The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler.

  • Butler, Charles, -1647.
Date:
M.DC.XXXIV
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    21/214
    To his ingenious Friend M'Charls Butler Author of de Fmi¬ nin' Afovarfy. DE Woouders in dis Book* dou doo£ft relatc Of Beecs ftrang* Natur‘s, and deir wel rul’d Statc, At firft (T mu(l confef) m®r* fa»cics feemed: And fornoc reall trucfs I dem efteBmed. But wen I had madc tryail of de fam£; O ! hou I den ’gan «argc my iclFwHf blamc ? Of credenc'not lb void beforc, asnou Fill’d wHf deligt: by wk I woon dooc vou My felf dy SkoIIar : and tod’ world profef My debt to dee,Q Icoy, honour, tankfulnes.J And defc dy ft rang*, yet truc, Difcooveris O’d’ Mufes Birds admired Secrecis, To after-ages /all proclaim dy nam*. So as noc Pen need* giv it furder fam*. Let dis Applaus Qplcdg of du* loov] from me& (Dowg der’s no* n®d* of it) accepted bee. De trn( loover of dee and din' Experiences, Fr.Carlet. c/i CarolUm Butler. BUtler, *ti$ ftrang*: dy B®cs wer* never known Ambit’eus; yet havc got a f triple Croun. Hou many of Rom's fcarlet Conclav* ftriv*. In vain, to cang* deir Honours for dat HivS Wer indy Cre’tu^sneftlet Suoasdeft Envi‘de Crouns, not Labours, of dy B®‘s. Dy Studis, But l e r, eqaliz* deir Pains .• If dey hav( Crouns, I wi/d® /arc deir Gains. John Hammonb. iPopl\Jxbin$e 8. nonliving, giytf free BeecJ tn hit Mmsjoii free- er tun'd Mtter Crefltng oyer f * 2 De >'• \ • >•