The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic].

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The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic].
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[Antwerp :: Emprented by me Ioh[a]n of Doesborowe],
[1527?]
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Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
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"The noble lyfe a[nd] natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles a[nd] fisshes [that] be moste knoweu [sic]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68218.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 4, 2024.

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Cap. xij.

THe Bee is a lytell byrde yt hathe bothe wynges fete and tethe / bo¦the and they be gladly in swete ayres. and they be very diligent in theyr ope¦racions. and amōge them all they cho¦se a kinge / but nat to be subiect to him

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but they dare nat flee tyll yt theyr kȳg flee before theim as a leder or a gouer¦nour And the bees haue eche a differēt operacion / and theyr operacion hathe no certentye / some souke the flores / so¦me gader the dewe / of this they make hony and waxe wherewith is serued both god & mā / & they be euer redy to worke in season of the yere whan it is fayre weder

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