C.i. 
Atnbr.Hex. If. 
JO. 
A Jlrange tale 
soncerningthe 
knowledge and 
dmtkn of Bees. 
*AGcliivts, I. 
si.e. y. 
Of the Nature and properties of Bees, 
that what wanteth in the fight of their eies, is fully Appli- 
ed in the fight of their minde. Cum fit iufirma rob ore apts, 
valida eft vigore fapientia & amove virtutis. 
And yet Ihaueread of a greater knowledge then all this : 
How there were Bees fo wife and skilfully as not onely to dc- 
ferie a certaine little God a mightie, though he came among 
them in likenefle of a Wafer-cake ; butalfo to build him an 
artificiall Chappell. If I fhould relate the Storic, all men, I 
know, would not beleeue it : uotwithftanding, becaufe eue- 
ry man may make lomc vfe of it, you (hall haue it. 
A certaine fimple woman hauing fomc ftals of Bees which 
yeeldcd not vnto her hir defired profit, but did confume 
anddicof the murrainejmade hir mone to an other Wo- 
man more fimple then hir felfe : who gaue her counfell to 
getaconfecratedHoft,andputit among them. According 
to whole aduice fiiewent tothePrieft toreceiuethe Hoft: 
which when fhe had done, (he kept it in her mouth, and be- 
ing come home againe fhe tooke it out, and put it into one 
of hir Hiues. Whereupon themurraine ceafed, and the 
Honie abounded. The Woman therefore lifting vp the 
Hiue at the due time to take out the Honie, faw there ( moil 
ffrangeto bcl'cene) a Chappell built by the Bees, with an 
altar in it, the wals adorned by maruellous skill of Archite- 
cture, with windowes conueniently fet in their places : alfo 
adoorc and a fteeplewith bells. And the Hoff being laid 
vpon the altar, the Bees making a fweet noife, flew round 
about it. 
But whether this doc more arguethe fupernaturall know- 
ledge and skill of the Bees, or the miraculous power of the 
Holf,or the fpirituall craftinclle of him, whofe comming is 
by the working of Satan with all power and fignes and ly- 
ing wonders, fome fcrupulous*Skeptick may make aque- 
ftion: and prefuming to examine euery particular circum- 
ftance ouer narrowly, will make objections againft the truth 
of the Storie : which, by their leaues,in the behalfe of my 
Authour, I muft not fpare to anfwer. Firft, it may be they 
will obieCt thattheHoft being held fo long in the Womans 
mouthj could notchoofe in thatfpace but melt and marre. 
Indeed, 
