Ad Authorem. 
j§j|3Sj Vanatura Apibw, qua membra, fcientio, fen fus, 
MMx Virtutes, at as, ingemum, ptetas, 
£hf& fatio, &fedes, foboles, examina, te&a. 
His hoc condendi prompt us ubiy^modus 5 
£lpt<£ princeps , populus, regimen, refpublica, mores , 
Qua fnt arm a, bofles , pralia, caftra , duces, 
Quam celeri compos grejfu, fylvafcf peragrant, 
£hta cellos fngunt arte, lab ore rep lent, 
jQaam pro/int hominum generi coeleftia dona, 
ZJtqtte magls profint cjho moderanda modo ; 
Ter te miranda bac levium JpeElacuU rerum 
Mjflica tot fee Its claufa recla fa patent . 
zsAut aconfiltjs Apibtts, Batlere, fuifli, 
tsfut a confers eft Apis ipfa tuis. 
W Hen I had view’d this Common-wealth of Bees , 
Obferu’dtheir Lines, their Art, and their Degrees; 
As ; how, befide their painefull Vulgar ones. 
They haue their Prince, their Captaines, and their Drones : 
How they tsLgree ; how temp’ratly they Peed j 
How curioufly they 'Build ; howchaftly Breed j 
How ferioufly their Bus’nejfe they intend 5 
How ftoutly they theitf (fommoti-good defend } 
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