The (Preface to the (Redder, 
thers, doe, for the moft part, vnluckily light vpon the 
work : fo that, being compared, they are no way matcha- 
ble vnto thenr,whom by theaduantage of time they might 
hauefurpafled. Among which Georgias Pitt or in* a learned 
Phyfician deferueth beft, as hauing taken moft paines in 
perufing the ancient Authors, and gathering their matter 
into his method. WhomoneT’. H. of L ondon t ran dating 77 
word for word into Engli(h,3s well as he could, concealing 
the Authors name, aduentured to publifh in his owne 
name. Thefe and the like when a Scholar hath throughly 
read,hee thinketh himfeife throughly inftru&ed in thefe 
myfteries:but whenhecommeth abroad to put his reading 
in praftife,euery filly woman is ready to deride his learned 
ignorance. 
Wherefore confidering how great the vertue andeffica- v. t.xo.fo, 
cie of the fruit of Bees is, both for the preferuing, and refto- 
ring of mans health, I thought it not amiffe to fpend forae 
by-time for my recreation, in fearching out their nature 
and properties, their helpes and hinderances, that I might 
know how to doe good vnto them, which are fo good for 
vs,and what is the due and right ordering of thefe delight- 
full, profitable, and neceflary creatures. And hauing to my 
contentment, though tomycoft, in fome fort obtained 
my defire, I was incited, euen by the rule of charitie, to 
communicate that to my neighbours and country-men, 
which I haue fince found fo beneficiall to my felfe : fo that 
the Reader may now freely reape the fruit of that , which 
the Author hath deerely fowen vnto him. 
The Philofopher intreating of the breeding of Bees, pro- De g**#. 
fsffeth himfelfe vncertaine of their fex : and therefore, wil- * n - L 2 ,c ' 10 ' 
ling in this vncertaintie to grace fo worthy a creature with 
the worthier title, he euery where calleth their gouernour 
BcwweoVj/^x.Asmany as followed him, fearching no farther 
than he did, were content to fay as he faid. So that 1 am in- 
forced 
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