Pi Ma. 
6 The Hifory of Bess. - 
The Sc/k-worm accommodates us with 
Cloathing for the Body, and what is that 
better than an Excrement? And how little 
Reafon have we to glory in what is our 
Shame? But the Bees help both to nourifh 
the Body, and to heal it: The one is for 
Ornament, Beauty, and Decency ; the other 
for Health and Necefiity. 
Jt cannot therefore be any Difficulty to de- 
termine, to which of the two we ought to 
afcribe a Meliority. aN 
The fo much famed Hiftorian Pliny in- 
fifts at large upon this Argument, and pro- 
claims their Excellency in thefe Words: 
Inter omnia infectta principatus apibus, et 
jure precipua admratio, Lib. 11. ¢. 5. 
Among all Infects Bees are the principal, and 
jufily merit the greateft Admiration and Re- 
ard. ‘““ As Bees ferve for neceflary Ufes, 
“< to feed the Belly, and heal the Body, they 
‘*"deferve to be beloved and defended of 
ah epg 
~ But their Nature and fuperior Excellen- 

cies will more fully appear from their fol- - 
lowing exemplary Properties, whereby they 
read fo many Lectures of Morality to Men, 
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