The eleventh Boote of 



their flight oiit of Affrickc, and with vshole armies to infcft Italie : many a tfiiie have thtp-eofk G 

 of Rome/earing a great famine and fcarcitie cowardjbecne forced to ha.v.el recourfe vimo'.Sthjis 

 bookes for remediCjand to avert the ire of the gods.In the Cyrenaick regiofi.withio Bmhnk;pXr 

 daincd it is by laWjCvery three ycares to mge warre againikhem, and fo to conquer th&ili: that 

 istofay^firft to feeke out their ncaftsjand to Iquafh their c^geEjlecondly, to kill all tkei-ryayngj 

 and laftof all, to proceed even to the greater ones^and ucierlyto deftroy themryeajand agtee- 

 vous puniilimentlieth upon him that is negligent in thisbehalfej as if hee were a traiiou^K to his 

 prince ahd countreyMoreover^within the ifland Lemnos rhere is a ccrtainc proportioh & inca- 

 fure fet down, how many & whatquantitie^v« ry man fhall kiH j aild they are to exhibit unto the 

 magiftratc a juil and true account therpf.and namely to (hew that meafurc'&ili of dead Locufts. 

 And for this purpole they make much of" tales', DavseSiand Choughsj whom they doe honour 

 highly 5becaufe they flic oppofite againft the Locufts5and fp deftroy theini Moreover, m Syria 

 they are forced Cb levic a wadike power ofmeii again!! them3& to makeciddancc by thkracans. 

 See in how many parts of the world this hurtful! and noifoni&vermine is diiperfed and fprcad : 

 and yet inParthia they are taken for very good meat. The voice that they have (fuch as it is) fee- 

 nieth to come fromthe hinder part of their head: for about that place where the joindureis of 

 the fhoulders to the nape of the neckCjthey are fuppofed to have certaine teeth, which by gra- 

 ting and grinding one againft the other^doe yeeld a kind of crailiing noife : and namely, about 

 the time of both theiEquino£tials ; like as the Grafhoppers at midfunimers Sunjtead. LocuB.s 

 engender after the manner of all other Infects which do engender: to wit, the female caricth the 

 male : and (he lying undsrneathabcndeth up the very end of her taile againft the other : and [luis 

 they continue a good while ere they part afunder.To conclude^ the males of ail this kind be leiTe ^ 

 than the females. 



Gha?. XXX. ^ 



^ of the ordinme Pifdim of our cmntrej in Italk, 



\ Oft part of Infeds do breed a grub or little worme. For even thcvery Ant in th^Spring • 

 [ time doth bring forth fuch wormes like cgges.Thcfe filie creatures labour and travel! in 

 common, as the Bees doe; this onely is the difference, that Bees doe make their owne , 

 meat -j whereas thefe ftore up only their food and pr<^virion.As touching their ftrength,ii a man 

 would compare the burdens that they cariCj with their owi4 bodies^he will find and confede^that K 

 th^re is not a creature againe in the worldafor that proportionjftronger. And how doe they car- 

 riethem? even with their kry mouths. Howbeit, if they meet with any greater load than they 

 can bite betweene their chawes,then they fet their fhoulders to it,and with their hinder legs alio 

 make meancs to drive it forward. They have among them a certain forme of Commonwealth : 

 they remember:they are not without care and fore-caft. Locke what feeds or graines they do lay 

 np for provifion/ure they will be to gnaw it firft,for feare they fliould fprout and take root again 

 and fo grow out of the earth. If a corne or feed be too big for their carriage, they divide it into 

 peeccs, that they may goe with it more eafilyinto their houfe. If their feeds within jChaance to 

 take wet^they lay them abroad, and fodrie them. The/'give not over worke by nighty when the jp 

 Mooneis at the full: but when llie is in the change, they reft and play them. When they are at 

 worke,how painefull are they ? how bufiejhow induftrious ? And for as much as they make their 

 purveiance in diverfe plac€s,and bring from all parts^without knowledge one of the other : they 

 keepe among them certain market daies^for a mutuall enterview and conference togetlier. And 

 verilyjitisaworldtofecj howthen they will allemblejwhat running, what greeting, what en- 

 tercourfe and communication there is betweene them, whiles they are inquifitive , as they 

 meet one with another, Whatnewes abroad: even like marchantsat aBurfe. Their waifare 

 is ordinarie and continuall , that wee may fee the very hard flint and pebble ibnes worne 

 with their paffage too and fro: wee may fee (1 fay) a very path-way made where they ufetogoe 

 about their worke : whereby, let no man doubt of what force and power continuall ufe is^of any y{ 

 thing whatfoever, be it never fo little. Of all living creatures, they onely and men, doe entcrre 

 andkirie theirdead among them. To conclude, throughout all Siciiie a man (hall not fee a 

 ayingAnt. 



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