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and of tbeir Queene. 
Circttmjtant fretnitts denfo,ftipantt^ frequent es, 
8 t fcpi alteRmt burner is, & corpora hello 
OhjeSlant, pulchramq } petttnt per vulnera mortem* 
ff fhegoe forth to forace her felfe, ( as fomeurne Hie will) ma- 
ny of them attend her, guarding hir perfon before and be- 
hinde j they which come forth before her,eucr now and theft 
returning, and looking backe, and making withal! an ex- 
traordinary noife,as if they fpafce the language of the Knight 
Marfhals men, andfo away they flye together, and anoneiu 
like manner they-attend her backe againe. This I may fay, 
becaufe I haue feene it : although the Philofopher be of an 
Other minde : Rcgcs ..faith he, ntenquamforis viftmtur, mjhum 
migratur. If by hir voycc (he bid them goe, they fwarme : if 
being abroad (lie diflikethe weather, or lighting-place, they 
quickly returne home againe : while (he cheereth them to 
battail^they fight, v : while (he is well, they are cheerefull a- 
bout their worke 5 ifihedroope and dye, they will neuer after 
enioy their home, but either languifh there till they be dead 
too, or yeelding to the Robbers, v : fly away with them v : 
Rege mortuo mceret plebs ignava, noncibos ewvehit, non procc- 
dit, trifti tantitm mtermurc glower at nr circa corpus ejus. 
But if they haue many Princes, as when two flye away with 
one fwarme, or when two fwarmes are hiued together $ they 
will not be quiet till one of thebecafliered: which fomtime 
they bring downe that euening to the mantle, v. where you 
may findeher couered with a little heape of Bees : otherwife 
the next day they carie her forth either dead or deadly woun- 
ded. Concerning which matter, I will here relate one memo- 
rable experiment.Two fwarmes being put together, the Bees 
on both Tides, as their manner is, made a murmuring noife, as 
being difeontented with the fuddain congrelfe of Strangers: 
but knowing wel that the more the merrier, the fafer,the war- 
mer, yea, and the better prouided ; they were quickly made 
friends. And hauing agreed which Queene (hould reigne, 
and which (hould die, three or foure Bees brought one of 
them downe betwecnc them, pulling and haling her as if 
they were leading herto execution : which I by chance per- 
cciuing, got hold of her by the wings, and with much adoe 
B % tookc 
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