and of their Queette. Q i* 
The other he reporteth thus. Quidam fttres, ut argenteum- 
vafculum in quo condita erat £ui bariftia auferrent , & iliam 
ftcum rapuerunt : facratiffimum vero C. corpus fub alveari pro-: 
jecerunt. P oft aliquot dies Dominus alvearis videt apes certis 
boris ft pi us, dimijfts operis ad cibos c'onvebendos , totos effe in 
quod Am mePijluo concent u edendo. C HW % ftrt'e de media node 
exfurrexiffst, confpratur fupra alveare itluftrijftmam lucent, 
fuavifsimeif prater omnem modunt modulantes apes. Ret no- 
V it ate inn fit at a, & prorftu admirandd perculfus, ‘Dei/f moni- 
tu ini into agitat ut rem defert ad Epifecpum. Is plurimis fe= 
cum ajfumptis eo ft confer ens , aperto alveari videt ZJafculum 
elegant iftimum ejfettume candidiftima cera prope alvearis fa~ 
ftigium, in quo repo fit a erat Euchariftia , circaillud chores apum 
circumfonantes, C7* cxcubias agent es. Acceptum igitur Epifco = 
put facramentum maxtmo atm honor e tn templum report avit : 
quo multi accedentes ab inrunteris June morbts curat i, Tho: 
Bozius de (ignis Ecclcfiae, Lib. 1 4.c. 3 . 
In which Storie wee may note, befides the wonderfull 
knowledge and deuotion of the Bees, an incredible power 
and rertue alfo. For this God which they kept and compaf* 
fed, is faid to haue the gift of healing, which others, though 
of as good a making, we know doc want. The conclufion, 
which my Author necelTarily inferreth hereupon, is better 
then all the reft. Ex bis nectffe eft dicamus tn Estcbariftia 
verum C. corpus eft. But if thou wilt grant methat hereby 
is proued the incredible knowledge and skill of the Bees, for 
my part I will vrge thee no farther. ^ 
In thepleafures of their life, the Bees arefo moderate, that Temperantt. 
perfect temperance feemeth to reft onely in them. JT. 
Alio, in their ovvnc Common-wealrh, they are moftiuft, tufike, 
nottheleaft wrong or iniurie is offered among them. But 
indeed I cannotmuch commend theirluftice towardsftran- 
gers:forall that they can catch is their owne: vnletfcthey 
maybeexcufed in this refpett, that the Bees of diuershiues 
arc at deadly feud, or rather as Kingdomes, that are at defi- 
ance one with an other, v. c. 7-»A5. 
Their Chaftitie is to be admired. 
ginalis omnibus communis. f 
D z Et 
Integrity corporis vir- 
Chafiitie. 
Ambiiex.il. jr 0 
