INTRODUCTION, v 
ing for a convenient Branch, on yonder 
Efpaliers, where fhe may reft a-while, 
and confult what Courfe fheis to take, 
and whither fhe fthall lead her loyal 
and beloved Subjects. 
But I muft recall my licentious Ima- 
gination: I muft leave thefe Ecftafies, 
how pleafing foever, and confider, that 
while I am tranfported, the courteous 
Reader is un-edified. Itis Time he © 
fhould know, yet I muft detain him a 
little longer before he does know, what _ 
he is to find in the following Sheets. 
The Smallnefs of my Cure, has af- 
forded me more leifure Hours, than 
ufually fall to the Share of a great Part 
of my Brethren. Many of thefe Hours, 
during almoft the whole Space of a 
now declining Life, have been fpent i in 
my Bee-Garden ; with as much Inno- 
cence, I hope, and a great deal more 
to my Tafte and Entertainment, than 
if they had been fpent, with a Gun 
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