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.
- Charles Butler
- Date:
- M.DC.XXXIV
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.
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![TbeTrefac* to the Reader. Wer4foi4, confidering hou great de vcrtu4 and efficaci ofde fruit ofBa^is, bot4 for dc preferving, andreftoring of mans heltj v.l towgc it not amis to fpend fmm by-tim4, r,c.io.p i. for my recreation, in fearcing out deir Naturc & Propertis, deir Helps & Hindrancesjdat I migt know hou to dm4 gmd unco dem wicar fo good for us, and wat is de du4 and rigc ordering of def‘ deligtful,profitable, & neceifary Creaturcs. And having (to my contentment, dowg to my coftj in fcom fort obteined my defir41, I was incited ( even by de rul4 of •CaritiJ to communicat4dat to my Neigboursand Countri- men, wic I hav4 fine4 found fo beneficiall to my felf: fodat de Reader may nou fraely reap de fruit ofdat, wic de Aut or hat d®r‘ly Town unto him. Ariflotle entreating of de br^ding of Boscs, profeffet himfelf* uncertain of deir fex: and der4for‘, (willing.in dis * De genera* uncertainty to grac4 fo woordy a Creatur4 wit de Woor- dyer title ) has every wer‘ callet deir Goovernour, Bxa- *&i,Rex, As many as followed him,(fear-eing nofarder dan ^ hee did) werc content to fay as hae 1‘aid.So dat I am enforced (unles I wil -eoof4 rader to offend in reb(ts,dan in vodbtts) by deir leav and din4 (learned Reader) to ftrainde ordinary fig- nificationof de woord Rexj and, in fuc places, to tranflat4 it Qeen*; fit de trtal4s hasr4 her4 no4 fway at all : dis b«ing an Amazonian orfeminini kingdom, v. c. n. a, j \t& 25. In diltf nguifing de tim4s of de yasr4, I uf4 de Agronomi¬ cal 1 moonts, as moil4 naturall and fitting to my purpos. v. ytC Wcr4 not4, dat by de nam‘ of eac‘ mcont, is commonly un- derficod de firft day of de famc mcont, ( nam4Iy, werfoever dis Prepofition At, it fet befor* it) except on‘ly wtr‘ it fol¬ io wet lnt or After; or oderwif4 de fens dco4t plainly jew dat it is fpoken of de wol4 Mcont. Wen you hav4 one* (for your fatisfadion) perufed dis j, ^ Bcok4jyou need* not afterward feek4 far for any ting detHi), wer4of you doubt: de Index of de Capters,[[or Contents of deBook* j; and of de MarginaIINot4s, []or Contents of de Capters] wil reddily direct you. For example , If you 4 woold4know deSpIeetingof Hiv‘s,ordemanner of Hiving i looking into de Index of de Capters, you JalJ perceiv](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30337884_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
