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J . The Herne), 
Of the "Bees Enemies . 
inoining about thedoore for a new way : and when thefe 
deuices cannot get them out ; fome haue the skill to breake 
the wals of the daubed Hiues aboue, ouer againft the place 
where they lie : and chere chey arefure to haue their purpofe. 
Butinthefpringjwhen the Beescometo the palme, hee ftan- 
deth there watching for them jand while they are bufieat 
their worke hee devoureth many. The little Rulfet one in 
the Winter feedeth only on dead Bees ; but in the Spring he 
will take pare with the great one. The little grecneTitrooufc 
J cannot accufe : except it be only for eating a few dead Bees, 
and that butfeldomcin fomehungrietime. 
The Swallow taketh them as they flie, Populatur birundo. 
dc alibi, 8a demum fola avium nonnift in volatu pafcitnr: But I 
ana perfwaded fliee doth much lelfe harme than the Tit- 
moufe, although (he haue a worfe name. The Long- winged 
Haukc makes the fairer flight; but the (hort-winged is he 
Kitchcn-haukc. Thefe birds therefore are not to be fuffered. 
Abfint meropefj^ aliaq ? vohtcres, 
Et m ambus Progne peftu* ft gnat a cr Mentis, 
Letboyes deftroy their neafts in Summer , and catch the 
Titmoufe in Winter, with* Traps baited with dead Bees, 
Oats, or Tallow. Ariftotle ioyneth the Wafpe,thelittle Tit- 
moufe, the Swallow, and the great Titmoufe together. In - 
ferunt injur iam apibus mixime vefra, & avicnU qua* paros 
%'ccant , atque etiam hirundo. & mtrop.t epui apiafter eft. Qua- 
nt ebr cm apiarij veftarum latibula , & hirundimm acmcropum 
nidos propiijcjuos alveis tollunt. 
* As Cage trnps, I J it-falIs,and Samfons- Ports (>. */»». 3 ) But then 
feta Lath before the Prop , leaning from the Ffoore to the Roofe,left 
the bufxe Bird r' row it downe for nothing. 
The Hornet alfo devoureth Bees : being fo much to© 
flrongforthem , that they can make no rcfiftance. Which 
the Poet meant where hefaid. 
Ant ajper crabro tmpanbm fe immifeuit armic. 
Hirmanner is to fly about before the hiue,riilihe haue fpi- 
ed hir prey fettled atthe doore: and then fuddenly (he taketh 
kin hir feet, and flieth away with it as a Kite with a Chicke. 
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