. 47 - 
Thtir vcrtues. 
48 . 
Fortitude .' 
and of their Queene. C 
And fuch are their outward fenfes. The inward qualities 
of their minds are farre more excellent. Their curious art 
and wor&manlhip to be admired rather then imitated of 
men, See cap. 6. 
Their lingular vermes are no letle admirable. 
In valour and magnanimicie they furpalfe all creatures: 
there is nothing fo huge and mightie that they feare to fet vp- 
on, and when they haue once begunne,they are inuincible : 
for nothing can make them yeeld but death : fo great hearts v - f • 7 - ». 37. 
doe they cairiein fo little bodies v. In priuate wrongs and 
iniuries done to their perfons ( for which caufe men will foo- 
neif quarrel!-) they are very patient : but in defence of their 
Prince and Common-wealth they doe moll readily enter 
the field, — Et corpora hello 
Oby.li.Vnt .pulchrame^ petmt per vulnera mortem, v. 
Whereby appeareth their lingular fortitude, no lelfe 
then their prudence doth in the gouernment of their 
Coffimo?i-weale v. btfide which, their wifedome and 
knowledge in other matters is verie much: as of their ene- 
mies, of their fellowes and friends, of the Drones, when 
they haue too many, and when they neede them not at all, 
alfo of the times and feafons of theyeare. Their wit and 
dexceritie, as well in gathering as in working their fweetes, 
is inimitable.'t/.Mcreouer, as skilful Aftronomers,they haue 
fore-knowledge of the weather, prndivinant enim ventos 
tmhreffy,, & tunc fe plerag } continent tebHs.ltcm, < Tr<zfagitint 
apes & by erne m & imbres,v. And in ftormy and windie 
Weather, it is a wonder to fee what cunning chofe that are 
abroad doe vfeto fhife the wind when they come home loa- 
den : how they Hie alow by the ground, among the bufhes, 
in the lanes, and lee-lides of the hedges, htxta terramvo- N a t hiiHi n 
htnt in adverfo flatti vcpribtis bebc-tato. But aboue all, one 
excellent skill they haue, w'hich the moll: excellent fcmals, 
though much they defire it,muft yeeld themfelues to want: 
for they know certainly when they breed a male, and when 
a female: which thing appeareth by this, that they lay their y x .6.n. \o.& 
Cephen-feeds in a wide combe by themfelues, v. and the C.4.K.19. 
Nymph-feedes in the reft, which are of a fmaller fize, v. So 6 - 
that 
Virg. 
V. n. 
49 * 
Vrudcnce and 
knowledge. 
^.t.l.72.4. 
&?• 
V.c.6. 
Nat. hift. l.i I. 
c. 10. 
Hift. an. I.9. 
c. 40. 
