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             A panegyrick of King Charles being observations upon the inclination, life, and government of our Soveraign Lord the King / written by Sir Henry Wotton ...
             Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.
          
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                 CAROLUS
              
               D.
               G.
               Anglia
               ,
               Scotia
               ,
               Francia
               ,
               et
               Hibernia
               ,
               
                 Rex
                 ,
              
               Fidei
               Defensor
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           A
           PANEGYRICK
           of
           King
           
             CHARLES
          
           ;
           Being
           Observations
           upon
           the
           Inclination
           ,
           Life
           ,
           and
           Government
           of
           our
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           KING
           .
        
         
           WRITTEN
           BY
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Wotton
          
           Knight
           Provost
           of
           EATON
           Colledg
           ,
           A
           little
           before
           his
           death
           .
        
         
           And
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Marriot
             ;
             London
             ,
          
           —
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           OUR
           Young
           CHARLES
           Duke
           of
           
             Cornwall
             ,
          
           And
           Earle
           of
           CHESTER
           ;
           Henry
           Wotton
           Wisheth
           late
           dayes
           .
        
         
           THese
           following
           Vowes
           and
           Acclamations
           
           wherewith
           Your
           Father
           (
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           )
           was
           wellcomed
           at
           his
           return
           from
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           I
           dedicate
           to
           Your
           Highnesse
           :
           not
           unadvisedly
           ,
           that
           when
           you
           shal
           bee
           indued
           with
           erudition
           (
           the
           ornament
           
           long
           since
           of
           your
           ancestors
           )
           you
           may
           draw
           from
           this
           smal
           memorial
           ,
           whatsoever
           it
           bee
           ,
           a
           more
           glorious
           treasure
           then
           a
           triple
           Crown
           ;
           namely
           ,
           an
           hereditary
           image
           of
           vertue
           .
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           KNOW
           that
           this
           piece
           was
           (
           by
           the
           deceased
           Author
           )
           writ
           originally
           in
           
           Latin
           ;
           and
           was
           received
           generally
           with
           applause
           and
           satisfaction
           then
           :
           And
           by
           a
           person
           highly
           and
           deservedly
           valuing
           the
           Authors
           Memory
           ,
           taught
           to
           speak
           our
           
             English
          
           tongue
           ;
           which
           ought
           not
           to
           
           blush
           ,
           even
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           for
           owning
           the
           thoughts
           of
           this
           much
           renowned
           Patriot
           ,
           and
           true
           servant
           to
           his
           Royall
           Master
           yet
           in
           beeing
           .
           Whose
           vertuous
           and
           happy
           reign
           was
           no
           less
           the
           admiration
           of
           his
           neighbors
           ,
           
           then
           the
           just
           subject
           of
           this
           learned
           pen
           ,
           to
           transmit
           the
           true
           lights
           therof
           to
           after
           ages
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           it
           fail
           of
           an
           effect
           suitable
           now
           upon
           the
           Readers
           of
           these
           dayes
           in
           generall
           ;
           the
           Publisher
           doubts
           not
           of
           one
           in
           
           thee
           ,
           whom
           he
           hopes
           art
           neither
           byassed
           by
           desperate
           Interest
           ,
           nor
           dazled
           with
           false
           Illumination
           .
        
         
           
             Farewell
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           KING
           at
           His
           return
           from
           SCOTLAND
           ;
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Wottons
             VOTES
          
           and
           ACCLAMATIONS
           .
           Imperiall
           
             CHARLES
          
           my
           Soveraign
           King
           and
           Master
           ;
        
         
           I.
           IT
           was
           an
           ancient
           custom
           among
           the
           civill
           nations
           ,
           so
           oft
           as
           
           they
           were
           blessed
           with
           a
           just
           and
           a
           gracious
           King
           (
           lest
           their
           felicity
           should
           bee
           mutely
           smother'd
           ,
           and
           moulder
           in
           their
           brests
           )
           to
           pour
           sorth
           their
           affections
           and
           joyes
           in
           elogies
           ,
           in
           hearty
           wishes
           ,
           and
           in
           applauses
           ;
           especially
           ,
           when
           any
           occasion
           did
           excite
           their
           acclamations
           .
           By
           emulation
           
           of
           which
           sacred
           custom
           ,
           being
           rapt
           ,
           and
           my
           very
           bowells
           in
           this
           my
           frozen
           age
           being
           warmed
           therewith
           ,
           I
           have
           taken
           a
           flagrant
           confidence
           ,
           to
           celebrate
           this
           day
           which
           hath
           restored
           your
           Majesty
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           us
           unto
           our selves
           :
           being
           so
           little
           daunted
           with
           the
           weaknesse
           of
           mine
           
           own
           elocution
           ,
           that
           almost
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           esteem
           my self
           thereby
           the
           fitter
           to
           perform
           it
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           need
           is
           there
           here
           of
           any
           rhetoricall
           stuff
           ?
           or
           why
           should
           I
           too
           curiously
           ballance
           words
           by
           weight
           ?
           it
           will
           be
           enough
           this
           day
           simply
           to
           rejoice
           .
           Sincerity
           is
           a
           plain
           and
           impolite
           thing
           ,
           by
           
           how
           much
           the
           lesse
           tricked
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           joying
           in
           her
           owne
           naturall
           alacrity
           ;
           and
           fine
           speech
           while
           it
           adorneth
           ,
           corrupteth
           our
           gladness
           .
           Neither
           do
           I
           fear
           that
           this
           duty
           shall
           appear
           a
           flattering
           blandishment
           ,
           or
           to
           proceed
           from
           one
           ambitiously
           projected
           at
           the
           
             feet
          
           of
           
             fortune
             ,
          
           which
           intruth
           
           were
           unworthy
           of
           that
           ingenuity
           that
           I
           have
           received
           from
           my
           
             parents
             ,
          
           and
           likewise
           of
           that
           blessed
           contentment
           ,
           which
           liberall
           
             studies
          
           have
           taught
           me
           .
           Yet
           ,
           one
           thing
           I
           confesse●d
           oh
           involve
           my
           thoughts
           at
           the
           very
           entrance
           ,
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Solicitude
          
           ;
           namely
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           with
           true
           
             praises
          
           offend
           
           that
           verecundious
           modesty
           ,
           wherewith
           Your
           Majesty
           doth
           so
           sweetly
           season
           all
           your
           other
           vertues
           :
           for
           although
           your
           fortitude
           bee
           great
           against
           any
           thing
           that
           requires
           either
           
             Constancie
          
           of
           
             spirit
             ,
          
           or
           
             validity
          
           of
           
             body
          
           ;
           yet
           ,
           I
           cast
           some
           doubt
           ,
           lest
           you
           should
           bear
           these
           applauses
           
           the
           more
           tenderly
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           they
           are
           the
           more
           justly
           due
           .
        
         
           II.
           We
           read
           that
           
             Germanicus
          
           (
           and
           yet
           what
           a
           man
           ?
           )
           somewhat
           before
           the
           
             battel
          
           against
           the
           
             Catti
          
           ;
           went
           disguised
           with
           a
           beasts
           skin
           about
           his
           shoulders
           ,
           to
           listen
           behind
           the
           souldiers
           tents
           what
           
             opinion
          
           
           they
           had
           of
           him
           .
           So
           as
           they
           seem
           the
           weakest
           receivers
           of
           their
           own
           commendations
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           worthyest
           to
           receive
           them
           .
        
         
           Whence
           I
           easily
           foresee
           that
           I
           must
           prepare
           a
           way
           for
           your
           
             Sacred
             Eares
             ,
          
           by
           more
           severe
           arguments
           then
           I
           can
           borrow
           from
           the
           shop
           of
           light
           Rhetoritians
           .
           I
           
           will
           therefore
           roundly
           affirm
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           fair
           ,
           nor
           the
           deformed
           lives
           of
           
             Princes
             ,
          
           should
           be
           suppressed
           under
           ignoble
           silence
           ,
           but
           that
           both
           the
           good
           and
           bad
           ,
           should
           bee
           delivered
           to
           posterity
           with
           the
           same
           liberty
           in
           writing
           ,
           which
           themselves
           used
           in
           living
           :
           and
           with
           no
           less
           reverence
           
           of
           truth
           then
           of
           majesty
           :
           the
           good
           ,
           lest
           by
           subducting
           the
           examples
           of
           vertue
           from
           our
           knowledge
           ,
           vertue
           it self
           by
           little
           and
           little
           should
           decay
           :
           the
           bad
           ,
           that
           being
           exempt
           while
           they
           live
           ,
           from
           all
           danger
           of
           laws
           ,
           they
           might
           at
           least
           be
           attempered
           with
           some
           awe
           of
           future
           records
           .
           This
           I
           
           dare
           speak
           to
           your self
           (
           most
           excellent
           Soveraign
           )
           and
           ,
           even
           that
           I
           dare
           say
           so
           much
           as
           this
           ,
           I
           owe
           only
           to
           your self
           ,
           who
           have
           now
           so
           lived
           33
           and
           reigned
           almost
           nine
           yeers
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           not
           afraid
           of
           truth
           .
        
         
           III.
           Most
           famous
           it
           was
           of
           old
           ,
           and
           wil
           eternally
           
           live
           ,
           that
           answer
           of
           
             Virginius
             Rufus
             ,
          
           to
           
             Cluvius
             :
          
           You
           know
           
             Virginius
          
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           what
           credit
           is
           due
           to
           history
           :
           wherefore
           if
           you
           read
           any
           thing
           in
           my
           books
           ,
           otherwaies
           then
           you
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           I
           pray
           pardon
           me
           .
           To
           whom
           replies
           
             Virginius
             ;
             Cluvius
          
           knows
           this
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           done
           those
           that
           I
           have
           
           done
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           free
           for
           you
           writers
           to
           write
           what
           you
           list
           .
           Which
           was
           the
           security
           (
           I
           must
           confess
           )
           of
           a
           brave
           gentleman
           indeed
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           private
           personage
           .
        
         
           How
           much
           more
           may
           this
           day
           rejoice
           ,
           at
           the
           reception
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           of
           whose
           life
           and
           whole
           deportment
           wee
           may
           speak
           
           both
           openly
           and
           safely
           .
           Yea
           ,
           let
           me
           add
           this
           boldly
           ,
           that
           if
           nature
           her self
           (
           the
           first
           Architectres
           )
           had
           (
           according
           to
           
             Vitruvius
          
           his
           conceit
           )
           windowed
           your
           brest
           :
           if
           Your
           Majesty
           should
           admit
           all
           mens
           eyes
           ,
           not
           only
           within
           the
           walls
           of
           your
           priviest
           chamber
           ,
           but
           into
           the
           inward'st
           closet
           of
           your
           
           heart
           ,
           nothing
           would
           there
           appear
           ,
           but
           the
           splendor
           of
           goodness
           and
           an
           untroubled
           serenity
           of
           vertues
           .
           What
           said
           I
           ?
           if
           you
           would
           admit
           ?
           why
           ,
           can
           they
           whom
           the
           supreme
           power
           hath
           set
           in
           a
           high
           and
           
             lucent
             throne
          
           bee
           secluded
           from
           the
           eyes
           of
           men
           ?
           or
           the
           course
           of
           your
           life
           and
           government
           
           be
           hidden
           in
           a
           mist
           ?
           certainly
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           obscurity
           of
           degree
           and
           solitude
           it self
           ,
           is
           more
           vailed
           then
           Majesty
           .
           Doth
           that
           Emperor
           of
           
             Abyssine
          
           (
           who
           they
           say
           is
           seen
           but
           once
           a
           yeer
           abroad
           )
           think
           that
           it
           is
           lesse
           known
           what
           he
           doth
           with
           in
           ?
           Doe
           wee
           not
           know
           even
           at
           this
           day
           that
           
             Domitian
          
           even
           in
           
           his
           secret
           retied
           room
           ,
           whither
           hee
           dayly
           in
           private
           resorted
           ,
           did
           nothing
           but
           stick
           flies
           with
           a
           bodkin
           ?
           Lay
           
             Tiberius
          
           hid
           in
           his
           recesse
           to
           the
           Islands
           of
           
             Capreae
             ,
          
           when
           among
           so
           many
           wounds
           and
           tortures
           of
           his
           conscience
           (
           with
           which
           he
           was
           vexed
           like
           so
           many
           
             furies
          
           )
           many
           tokens
           of
           a
           distracted
           
           mind
           did
           daily
           break
           forth
           ?
           Surely
           no
           .
        
         
           Your
           Majesty
           hath
           taught
           the
           Princes
           both
           of
           your
           own
           ,
           &
           future
           times
           ,
           the
           only
           and
           most
           wholsome
           way
           of
           concealing
           your self
           ,
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           you
           indeavour
           nothing
           that
           is
           to
           bee
           concealed
           .
           There
           are
           certain
           creatures
           of
           ingratefull
           aspect
           ;
           as
           
           
             Bats
          
           and
           
             Owls
             ,
          
           (
           condemn'd
           by
           nature
           to
           hate
           the
           light
           ,
           )
           and
           I
           know
           that
           some
           Prin-have
           held
           it
           among
           the
           secrets
           of
           Empire
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           great
           mystery
           of
           craft
           ,
           to
           be
           adored
           afar
           off
           ,
           as
           if
           reverence
           did
           only
           dwell
           in
           holes
           ,
           and
           caves
           ;
           and
           not
           in
           full
           light
           .
           Whence
           flow
           those
           Sophistries
           of
           Goverment
           ?
           
           I
           will
           speak
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           and
           freely
           ;
           they
           wandred
           in
           crooked
           paths
           ,
           because
           they
           knew
           not
           (
           the
           shortest
           way
           )
           to
           bee
           good
           .
           But
           ,
           Your
           Majestie
           doth
           not
           flie
           the
           eyes
           and
           accesse
           of
           your
           subjects
           ;
           you
           do
           not
           joy
           to
           be
           hid
           ,
           you
           do
           not
           withdraw
           your self
           from
           those
           that
           are
           yours
           ;
           you
           doe
           
           not
           catch
           at
           false
           veneration
           with
           a
           rigid
           and
           clouded
           countenance
           :
           yea
           ,
           sometime
           you
           vouchsafe
           to
           descend
           to
           a
           certain
           affability
           without
           offence
           of
           your
           dignitie
           :
           for
           thus
           you
           reason
           with
           your self
           in
           the
           clearness
           of
           your
           owne
           bosome
           ;
           if
           it
           were
           not
           above
           our
           power
           to
           lie
           concealed
           ,
           yet
           
           were
           it
           below
           our
           goodness
           to
           will
           it
           ;
           then
           which
           nothing
           (
           in
           conclusion
           )
           is
           more
           popular
           ;
           for
           good
           Princes
           are
           by
           all
           good
           men
           openly
           revered
           ,
           and
           even
           silently
           by
           bad
           :
           so
           much
           do
           the
           beams
           of
           vertue
           dazle
           even
           unwilling
           eies
           .
           Wherfore
           as
           of
           late
           I
           did
           pass
           with
           
             Tranquillus
             
             Suetonius
          
           (
           who
           hath
           anatomized
           the
           very
           bowels
           of
           the
           
             Cesars
          
           )
           to
           beguil
           in
           the
           time
           of
           your
           absence
           with
           some
           literate
           diversion
           ,
           the
           tedious
           longitude
           of
           dayes
           ,
           and
           had
           by
           chance
           faln
           upon
           that
           passage
           ,
           so
           lively
           describing
           the
           wailings
           of
           
             Augustus
             ,
          
           after
           the
           
             Varian
          
           defect
           ,
           often
           crying
           out
           ,
           
             Render
             
             me
             Quintilius
             Varus
          
           ;
           straight
           there
           arose
           a
           fervent
           desire
           of
           Your
           Majestie
           ,
           and
           wishes
           glowed
           for
           your
           return
           :
           for
           it
           seemed
           much
           juster
           that
           
             England
          
           should
           solicit
           her
           sister
           with
           panting
           suspirations
           ,
           then
           
             Augustus
          
           the
           ghost
           of
           
             Quintilius
             :
          
           Restore
           to
           mee
           ,
           
             Scotland
          
           my
           sister
           ,
           our
           
           King
           ;
           restore
           the
           best
           of
           men
           ,
           whom
           none
           but
           bad
           doth
           not
           love
           ,
           none
           but
           ignorant
           doth
           not
           praise
           ;
           both
           the
           ruler
           of
           our
           Manners
           ,
           and
           the
           rule
           together
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           not
           only
           be
           the
           gladder
           ,
           but
           the
           better
           for
           it
           ,
           while
           we
           shal
           never
           contemplate
           (
           a
           thing
           most
           rare
           )
           in
           the
           highest
           degree
           a
           pattern
           
           of
           the
           least
           licentiousness
           .
           Seeing
           therefore
           (
           excellent
           King
           )
           that
           you
           are
           such
           ,
           permit
           I
           most
           humbly
           beseech
           you
           (
           if
           supplications
           may
           more
           prevaile
           then
           arguments
           )
           that
           nine
           people
           of
           distinct
           language
           (
           for
           so
           many
           they
           are
           in
           my
           account
           )
           whose
           realms
           you
           moderate
           ,
           may
           glory
           that
           you
           
           are
           such
           ,
           and
           proves
           that
           not
           only
           in
           every
           ones
           particular
           
             Idiom
             ,
          
           which
           would
           bee
           in
           truth
           too
           narrow
           for
           our
           joy
           ,
           but
           in
           this
           common
           language
           however
           exprest
           ,
           that
           even
           
             forreigners
          
           may
           know
           heretofore
           yeelded
           the
           best
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           of
           greatest
           name
           to
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           so
           
           drie
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           still
           can
           afford
           a
           type
           of
           a
           most
           laudable
           Soveraign
           .
        
         
           IV.
           Now
           ,
           having
           as
           I
           hope
           a
           little
           mollified
           the
           way
           to
           your
           patient
           hearing
           ,
           hence
           forth
           I
           shall
           take
           a
           pleasure
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           generall
           habit
           ,
           &
           course
           of
           your
           life
           ,
           to
           crop
           a
           few
           things
           like
           the
           
           gatherers
           of
           flowers
           :
           for
           ,
           I
           joy
           more
           in
           the
           chief
           then
           in
           the
           plenty
           ;
           though
           not
           ignorant
           that
           either
           the
           diligence
           ,
           or
           ambition
           of
           Ancients
           in
           this
           kind
           was
           so
           profuse
           ,
           as
           perchance
           
             Timeus
          
           did
           not
           say
           unpleasantly
           ,
           that
           
             Alexander
          
           the
           
             Macedonian
          
           had
           sooner
           subdued
           all
           
             Asia
          
           then
           
             Isocra●es
          
           had
           
           writ
           his
           
             panegyrick
             .
          
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           art
           was
           much
           cherished
           in
           those
           dayes
           ,
           while
           in
           a
           rank
           age
           of
           eloquence
           the
           wits
           of
           Orators
           were
           wanton
           ▪
           but
           it
           becometh
           me
           ,
           being
           mindfull
           both
           of
           my
           simplicity
           and
           age
           ,
           to
           touch
           rather
           the
           generall
           heads
           of
           your
           due
           praises
           ▪
           then
           to
           prosecute
           the
           particulars
           ;
           
           that
           the
           very
           brevity
           of
           my
           speech
           ,
           may
           in
           a
           sort
           imitate
           the
           defluxion
           of
           my
           sliding
           years
           .
           Now
           before
           other
           things
           ,
           there
           offereth
           it selfe
           unto
           mee
           ,
           the
           singular
           Nobility
           of
           your
           birth
           :
           whereby
           ,
           in
           the
           long
           pedegre
           of
           antecedent
           King●
           yee
           are
           eminent
           above
           them
           all
           ,
           even
           your
           blessed
           
           father
           not
           excepted
           ;
           this
           I
           will
           deduce
           more
           clearly
           :
           your
           great
           great-grandfather
           
             Henry
          
           the
           seventh
           ,
           (
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           more
           beholden
           to
           his
           fortune
           or
           his
           fortitude
           )
           being
           almost
           at
           once
           an
           Exile
           ,
           and
           a
           Conquerer
           ,
           united
           the
           white
           and
           red
           Roses
           ;
           the
           Armomories
           of
           two
           of
           our
           
           mighty
           families
           ,
           by
           the
           marriage
           of
           
             Elizabeth
          
           of
           
             York
          
           ;
           wch
           being
           in
           division
           had
           so
           many
           yeers
           polluted
           their
           own
           Countrie
           with
           infestous
           rancor
           and
           bloody
           fewds
           :
           A
           more
           blessed
           Colligation
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           then
           of
           the
           Roses
           ,
           wee
           owe
           to
           the
           good
           dayes
           of
           your
           father
           ,
           even
           for
           that
           alone
           
           never
           to
           bee
           remembred
           without
           high
           veneration
           .
           But
           ,
           in
           you
           alone
           ,
           most
           Imperiall
           
             Charles
             ,
          
           is
           confluent
           the
           glory
           of
           all
           nations
           ,
           of
           all
           ages
           ,
           which
           since
           the
           
             Romans
          
           have
           possessed
           Britannie
           either
           by
           right
           ,
           or
           by
           Arms
           .
           In
           you
           ▪
           I
           say
           ▪
           alone
           ,
           whom
           of
           all
           hither●o
           crowned
           ,
           we
           acknowledg
           
           the
           only
           branch
           of
           the
           
             Cabrians
             ,
             Anglosaxons
             ,
             Scottish
             ,
             Norma●
          
           and
           
             Danish
          
           Race
           .
           In
           this
           perchance
           (
           if
           the
           comparison
           bee
           not
           too
           mean
           )
           not
           unlike
           to
           the
           
             Ister
          
           that
           〈…〉
           river
           of
           
             ●●rope
             ,
          
           which
           rolling
           down
           so
           ●minense
           a
           〈◊〉
           enn●bled
           by
           〈◊〉
           way
           with
           the
           contri●●tion
           of
           so
           many
           
           famous
           streams
           .
           Among
           our
           authors
           ,
           one
           of
           no
           mean
           condition
           ,
           that
           our
           Elders
           would
           not
           legitimate
           the
           
             Norman
          
           government
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           till
           
             Maude
          
           marrying
           with
           
             Henry
          
           the
           first
           brought
           into
           the
           world
           a
           branch
           of
           the
           ancient
           
             Saxon
          
           Kings
           :
           she
           was
           the
           sister
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           nephew
           twice
           removed
           
           of
           King
           
             Ethelred
          
           your
           Progenitor
           .
        
         
           What
           greater
           cause
           have
           we
           to
           imbrace
           Your
           Majestie
           with
           open
           arms
           ,
           descending
           to
           our
           times
           from
           so
           manifold
           a
           stock
           of
           Kings
           ;
           adorned
           with
           access
           of
           the
           
             Cambryan
          
           line
           by
           Queen
           
             Ann
          
           your
           Mother
           ,
           a
           Lady
           of
           a
           masculine
           carriage
           and
           more
           truely
           may
           
           we
           challenge
           that
           which
           
             Buchanan
          
           (
           who
           next
           the
           ancients
           had
           the
           happiest
           strain
           )
           attributed
           to
           your
           grandmother
           (
           to
           whom
           might
           a
           better
           fate
           have
           faln
           )
        
         
           
             Yee
             sway
             Scepters
             independing
             ,
          
        
         
           
             From
             elders
             numberless
             descending
             .
          
        
         
           But
           these
           you
           scarcely
           account
           your
           
           own
           .
           I
           pass
           to
           your
           peculiar
           glories
           ,
           which
           no
           less
           give
           then
           receive
           lustre
           .
        
         
           V.
           Three
           things
           are
           remarkable
           in
           your
           beginning
           ,
           Best
           of
           Kings
           ,
           (
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           call
           you
           so
           often
           )
           of
           no
           small
           moment
           to
           your
           following
           felicities
           ;
           and
           things
           in
           their
           encrease
           for
           the
           
           most
           part
           keep
           a
           relish
           of
           the
           beginnings
           ;
           first
           ,
           that
           you
           were
           not
           born
           to
           the
           supream
           hope
           of
           Soveraigntie
           ,
           whereby
           flattery
           (
           though
           a
           swift
           &
           watchfull
           evill
           )
           clinging
           to
           the
           very
           cradle
           of
           Heirs
           apparant
           ,
           slowly
           crept
           on
           your
           tender
           years
           ,
           giving
           time
           to
           your
           naturall
           goodness
           to
           suck
           in
           
           the
           generous
           juice
           of
           honesty
           :
           for
           certainly
           it
           much
           importeth
           the
           Common-weal
           to
           see
           that
           the
           first
           propensions
           even
           of
           private
           men
           bee
           well
           informed
           and
           instilled
           :
           how
           much
           more
           of
           Princes
           ,
           whereof
           they
           are
           not
           only
           sustainer●
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           but
           patterns
           for
           the
           future
           ?
        
         
         
           Next
           ,
           that
           you
           suc●eed
           a
           brother
           of
           no
           ●mall
           endowments
           of
           ●ature
           :
           this
           redoubled
           ●nd
           contracted
           the
           se●ulity
           of
           your
           parents
           〈◊〉
           I
           call
           it
           sedulity
           ,
           for
           ●t
           exceeded
           an
           ordi●ary
           care
           )
           about
           the
           ●mprovement
           of
           their
           ●nly
           son
           :
           Nay
           ,
           by
           this
           ,
           ●our
           own
           spirits
           were
           the
           more
           and
           more
           ●rected
           ,
           when
           now
           
           such
           a
           weight
           of
           exp●●ctation
           was
           faln
           onl●
           upon
           your self
           ;
           the●
           were
           they
           appoint●●
           which
           should
           fait●●fully
           endue
           with
           the
           elements
           of
           knowled●
           your
           age
           not
           yet
           fit
           f●●
           affairs
           of
           State
           :
           the●
           were
           such
           sent
           for
           〈◊〉
           might
           dresse
           yo●
           growing
           strength
           w●
           feats
           of
           
             Chivalr●
          
           which
           I
           well
           remem●●er
           
           how
           handsomly
           ●ou
           performed
           in
           the
           ●rime
           of
           your
           youth
           ,
           ●ill
           afterwards
           run●ing
           at
           Tilt
           I
           knew
           ●ot
           whether
           we
           took
           more
           joy
           or
           fear
           to
           ●ee
           you
           adventure
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           falls
           into
           ●y
           mind
           how
           nature
           ●●rugled
           for
           a
           time
           with
           the
           weakness
           of
           ●our
           body
           ,
           far
           unlike
           ●o
           that
           firm
           vigour
           
           which
           wee
           now
           be●
           hold
           with
           joy
           and
           ad●miration
           :
           which
           ●
           think
           did
           not
           happ●●
           without
           a
           secret
           pro●vidence
           ,
           that
           the●
           might
           be
           the
           more
           i●●tentive
           care
           of
           cult●●vating
           your
           mind
           ,
           〈◊〉
           indeed
           well
           becam●
           the
           heir
           ,
           then
           secret●
           destinated
           ,
           of
           such
           〈◊〉
           King
           ,
           whom
           of
           all
           a●●ter
           many
           ages
           his
           ve●ry
           
           maligners
           doe
           not
           deny
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Prince
           of
           greatest
           knowledg
           .
           But
           I
           haste
           from
           your
           first
           essayes
           to
           your
           stronger
           times
           ,
           not
           forgetting
           my
           promised
           bre●ity
           .
        
         
           VI
           .
           After
           your
           travells
           abroad
           ,
           obnoxious
           to
           many
           hazards
           ,
           you
           came
           unto
           the
           
           Crown
           ,
           where
           was
           seen
           how
           much
           you●
           self
           then
           dared
           to
           adventure
           ,
           while
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           all
           at
           home
           were
           trembling
           fo●
           your
           sake
           .
           But
           ,
           the
           celestiall
           favour
           di●●
           reduce
           you
           again
           faf●
           unto
           us
           ,
           with
           not
           s●
           much
           as
           a
           taint
           of
           fo●●raign
           tincture
           like
           a●nother
           
             Vlysses
             ,
          
           t●
           whom
           it
           was
           enoug●
           
           even
           by
           
             Homer
             ,
          
           to
           peruse
           the
           manners
           of
           men
           and
           their
           goverment
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           When
           you
           had
           taken
           the
           Crown
           ,
           before
           all
           other
           things
           ,
           there
           was
           resplendent
           in
           you
           a
           Royall
           religious
           mind
           :
           the
           pillar
           of
           Kingdoms
           and
           the
           joy
           of
           good
           men
           :
           the
           regal
           
           Chappell
           never
           more
           decent
           ,
           the
           number
           of
           excellent
           Divines
           daily
           increased
           ,
           Sermons
           in
           no
           age
           more
           frequent
           ,
           in
           none
           more
           learned
           ,
           and
           the
           example
           of
           Prince
           more
           informing
           then
           the
           Sermons
           ;
           no
           execrations
           rashly
           proceeding
           from
           your
           mouth
           ;
           your
           eyes
           abhorring
           ,
           not
           only
           any
           
           sordid
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           least
           lascivious
           word
           :
           which
           perchance
           under
           
             Edward
          
           the
           4th
           
             .
          
           while
           vagrant
           loves
           did
           raign
           ,
           was
           accounted
           a
           piece
           of
           courtly
           eloquence
           ;
           neit●●r
           was
           this
           piety
           immured
           within
           the
           Court
           ,
           but
           diffused
           through
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           The
           Church
           revenues
           
           not
           toucht
           ;
           Temples
           here
           and
           there
           newly
           founded
           ;
           delapidations
           repaired
           ;
           and
           ,
           (
           which
           posterity
           will
           ever
           speak
           )
           the
           contributions
           of
           your
           Kingdom
           ,
           excited
           by
           your
           Majesties
           most
           religious
           exhortation
           ,
           to
           restore
           the
           Temple
           consecrated
           to
           the
           Apostle
           of
           the
           nations
           ,
           
           which
           had
           suffered
           some
           injury
           of
           time
           ;
           in
           all
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           without
           question
           ,
           the
           most
           ample
           work
           of
           equall
           antiquity
           ;
           where
           your
           Majesties
           care
           was
           eminent
           in
           demolishing
           those
           private
           houses
           which
           disgraced
           the
           view
           of
           so
           goodly
           a
           worke
           :
           Nor
           less
           in
           imposing
           the
           charge
           
           of
           that
           whole
           business
           ,
           upon
           that
           most
           vigilant
           Prelat●e
           who
           for
           his
           singular
           fidelity
           and
           judgment
           ,
           hath
           lately
           been
           assumed
           to
           higher
           dignity
           .
        
         
           Now
           (
           next
           to
           God
           )
           how
           tender
           was
           your
           affection
           to
           your
           people
           ?
           when
           contagion
           grew
           amongst
           them
           ,
           recourse
           was
           had
           to
           
           publick
           fasts
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           commandement
           :
           when
           wee
           were
           pressed
           with
           greater
           fears
           then
           affliction
           of
           famin
           ,
           the
           cornmongers
           were
           constrained
           to
           open
           their
           barns
           ,
           and
           the
           prices
           underrated
           .
           Among
           those
           pious
           cares
           ,
           I
           cannot
           omit
           one
           peculiar
           Elogie
           ,
           proper
           to
           your
           owne
           providence
           ,
           whereof
           
           I
           must
           fetch
           the
           beginning
           a
           little
           higher
           .
        
         
           VIII
           .
           Some
           years
           agoe
           ,
           certain
           points
           about
           sublime
           points
           of
           our
           Belief
           were
           born
           abroad
           ,
           or
           rather
           perchance
           newly
           rub'd
           up
           out
           of
           antiquity
           ;
           which
           when
           they
           had
           also
           flown
           hither
           unto
           us
           (
           as
           
           flames
           of
           wit
           are
           quickly
           diffused
           )
           lest
           here
           also
           our
           pulpits
           and
           pens
           should
           grow
           hot
           with
           publick
           disturbance
           ,
           Your
           Majesty
           hath
           by
           Edict
           with
           most
           laudable
           temper
           compressed
           all
           disceptation
           on
           either
           side
           .
           Let
           others
           think
           what
           they
           list
           ;
           in
           my
           arbitriment
           (
           if
           the
           phrase
           may
           be
           pardoned
           )
           
           the
           Itch
           of
           Disputing
           will
           prove
           the
           Scab
           of
           Churches
           .
           I
           wil
           relate
           what
           hath
           hapned
           to
           mee
           in
           my
           observation
           more
           then
           once
           :
           namely
           ,
           two
           arguing
           about
           some
           subject
           very
           eagerly
           ,
           till
           either
           of
           them
           transported
           by
           heat
           of
           contention
           from
           one
           thing
           to
           another
           ,
           they
           both
           at
           
           length
           first
           lost
           charity
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           truth
           .
           Whither
           (
           in
           the
           name
           of
           God
           )
           would
           restless
           conceit
           proceed
           if
           it
           were
           not
           bounded
           ?
           there
           is
           no
           end
           of
           subtil
           arguments
           :
           but
           Your
           Majestie
           hath
           found
           out
           a
           seasonable
           provision
           .
        
         
           IX
           .
           To
           these
           praises
           
           of
           piety
           I
           wil
           add
           a
           mighty
           pattern
           of
           gratitude
           :
           and
           almost
           a
           greater
           of
           Constancy
           towards
           
             George
             Villers
          
           Duke
           of
           
             Buckingham
             ,
          
           who
           being
           the
           chief
           concomitant
           adjoyned
           unto
           them
           amongst
           the
           hazards
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           Journey
           ,
           Your
           Majestie
           afterwards
           at
           home
           as
           it
           were
           by
           exchange
           
           did
           safely
           carry
           through
           all
           the
           rocks
           of
           either
           fortune
           ,
           till
           the
           unforeseen
           day
           befell
           him
           .
           We
           have
           also
           seen
           no
           small
           means
           of
           your
           favour
           cast
           upon
           another
           of
           trusty
           &
           judicious
           associates
           in
           the
           same
           Journy
           .
           Neither
           do
           I
           only
           recount
           these
           things
           ,
           as
           arguments
           of
           an
           heart
           
           mindfull
           of
           faithfull
           service
           (
           which
           is
           a
           truly
           regall
           vertue
           )
           but
           likewise
           of
           singular
           obsequiousnesse
           towards
           the
           memory
           of
           your
           own
           parent
           ,
           though
           then
           decea●sed
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Buckingham
          
           had
           stood
           so
           many
           yeers
           in
           his
           speciall
           privity
           :
           as
           if
           Your
           Majesty
           reputed
           your
           
           self
           no
           lesse
           the
           Heir
           of
           his
           affections
           ,
           then
           of
           his
           Kingdoms
           ;
           a
           rare
           example
           among
           the
           memorials
           of
           all
           ages
           .
           He
           was
           indeed
           a
           Duke
           of
           many
           lovely
           parts
           ,
           very
           seldome
           consociated
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           limbs
           of
           his
           body
           exquisitely
           composed
           ,
           yet
           doubtful
           whether
           his
           shape
           or
           his
           grace
           were
           the
           more
           eminent
           :
           
           undubitably
           of
           an
           undaunted
           spirit
           ,
           equally
           attentive
           to
           affairs
           either
           imposed
           ,
           or
           assumed
           :
           he
           shewed
           likewise
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           so
           many
           distractions
           an
           incredible
           temper
           &
           equability
           .
           I
           wil
           not
           deny
           his
           appetite
           of
           glory
           ,
           whereof
           generous
           minds
           are
           not
           easily
           divested
           ;
           but
           ,
           that
           wch
           of
           all
           I
           reckon
           the
           
           sweetest
           ,
           no
           austerity
           of
           behaviour
           ,
           nothing
           outwardly
           tumerous
           :
           but
           obvious
           ,
           accostable
           &
           almost
           exposed
           to
           every
           mans
           accesse
           :
           as
           if
           so
           high
           felicity
           had
           scarce
           been
           sensible
           of
           felicity
           :
           for
           which
           endowment
           though
           it
           had
           been
           single
           ,
           he
           might
           well
           have
           merited
           (
           in
           humane
           judgment
           )
           at
           his
           end
           a
           softer
           Bed
           .
        
         
         
           X.
           After
           this
           there
           began
           to
           grow
           powerful
           in
           Your
           Majesties
           principall
           affairs
           and
           daily
           growth
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           tryed
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           more
           trusted
           ,
           a
           person
           certainly
           of
           a
           moderate
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           of
           most
           weighty
           counsel
           ,
           &
           wth
           contempt
           of
           va●nity
           born
           to
           solid
           wisdom
           ,
           whom
           to
           nominate
           
           were
           injurious
           ,
           for
           after
           a
           sincere
           de●cription
           their
           needs
           ●ot
           a
           name
           .
        
         
           XI
           But
           the
           highest
           Empire
           over
           your
           affections
           ,
           is
           deservedly
           challenged
           by
           your
           most
           worthy
           consort
           of
           your
           royal
           bed
           ,
           her self
           likewise
           descended
           from
           an
           antient
           line
           of
           Kings
           :
           but
           it
           is
           
           enough
           to
           say
           the
           daughter
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           and
           Sister
           to
           
             Lodowick
          
           the
           Just
           ;
           whom
           for
           most
           deer
           pledges
           already
           of
           either
           sex
           ,
           for
           the
           endowment
           of
           chastest
           beautifulness
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           chiefly
           blesseth
           the
           nuptial
           bed
           )
           for
           congruity
           of
           dispositions
           ,
           Your
           Majesty
           embraceth
           with
           
           so
           religious
           and
           invi●lable
           love
           ,
           that
           just●y
           you
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           passed
           from
           the
           Title
           of
           an
           excellent
           pattern
           ,
           into
           that
           of
           an
           excellent
           husband
           .
        
         
           XII
           .
           To
           chastity
           you
           have
           added
           temperance
           her
           nearest
           Companion
           :
           which
           vertues
           among
           miserable
           and
           impotent
           
           men
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           pass
           by
           with
           silence●
           but
           in
           a
           King
           so
           young
           ,
           in
           the
           vigour
           of
           his
           age
           ;
           &
           in
           such
           a
           promptness
           of
           satisfying
           all
           appetites
           ,
           know
           not
           whether
           we
           should
           more
           commend
           or
           admire
           .
           Now
           ,
           after
           these
           Elogies
           (
           which
           partly
           beget
           love
           ,
           and
           partly
           beget
           wonder
           )
           to
           
           doubt
           once
           of
           the
           justness
           of
           your
           times
           ,
           were
           most
           unjust
           .
           It
           wil
           not
           yet
           repent
           me
           to
           repeat
           a
           little
           at
           large
           a
           thing
           of
           illustrious
           example
           ,
           in
           a
           man
           of
           obscure
           condition
           .
           There
           fell
           out
           at
           
             London
          
           I
           know
           not
           what
           tumult
           for
           one
           rescued
           out
           of
           a
           Serjeants
           hands
           ,
           who
           for
           debt
           was
           carried
           to
           
           prison
           ,
           where
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           those
           confusions
           ,
           one
           or
           two
           (
           as
           for
           the
           most
           part
           it
           falleth
           out
           )
           did
           perish
           of
           sodain
           hurts
           ;
           wherupon
           one
           
             Iohn
             Stamford
          
           a
           stout
           and
           lusty
           fellow
           (
           who
           had
           fatally
           run
           into
           the
           throng
           )
           was
           apprehended
           as
           guilty
           o●
           murther
           ;
           he
           watched
           not
           with
           Your
           Majesty
           
           intercessors
           of
           great
           name
           ;
           and
           there
           was
           a
           certain
           hope
           of
           his
           pardon
           already
           in
           vulgar
           imagination
           conceived
           ,
           because
           he
           waited
           on
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Buckingham
          
           in
           his
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           among
           attendants
           of
           his
           own
           condition
           was
           many
           times
           very
           acceptable
           to
           his
           Lord
           for
           a
           mighty
           ability
           of
           
           body
           ,
           &
           skil
           in
           wrestling
           ,
           whereof
           the
           memory
           as
           then
           was
           yet
           fresh
           ,
           which
           perchance
           made
           the
           poor
           man
           the
           more
           audacious
           ;
           but
           neither
           the
           intercessions
           of
           the
           living
           ,
           nor
           the
           mans
           own
           wel
           known
           valour
           ,
           nor
           finally
           the
           remembrance
           of
           so
           wel
           known
           a
           Patron
           whom
           he
           served
           ,
           could
           prevaile
           with
           
           Your
           Majesty
           above
           Justice
           ,
           (
           but
           which
           is
           much
           to
           be
           said
           )
           after
           these
           circumstances
           he
           suffered
           the
           ordinary
           death
           —
           .
           Fresher
           is
           the
           execution
           which
           a
           Baron
           of
           most
           ancient
           linage
           suffred
           for
           a
           fact
           ;
           unworthy
           of
           his
           ancestors
           .
           But
           ,
           if
           an
           old
           observation
           of
           a
           witty
           author
           may
           yet
           have
           place
           ,
           that
           some
           
           examples
           are
           more
           illustrious
           ▪
           and
           some
           greater
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           the
           Barons
           the
           more
           illustrious
           and
           
             Stamfords
          
           the
           greater
           .
        
         
           XII
           .
           But
           whither
           am
           I
           ravisht
           ?
           while
           I
           revolve
           these
           things
           ,
           with
           no
           unpleasing
           meditation
           ?
           Your
           Majesty
           hath
           in
           your
           Tribunals
           of
           strict
           Justice
           proper
           Judges
           ;
           whose
           
           Sentences
           are
           rigid
           ;
           you
           have
           also
           a
           most
           sage
           Chancellour
           of
           right
           and
           equity
           (
           not
           inferior
           to
           the
           ancient
           Pretors
           )
           who
           for
           the
           peoples
           relief
           mollifieth
           the
           former
           severity
           ;
           but
           ,
           those
           doe
           sit
           apart
           ,
           in
           severall
           Bars
           :
           if
           one
           should
           ask
           by
           chance
           ,
           why
           they
           sit
           not
           together
           (
           which
           might
           seem
           the
           more
           expedite
           
           way
           )
           I
           wil
           deliver
           my
           opinion
           ,
           our
           Ancestors
           out
           of
           a
           most
           grave
           providence
           ,
           that
           Justice
           and
           lenity
           wch
           in
           the
           inferiour
           Magistrate
           sit
           divided
           ,
           might
           be
           consociated
           in
           the
           only
           brest
           of
           the
           Soveraign
           :
           And
           truly
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           for
           ,
           composed
           in
           your self
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           of
           the
           very
           desire
           of
           your
           ancestors
           ,
           
           hath
           so
           tempered
           them
           together
           ,
           that
           none
           have
           presumption
           to
           be
           evill
           ,
           nor
           grieve
           to
           be
           good
           Hitherto
           I
           desire
           to
           bee
           understood
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           only
           spoken
           of
           the
           restraint
           of
           common
           vices
           ,
           which
           every where
           swarm
           ,
           for
           of
           more
           hai●nous
           transgressions
           (
           by
           Gods
           goodness
           )
           wee
           have
           
           not
           a
           word
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           dream
           ;
           wee
           are
           in
           labour
           of
           an
           excellent
           ignorance
           :
           we
           know
           not
           what
           insurrection
           is
           :
           what
           plotter
           is
           against
           the
           Common-weal
           :
           or
           that
           is
           ,
           which
           Gramarians
           cal
           the
           offence
           of
           Majesty
           :
           the
           very
           words
           are
           vanisht
           with
           the
           thing●
           ;
           and
           (
           in
           truth
           )
           no
           marvail
           ;
           for
           ,
           what
           
           wretch
           (
           unless
           hee
           were
           of
           all
           mortall
           men
           the
           most
           stupid
           and
           felonious
           ,
           and
           both
           equally
           a
           fool
           and
           a
           villain
           )
           would
           violate
           the
           quiet
           of
           so
           just
           and
           pious
           a
           Governor
           ?
        
         
           XIII
           .
           Now
           as
           you
           maintain
           your
           lustice
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           would
           call
           the
           health
           of
           your
           
           Kingdom
           )
           in
           an
           even
           Ballance
           ,
           without
           too
           much
           stretching
           or
           slackning
           the
           strings●punc
           ;
           so
           you
           are
           not
           careless
           of
           the
           security
           ;
           for
           so
           the
           same
           would
           fal
           to
           Empires
           ,
           which
           falleth
           out
           in
           natural
           bodies
           ,
           which
           subsist
           dangerously
           ,
           if
           nothing
           but
           meer
           health
           sustain
           them
           :
           wherefore
           after
           a
           war
           wth
           two
           mighty
           
           Kings
           together
           with
           various
           event
           (
           as
           it
           falleth
           out
           in
           humane
           affairs
           )
           concluded
           by
           new
           Confederations
           on
           either
           side
           ,
           your
           principall
           care
           at
           home
           ,
           was
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           Maritine
           strength
           ,
           as
           it
           became
           the
           Tutor
           of
           Insular
           Kingdoms
           ;
           where
           the
           Navy
           Royal
           was
           yearly
           more
           increased
           and
           
           furnished
           ;
           likewise
           more
           cōmodious
           roads
           chosen
           for
           the
           Ships
           ,
           and
           of
           readyer
           issue
           upon
           sodain
           occasion
           ;
           Your
           Majesty
           not
           only
           commanding
           ,
           but
           with
           your
           own
           Eyes
           pe●using
           the
           places
           ,
           as
           if
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           that
           moment
           you
           had
           scarce
           trusted
           another
           mans
           view
           :
           Then
           a
           more
           exact
           survey
           of
           
           Arms
           ,
           and
           the
           general
           Musters
           at
           due
           time
           better
           executed
           .
        
         
           XIV
           .
           Amongst
           these
           things
           it
           were
           uncivill
           to
           pass
           over
           silently
           ,
           that
           which
           wise
           men
           oft
           time
           have
           noted
           ;
           namely
           ,
           that
           Your
           Majesty
           doth
           more
           frequent
           the
           Counsel
           of
           State
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           your
           Predecessors
           ,
           unless
           
           perchance
           wee
           should
           reflect
           our
           eyes
           upon
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Sixth
           ,
           whom
           they
           say
           even
           in
           his
           childhood
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           seldome
           absent
           .
        
         
           XIV
           .
           In
           that
           Session
           of
           your
           privy
           Counsell
           ,
           the
           highest
           Prelates
           add
           reverence
           ,
           the
           Nobles
           of
           both
           Kingdoms
           ,
           dignity
           .
        
         
         
           Some
           there
           are
           whom
           forraign
           experience
           ,
           some
           whom
           the
           knowledg
           of
           our
           Laws
           do
           adorn
           :
           among
           whom
           the
           learned
           and
           faithfull
           Sagacity
           of
           your
           Secretaries
           watch
           over
           all
           accidents
           ;
           but
           above
           these
           the
           very
           presence
           of
           the
           Soveraign
           hath
           alwaies
           (
           I
           know
           not
           how
           )
           a
           certain
           
           blessed
           inspi●ation
           :
           it
           is
           a
           smal
           matter
           which
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           your
           Presence
           only
           ,
           yea
           those
           which
           participate
           of
           your
           Counsells
           ,
           (
           not
           altogether
           I
           must
           confess
           incurious
           ,
           for
           wch
           I
           beg
           pardon
           )
           I
           have
           many
           times
           heard
           how
           attentvely
           (
           as
           often
           as
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           be
           present
           )
           you
           resolve
           things
           propounded
           ;
           
           how
           patiently
           you
           hear
           ,
           with
           how
           sharp
           judgment
           you
           ponder
           the
           particulars
           ;
           how
           stiff
           you
           are
           (
           for
           I
           will
           use
           no
           milder
           word
           )
           in
           good
           resolutions
           ,
           and
           how
           stout
           in
           great
           .
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           in
           secret
           affairs
           ,
           what
           taciturnity
           you
           impose
           ,
           and
           how
           severely
           you
           exact
           an
           account
           therof
           ;
           
           in
           this
           also
           ,
           your
           own
           example
           leading
           your
           Commandement
           .
           For
           besides
           other
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           things
           which
           Your
           Majesty
           hath
           most
           blessedly
           bound
           together
           ;
           namely
           ,
           there
           was
           never
           Prince
           since
           the
           Constitution
           of
           Empires
           ,
           a
           safer
           preserver
           of
           a
           secret
           ,
           and
           yet
           none
           whose
           secrecie
           and
           silence
           
           wee
           less
           fear
           ;
           which
           wee
           read
           antiently
           noted
           of
           that
           excellent
           man
           
             Iulius
             Agricola
             ,
          
           who
           was
           the
           first
           Roman
           that
           invaded
           the
           skirts
           of
           your
           
             Calydonia
             :
          
           for
           Your
           Majesty
           doth
           not
           suffer
           secretly
           in
           your
           bosom
           tyrannous
           and
           crafty
           thoughts
           ,
           nor
           hatch
           the
           sparkles
           of
           offence
           til
           they
           flame
           :
           
           but
           if
           any
           bee
           contrived
           ,
           you
           doe
           vent
           it
           and
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           exhale
           it
           with
           a
           high
           noblecan●or
           .
           Truly
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           more
           willingly
           insist
           in
           the
           reverence
           of
           any
           of
           your
           vertues
           ,
           then
           in
           this
           very
           attribute
           of
           your
           heroicall
           ingenuity
           :
           for
           as
           the
           supreame
           Character
           of
           the
           most
           high
           power
           
           is
           Verity
           :
           so
           what
           can
           more
           become
           or
           more
           magnificently
           invest
           his
           Representants
           on
           earth
           ,
           then
           veracity
           it self
           ?
           hitherto
           we
           have
           seen
           your
           obsequlousness
           towards
           your
           parents
           ,
           constancy
           towards
           your
           friends
           ,
           fidelity
           towards
           your
           Consort
           ,
           and
           towards
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           affection
           
           a
           King
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           father
           ;
           neither
           among
           these
           (
           as
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           the
           perplexed
           state
           of
           things
           would
           bear
           )
           the
           regards
           of
           an
           excellent
           brother
           towards
           your
           only
           sister
           ,
           whom
           I
           have
           alwaies
           thought
           the
           only
           —
           of
           her
           sex
           ;
           the
           greater
           by
           suffring
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           illustrious
           by
           
           obscurity
           ,
           &
           though
           constituted
           in
           this
           world
           under
           chance
           ,
           yet
           above
           the
           command
           of
           fortune
           ,
           whom
           how
           much
           Your
           Majesty
           loves
           ,
           nay
           how
           much
           you
           esteem
           ,
           did
           appear
           in
           a
           late
           legation
           ,
           when
           to
           consolate
           the
           lo●s
           of
           her
           husband
           ,
           you
           sent
           the
           chief
           of
           your
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           himself
           
           a
           personage
           even
           of
           the
           ancient
           vertue
           and
           deportment
           ;
           that
           to
           so
           loving
           an
           Ambassie
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           something
           added
           by
           the
           very
           election
           of
           the
           Ambassador
           .
        
         
           XV
           .
           Thus
           much
           of
           Comfort
           ;
           now
           for
           a
           point
           of
           assistance
           :
           did
           not
           Your
           Majesty
           give
           leave
           to
           a
           Merchant
           
           of
           chief
           Nobility
           in
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           though
           tyed
           here
           to
           your
           person
           by
           neer
           &
           assiduous
           attendance
           ,
           to
           exercise
           his
           valor
           abroad
           by
           intricate
           passages
           in
           such
           an
           interruption
           of
           accesse
           ,
           by
           adventures
           of
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ;
           by
           places
           and
           Townes
           beset
           with
           Plague
           and
           famin
           :
           where
           it
           was
           almost
           
           easier
           to
           conquer
           then
           to
           enter
           ;
           and
           harder
           suffering
           then
           doing
           .
           If
           after
           this
           success
           hath
           wanted
           ,
           yet
           not
           the
           generous
           affection
           of
           a
           King
           ;
           not
           the
           valour
           of
           his
           subjects
           ;
           not
           expences
           of
           divers
           kinds
           ;
           not
           legations
           upon
           legations
           ,
           to
           appease
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           by
           equall
           conditions
           ,
           and
           
           by
           friendly
           treaty
           the
           frenzie
           of
           the
           time
           :
           for
           the
           rest
           ,
           we
           must
           repose
           our selves
           in
           
             S●lons
          
           advice
           ,
           
             Let
             no
             man
             glory
             before
             his
             Time
             .
          
        
         
           XVI
           .
           Now
           among
           so
           many
           cares
           wherewith
           even
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           are
           least
           free
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           no
           unpleasant
           Speculation
           to
           enquire
           a
           little
           how
           elegantly
           ▪
           
           Your
           Majesty
           doth
           dispose
           your
           vacant
           houres
           .
        
         
           You
           joy
           in
           
             Chi●●lry
             ,
          
           and
           use
           of
           the
           great
           Horse
           ,
           of
           which
           no
           man
           doth
           more
           skilfully
           manage●
           those
           that
           are
           already
           gentle
           ,
           or
           tame
           the
           furious
           ▪
           Insomuch
           as
           I
           doubt
           whether
           it
           were
           aptly
           or
           worthily
           done
           of
           him
           who
           
           hath
           lately
           erected
           an
           
             Equestrian
             Statue
          
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           of
           solid
           brass
           ,
           the
           lively
           work
           of
           
             Listerius
             .
          
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           must
           add
           Musick
           ,
           which
           under
           you
           (
           both
           instrumental
           and
           vocal
           growes
           every
           day
           more
           regular
           ;
           as
           being
           fitted
           to
           the
           judgment
           of
           your
           ear
           .
           This
           (
           lest
           it
           should
           seem
           too
           tender
           a
           delight
           )
           
           you
           temper
           with
           hunting
           .
           In
           which
           Image
           of
           War
           you
           doe
           ,
           so
           exercise
           your
           vigorous
           Spirits
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           say
           whether
           you
           love
           the
           pleasure
           more
           ,
           or
           the
           labour
           ,
           or
           whether
           you
           had
           rather
           wish
           the
           killing
           or
           the
           long
           standing
           of
           the
           Ch●se
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           most
           splended
           
           of
           all
           your
           entertainments
           ,
           is
           your
           love
           of
           excellent
           Artificers
           ,
           and
           works
           :
           wherewith
           either
           Art
           both
           of
           picture
           and
           Sculpture
           you
           have
           so
           adorned
           your
           Palaces
           ,
           that
           
             Ita●y
          
           (
           the
           greatest
           mother
           of
           elegant
           Arts
           )
           or
           at
           least
           after
           the
           
             Grecians
          
           )
           the
           principall
           Nurse
           ,
           may
           seem
           by
           
           your
           magnificence
           to
           be
           translated
           into
           
             England
          
           ;
           what
           can
           be
           more
           pleasant
           then
           those
           sights
           ?
           nay
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           ask
           ,
           what
           more
           learned
           then
           to
           behold
           the
           mute
           eloquence
           of
           lights
           and
           shadowes
           ,
           and
           silent
           poesy
           of
           lineaments
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           living
           bles
           ?
           here
           would
           the
           spectator
           almost
           
           swear
           that
           the
           limbs
           and
           muscles
           design'd
           by
           
             Tentoret
          
           did
           move
           :
           here
           the
           birds
           of
           
             Bas●sano
          
           doe
           chirp
           ,
           the
           oxen
           bellow
           ,
           and
           the
           sheep
           bleat
           ;
           here
           the
           faces
           of
           
             Rafael
          
           are
           breathing
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           
             Titian
          
           even
           speaking
           :
           here
           a
           man
           would
           commend
           in
           
             Coreggio
          
           sweetnesse
           ,
           
             in
             Parmesano
          
           daintiness
           
           of
           limbs
           .
           Neither
           do
           the
           
             Belgians
          
           want
           their
           praise
           ;
           who
           if
           they
           paint
           land-skips
           ,
           al
           kind
           of
           plants
           seem
           in
           their
           verdure
           ;
           the
           flowers
           doe
           smile
           ;
           the
           hills
           are
           raised
           ;
           the
           vallies
           in
           depression
           :
           in
           your
           statuary
           works
           likewise
           learned
           variety
           ,
           of
           which
           some
           glory
           in
           vivacity
           ,
           some
           in
           the
           tenderness
           
           of
           limbs
           .
           But
           ,
           those
           are
           the
           entertainment
           of
           your
           eye
           .
           To
           delight
           you
           sometime
           you
           read
           a
           book
           of
           some
           choice
           subject
           :
           but
           for
           the
           most
           part
           you
           read
           men
           ,
           as
           well
           knowing
           how
           much
           it
           importeth
           a
           Prince
           to
           look
           into
           the
           nature
           of
           his
           people
           .
           Now
           and
           then
           also
           you
           please
           your
           
           mind
           with
           the
           rehearsall
           of
           some
           antient
           Epigrams
           ,
           with
           no
           less
           sharpness
           then
           they
           were
           composed
           .
           Thus
           have
           I
           cursorarily
           run
           over
           your
           serious
           thoughts
           ,
           &
           your
           remissions
           :
           but
           this
           very
           pleasure
           which
           I
           have
           taken
           ,
           (
           though
           but
           a
           flight
           transcursion
           )
           doth
           (
           I
           know
           not
           how
           )
           infuse
           into
           
           my
           pen
           now
           in
           motion
           a
           new
           spirit
           to
           represent
           (
           with
           Your
           Majesties
           leave
           )
           though
           it
           bee
           but
           to
           my self
           ,
           your
           true
           portraiture
           in
           little
           :
           and
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           in
           one
           short
           view
           together
           ,
           which
           I
           thus
           conceive
           in
           my
           fancie
           .
           I
           would
           cal
           your
           stature
           next
           a
           just
           proportion
           ;
           your
           body
           erect
           
           and
           agil
           ;
           your
           colour
           or
           complexion
           ,
           hath
           generally
           drawn
           more
           from
           the
           white
           Rose
           of
           
             Yorke
             ,
          
           then
           the
           red
           of
           
             Lancaster
          
           ;
           your
           haire
           neerer
           brown
           then
           yellow
           ;
           your
           brow
           proclaimeth
           much
           fidelity
           ;
           a
           certain
           verecundious
           generosity
           graceth
           your
           eyes
           ,
           not
           such
           as
           we
           read
           of
           
             Silla
             ,
          
           but
           that
           
           of
           
             Pompey
          
           ;
           in
           your
           gestures
           free
           from
           affectation
           ;
           in
           your
           whole
           aspect
           no
           swelling
           ,
           no
           rigidity
           ,
           but
           an
           alluring
           and
           pleasing
           suavity
           :
           your
           alacrity
           and
           spirit
           appears
           in
           the
           celerity
           of
           your
           motions
           ,
           otherwaies
           stayed
           affections
           ,
           and
           composed
           demeanour
           ;
           in
           your
           purposes
           and
           
           promises
           unremoveable
           ,
           a
           lover
           of
           truth
           ,
           a
           hater
           of
           vice
           ,
           just
           ,
           constant
           ,
           couragious
           ,
           and
           not
           simply
           alone
           ,
           but
           knowingly
           good
           .
        
         
           Such
           you
           are
           ;
           and
           being
           such
           ,
           with
           what
           applause
           shall
           wee
           receive
           you
           !
           methinks
           I
           see
           ,
           when
           sometimes
           I
           compare
           together
           horrid
           and
           quiet
           
           times
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           
             Richard
          
           the
           third
           return'd
           perchance
           from
           his
           
             Yorke
             ,
          
           or
           further
           off
           to
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           assembled
           his
           States
           about
           him
           ,
           how
           the
           heads
           of
           noble
           men
           did
           hang
           down
           ,
           how
           pale
           were
           their
           cheeks
           !
           what
           solicitous
           suspitions
           ,
           and
           murmurs
           they
           conferred
           together
           ;
           as
           if
           sodainly
           
           some
           dismall
           Comet
           or
           inauspicious
           starre
           had
           risen
           above
           the
           Horison
           :
           but
           contrariwise
           ,
           the
           return
           of
           a
           just
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Prince
           ,
           is
           intruth
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           very
           approach
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           when
           with
           his
           vernall
           beams
           hee
           doth
           expell
           the
           deformed
           winter
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           gentle
           heat
           
           doth
           comfort
           and
           ex●ilarate
           all
           things
           about
           us
           .
        
         
           XVII
           .
           Welcome
           therefore
           Most
           gracefull
           King
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           are
           good
           :
           But
           in
           what
           wishes
           shall
           I
           end
           ?
           Among
           the
           ancients
           (
           by
           whose
           example
           I
           have
           too
           boldly
           undertaken
           this
           small
           labour
           )
           there
           was
           a
           
           form
           after
           the
           times
           of
           
             Trajan
             ,
          
           under
           every
           excellent
           Emperour
           ,
           Long
           maist
           thou
           live
           
             Antonius
          
           ;
           long
           must
           thou
           live
           
             Theosius
          
           ;
           happier
           mayst
           thou
           be
           then
           
             Augustus
          
           ;
           better
           then
           
             Trajan
             :
          
           but
           let
           this
           bee
           the
           concluding
           Character
           of
           Your
           Majesties
           time
           ;
           that
           the
           things
           we
           can
           with
           ,
           are
           fewer
           
           then
           those
           we
           praise
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           when
           I
           have
           out
           of
           an
           ardent
           zeale
           only
           wisht
           this
           ,
           that
           CHARLES
           our
           excellent
           King
           and
           Master
           may
           raign
           and
           live
           like
           himself
           ;
        
         
           I
           will
           end
           thus
           ,
           
             
               Oh
               how
               extreamly
               fortunate
               were
               wee
               ,
            
             
             
               If
               well
               we
               knew
               how
               fortunate
               we
               bee
               !
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .