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Virgil. Gcorg.

Pelytius.

Homer I. r.Iliad.

Aldrovand. de

irjsrctislib. r.

Cxlii Oleag.Apol. p-o Al-fonso dr.eePorrar.Cornucop.Pyr.Prrottj.

& P«r.Cri-n,tu » de ton cst*d;Tc pirn.

A Theatre of Politic «l Ptying In setts*

The Poet elegantly thus writes, j

Besides not Egypt, n»r rich Lydia mere,

Nor Medes, nor Parthian* do tbeir King adore j* Whilst bee's alive in ttneord at obey,

Bui when bee dyes, aBleagues are brtky, and theyThemselves destroy tbtir gathered food a borne,

And rend tbe fabritk of tbeir Honey-combe-,

*Tis bet preserves tbeir wtrkj, bim at admire ,

Ami guard bit person with a strong desire :

They carry him, for bim they buzzard dealt,

And thinks in War they nobly lest tbeir breath .

Xantippm therefore the Lacedemonian being General of theCarthaginians,tod , Hee had rather serve under tbe Comman-der of the Lees, than lead an army of Ants. I fay, under theCommander of the Bees, who uleth not his sting, that is, ex-erciseth tyranny against none, and orders nothing hut that whichis profitable for the Commonwealth} when as they that leadan army of Pismires , that is, men who neither will y not knowhowtoebev, never perform any thing notable', and praise-worthy; so that aptly Himtr deles bipg the Greebj, hasteningto the Oration of Agamemncn the General of the whole /rmy;and as hee calls h m the Pastor of the people , compares themto Bees swiftly flying with their labours to the Hive , wheretheir Commander is constantly resident.

The Egyptians on this ground placed en the top of theKir.gs Scepter the bird Cuesphus (which is a Stork) with aRiver-horse underneath it , implying that piety must suppressrmpiety, clemency ferity.. And from hence the Tribunes of theSouldiers among the Ramans carried their swords withoutedges, intimating that the Generals of Armies ou^ht not to killthe Souldiers, but to correct them, as the Commander of theBees doth her subjects ; and perhaps on this ground, theEgyptians by the HierOglyphick of a Bee signified a King > be-cause it becomes a Ccrr.minder of a people, to mingle withthe fling of justice the honey of clemency.

Memorable to this purpose was the practise of a certainKing of France , who having conquered the Infubrians , and

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