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Page 45 'with a long & strong aculeus in the tayle conceuud of' 'conceuud' is an odd spelling.

The last of these has obtained considerable popularity from the well-known lines— “The qualities rare in a bee that we meet In an epigram never should fail; The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be left in its tail”— which represent the older Latin of some unknown writer— “Omne epigramma sit instar apis: sit aculeus illi; Sint sua mella; sit et corporis exigui.”

Take also the case of the well-known Latin epigram: Omne epigramma sit instar apis: sit aculeus illi; Sint sua mella; sit et corporis exigui.