<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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In Alciatus' Emblemata the motto of the emblem is: "Principis clementia"

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To Richarde Cotton Esquier

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One's homeland is dear to each

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