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TEXT_EXPL_XML <p>THE <rs>bees</rs> at lengthe retourne into their hiue,<lb/>
        When they haue suck'd the sweete of <persName type="mythological">FLORAS</persName> bloomes;<lb/>
        And with one minde their worke they doe contriue,<lb/>
        And laden come with honie to their roomes:<lb/>
        A worke of arte; and yet no arte of man,<lb/>
        Can worke, this worke; these little creatures can.<lb/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_21501"/>The maister <rs>bee</rs>, within the midst dothe liue,<lb/>
        In fairest roome, and most of stature is;<lb/>
        And euerie one to him dothe reuerence giue,<lb/>
        And in the hiue with him doe liue in blisse:<lb/>
        Hee hath no stinge, yet none can doe him harme,<lb/>
        For with their strengthe, the rest about him swarme.<lb/>
        Lo, natures force within these creatures small,<lb/>
        Some, all the daye the honie home doe beare.<lb/>
        And some, farre off on flowers freshe doe fall,<lb/>
        Yet all at nighte vnto their home repaire:<lb/>
        And euerie one, her proper hiue doth knowe,<lb/>
        Althoughe there stande a thousande on a rowe.<lb/>
        <pb n="embstma_1667_fac201"/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_21502"/>A Comon-wealthe, by this, is right expreste:<lb/>
        Bothe him, that rules, and those that doe obaye:<lb/>
        Or suche, as are the heads aboue the rest,<lb/>
        Whome here, the Lorde in highe estate doth staye:<lb/>
        By whose supporte, the meaner sorte doe liue,<lb/>
        And vnto them all reuerence dulie giue.<lb/>
        Which when I waied: I call's vnto my minde<lb/>
        Your <rs>CVMBERMAIRE</rs>, that same so farre commendes:<lb/>
        A stately seate, whose like is harde to finde,<lb/>
        Where mightie <persName type="mythological">IOVE</persName> the horne of plentie lendes:<lb/>
        With fishe, and foule, and cattaile sondrie flockes,<lb/>
        Where christall springes doe gushe out of the rockes.<lb/>
        There, fertile fieldes; there, meadowes large extende:<lb/>
        There, store of grayne: with water, and with wood.<lb/>
        And, in this place, your goulden time you spende,<lb/>
        Vnto your praise, and to your countries good:<lb/>
        This is the hiue; your tennaunts, are the <rs>bees</rs>:<lb/>
        And in the same, haue places by degrees.<lb/>
        And as the <rs>bees</rs>, that farre and neare doe straye,<lb/>
        And yet come home, when honie they haue founde:<lb/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_21503"/>So, thoughe some men doe linger longe awaye,<lb/>
        Yet loue they best their natiue countries grounde.<lb/>
        And from the same, the more they absent bee,<lb/>
        With more desire, they wishe the same to see.<lb/>
        <term id="embstma_1667_21504"/>Euen so my selfe; throughe absence manie a yeare,<lb/>
        A straunger meere, where I did spend my prime.<lb/>
        Nowe, parentes loue dothe hale me by the eare,<lb/>
        And sayeth, come home, deferre no longer time:<lb/>
        Wherefore, when happe, some goulden honie bringes?<lb/>
        I will retorne, and rest my wearie winges.<lb/>
        <foreign lang="la"><name type="author">Ouid.</name> 1. Pont. 4.<lb/>
         Quid melius <rs>Roma</rs>? Scythico quid frigore peius:<lb/>
         Huc tamen ex illa barbarus vrbe fugit.</foreign>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_21501" lang="la"><name type="author">Aelian.</name> de ani-<lb/>
         mal. lib. 1. ca. 59.<lb/>
         &amp; 60. Et lib. 5<lb/>
         cap. 11.<lb/>
         &amp; 16.<lb/>
         Et <name type="author">Plin.</name> Natural.<lb/>
         hist. lib. 11. cap. 5.</gloss>
        <pb n="embstma_1667_fac201"/> <lb/>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_21502" lang="la"><name type="author">Plin.</name> Natural.<lb/>
         Hist. li. 11. cap. 15.</gloss>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_21503" lang="la"><name type="author">Ouid.</name> 1. Pont. 4.<lb/>
         Rursus amor pa-<lb/>
         triae ratione va-<lb/>
         lentior omni, &amp;c.</gloss>
        <gloss target="embstma_1667_21504" lang="la">Primus gradus<lb/>
         pietatis est iste,<lb/>
         vt quos auctores<lb/>
         tibi voluit esse<lb/>
         deus, honores<lb/>
         obsequiis, absti-<lb/>
         neas contumeliis,<lb/>
         nec vultu laeden-<lb/>
         da est pietas pa-<lb/>
         rentum. <name type="author">Amb.</name></gloss>
       </p>
      
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SEQ 215
PARENT embstma_1667
HIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
TYPE emblem pictura
TIPE emblempictura
ANNOT In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of the emblem is: "Principis clementia"
NEXT embstma_1667_emblem216
IIHIM GUL
; EMBLEMS
; ILL_BOOK
; PLANTIN
CAPTION_EN Wasps swarm around a hive
SOURCE_FILE embstma_1667.dmp
LINK embmne_mig1591_emblem148
LINK_FACSIMILE embstma_1667_fac200
MOTTO_LA Patria cuique chara
DEDICATION_EN To Richarde Cotton Esquier
IC 25G13
; 25G3
; 25H11
; 25I3
; 26A
; 26C
; 41A17
; 44C110
; 47I242
; 47I243(+953)
; 48C244(+0)
; 61B2(COTTON, Richard)3
; 86(PATRIA CUIQUE CHARA)
INTERP_DAL One's homeland is dear to each
URL_IMAGE embstma_1667_pic200.jpg
ID embstma_1667_emblem215
MOTTO_LA_NORM Patria cuique chara
CHILDREN 
CHILDREN_SQRT 0