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.
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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.
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Day, John, 1574-1640?
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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 23, 2025.
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The Authors Commission to his Bees.
ABroad my pretty Bees: I hope youl findNeither rough tempest, nor commanding windeTo check your flight, carry an humble wing,Buzze boldly what I bid, but doe not stingYour generous Patron: wheresoere you comeFeede you on waxe, leave them the Honey-combe:Yet if you meet a tart Antagonist,(Or discontented rugged Satyrist)That sleights your Errant, or his Art that pendit,Cry, Tanti: Bid him kisse his Muse—and mend it:If then they Meawe, reply not you, but bringTheir names to me, Ile send out Waspes shall stingTheir Malice to the quick; If they cap words,Tell 'em your Master is a twisting cord'sShall make pride skip; if I must needs take paines,'T shall be to draw blood from Detractions vaines,Tho shevelld like Parchment, Art can make em bleed,And what I vow, Apollo has decreed:Your whole commission in one line's enrowld,Be valiantlie free, but not too bold.
Iohn Day.
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