and of their Queene. 
C. i. 
the danger of their poyfoned fpeares. At other times when 
they are notangriedja little peece halfea quarter broad to 
couerthe eyes and parts about them, may feruc: forthen, 
though it be in the heat of the day, vnleife they may ftrike a- 
bout the eyes, they care not to ftrike at all, 
Vnto Cattel which haue not thereafon by flight or other- 4I 
wife to fauc themfelues, they are more dangerous. A Horfe Bees dangerous to 
in the heat of the day looking ouer a hedge, on the other Catted. 
fide whereof was a ftallof Bees, while hee flood nodding 
with his head, as his manner is, becaufe of the Flies, the Bees 
fell vpon him and killed him. Likcwife, I heard of a T eeme 
that ftretching againfta hedge, ouerthrew a flail on the o- 
ther fide, and fo two of the Horfes were flung to death. I 
doubt not but through negligence many fuch mifchances 
haue happened clfe-wbere. For this thing hath becnelong 
fince obferued by that great Philofopher. Necant (faith he) Arift. hift.an I, 
•vel maxima, animalia iff # fiti aculei : jam equus occifus at> 9.C.40, 
apibus eft. 
A Nd fuch are the forts of Bees, with their integral! parts. 4 1 
Among which,though thcredo notappear thofeout- dbeBeesfenfe^. 
War dOrgana of fenting which other Animals haue, nor is 
feene in the head that inward principall * part, which is the * cmbnm tom- 
fountaineand feat of all Senies,Phantafie, andMemorie; mime [cnticndi 
yet haue they the Senfes themfelues, both outward and in- pmcipmm. Fcr, 
ward : which their fubtill and aftiue fpirits doe excite and PhJ.y.c.14. 
quicken, for the works of their curious Art and Angular Ver- 
tues. Ghsamvis non ftnt membra qua, velut carina, fenfus inve- ^ar. hift.Li i,c. 
bant ; ejfe tamen bis audit urn, olfaMum, guftatum^ximia pro.- 4. 
terea natura dona, Fokrtiam , animum , artem qtiis facile cre- 
diderit, Creat Dens minima cor pore acuta fenfu animantia : Auguftin.de 
lit major* at tent lone ftupsamus agilitatem mtifca volant is, Geneh ad lite- 
quan migrdtudinem jumenti gradient is. ram ’ 3 * 
Of ill the flue Senfes their fight feemeth to be weakefl : & 43. 
weaker when they come home loaded, then when they are Their fight dim. 
leere: and being loaded weaker on foot, then when they are 
flying. If, when they come home loaded, they light befide 
the doore, they will goevp and downc feeking for it, as if 
they were in the darke : and vnlefle by chance they hit vpon 
C 3 ir. 
