C.i. 
THE FEM 
MON ARC 
Or. 
The Hiftorie of B e e 
Chap. I 
Of the Nature and prefer ties of 
man, 
refpeft of great profit with 
final coftjof their vbiquitie or 
being in all Countries, and of 
their continuall labour and 
comly order, the Bees are moil 
to beadmired. 
For firft with the provifion 
of a Hiue and fomc little care 
and attendance, which need be no hindrance to other bufi- 
nelle, but rather a delightful! recreation amid the fame ; they 
bring in ftore of fweet delicates , mod holefome both for 
meat and medicine, FrUtlus apitm ab omnibus def derat ur & 
cpu&ritur:nec pro perfonarum diverfitate difcermturjfedtndif- 
creta fui gratia re gibus pariter ac mediocribns acjttali fnavt fa- 
te duke fcit: nee Jolumvoluptati, fed etiam faint i eft. And an 
other faith, UWtlle ad ufus vita laborem tolerant & operacon- 
ficuint : as they well know, who know the rare vertues of 
Honieand Waxe: a taftc whereof I will giueyou inthelaft 
chapter. 
B Secondly, 
Bees yeeld great 
profit mthfnaU 
cofl. 
Atnbrofius 
Hexamer. l.f. 
cap.21. 
Plin. nat, hilt. 
1.II.C.J. 
