The white rose, or, A word for the House of York, vindicating the right of succession in a letter from Scotland to a peer of this realm.
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             The white rose, or, A word for the House of York, vindicating the right of succession in a letter from Scotland to a peer of this realm.
             W. B.
             Brydall, John, b. 1635?
          
           [2], 10 p.
           
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           THE
           WHITE
           ROSE
           :
           OR
           A
           WORD
           for
           the
           House
           of
           YORK
           ,
           Vindicating
           the
           RIGHT
           OF
           SUCCESSION
           ,
           IN
           A
           Letter
           from
           Scotland
           TO
           A
           Peer
           of
           this
           Realm
           .
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Leges
             sequi
             Patrias
             ,
             pulchrum
             est
             .
          
           
             
               E
               Clearcho
            
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           .
           Printed
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           MDCLXXX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           White
           Rose
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           NEED
           not
           acquaint
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           what
           a
           general
           sorrow
           invaded
           us
           ,
           upon
           the
           departure
           of
           His
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           from
           amongst
           us
           ,
           when
           I
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           we
           lookt
           upon
           ,
           and
           esteem'd
           his
           coming
           hither
           ,
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           most
           signal
           Honours
           that
           hath
           been
           done
           Our
           Nation
           ,
           since
           the
           happy
           Restauration
           of
           His
           
             Most
             Sacred
             Majesty
          
           .
           The
           benign
           Influence
           of
           this
           generous
           Prince
           ,
           vouchsaf'd
           to
           our
           cold
           Clime
           ,
           seem'd
           like
           the
           welcome
           Approaches
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           to
           the
           benighted
           Indians
           ,
           who
           are
           said
           to
           welcome
           that
           glorious
           Luminary
           with
           the
           Extatick
           Acclamations
           of
           an
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           If
           ever
           Our
           Nation
           had
           any
           Affinity
           to
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           whence
           Etymologists
           tell
           us
           't
           is
           derived
           ,
           't
           was
           at
           the
           departure
           of
           this
           Great
           Duke
           ;
           I
           cannot
           ,
           without
           fresh
           Reluctancy
           ,
           acquaint
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           what
           a
           mutual
           uneasiness
           and
           trouble
           was
           exprest
           at
           parting
           ,
           His
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           assuring
           us
           ,
           That
           nothing
           ,
           but
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           waiting
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           could
           ballance
           the
           trouble
           he
           had
           ,
           to
           part
           so
           soon
           from
           us
           :
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           we
           made
           our
           humble
           Acknowledgments
           ,
           for
           the
           great
           happiness
           we
           had
           in
           his
           illustrious
           presence
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           we
           were
           obliged
           to
           his
           good
           Advice
           and
           Conduct
           ,
           protesting
           ,
           That
           as
           Our
           Allegiance
           obliged
           us
           to
           venture
           our
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           for
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           our
           Affections
           to
           His
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           would
           engage
           us
           to
           do
           the
           same
           for
           Him
           ,
           if
           His
           Occasions
           should
           require
           it
           .
        
         
           
             This
             Royal
             Heroe
          
           ,
           like
           the
           Dove
           turned
           out
           of
           the
           Ark
           ,
           took
           footing
           here
           ,
           finding
           the
           threatning
           Inundation
           abated
           ;
           and
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           is
           some
           time
           since
           ,
           returned
           with
           Safety
           ,
           and
           the
           Olive
           of
           Peace
           ,
           having
           compleated
           that
           
             Imperfect
             Conquest
          
           which
           left
           us
           but
           too
           many
           Instruments
           of
           Revenge
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           we
           have
           now
           few
           Male-Contents
           here
           ,
           but
           what
           his
           Departure
           hath
           made
           .
           Those
           Mists
           were
           dissipated
           so
           soon
           as
           his
           Royal
           Rayes
           broke
           out
           amongst
           us
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           this
           Gracious
           
           Prince's
           Peculiar
           to
           subdue
           the
           heart
           ,
           (
           whilst
           Others
           can
           only
           tame
           the
           Violence
           of
           the
           Man
           )
           and
           make
           Rebellion
           lick
           its
           own
           lips
           and
           mis-shapen
           Issue
           ,
           into
           the
           beauty
           and
           symmetrice
           of
           Subjectian
           and
           Loyalty
           ,
        
         
         
           From
           the
           secret
           instincts
           of
           Nature
           ,
           Birds
           and
           Beasts
           ,
           are
           taught
           to
           obey
           the
           Eagle
           and
           Lyon
           :
           though
           several
           are
           hardy
           enough
           ,
           to
           undertake
           unequal
           Matches
           ,
           from
           any
           of
           the
           Lower
           Rank
           ,
           especially
           ,
           if
           edg'd
           by
           Keen
           hunger
           ,
           or
           Exasperated
           by
           bloody
           Revenge
           ;
           yet
           the
           same
           Wolfe
           that
           bristles
           at
           a
           Bear
           ,
           will
           crouch
           to
           the
           Lyon
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           Ethicks
           seem
           amputated
           from
           the
           Rational
           ,
           and
           grafted
           in
           the
           
             Sensitive
             Stock
          
           .
        
         
           We
           know
           what
           Birds
           ,
           with
           greatest
           noise
           proclaim
           their
           Encounters
           ,
           as
           if
           mighty
           matters
           were
           Atchiev'd
           ,
           when
           a
           sew
           despicable
           Vermin
           are
           the
           sole
           Trophies
           of
           the
           scorn'd
           and
           derided
           Victor
           ,
           who
           mistakes
           the
           chattering
           of
           the
           multitude
           for
           Ovations
           ,
           and
           
             Io
             Triumphes
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Fights
           of
           a
           
             Coffe
             House
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Registry
           of
           an
           Intelligencer
           ,
           sufficient
           Records
           to
           eternize
           his
           illegitimate
           fame
           and
           glory
           .
           Should
           I
           recount
           the
           Atchievements
           of
           His
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           for
           the
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           of
           the
           
             Three
             Kingdoms
          
           .
           I
           should
           intricate
           my self
           in
           a
           Labyrinth
           ,
           too
           tedious
           for
           Your
           Lordship
           to
           expect
           my
           Regression
           ▪
           and
           possibly
           offend
           the
           Virtue
           of
           that
           Prince
           ,
           which
           as
           't
           is
           the
           blessing
           of
           this
           ,
           will
           be
           the
           standing
           Wonder
           of
           
             future
             Ages
          
           ;
           a
           Prince
           whose
           Heroick
           Spirit
           ,
           glories
           in
           great
           and
           adequate
           Actions
           ,
           taking
           a
           greater
           complaisance
           and
           satisfaction
           in
           
             doing
             brave
          
           ,
           than
           in
           hearing
           of
           it
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           all
           that
           can
           be
           said
           upon
           so
           glorious
           a
           Subject
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           far
           from
           Panegyricks
           ,
           that
           't
           will
           be
           but
           telling
           men
           ,
           when
           the
           Sun
           shines
           in
           their
           Hemisphere
           ,
           't
           is
           Day
           .
        
         
           I
           proceed
           therefore
           to
           a
           nearer
           Observance
           of
           Your
           Lordship's
           Commands
           ,
           and
           the
           Letter
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           send
           me
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           find
           so
           much
           writ
           ,
           and
           so
           well
           ,
           in
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ,
           that
           the
           Author
           hath
           almost
           anticipated
           all
           further
           Discourse
           upon
           the
           
             same
             Subject
          
           .
           However
           ,
           I
           shall
           presume
           to
           advance
           the
           Superstructure
           a
           Story
           higher
           ,
           since
           the
           Foundation
           seems
           so
           firm
           and
           supportable
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confess
           you
           have
           as
           much
           engag'd
           me
           out
           of
           my
           Province
           ,
           as
           if
           Architecture
           were
           the
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           of
           indeed
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           shall
           shew
           my
           Obedience
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Vnskilfulness
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           your
           irresistible
           Commands
           .
           I
           have
           (
           since
           the
           contracting
           of
           this
           weighty
           Point
           )
           lookt
           into
           such
           Books
           of
           Law
           and
           History
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           at
           present
           furnisht
           with
           ,
           which
           assure
           me
           that
           
             the
             Course
             of
             Right
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             diverted
             from
             its
             proper
             Channel
             :
          
           Or
           if
           you
           please
           ▪
           
             The
             Descent
             of
             the
             Crown
             in
             the
          
           Right
           Line
           ,
           cannot
           (
           de
           Jure
           )
           
             be
             impeded
             by
             any
             Act
             or
             Deed
             whatsoever
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Proposition
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           evince
           ,
           by
           Authority
           and
           Reason
           ,
           proceeding
           by
           an
           easie
           Climax
           or
           Gradation
           to
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           consider
           it
           first
           in
           its
           
             less
             questionable
             Instances
          
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           says
           an
           (a)
           Antient
           Author
           ,
           
             Roys
             ausi
             ne
             pourront
             rien
             aliener
             ,
             en
             droit
             de
             leur
             Corone
             ,
             ne
             de
             lour
             Royaltie
             ,
             que
             il
             ne
             soit
             
             repealable
             per
             lour
             Successors
             .
          
           With
           which
           (b)
           Mr.
           Lambard
           in
           his
           
             antient
             Laws
             of
             England
          
           ,
           concurs
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Debet
             ,
             de
             Jure
             Rex
             Omnes
             Terras
             &
             Honores
             ,
             omnes
             Dignitates
             &
             Jura
             ,
             &
             Libertates
             Coronae
             hujus
             Regni
             ,
             in
             integrum
             cum
             Omni
             integritate
             ,
             &
             sine
             diminutione
             servare
             &
             Defendere
             .
          
           So
           that
           the
           Alienations
           of
           Kings
           ,
           in
           the
           Right
           of
           their
           Crowns
           ,
           are
           repealable
           ,
           by
           their
           Successors
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           bound
           by
           Law
           ,
           to
           defend
           and
           preserve
           all
           the
           Lands
           ,
           Honours
           ,
           Dignities
           ,
           Laws
           and
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Crown
           entire
           ,
           with
           all
           integrity
           and
           without
           diminution
           .
        
         
           The
           Opinion
           of
           all
           the
           Judges
           and
           Doctors
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Civil
           and
           
             Common
             Laws
          
           ,
           assembled
           in
           the
           Exchequer-Chamber
           upon
           the
           Demise
           of
           H.
           4th
           .
           was
           ,
           (c)
           That
           the
           said
           
             King
             might
             make
             a
          
           Will
           ,
           
             and
             give
          
           Legacies
           ,
           
             but
             that
             he
             could
             not
             bequeath
             the
          
           goods
           
             of
             the
          
           Realm
           ,
           (
           vizt
           .
           )
           
             the
             Antient-Crown
          
           and
           Jewels
           :
           much
           less
           can
           a
           King
           dispose
           of
           the
           Soveraignty
           it self
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           time
           of
           (d)
           Ed.
           the
           third
           about
           the
           40th
           .
           of
           his
           Reign
           ▪
           the
           Pope
           ,
           by
           his
           Legate
           ,
           demanded
           of
           the
           King
           Homage
           ,
           for
           his
           Kingdoms
           of
           England
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           the
           Arrears
           of
           1000
           Marks
           
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           granted
           by
           King
           John
           ,
           to
           
             Pope
             Innocent
          
           the
           3d.
           and
           his
           Successors
           ;
           and
           threatned
           that
           if
           it
           were
           not
           paid
           ,
           the
           Pope
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           proceed
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           Excommunication
           &c.
           
           Whereupon
           King
           Ed.
           called
           a
           Parliament
           in
           which
           it
           was
           declared
           by
           the
           Unanimous
           Consent
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           that
           no
           King
           can
           put
           Himself
           ,
           his
           Realm
           ,
           or
           People
           ,
           under
           a
           
             Foreign
             Subjection
          
           ,
           without
           Assent
           of
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           King
           John
           had
           done
           it
           by
           the
           Common-Council
           of
           his
           Barons
           ,
           as
           his
           Charter
           purported
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           altogether
           invalid
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           was
           not
           done
           in
           Parliament
           by
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
          
           and
           Commons
           ;
           and
           albeit
           it
           might
           ,
           (
           though
           it
           appears
           it
           could
           not
           without
           Authority
           of
           Parliament
           to
           back
           it
           )
           yet
           it
           is
           
             contra
             Legem
             &
             Consuetudinem
             Parliamenti
          
           ,
           to
           do
           such
           an
           Act
           ;
           as
           by
           the
           (f)
           Record
           appears
           ;
           by
           which
           it
           was
           declared
           in
           full
           Parliament
           upon
           demand
           made
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           they
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           could
           not
           assent
           to
           any
           thing
           in
           Parliament
           that
           tended
           to
           the
           Disherison
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Crown
           ,
           whereunto
           they
           were
           sworn
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           same
           Principle
           ,
           the
           Attournment
           of
           Tenants
           ,
           seems
           to
           have
           its
           Basis
           ,
           and
           is
           Requisite
           ,
           where
           Lords
           dispose
           of
           their
           
             Mannors
             ,
             Ne
             Capitalibus
             Inimicis
             subjugentur
             ,
          
           
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           subjugated
           to
           their
           Capitall
           enemies
           .
        
         
           Sr.
           
             Edward
             Cook
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Dignity
             Royal
             is
             an
             Inherent
             inseparable
             to
             the
             Blood
             Royal
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             cannot
             be
             transferred
             to
             another
             ,
          
        
         
           It
           is
           said
           that
           Edward
           the
           Confessor
           ,
           
           gave
           William
           the
           Conqueror
           ,
           a
           Colour
           to
           claim
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           by
           a
           Donation
           made
           by
           Testament
           ;
           which
           Act
           was
           not
           of
           Power
           to
           prejudice
           the
           State
           ,
           or
           alter
           the
           Course
           of
           
             Right
             succession
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Reason
           rendred
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Crown
           of
           this
           Realm
           being
           
           held
           not
           as
           Patrimonial
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           
             Constant
             succession
          
           by
           Remotion
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           a
           succeeding
           to
           
           another's
           Place
           )
           it
           was
           not
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           
             King
             Edward
          
           to
           Collate
           the
           same
           ,
           by
           any
           Dispositive
           and
           
             Testamentary
             will
          
           ,
           the
           Right
           descending
           to
           the
           Next
           of
           blood
           only
           ,
           by
           the
           Custom
           and
           Law
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           We
           read
           in
           our
           
             English
             Histories
          
           ,
           that
           King
           Richard
           surnam'd
           Ceur-de-Lyon
           ,
           depos'd
           himself
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           Deliver'd
           the
           same
           to
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           as
           his
           
             Supreme
             Lord
          
           ,
           and
           invested
           him
           therein
           ,
           by
           delivering
           of
           his
           Hat
           ,
           But
           't
           was
           adjudg'd
           that
           this
           Investiture
           ,
           could
           not
           prejudice
           the
           State
           ,
           nor
           alter
           the
           course
           of
           
             Right
             succession
          
           ,
           though
           it
           might
           Keep
           the
           Kings-Head
           cold
           ,
           as
           the
           Statists
           of
           those
           times
           observ'd
           .
        
         
           The
           Civil-Law
           Asserts
           ,
           
             Principem
             cum
             omnia
             possit
             ,
             Res
             tamen
             Imperii
             abalienare
             non
             posse
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             municipal
             Constitution
          
           of
           France
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           cannot
           dispose
           of
           the
           Soveraignty
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           :
           so
           that
           
             foreign
             Laws
          
           Concur
           with
           Our
           Own
           in
           this
           Point
           ,
           which
           have
           had
           the
           suffrage
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           for
           these
           many
           hundreds
           of
           Years
           ,
           being
           as
           Iudge
           Fortescue
           defines
           them
           ,
           an
           
             Artificial
             Perfection
          
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           Productions
           of
           much
           
             Wisdom
             ,
             Time
          
           ,
           and
           Experience
           .
           The
           Law
           is
           
             Sanctio
             Sancta
             ,
             jubens
             Honesta
             ,
             prohibensque
             Contraria
          
           :
           to
           which
           (a)
           Cicero
           is
           Parallel
           :
           
             Recti
             praeceptio
             ,
             pravi
             est
             depulsio
             .
          
           Having
           in
           its
           Prospect
           the
           same
           which
           Religion
           hath
           ,
           
             ut
             Cives
             bonos
             efficiat
          
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           make
           men
           good
           .
           being
           
             Iuvenibus
             Regimen
             ,
             Senibus
             Solamen
             ,
             Pauperibus
             Divitiae
             ,
             et
             Divitibus
             Securitas
             ,
             Religion
          
           is
           to
           the
           wicked
           and
           faithless
           a
           Jurisdiction
           against
           which
           they
           readily
           Rebel
           ,
           because
           it
           rules
           severely
           ,
           yet
           paies
           no
           worldly
           recompence
           for
           Obedience
           ,
           Obedience
           being
           by
           every
           
             human
             Power
          
           invited
           ,
           with
           assurances
           of
           visible
           advantage
           .
           The
           good
           need
           not
           the
           power
           of
           Religion
           to
           make
           them
           better
           ,
           for
           her
           power
           proceeds
           from
           threatnings
           ,
           which
           (
           though
           mean
           weapons
           )
           are
           fitly
           used
           ,
           since
           she
           encounters
           a
           
             base
             Enemy
          
           .
           It
           may
           be
           Observ'd
           ,
           that
           all
           virtuous
           men
           ,
           are
           so
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           Rewards
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           they
           seem
           to
           live
           as
           if
           out
           of
           the
           world
           and
           ;
           no
           Government
           can
           receive
           assistance
           ,
           from
           any
           man
           meerly
           as
           he
           is
           Religious
           ,
           but
           as
           that
           Religion
           makes
           him
           active
           in
           temporal
           things
           ,
           't
           is
           acquaintance
           with
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           knowledge
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           makes
           abilities
           of
           Ruling
           ,
           for
           though
           a
           sufficient
           belief
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           would
           beget
           Obedience
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           the
           grand
           design
           of
           Government
           )
           yet
           since
           diversity
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           distracts
           all
           Auditors
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           doubtfully
           dispose
           their
           Obedience
           ,
           therefore
           Religion
           hath
           little
           to
           do
           in
           Government
           ,
           and
           an
           active
           spirit
           is
           fittest
           for
           the
           menage
           of
           an
           Empire
           .
        
         
           But
           however
           I
           think
           it
           cannot
           Rationally
           be
           presum'd
           ,
           that
           any
           Governour
           would
           purely
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Religion
           ,
           subjugate
           himself
           and
           People
           ,
           to
           a
           
             foreign
             Power
          
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           which
           is
           design'd
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           
             our
             Souls
          
           ,
           the
           grand
           Instrument
           of
           our
           Destruction
           .
        
         
         
           When
           the
           People
           consider
           a
           Ruler
           they
           would
           have
           him
           
             all
             Dove
          
           ,
           whereas
           Policy
           teacheth
           him
           to
           be
           
             most
             Serpent
          
           ;
           though
           they
           look
           upon
           this
           as
           more
           dangerous
           ,
           than
           the
           ills
           it
           would
           prevent
           ,
           and
           that
           outwitting
           the
           People
           is
           but
           giving
           Reputation
           to
           falshood
           and
           corruption
           ,
           and
           maintaining
           the
           Publick
           by
           
             Politique
             evils
          
           ,
           and
           the
           base
           prostitution
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           upon
           
           Machiavel's
           word
           ,
           Recommend
           Dissimulation
           and
           Cruelty
           for
           
             Cardinal
             virtues
          
           and
           as
           the
           best
           supporters
           of
           Authority
           ;
           for
           a
           Prince
           ought
           to
           refuse
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           retire
           to
           Privacy
           ,
           rather
           than
           Reign
           to
           the
           Ruine
           of
           Mankind
           :
           but
           when
           we
           consider
           the
           mutual
           sympathy
           (
           as
           between
           the
           Head
           and
           Members
           so
           )
           between
           a
           Prince
           and
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           the
           complication
           of
           their
           Interests
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           happinesses
           and
           miseries
           proceed
           from
           each
           other
           mutually
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           presum'd
           ,
           that
           a
           Prince
           of
           approv'd
           wisdom
           ,
           should
           so
           mistake
           or
           divide
           the
           Interest
           ,
           as
           to
           precipitate
           them
           into
           Ruine
           ,
           only
           to
           undo
           himself
           by
           the
           Rebound
           ,
        
         
           But
           to
           Return
           to
           my
           Province
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           demanded
           ,
           whether
           there
           are
           not
           
             foreign
             Examples
          
           to
           be
           produc'd
           ,
           that
           Kingdoms
           have
           been
           transferred
           from
           one
           Prince
           to
           Another
           ,
           by
           a
           
             voluntary
             Gift
          
           ?
        
         
           I
           Answer
           Affirmatively
           ,
           and
           shall
           instance
           in
           two
           of
           the
           chiefest
           which
           occur
           to
           my
           Memory
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           The
           One
           is
           of
           Alphonzo
           King
           of
           Arragon
           and
           Sicily
           ,
           who
           having
           conquered
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Naples
           from
           the
           Duke
           of
           Anjou
           ,
           Gave
           it
           to
           his
           
             Natural
             Son
          
           by
           his
           last
           Will
           and
           Testament
           .
        
         
           The
           Other
           is
           of
           
             Alphonzo
             el
             Bravo
          
           ,
           King
           of
           Castile
           an●
           Leon
           ,
           who
           having
           conquer'd
           Portugal
           from
           the
           Moors
           ,
           Gave
           it
           in
           Marriage
           with
           his
           
             Bastard
             Daughter
          
           to
           
             Count
             Henry
          
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           so
           that
           here
           are
           two
           Examples
           ,
           one
           by
           Testament
           ,
           the
           other
           
             per
             Donationem
             inter
             Vivos
          
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           is
           to
           be
           noted
           ,
           that
           no
           Ancient
           or
           
             Hereditary
             Rights
          
           were
           dispos'd
           of
           ,
           but
           the
           Conquerors
           new
           Acquisitions
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           Affirm'd
           by
           most
           Lawyers
           ,
           that
           no
           King
           in
           a
           Monarchy
           ,
           that
           is
           by
           the
           ancient
           custom
           and
           
             fundamental
             Laws
          
           of
           the
           Realm
           
             meerly
             successive
          
           ,
           either
           to
           the
           
             Heirs
             male
          
           or
           
             Heirs
             general
          
           ,
           can
           any
           wayes
           dispose
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           in
           prejudice
           of
           the
           
             next
             Heir
          
           in
           blood
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Custom
           ;
           no
           not
           ,
           though
           the
           Parties
           interessed
           ,
           should
           Commit
           Treason
           ,
           or
           be
           excluded
           by
           any
           Act
           of
           the
           States
           or
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           That
           Treason
           cannot
           avoid
           a
           
             Lawfull
             succession
          
           in
           blood
           ,
           We
           have
           an
           Example
           in
           Louis
           the
           12th
           .
           Who
           was
           in
           Armes
           against
           Charles
           the
           8th
           .
           both
           Kings
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           Our
           Own
           King
           Henry
           
           7th
           .
           stood
           attainted
           of
           high-Treason
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           coming
           into
           England
           ,
           
           and
           by
           the
           Judges
           in
           their
           Consultation
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Exchequer
             Chamber
          
           ,
           
           what
           should
           be
           done
           for
           the
           King
           concerning
           his
           Attainder
           ,
           it
           was
           with
           unanimous
           consent
           Resolved
           ,
           That
           the
           Crown
           takes
           away
           all
           defects
           and
           stops
           in
           blood
           ,
           
           and
           that
           from
           the
           time
           the
           King
           did
           Assume
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           fountain
           was
           cleared
           ,
           and
           all
           Attainders
           and
           Corruption
           of
           blood
           discharged
           :
           
           but
           however
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Honour
           (
           says
           the
           
             Lord
             Verulam
          
           )
           it
           is
           ordain'd
           by
           Parliament
           that
           all
           Records
           in
           which
           there
           was
           any
           memory
           or
           mention
           of
           the
           King's
           Attainder
           ,
           should
           be
           defaced
           ,
           cancelled
           ,
           and
           taken
           off
           the
           Flie.
           
        
         
           So
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           
             George
             Duke
          
           of
           Clarence
           ,
           We
           find
           the
           Pue'ple
           (
           though
           he
           was
           their
           great
           Favourite
           )
           were
           not
           much
           concern'd
           about
           his
           Attainder
           ,
           since
           they
           had
           Learnt
           by
           the
           Kings
           Example
           ,
           that
           Attainders
           do
           not
           interrupt
           the
           Conveying
           of
           a
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           Hence
           it
           is
           Evident
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Inter-Regnum
           within
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           that
           immediately
           by
           Descent
           ,
           the
           next
           Heir
           in
           blood
           is
           compleatly
           and
           absolutely
           King
           ,
           without
           any
           
             essential
             Ceremonies
          
           ,
           or
           Act
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           
             Ex
             post
             facto
          
           ;
           and
           that
           Coronation
           is
           but
           a
           
             Royall
             Ornament
          
           ,
           and
           outward
           Solemnization
           of
           the
           Descent
           .
        
         
           Thus
           having
           considered
           the
           Subject
           in
           the
           
             less
             Disputable
             Instances
          
           ,
           I
           come
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Doubt
          
           ,
           That
           is
           ,
        
         
           Whether
           
             An
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             may
             alter
             the
             Course
             of
             Right
             Succession
             in
             Blood
             ?
          
           There
           are
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           Statutes
           that
           make
           it
           Treason
           but
           to
           deny
           it
           ,
           but
           never
           otherwise
           made
           ,
           then
           only
           for
           fear
           or
           flattery
           of
           the
           present
           Prince
           ,
           and
           after
           ,
           never
           observed
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           Desire
           of
           the
           sober
           and
           temperate
           sort
           here
           ,
           That
           any
           
             New
             One
          
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           may
           have
           the
           same
           Fate
           .
           I
           hope
           we
           are
           pretty
           well
           secur'd
           ,
           having
           a
           King
           of
           such
           excellent
           Wisdom
           and
           Princely
           Virtue
           ,
           bearing
           such
           a
           sacred
           regard
           to
           His
           Laws
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Royal
             Assent
          
           shall
           never
           be
           ravisht
           from
           him
           ,
           to
           stamp
           such
           an
           Adulterate
           Coin
           ,
           as
           must
           pass
           Currant
           for
           disabling
           His
           
             Royal
             Successor
          
           ,
           to
           inherit
           the
           Crown
           of
           these
           three
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           Should
           our
           Statesmen
           suffer
           this
           Remora
           to
           ding
           to
           the
           Great
           ship
           of
           Government
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           are
           the
           trusted
           Pilots
           ,
           Government
           would
           be
           at
           a
           stand
           ,
           nay
           wreck'd
           by
           that
           which
           was
           design'd
           for
           her
           safety
           and
           Establishment
           ;
           and
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Lading
           ,
           a
           fraight
           more
           dangerous
           and
           much
           looser
           than
           any
           other
           living
           stowage
           ,
           being
           usually
           as
           troublesom
           in
           Calms
           ,
           as
           Horses
           in
           Storms
           ,
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Algerines
           even
           in
           there
           own
           Harbours
           ;
           for
           where
           could
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           tide
           safe
           at
           Anchor
           ?
        
         
           We
           are
           perpetually
           exclaiming
           (
           with
           the
           highest
           detestation
           )
           against
           the
           
             King-killing
             Doctrine
          
           of
           the
           —
           Jesuits
           ,
           whose
           Principles
           ,
           like
           the
           fruitful
           slime
           of
           Nilus
           ,
           have
           increast
           into
           so
           many
           various
           
           shapes
           of
           Serpents
           ,
           whose
           windings
           are
           so
           intricate
           and
           unknown
           ,
           that
           even
           Justice
           her self
           the
           painful
           pursuer
           of
           evil
           men
           ,
           is
           almost
           wearied
           out
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           made
           a
           Break
           before
           the
           word
           Jesuite
           ,
           that
           your
           Lordship
           may
           add
           your
           own
           Epithet
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           none
           bad
           enough
           ,
           for
           those
           worst
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           seem
           like
           
             Machiavel's
             Belphagor
          
           dispatcht
           from
           Hell
           in
           human
           shape
           to
           negotiate
           the
           Devil's
           Affairs
           .
           Their
           Order
           I
           must
           confess
           is
           specious
           ,
           and
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           whence
           it
           is
           deriv'd
           ,
           since
           Boys
           of
           the
           2d
           .
           or
           3d.
           Class
           can
           do
           it
           ;
           But
           they
           are
           no
           more
           like
           their
           Primitive
           ,
           than
           
           Snow's
           like
           the
           Sun
           ,
           which
           warms
           the
           Earth
           by
           Antiperistasis
           ,
           just
           as
           these
           men
           would
           save
           it
           ,
           by
           Destruction
           ;
           when
           I
           consider
           
             these
             Men
          
           ,
           they
           seem
           like
           those
           of
           Cadmus
           sprung
           from
           the
           
             Serpents
             Teeth
          
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           to
           find
           them
           of
           such
           a
           Serpentine
           Nature
           ;
           I
           can
           not
           think
           them
           Christians
           but
           that
           their
           
             Baptismal
             water
          
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           Sacramental
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           some
           of
           the
           WHORES
           own
           making
           ,
           fit
           for
           the
           putrid
           Spawn
           and
           Gender
           of
           such
           ,
           Toads
           I
           won't
           call
           Them
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           not
           at
           Once
           Poyson
           and
           an
           Antidote
           ,
           but
           the
           first
           altogether
           ;
           and
           though
           one
           of
           their
           Saints
           by
           his
           whistle
           ,
           purg'd
           Ireland
           of
           all
           Venemous
           Creatures
           ,
           yet
           they
           can
           live
           there
           and
           retain
           their
           Natures
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           come
           croaking
           into
           the
           Pallaces
           of
           Kings
           ,
           they
           prove
           a
           worse
           Plague
           than
           those
           did
           to
           the
           
             Egyptian
             Monarch
          
           .
           I
           wish
           all
           Christian
           Princes
           may
           prove
           to
           them
           as
           the
           Stork
           to
           the
           Froggs
           in
           the
           stable
           ,
           Kings
           not
           to
           Protect
           ▪
           but
           Devour
           :
           I
           have
           made
           this
           Digression
           ,
           first
           to
           Justifie
           my self
           in
           your
           Lordship's
           Opinion
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           place
           that
           whilst
           we
           are
           Exclaiming
           against
           the
           Pernicious
           Principles
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           we
           may
           not
           improvidently
           lay
           the
           foundations
           of
           far
           worse
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           less
           barbarous
           ,
           to
           destroy
           a
           Prince
           altogether
           ,
           than
           keep
           him
           perpetually
           tortur'd
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           
             Civil
             death
          
           make
           him
           survive
           the
           Funerals
           of
           his
           own
           Royalty
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           leave
           off
           Annually
           to
           Commemorate
           that
           
             Royal
             Martyr
          
           and
           best
           of
           
             Kings
             ,
             Charles
          
           the
           first
           ;
           unless
           we
           resolve
           upon
           better
           usage
           ,
           towards
           his
           Royal
           
             off-spring
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             fiat
             Justitia
             ,
             ruat
             Coelum
             .
          
        
         
           The
           History
           of
           Saul
           and
           David
           ,
           
           which
           we
           have
           recorded
           in
           
             Holy
             Writ
          
           ,
           is
           worthy
           to
           be
           adverted
           to
           ;
           when
           at
           En-gedi
           and
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           the
           
             Ziphims
             ,
             David
          
           ,
           who
           had
           Saul
           twice
           at
           mercy
           ,
           and
           was
           hunted
           after
           as
           a
           Partridge
           ,
           a
           Flea
           ,
           and
           a
           
             dead
             Dog
          
           ,
           even
           for
           but
           cutting
           of
           the
           Lap
           of
           his
           Garment
           ,
           was
           wounded
           in
           his
           heart
           since
           Saul
           was
           his
           King
           ,
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           the
           Anoynted
           of
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           nearer
           to
           this
           great
           point
           .
           In
           the
           
             Civil
             Wars
          
           ,
           between
           the
           Two
           Houses
           of
           York
           ,
           and
           Lancaster
           ,
           how
           many
           Statutes
           have
           been
           made
           in
           disherison
           of
           the
           Line
           of
           York
           ,
           
           and
           all
           vanished
           into
           smoak
           .
           That
           of
           H.
           8th
           .
           in
           disherison
           of
           
             Queen
             Mary
          
           &c.
           
           And
           confirmed
           by
           another
           Statute
           of
           the
           same
           Kings
           ,
           how
           have
           they
           been
           observed
           ?
           and
           lastly
           the
           great
           Act
           which
           gave
           Authority
           to
           the
           King
           that
           after
           his
           own
           Line
           ,
           he
           might
           dispose
           under
           his
           
             Great
             Seal
          
           ,
           
           or
           by
           Will
           ,
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           have
           we
           not
           been
           sensible
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           our
           lasting
           
           Joy
           ?
           how
           happily
           it
           hath
           been
           neglected
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           that
           the
           case
           ,
           which
           is
           put
           in
           the
           statute
           of
           extinguishment
           of
           King
           Henry
           the
           8ths
           Line
           ,
           and
           a
           Will
           made
           (
           such
           as
           it
           was
           )
           to
           the
           disherison
           of
           the
           Scottish-Line
           ,
           the
           validity
           whereof
           ,
           was
           never
           so
           much
           as
           once
           considered
           upon
           by
           the
           great
           Council
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           matter
           ,
           that
           whether
           the
           same
           were
           a
           Will
           or
           not
           ,
           skilled
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           the
           Act
           it self
           being
           a
           
             void
             Act
          
           ,
           that
           should
           have
           given
           life
           and
           validity
           to
           the
           Will.
           So
           that
           we
           may
           say
           with
           the
           
             Rhetorician
             ,
             multi
             quidem
             utuntur
             malis
             Consiliis
             ,
             num
             me
             autem
             dextro
             ,
             quibus
             quod
             malum
             designabant
             ,
             cedit
             in
             bonum
             ?
          
        
         
           To
           what
           hath
           been
           already
           said
           ,
           I
           shall
           add
           the
           Judgment
           of
           that
           Ingenious
           and
           Learned
           Gentleman
           Mr.
           
             Roger
             Coke
          
           ,
           whose
           words
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           
             
             No
             
               humane
               Law
            
             can
             create
             a
             
               humane
               Right
               ;
               Jura
               sanguinis
               nullo
               Jure
               Civili
               ,
               dirimi
               possint
               .
            
             Nor
             is
             this
             Right
             of
             Succession
             ,
             from
             divine
             positive
             Laws
             ,
             but
             observed
             as
             well
             where
             God's
             Revelation
             of
             himself
             is
             not
             received
             ,
             as
             where
             it
             is
             .
             And
             if
             according
             to
             the
             Resolution
             of
             all
             the
             Learned
             Judges
             in
             
             Calvin's
             
               case
               ,
               Subjection
            
             is
             from
             no
             
               humane
               Law
            
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             then
             of
             necessity
             must
             Regal-Right
             and
             Inheritance
             ,
             be
             from
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ;
             for
             no
             man
             supposeth
             subjection
             ,
             where
             he
             does
             not
             presuppose
             Power
             .
             The
             Acts
             therefore
             made
             by
             H.
             4.
             
             H.
             5.
             and
             H.
             6.
             
             Which
             intailed
             the
             Crown
             upon
             their
             
               Heirs
               Males
            
             ,
             were
             void
             ,
             and
             wholly
             to
             be
             rejected
             :
             So
             likewise
             were
             the
             Acts
             of
             Rich.
             the
             Third
             ,
             and
             Henry
             the
             Seventh
             ,
             which
             intailed
             the
             Crown
             upon
             Them
             and
             their
             Heirs
             .
          
        
         
           But
           peradventue
           ,
           though
           your
           Lordship
           may
           approve
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           here
           offer'd
           ,
           yet
           (
           with
           others
           )
           You
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           Object
           ,
           that
           all
           this
           and
           much
           more
           must
           be
           layed
           aside
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           Our
           Religion
           ,
           against
           the
           dangers
           that
           threaten
           us
           from
           the
           Romish-Church
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           is
           not
           so
           long
           ,
           since
           our
           Ancestors
           drew
           their
           gauled
           Necks
           from
           that
           heavy
           Yoke
           ,
           but
           that
           still
           
             Manet
             al●
             â
             mente
             Repostum
          
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           if
           the
           Multitude
           (
           whose
           Character
           it
           is
           ,
           
             aut
             humilitr
             servire
             ,
             aut
             superb
             dominari
          
           )
           are
           proper
           Judges
           of
           this
           Point
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Machines
           of
           State
           ,
           must
           turn
           upon
           their
           Hinges
           ,
           the
           Verdict
           may
           pass
           against
           me
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           not
           magnifie
           the
           Politicks
           of
           Euripides
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Jus
             regnandi
             gratiâ
             Violandum
             est
             ,
             aliis
             in
             rebus
             pietatem
             colas
             .
          
           This
           indeed
           is
           to
           make
           the
           Mistress
           serve
           the
           Handmaid
           ,
           to
           make
           Religion
           truckle
           to
           Policy
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           seasons
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           ought
           to
           accomodate
           themselves
           to
           Men
           ,
           rather
           than
           Men
           accomodate
           themselves
           to
           the
           
             seasons
             .
             Policy
          
           presupposes
           Ethicks
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           footsteps
           of
           that
           ancient
           virtue
           ,
           are
           almost
           worn
           out
           and
           invisible
           .
        
         
           But
           can
           the
           Consideration
           aforesaid
           ,
           be
           so
           weighty
           as
           to
           preponderate
           that
           of
           Nature
           ?
           for
           we
           are
           taught
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           That
           the
           Ties
           and
           Bonds
           of
           Duty
           and
           Subjection
           ,
           even
           to
           Heathen
           and
           
             Idolatrous
             
             Princes
          
           ,
           are
           Sacred
           and
           
             Inviolable
             ;
             Dominion
          
           and
           Soveraignty
           being
           the
           Ordinances
           of
           God
           ,
           not
           as
           he
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           Grace
           ,
           but
           as
           he
           is
           the
           Governour
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           duty
           of
           Children
           to
           their
           Parents
           ,
           of
           Servants
           to
           their
           Masters
           ,
           and
           of
           Subjects
           to
           their
           Prince
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Consequence
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           but
           a
           Principle
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           consquently
           unalterable
           ,
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
        
         
           The
           very
           Morals
           of
           the
           Heathens
           (
           had
           we
           no
           Bibles
           )
           teach
           us
           a
           
             Passive
             Obedience
          
           to
           Princes
           ;
           that
           we
           ought
           patiently
           to
           Indure
           Governors
           ,
           though
           set
           as
           a
           scourge
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           Pray
           to
           the
           
             Immortal
             Powers
          
           for
           liberation
           .
           Nay
           there
           is
           a
           subjection
           due
           even
           to
           Tyrants
           themselves
           ,
           
           
             Neque
             Quenquam
          
           Tyrannum
           
             occide
             ,
             Deorum
             foedera
             iniens
          
           ;
           and
           why
           ?
           
             Imago
             Rex
             est
             Animata
             Dei
             ,
             Regem
             ergo
             cum
             tibi
             Dii
             paraverint
             sis
             Eo
             dignus
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ▪
           The
           
             Greek
             Poet
          
           could
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           Kings
           are
           by
           
             Divine
             Ordination
          
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           shall
           kill
           a
           King
           (
           though
           a
           Tyrant
           )
           is
           as
           much
           a
           Regicide
           ,
           as
           he
           that
           destroys
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           most
           gracious
           and
           clement
           temper
           ,
        
         
           This
           Consideration
           made
           the
           great
           Duke
           of
           Norfolk
           ,
           so
           highly
           Espowse
           the
           interests
           of
           that
           bloody
           
             Vsurper
             Richard
          
           the
           3d.
           who
           notwithstanding
           the
           Caveats
           that
           were
           sent
           him
           by
           the
           Adverse
           Party
           ,
           in
           this
           Distick
           .
           
             
               Good
               Jack
               of
               Norfolk
               be
               not
               too
               bold
               ,
            
             
               For
               Dicon
               thy
               Master
               is
               bought
               and
               sold
               .
            
          
           Made
           him
           break
           out
           into
           these
           Expressions
           of
           his
           Loyalty
           ;
           That
           were
           the
           
             Royal
             Diadem
          
           placed
           upon
           a
           Stake
           ,
           he
           would
           there
           sacrifice
           his
           Last
           drop
           of
           blood
           and
           serve
           his
           King
           with
           a
           
             Victorious
             Sword
          
           or
           a
           
             Glorious
             Death
          
           .
        
         
           A
           King
           is
           the
           
             Animate
             Image
          
           of
           God
           ,
           nay
           we
           know
           who
           it
           is
           that
           says
           ,
           
             I
             have
             said
             that
             ye
             are
          
           Gods
           ,
           He
           then
           that
           shall
           oppose
           their
           Rights
           and
           Interests
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           ,
           but
           Gyant-like
           ,
           to
           invade
           Heaven
           ?
        
         
           None
           but
           God
           can
           make
           an
           Heir
           to
           a
           Crown
           ,
           
           says
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Coke
             ;
             solus
             Deus
             haeredem
             facere
             potest
          
           :
           and
           this
           Heir
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           Heir
           in
           fee
           to
           Lands
           or
           Tenements
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Common
             Law
          
           or
           Custom
           :
           if
           then
           only
           God
           can
           make
           such
           an
           Heir
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           in
           their
           Royal
           stiles
           ,
           Acknowledge
           the
           Tenure
           with
           a
           
             Dei
             Gratia
          
           ,
           the
           Emperor
           with
           a
           
             Deus
             dedit
          
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           King
           with
           a
           
             Dieu
             Done
          
           ,
           surely
           None
           but
           the
           same
           
             Superintendent
             Power
          
           (
           by
           which
           
             Kings
             Reign
          
           )
           ought
           or
           can
           Dispossess
           or
           disinherit
           Princes
           ,
           from
           their
           Rights
           fenced
           with
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Nature
           ,
           and
           establisht
           upon
           the
           foundation
           of
           humane
           Laws
           and
           Customs
           .
        
         
         
           What
           Atlas
           shall
           support
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Ruinous
           and
           Tottering
           world
           ,
           in
           these
           perilous
           Ends
           of
           time
           ,
           whereinto
           ,
           as
           into
           a
           
             Common
             sink
          
           ,
           have
           sunck
           all
           the
           foul
           Enormities
           of
           former
           Ages
           ?
           We
           live
           not
           only
           in
           the
           
             Iron
             Age
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           very
           Rust
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           may
           take
           up
           the
           complaint
           of
           Old
           ,
           that
           
             Justice
             hath
             left
             the
             Earth
          
           ,
           that
           
             Truth
             sculks
             into
             by-Corners
          
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           good
           Mistresses
           indeed
           to
           those
           that
           Keep
           them
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           follow
           them
           too
           close
           at
           Heells
           ,
           may
           have
           Raggs
           and
           broken
           Heads
           .
        
         
           May
           the
           Parliament
           Prove
           so
           many
           Catos
           or
           Fabicii
           ;
           of
           whom
           it
           was
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Sun
           might
           as
           soon
           be
           altered
           in
           his
           Race
           ,
           as
           they
           in
           the
           Course
           of
           Justice
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           give
           no
           more
           occasions
           for
           Dissolutions
           ,
           as
           if
           frequent
           
             Dissolving
             Parliaments
          
           ,
           were
           like
           drawing
           of
           Spirits
           in
           an
           Alymbeck
           ,
           the
           oftner
           the
           more
           refin'd
           and
           Essential
           .
           The
           Law
           is
           the
           Pulse
           of
           the
           
             Common
             Wealth
          
           ,
           when
           it
           beats
           not
           
             at
             all
          
           the
           
             Common
             Wealth
          
           is
           dead
           ;
           if
           it
           have
           but
           
             slow
             motion
          
           ,
           't
           is
           weak
           ;
           if
           too
           quick
           ,
           feaverish
           and
           in
           a
           fatal
           Hectick
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           keep
           an
           
             Equal
             Course
          
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Common
             Wealth
          
           is
           in
           a
           
             good
             Constitution
          
           ,
           True
           is
           that
           of
           a
           Learned
           Politician
           in
           the
           Curious
           Clock-work
           of
           Justice
           ,
           the
           Least
           Pin
           or
           Wheel
           amiss
           Distempers
           and
           Disorders
           All
           ,
           and
           Causes
           the
           whole
           frame
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           Pieces
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           heartily
           wisht
           they
           may
           keep
           time
           with
           the
           
             Royal
             hand
          
           ;
           and
           strike
           as
           that
           Points
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           having
           given
           You
           a
           brief
           account
           of
           my
           thoughts
           in
           such
           a
           
             weighty
             matter
          
           ,
           I
           humbly
           take
           my
           Leave
           and
           subscribe
           my self
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Lordships
             Most
             Obedient
             Servant
             ,
             W.
             B.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A29953-e140
           
             (a)
             Brit.
             Cap.
             34.
             de
             Donis
             .
          
           
             (b)
             Tit.
             de
             Reg.
             Off.
             
               f.
               130.
            
             
          
           
             (c)
             Fitz.
             H.
             Abr.
             Til.
             Devise
             .
             n.
             5.
             
             Exec.
             n.
             108.
             
          
           
             (d)
             Rol.
             Parl.
             40.
             
             Edw.
             3.
             n.
             8.
             
          
           
             (f)
             42
             Ed.
             3.
             n.
             7.
             
             Lex
             &
             Consuetud
             .
             Parliamenti
             .
          
           
             Lib.
             12.
             f.
             28
             
          
           
             Dan.
             Hist
             .
             of
             W.
             first
             .
          
           
             (a)
             Lib.
             2.
             de
             Nat.
             Deorum
             .
          
           
             1
             H.
             7.4
             .
          
           
             Plowd
             Com.
             
               f.
               238.
            
             
          
           
             Cok's
             Litt.
             
               f.
               16.
            
             
          
           
             Ann.
             H.
             
               7.
               f.
               8.
            
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             24.26
             .
          
           
             25
             H.
             8.
             c.
             22.
             26
             
             H.
             8.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             35
             H.
             8.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             3.
             c.
             2.
             of
             Inherit
             .
             &
             Succession
             .
          
           
             Sen.
             
          
           
             Coke
             Litt.
             Sect.
             1.