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forthwith out he came, and ihatcht the Bee as one in 
wroth, and left it nor, till it was killed. 
Furthermore I have found the(e Bombilii , to C6at 
with Wax the Cellsjoutof which their fellow had 
gone, to fill the.n with honey, to feal them up with 
Wax, left the Thieves entering into them, ftiould waft, 
the Honey. For amongft theft are to be found idle 
Drones, Thieves and flow Bombilii : Yet we have fccn 
thofe, vvi hthe reft going abroad to collefl Honey, did 
make a (hew to fly our with them, but they did not goq 
out of the Chamber, in which I did keep them j but 
did only fly a. tew rounds, and that being done they did 
, returne into one oft he Gla(s bottles : ( For I hadplaced 
two in the Chamber ) in the which they had built theii; 
Combs : And each one returned into the Bottle out o£ 
which they came forth 5 when the reft flew out into the 
Fields, and Meddows, and afterwards did returne home, 
feme loden with Honey, others with Wax, and (bme 
with Water, thefe Droaiis did returne empty into the 
Hives r: and moreover did devour the Combs made by 
others,and the Honey gathered for winter. 
Thefe are the idle Cattle which do not imploy themr 
felves in the gathering of Honey, but do confiime the 
aliments gotten together, by t^ir fellows, concerning 
which the Ancients, have laid much, ^ 
perhaps you will a&e what was- the end of this Old 
Bombylius, which I did think to be the Kingor Caytaim 
Him I faw near dying early ith morning before the 
Drummer did Vibrate, as he was wont , his wings, and 
did excite a noifeto themj creeping out of the Houfo: 
Rut wholy horrid and Trembling in body j hither come, 
as it were tired, he lay down and without ConvuUion 
of the feet, Iweetly did expire 5 neither did that feem.a 
wonder to me, for his feet were long (ince numbed with 
Old age. 
TJhe being dead, the number of the other Bamby- 
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