The parliament of bees, with their proper characters. Or a bee-hive furnisht with twelve hony-combes, as pleasant as profitable Being an allegoricall description of the actions of good and bad men in these our daies. By John Daye, sometimes student of Caius Colledge in Cambridge.

Title

The parliament of bees, with their proper characters. Or a bee-hive furnisht with twelve hony-combes, as pleasant as profitable Being an allegoricall description of the actions of good and bad men in these our daies. By John Daye, sometimes student of Caius Colledge in Cambridge.

Author

Day, John, 1574-1640?

Publication

London :: printed for William Lee, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard neere Pauls Chaine,

1641.

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England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Humor -- Early works to 1800.

England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1625-1649 -- Humor -- Early works to 1800.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 16256-1649 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.

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"The parliament of bees, with their proper characters. Or a bee-hive furnisht with twelve hony-combes, as pleasant as profitable Being an allegoricall description of the actions of good and bad men in these our daies. By John Daye, sometimes student of Caius Colledge in Cambridge." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A37285.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2025. content_copy

Contents

• frontispiece
• title page
• To the worthy Gentleman Mr. George Butler professor of the Arts Liberall, And true Patron to Neglected Poesie, All Health and Happinesse.
• The Arguments of the 12. Characters or Colloquies.
  • Prorex. Character 1. Or the Mr. Bee.
  • Elimozinas. Char. 2. Or the Hospitable Bee.
  • Thraso. Char. 3. Or the Plush Bee.
  • Armiger. Char. 4. Or the field Bee.
  • Rivales. Char. 5.
  • Poetaster, Char. 6.
  • Parcimonious. Char. 7. The thrifty Bee.
  • Foenerator. Char. 8. The broaking Bee.
  • Pharmacopolis. Char. 9. The Quacksalver
  • Inamorato. Char. 10. The Passionate Bee.
  • Obron in progressu. Char. 11. Obron in progresse.
  • Rexacillium Char. 12. The Kings bench Barre.
• The Authors Commission to his Bees.
• The Booke to the Reader.
• The Parlament of Bees.
  • Character 1: Prorex, or the Master Bees Character.
  • Eleemozynus. Character. 2. The Hospitable Bee.
  • Character 3.
  • Character 4.
  • Character 5.
  • Character 6.
  • Character 7.
  • Character 8.
  • Character 9.
  • Character 10.
  • Character 11.
  • Character 11.