and their Flies. 
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Delightthcy with Grange i Ants ScGriphinsftrong, x M 
To hoord vp gold and cu’ry gaineful thing? ny writeth, lib. 
Liue they net bcafts, and birds, and men among, 
Committing nought that may them damage bring? 
Ohad I thatftuc-thoufand-verfedfong, zrham is 
Which(i)Poet prowd did once with glory fing. 
That whilft I write of thefe fame creatures bleft, jooo. verfes af 
In proper words their worth might be expreft. 
What wil you more ? they fecdcon nought but airc. 
As doth that famous bird of Paradice, 
They liue not long, left goodneffe fhould empaire, 
Or rather through that(3 ) Hagges enuious eyes, $ htr<fi\ 
That fits, and fitting, cuts in fatallchairc 
That threed firft off, which faireft doth arife: 
Affording crowcs and kites alonger linc > 
Then ft iers ful of gifts and grace diuinc. 
When maker faid to cu’ry bodied foule, 
’Encreafe 3 encrcafe 3 /ird multiply your kittde: 
What he or (he of al the w inged foule 
So much fulfilled their foueraigne-Makcrs minde, 
As thefe two flics ? who coupled three dayes whole, 
Left on the fourth more feeds or egges behind 
Then any birdryca then the fruiteful wrenne, A moTc«Uma 
Numbredby tale a(4)hundred more then tenne. 
Which 
