
fting with my felfe ro whome I mighte prefente it, founde my felfe 
much bounden ynto your worthip, both for your gentleneffe which 
I haue of late tafted, and alfo for youre friendthip which I finde al- 
wayes readie towards me. And therefore hauing none cther wayes 
to recompence the leaft parce of youre curtefie and gentleneffe, 
thought it beft to gratifie youre worfhip with facha fimple gifte as 
mine abilitie will fuffer me to beftow on {uch a friend.And although 
Sir this Treatife is farre diffonant from youre ftudyes, yet confide- 
ring your earneft defire to know!edge and learnin g,and agayne pon- 
dering the pleafantneffe of the matrer,thoughte this might be made 
a recreation foryour graver ftudyes. For when your mind fhall bee 
fearching for profound reafons, and oppreffed with deepe cogitati- 
ons, then taking and reading this little Pamphlet, it will bring a for- 
getfulneffe vnto your former weerynefl cand caufe anewe delighte 
ynto your mind:For heerein may you fee, firft the marvellous go- 
uernement of the Bees, through the onely inftinéte of nature, asia 
——— 
_ theyr obedience to their King, and other officers, in punifhing the 
ydle loyterers, in cherifhing the true labourers in theyrmanner cf 
fighting, with fuche like a greate many, as it is wonderfull 10 reade, 
and almoft yncredible to beleeue : fecondly, the lively effeétes and 
commodities that arife of theyr Honie and VVaxe. And laftly howe 
profitable they are for common wealth, and howe neceffarie for 
mans yfe,I mighte heere{peake muche in the prayfe of the Bee, 
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