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Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the Abbey, and Cathedral Church of Peterborough: Illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Views, Elevations, Plans, and Details of the Architecture of the Church; With Biographical Anecdotes of Eminent Persons Connected With the Establishment
Like a hive of bees that lose both honey and comb, and most of them their lives, by the pitiless robber, but the survivors of whom assemble and immediately proceed to construct new cells, and collect fresh provender, - so the monks, after being repeatedly plundered and dispersed, reunite at their old homes, and rebuild and replenish their houses. Like the bees also, the monks elect their own monarch, or governor, they congregate around him, 'and cordially and unanimously unite for mutual protection, as'well as for the general support and benefit Of thewhole corporate body.
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