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Mr.Builer

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Monarch.

CHAP. VII.

Of thtir Stnfts,

C Reatures produced of putrefaction are little, and weakin the fenses; defective in their exteriors , much more intheir interiors; yea they altogether want wifdome , and areflupid. And therefore Bees are prudent, because they are ge-nerated of a certain matter, and not without a parent.

Bees have all the five fenses, though there do not appear allthose outward Organs of sensing, which some other Animalshave : And so likewise Fishes have no visible Organ ofhearing and smelling; and yet hear and smell, there isnot seen perfectly in their heads -a brain , yet is it the begin-ning fountain and feat of all these senses, phantasie , and me-mory.

Of all the five fenses their sight seems weakest, yet is itdear, especially afar off, which guides them abroad, and di-rects them home, though sometimes they are three or fourmiles from their Hives.

Rut their sight is not so quick near hand; for sometimesthey will flye against you, if you come suddenly cross themwhen they are laden; and also neat the mouth of the Hive > ifthey light besides the door, they will run up and down seekingfor it, as if they were in the dark ( hereby verifying this truth,That things neatest the eye are furthest from sight) but then upthey rife , and flying back a little way, turn again with a betteraiew:-

As many as fall besides the stool when it waxeth dark , ten to•me but they lye abroad all night; yea if at such times Kingtroubled by any thing, they come forth out of the Hive, al-though they bee fresh and lusty , they will leap up and down,run, and flye to and fro, until) they bee weary, but by no meanscan they findc the way in again.

And therefore it is, that when they flye abroad they takemuch pains at the door in rubbing, and wiping their homeyeyes, that they may better discern their waysoith, and backagain.

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