t28 The Hift~ry ~f Q!teen E ST ER~ Which when Q!Ieen e,fler had right well peru-s'd, And on each wounding word had fadly mu s'd, Startled with 1.eal, not daring to deny, , She rou1.'d her faith, and fent this meek reply: ' Since Heaven it is endows each enterprize ' With goed fuccefs, and only in us lies 'To plant and water; let us firftobtain · · 'Heavens high affiflancf, left the·work be vain! ,./ c Let all the Jews in s,ujafummon' d be, 'And keep a folcmn_ three days·Faft, and we, c With all our fervants, and our maidcn..crain, 'Shall faft as long, and ·from our thoughts abftain: c Then to the KiQ.g ( uncall'd ) will ,I repair, ' Howe'r my boldnefs 1ha11 his Laws comrair) ' And bravely welcome Death before mine eye,. ' And fcorn her power': If I die, ·I dit. · Meditat: I o. I y r A s in the winged Commo~-wealth ef Bees, I1. ~ Whofe careful Summer Providence fore-fee$ · Th' approachir.1~ fruitlefs Winter, which denies The crown of labour ) fome with laden thighs Take ch:uge to ~ear their waxy bnrche,ns home ; Others receive the welcome load ; and fome Difp,ofe the wax ; others ti1e plot contrive ; Son1c build the curious Comb, fome guard the Hive,· Like armed Centinels ; others diftrain The purer honey from the wax ; feme train, And difcipline the yonng, while others drive· The fluggifh Drones from.their dcferved Hive : Thus in ehe Common-wealrh ( umaughc by Arc) EJch winged Burger acts his bufte part: - - S0 m1n ( whofc firfi: creation did intend, . i And chidlyp_oimecl at no other end) Than ' ' . .
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