A30125:132
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
IX. Upon the Bee.
The Bee goes out and Honey home doth bring; And some who seek that Honey find a sting. •ow wouldst thou have the Honey and be free •om stinging; in the first place kill the Bee.
The Bee goes out and Honey home doth bring; And some who seek that Hony find a sting. •ow wouldst thou have the Hony and be free •om stinging; in the first place kill the Bee.
Comparison. This Be an Emblem truly is of sin Whose Sweet unto a many death hath been. •ow wouldst have Sweet from sin, and yet not dye, •o thou it in the first place mortify.
Comparison. This Bee an Emblem truly is of sin Whose Sweet unto a many death hath been. •ow would'st have Sweet from sin, and yet not dye, •o thou it in the first place mortifie.