
Their N eatnefs, ; ay 
Butler fays they do not copulate as other - living crea- 
“tures do *. | 
Come hither all you drunkards and debauchees, and 
from thefe learn to be chafte and fober. No more dif- 
honour your bodies; no longer degrade thofe noble na- 
tures God has given-you. Meaner fouls than yours 
would ferve well enough for thofe bafe offices you 
‘commonly employ them in; to eat, drink, and play. 
Are you capable of converfing with angels, and the Ged 
of angels, and of enjoying him? place your fouls no 
more with dogs of the flock. 
“ 
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Their N. catne]s. 
ANOTHER virtue that. fhould not be paft over in 
filence, being a pattern to all, efpecially the female fex, 
ladies, gentlewomen, and others; particularly thofe 
whole province it is to difcharge the offices of the kit- 
chen, &c. is their cleannefs arid decency. They natu- 
rally abhor all that is filthy and impure, empty them- 
felves in flight, cleanfing their hives of all that is defiling 
and offenfive, carry forth their dead, and fuffer nothing 
to remain that isin their power to remove, and in the 
leaft difagreeable +. 
They alfo live upon the fineft food, the pureft honey; 
as they extract it from the flowers, they depofite it in 
_ their cells appointed for that purpofe, without any de- 
bafing mixtures or adulterations. 
And 
* Apes femine non coitd concipinnt, 4+ Mundifimunt ef omnium koe 
animalium 
