How timely their Trout font are prouided j 
How orderly their Labors arc diuided j 
What Vertues patterns, and what grounds of Art, 
What Pleafures, and what Profits they impart t 
When thdc, with all thofe other things I minde 
Which in this Books, concerning Bees, I findc : 
Me thinkes, there is not halfe that worth in Mee, 
Which 1 haue apprehended in a Bee. 
And thatthe Ptfmere, and thefe Hony-flies , 
Inftrutt vs better to Philofophize, 
Than all thofe tedious Volumes , which, as fee, 
Are leaft vnto vs by meere Humane-wit. 
For, whereas thofe but only Rules doe giuej 
Thefe by Examples teach vs how to liuc. 
Great God Almighty ! in thy pretty Bee, 
Mine Eie ( as written in fmall letters ) fees 
An AbftraH of that Wifdome, Power, and Lout, 
Which is imprinted on the Heau'ns abouc 
In larger Volumes, for their eies to fee. 
That in fuch little prints behold not Thee, 
And in this Workmanfbip ( oh Lord ) of thine, 
I praife thy mfdome,at\d thy Power diuine. 
And Praife defewts this Author 5 who hath chofc 
So well his Timc> of Leifure to difpofe 5 
And in that Recreation to delight, 
Which honour God, and waduantage might. 
For, finceour humane wcakenelfe doth require. 
That in our feriouft Labours we retire j 
( Becaufe vnlelfe the String be fometime flacke 
The ftrongeft Bow will haue the feebleftbacke ) 
W hat Recreation better can befit 
Our graueD/»i»<?/ j than ( when the Holy writ 
Is laid afide ) in Gods great booke of Creatures 
To reade his fVifdome, and their vfefull Natures ? 
Thus doth our Author. And, not only thus j 
But, like his Bees, makes hony too for vs. 
And is contented that, to helpc vs thriuc, 
We Ihould partake the profit of his Hiue. 
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