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it_o in_o and_o it_o be_v work_v of_o great_a concernment_n and_o much_o time_n already_o have_v be_v waste_v by_o i_o lord_n incline_v my_o heart_n to_o diligence_n and_o convince_v i_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o work_v while_o it_o be_v call_v to_o day_n because_o the_o night_n come_v that_o no_o man_n can_v work_v upon_o the_o gaudy_a wasp_n 56._o med._n observe_v the_o wasp_n in_o her_o gaudy_a dress_n what_o a_o enemy_n she_o be_v to_o the_o painful_a and_o laborious_a bee_n and_o be_v not_o content_v herself_o to_o be_v idle_a but_o rob_v also_o the_o bee_n that_o do_v labour_n and_o feed_v upon_o that_o which_o this_o painful_a and_o industrious_a creature_n have_v lay_v up_o against_o winter_n and_o so_o ofttimes_o expose_v they_o to_o want_v and_o penury_n yea_o to_o death_n itself_o and_o if_o the_o poor_a bee_n make_v resistance_n kill_v they_o and_o spoil_v their_o habitation_n i_o observe_v also_o that_o this_o pernicious_a insect_n more_o hurtful_a than_o the_o drone_n 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