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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![de onc to appertcin to de Tird, and de oder to de Fife: anil running over de Contents of eider Capter, you .fall find' de firtl to bee dc Tent Not‘, and de oder de 53. Den turning to def* Marginall Notcs in de faid Capters, you hav* in de Text over againlt dem your defir*. Not*alfo, dat wer*as youhav*in<Je Margin (wit def* Marginal! Not*s, certain References unto oder places of de Ba3k*,forfurder explanation of dof* places againft wic dey ftand \V. iignifyet vide,ox See : C. wit his number,de -Cap- ter : and N wit his number, de Marginall Not*. But if N. follow. F.witcut C; den doo*t it not* loom Not* of de fam‘ •Capter. T am out of doubt,dat dis Book* of Bee's wil, inhislnfan- ci*,ly* hidden in obfeuritijas deBook* of Trop's and Vigur's . > did, for awib, go* unregarded, witout friends or aeqain- tanc* : but as dat did by little and little infinuat* it fell into dcloov and liking of many Sfeool‘s, yeaofde Univerfiti it felf, wer* it hat been bot* privatly and publiklyred; £a favour, wic dis fever* Mooderdoo*t fcldom affcord to bir own -eildren.left haply £&/cold* feem* too fond over dem;]] fo dis wil in tim‘travel into demoft4 remot* parts of dis great Kingdom of Great Britain, and bee enterteined of all forts, bot* learned and unlearned .* aldowg de Mnfes Birds ar fitted fojtde CMufes\ and deknowledg of deir long-hid¬ den Secrets was ciefly publiJTed for de Mufes friends. bta me, cjuicejHid funs, & (India meadico. Wotton, '* Cftfai 11,,162^. t. or! iy<t: .yPt . De Printer to de Reader. HE dat wifbffi fully !atisfytd,in all points,concerning de Ortograpi.of dis Book4,wit'de grounds and Reafons dCr4ofi let him read deEngli/ Grammar. In de mean fpac*, h$ may tak4 notic4, dat de Afpirat*s Q-e, d, g,fe,p,/,£,w]] ar noting cls,bur de limple Confonants, []c,d, &c.] wit dc Alpiration h : ( wicis'fignifyed by deda/toarroW de Confonanrjand datde Efilent ot qiefcfcnh, wic y$ldet no‘ found, but fervet on‘Iy to produc* de Voiiel precedent, is (for de Readers eas ) noted wit a diffe¬ rent Kara&er; to wit, lik‘ an inverted Comma. V*/c% CharlsButler.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30337884_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
