Cursing.
82 Of the Bee and Iupiter.
THe Bée which as men thinke, was the first maker of Waxe, came sometime to sacrifice to the Gods, whose oblation to Iupiter, was a house of Honey, wherewith Iupiter reioysing, commaunded hir petition whatsoeuer it were, to be graunted. Then the Bée asked thus: moste puissant God of all Gods, I beséeche thée graunt to thy handmaide, that who so euer commeth to the hiue, to steale away hir Honey, may forthe∣with die as I haue pricked him. Iupiter being a∣bashed at hir request, bicause he loued mankinde farre aboue all other, at lengthe sayde to hir: Be thou contente if thou sting him that steateth thy hony, that thou maiste leese thy sting and forthe∣with die, and that in thy sting thy life may lie.
MOR. We curse our enemies, but it common∣ly