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CHA P. VIII. 
Of tbe Bees Enentite 
PEG HAT Pity is it that Creatures, * of 
a fo great Excellency and Ufefulnefs 
scoop to Mankind, fhould have any Ene- 
““ moles; but certain it is they have 
‘many. The chief of which. are as follow. 
Some of their worft Enemies we “have 
confidered in the preceding Chapter, even 
thofe of their own Species, none being more 
hurtful to them, except their cruel and merci- 
lefs Owners, who at once depopulate and 
utterly deftroy, without the leaft Compaf- 
fion, whole Kingdoms and Empires. Both 
tich and poor Stocks are: here equally guilty, 
and try to augment their own Store, tho’ 
with the greateft Difficulty, Danger and 
Difhonefty.. Where they meet with little or 
no Oppofition, they grow bold and impudent, 
but a refolute and vigorous Refiftance makes 
them retire. 
But if once thro’ their Numbers they 
ftorm the Citadel, and the Garrifon is forced 
to yield (their chief Defign being to rob 
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