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66 The Hiftory of Bers. 
No lefs indulgent has Nature been to them 
in Regard to their Drefs ; their very Raiment, — 
refembling the fineft Velvet, bright and elit- 
tering ; their whole Bodies coveren with the 
moft curious Hair, not unlike to the richeft 
Shage, which sreatly embellifhes every Part, 
more efpecially the Breaft, and far excells 
what the greateft Mafter in that Art cam 
pretend to. 
How infinitely then do the fecret Beau- 
ties of Nature tranfcend and furpafs thofe 
of Art; which curioufly examined, charm 
every ingenious Mind, filling it with an in- 
expreffible Delight and Pleafure! 
What is all the Pageantry, Splendour and 
Glory of an earthly Court, to Nature’s fim- 
ple Drefs and fecret Beautics, far more 
moving and entertaining! 
If King Solomon in all his Glory was not 
atrayed like a fingle Blade of Grafs, or 
a Flower ; how much lefs like one of thefe 
slorious Infeas! 
Examine we the fineft and no exquifite 
Performances of human Art, and compare 
them with the Produétions of Nature, and 
how exceeding great will the Difference ap=. 
pear! And by how many Degrees hath 
Nature the Preheminence ! 
‘© "The Sting of a Bee, viewed thro’ a Mi- 
** crofcope, fhews every where a Polifh moft 
‘amazingly beautiful, without the leaft 
Pd Fhw, Blemifh, or Inequality, ending in 
: “a Point | 
