They crowd, and with mighty din call forth the foe.”
Alciat’s 148th Emblem (edition 1581, p. 528, or edition 1551, p. 161) sets forth the clemency of a prince; but the description relates to wasps, not bees,—
Principis clementia.
Alciat, 1551.
Veſparũ quòd nulla vnquam Rex ſpicula figet:
Quodq́₃que aliis duplo corpore maior erit.
Arguet imperium clemens, moderataq́₃que, regna,
Sanctaq́₃que indicibus credita iura bonis.