AN ORATION GRATULATORY TO the High and Mighty JAMES of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc. On the twelft day of February last presented, when his Majesty entered the Tower of London to perform the residue of the solemnities of his Coronation through the city of London differred by reason of the plague: and published by his highness special allowance.  
Wherein both the description of the Tower of London and the union of the kingdoms is compendiously touched: By WILLIAM HUBBOCKE.  
AT OXFORD, Printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paul's Churchyard at the sign of the Crown, by Simon Waterson. 1604.   

POTENTISSIMO jacobo ANgliae, Scotiae, Galliae, & Hiberniae Regi, fidei Defensori, etc. Oratio duodecimo Februarij, cum Arcem Londinensem ingrederetur, ut inaugurationis suae reliquas solennitates per urbem perageret, dilatas ob grassantem pestem, gratulatoria; eiusque auspicijs praelo mandata.  
In qua & totius Turris succincta descriptio, regnorumque unio perstringitur:  
Authore Gulielmo Hubbocke.   

DABO ait Dominus per Hoseam Prophetam vallem Achor pro foribus spei. 
Osea. 2.15.  Erat autem vallis Achor primus aditus Israeli in promissam terram. Et hoc quidem vallum (potentissime Rex) est vestibulum tamquam terrae promissae tibi: et primum inaugurationis tuae vestigium, ad regnum tibi coelesti decreto ante te natum destinatum. Cuius ad has valvas salutant te meis verbis, non solum locum hic tenens tuus fidissimus, belli pacisque ornamentis illustris miles, totaque armata cohors circumstipantium regium latus tuum, servientes hoc loco tui: sed consalutant uno nutu, Anglia tota, Gallia, Hibernia, quarum omnium supremumius, huius unius loci complexu prensas, & quasi manu tenes. Haec enim arx, hoc castrum regal, arra est omnium: & porta non modo bonae spei, sed portus totius rei. Hic magnificae & regales bestiae, leones Anglicani, adorant leonem Scotiae; ô verè de leone judae oriunde, ô verè atavis edite regibus: Hic numisma cuditur, nervi & artus belli, quod Caesareum tuum nomen & vultum iampridem gestavit: Hic chartophylacium regni, scrinium actorum & diplomatum principum nostrorum, illustrissimorum maiorum tuorum, ê quibus emendatior historia, ausim dicere, quam quae ulla extat, perpoliri possit. Existunt hic etiam circumquaque, per anfractus huius loci, sparsae rotundatae turres ad sontium laesae maiestatis custodian: unam hanc citimam maiores nostri sanguinolentam dixere, ob cruorem, ut aiunt, infantum Edouardi quarti, quos Richardus tertius execrandae memoriae, horresco referens, immaniter contrucidavit. Prostat inde officiosè in te desuper spectans, sed aheneis tormentis propositis flammarum vomitus & tonitrua hostibus minitans, grandiusculum & quadratum Martis propugnaculum, robur loci, vigil urbis, custos pacis, moderator circumiacentis regionis, cuius caniciem facies ipse attestatur, in quo prisca fama Romani Caesaris praecipuè aulam concelebravit. Hic gemmarum domus & gaza regni, innumera complectens maximi pretij utensilia, totamque auream & argenteam supellectilem unà cum opulentissima re vestiaria regia, quae omnia sese in sinum tuum ut iustissi ni domini & haeredis ex asse iamdudum effuderunt. Hic, ne singula commemorem, globorum monticuli: armorum supra, infra, amplissima domicilia, bombardis, spiculis, hastis, arcubus sagittis, loricis, galeis, pulvere tormentario, toto denique apparatu militari, equestri, pedestri, terrestri, navali, refertissima: ad hostes tuos subiugandos, ad amicos, cives, subditos, socios & foederatos tuos defendendos: ad pericula, iniurias, vim, metum à capite tuo (fortissime Rex) à cord tuo, charissima clarissimaque Regina, à liberis, à fortunis, à toto comitatu propulsanda. Quamobrem gratias, quantas animus noster capere possit, ei inprimis habemus, 
Prov. 9.15.  per quem Reges regnant, per quem amplitudo tua, jacobe apud alios sext in hac sexta aetate mundi, apud nos prime, in constanti aetate tua, nutante aetate Regni nostri regnum init, & regnat: & quidem quod in tam dissitis studijs, dissectis sectis, distractis animi●, incredibili omnium ordinum assensu, unoquoque acclamante, nullo reclamant, sine omni castrensi strepitu ita pacificè regnet. Nulla regio, municipium, praefectura, urbs, pagus, ex quo non publice venerunt, omnium generum, aetatum, ordinum, omnis fortunae & loci, etiam ex remotissimis gentibus legati, gratulatum. Quantae effusiones hominum ex oppidis, concursus ex agris patrum-familias cum coniugibus & liberis, quasi dei immortalis dies festi & solennes agerentur.  non maior fuerit Israelis & juda olim officiosa concertario ad reducendum Davidem Regem suum, quàm est nostrum totius Regni, 
2. Sam. 19  tanquam unius viri, praestò obsequium ad inducendum Davidem nostrum secundum cor Dei regem.  
Nam quae duo in Davide eximia fuerunt, artis & martis ornamenta, domi piae doctrinae laus prophetica, in bello fori arma victricia; hae virtutes duae iam coepêre esse tuae, qui & sine bello superbos debellans, amplissima regna, ipso audito nomine, assequeris, & in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 piarum artium & politioris literaturae, eos verè aureos libellos conscripseris, ut bonae literae; quae antea veluti plebeiae, spretae apud multos iacebant, iam nobilitari & te regnant regnare videantur. Est autem ut in coeli medio Sol pulchrior quam ulla alia in part: ita in regali persona eruditionis splendor illustrior, fructus copiosior, quam in reliquo hominum ordine: Cum inde et justitiae praeses, et scholae princeps (ut nuper ad nostrum omnium decus) ipse esse possit, tum ad ius suis oculis pervidendum, tum ad literas fovendum, et literatis favendum multo amplius. Et quanquam non possumus non affici summo desiderio Divae Elizabethae; tamen cùm, illâ maturo die suo, 
Viam lacteam in caelo, var j commentatores jacobi viam dixere.  ut sole nostro occidente et abeunte à nobis, ita brevis & serena nox sit interposita, tot regniluminibus unam viam Regiam, tanquam coelestem galaxiam et planè jabobaeam designantibus illustrata: aliusque ita mane nobis exortus sit Sol, cuius beneficio, adeò pulcher iam hic integer fermè annus, tanquam unus dies illuxit, nobis sine ulla nubecula tempestatis obfuturae, nisi quae in ipsa coitione Dei presidio evanuit: ut nihil nisi Elizabethicum in hac rerum conversione sentiatur, nec in posterum nisi bona omnia Elizabethica de maiestate tua expectemus, pre●erquam quod mascula tua virtus & viriles dotes, maiora quaedam & augustiora polliceantur: Deo, cuius in faemore scriptum est, Rex Regum & Dominus dominantium, 
Apoc. 19.16.  principi Electorum tuorum imperialium (nam non hominis hoc factum sed numinis) gratissimis animis acquiescimus; in te uncto Dei (sacrosancte Rex) conquiescimus. Haec est enim omnium congratulantium lo et triumphalis ovatio nostra. 

Martial.  Vox diversa sonat, populorum est vox tamen una:  
Tu Rex, tu patriae diceris esse pater.  Quare arcesse tibi pacis triumphos; capesse claves regni, clavum imperij teneto: possideto principatus tui cameram & metropolim Londinum: conscende hanc terrae acropolim & armamentarium praecipuum, turrim Londinensem. Hibernia praesaga tui partim subacta, partim dedititia tua facta est. Rosae duae Anglicanae, & Lancastrensis vere rubens, quia vulneribus suis cruentata, exhausta propè erat: & Eboracensis recte albicans dicta, quae amisso bellis intestinis sanguine, ad mortem ferè expalluit, & quae ambae coniunctis aculcis, saepiù● quam par est, compungentes, cum Leone Scotiae conflictatae sunt, iam ut corollae & serta capitis tui se offerunt. Tanquam Deus iam complêsset, quod vaticinatus est olim per Ezechielem in hanc sententiam: Tu fili hominis, cape tibi duo ligna, 
Ezech. 37.16.  in uno inscribe jehudae; in altero inscribe josepho cum tota domo Israelis: tum compinge ea in unum, ut sint unum in manu tua. Nam sic ait jehovah: accepturus sum domum josephi cum tribubus Israelis, & domum jehudae, cum tribubus eius, & componam eas coniunctas in manu mea, & efficiameas gentem unam: & Rex unus nempe David servus meus pastor erit illis, neque erunt amplius duae gentes, nec dividentur amplius in duo regna. Quis non videt hic amatque similem dei nutum? Improbi, myrmillones, bustuarij putabant in interregno turbam in turbas conijcere: Pontificij sperabant totam insulam arsuran bello civili: & è tumultu aureum suum diem utrique insolenter praedicabant. Sed frustratae adhuc divinâ virgulâ & prudentissimis Senatorum Regni consilijs sunt spes omnium.  
Adhuc justitia & pax occurrunt inter se; 
Psal. 85.10.  veritas & fides osculantur se. Regnum Angliae etiamnum est regnum Evangelij, Regnum Regis mei est regnum Dei mei, adhuc vivit Defensor fidei à fide defensitatus: justitiae assertor, & in justif simâ Regni causâ acceptissimus: pacis cultor, & à pace excultus pater Ecclesiae jacobus, filius eiusdem: Elizabethae haeres regnorum & virtutum. Deus tibi regnum, regno pietatem, pietati pacem, & quidem cuncta haereditariò tradidit: vicinam hanc patriae nostrae gentem, Sororem non paenè sed plenè nostram, tanquam unius parentis geminam, Religione, sanguine, solo, solio, lingua, communibus officijs, communibus periculis, mari ut uno muro coniunctissimam, Angliam inquam & Scotiam, seu ut verè dixerim, Anglian & Sociam uno aureo & amabilissimo rectionis tuae nexu in aeternum, nisi peccata nostra intervertant, colligavit. 
Cicero. offic. 2.  Socrates execrari solebat eos qui utile et honestum naturâ cohaerentia, animis segregabant. Christus maior Socrate comminatur: 
Ma●th 19 6. Eph. 2.14.  Ne homo separet quod Deus coniunxit. Paries intergerinus inter haec duo regna, te regnant, Dei digito recessit. Israelem & judam in te fecit unum: non duo regna amplius, nec duos reges: non duos pastores, nec duos greges: non duas gentes, nec duas mentes: non duas regiones, nec duas religiones. unus Rex, unus grex, una lex, & ut erat ab initio, 
Psalm. 82.  una Albion. Omnia in uno deo caelesti unum. om nia in uno deo terrestri, (dixi vos deos, ait scriptura) unum: 
Homer.  〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.  
Quocirca utere, augustissime monarcha, hac magnificentia tua, potire, fruere: Spartan quam nactus es, partem naturae iure tuam optimam adorna: macte ista virtute regia: perge porro initiorum laud egregia: Deum tanto beneficiorum cumulo admirabiliter Deum tuum, eiusque Regnum in his ipsis Regni primordijs, se data iam pest et patefactis coniuratorum consilijs, perfecto cord, totisque viribus impensiùs, si fieri potest, quaerito: Religionem non illibatam solum tuere, sed adauge: Evangelium per omnes oras propagato: Artes & Academias honestato: Christi patrimonium amplificato: ut Deo è postliminio reddatur, quod Dei est, ubicumque tuum est avita iura in Ecclesia, in Republica, nisi quid ex Adamo, aut Romulo faecis contraximus, rata & grata esse iube: justitiam omnibus imperato: tenuium verò accisas res in prosequenda lite sublevato: non concordiam dumtaxat, sed arctissimam amicitiam inter sororias has gentes & earum consobrinos omnes, firmiter modis omnibus constabilito: Recipe nos denique & nostros in clientelam tuam: ut Deo semper concinamus sacrum paeana & hallelujah: inter nos autem de te circumsonemus: vivat, vincat, vigeat, valeat, floreat diutissimè jacobus Rex Anglia, Scotia, Galliae & Hiberniae cum serenissima Domina Anna Regina uxore cum Henrico filio Walliae Principe, cum tota reliqua regali sobole: vivat inquam jacobus Anglia Rex & Scotiae, seu ut uno verbo dicam, Britanniae. dixi.   

I will give saith the Lord by nosea the prophet, 
Ose 2.15.  the vale of Anchor for the gate of hope. Now the vale of Anchor was the first entrance for the people of Israel into the land of promise. Semblably this fort of the Tower (O mighty King) is the threshold, as it were, of the land of your behest: and the first step of your investiture unto a kingdom, determined unto you by divine decree, before you were borne. At the port gates whereof there saluteth you by my words, not only your faithful Lieutenant a Knight graced with ornaments of war and peace, 
The Warders.  and the whole troop of armed men, that surround your princely person, your servants the Guard in this place: but together also there welcomes you, as it were with one obeisance, whole England, France & Ireland, the sovereign authority of all which by the possession of this one place, you do clasp and as it were gripe in your hand. For this Tower and royal Castle is the pledge for them all, & not only the gate of good hope, but the haven of the whole scope. 
The Lions  Here the stately and princely beasts the Lions (couchant) of England do bow down to the Lion (Rampant) of Scotland: even to you a true offspring of the Lion of juda, and rightly descended of Kings your great-great grandfathers. Here is money coined, 
The mint.  the joints & sinews of war, which now a good while since hath borne the image and superscription of you our Caesar. Here are the Records of Estate, 
Records.  the closet of the acts & patents of our princes, your renowned progenitors, out of which, I may boldly avouch it, a truer story of our nation by far may be compiled, than any is yet extant. Here are dispersed in the several quarters of this place, 
Prisons.  certain round turrets for the custody of offenders against the king. This which is next, 
Bloody Tower.  our elders termed the bloody Tower, for the bloodshed, as they say, of those Infant Princes of Edward the fourth, whom Richard the third of cursed memory (I shudder to men●ion it,) savagely killed two together at one time. Then there present h●● sel●e looking dutifully from a great height upon you, 
Square Tower.  but holding out brazen pieces of shot, threatening slashing of fire and thunderbolts to your enemies, a great and square Tower for martial service, the strength of this place, a watchman for the City, a keeper of the peace, a commander of the country round about, 
Caesar's hall  wherein antiquity hath especially made memorable the hall of the Roman Caesar. Here is the jewell-house and the wealth of the kingdom, 
The jewel house.  containing implements of great value above number, and all the gold and silver plate, 
The Wardrobe.  with a most rich princely wardrobe; all which have now long since powered themselves into your bosom, as the just owner & full heir to them al. Here are, that I may not name every thing, mountains of bullets, and most large places above and below for receipt of armour, 
Armoury.  with ordinance, darts, pikes, bows arrows, privy coats, helmets, gunpowder, finally with the whole furniture of chivalry, for service on horse, on foot, by land by sea, exceedingly stored: (& all these) to subdue your enemies▪ to defend your friends, citizens, subjects, associates and confederates: and to propulse danger, annoyance, violence, fear from your own person (most puissant King) from your dearest spouse, our Sovereign Queen, your progeny, estate, and whole train. Wherefore we give thanks as many as our heart can conceive, to him first, by whom King's reign, 
Pro. 8.15.  by whom your Majesty, O james a sixth among others, to us a first, in this sixth age of the world, in your own constant age, in the declining age of our kingdom, doth enter your reign & now fully reigneth: and the rather, that in so great odds of dispositions, so many sects cutting from one another, such distractions of men's minds, you do with such wonderful agreement of all degrees, every one acclaming to it, no man reclaiming at it, and without any stirring of weapon so peaceably reign. There is no country, burrow, precinct, city, hamlet, out of which there have not come openly of all sorts, ages, degrees, of all estates & conditions even from the most utmost foreign parts, ambassadors to congratulate. What wonderful resort out of good towns: what concourse out of the field country of farmers with their wives & children, as though some great & festival day of the everliving God were now celebrated. So that there was not a more dutiful striving between Israel and juda to bring home David there king: 
2. Sam. ●9.  then there is ready obsequiousness of the whole kingdom of England as of one man for the bringing in of our David a King after Gods own heart. For these two ornaments of arts and arms, which in David were eminent, namely the praise of holy learning to the height of a prophet, the honour of victorious exploits abroad in war: these two do begin to show themselves to be with you: who without war vanquishing the proud, have upon the hearing of your name attained unto most mighty kingdoms: and have written such worthy golden books out of the circle of sacred sciences, & the finer learning, that good literature which, as vulgar, lay despised, seemeth now to be ennobled, and by your reign to reign itself. And verily as the son is brighter then, when it is in the midst of heaven, than when it is in any other part: so the shine of learning is both more orient, and the fruit more abundant in a king, than in any other estate of men: seeing thereby he may be precedent in the courts of justice, and chief moderator in schools; (as of late you were to all our glory:) both to discern the right with your own eyes, and also to foster learning, and to favour learned men much more. And although we cannot but be affected with the miss of (now) St. Elizabeth (our late Queen) yet seeing, when as she, as our sun setting & departing from us in the ripe time of her days, there followed so short and so clear a night enlightened with so many stars of the kingdom, 
The milken way in heaven divers philosophers have called S. james way. The last conspiracy.  chalking out one kings way, as the milken way in heaven, plainly (as the old saw hath been) St. james way: and seeing another sun rose so early unto us, by comfort whereof this whole now a year almost hath continued as one fair day, without any stormy cloud towards, but such an one, as vanished in the very gathering of it through the protection of God: so that in this change we feel no alteration from the reign of Queen Elizabeth, neither may we expect any other things at your majesties hands, but even all the good things of Queen elizabeth's time, saving that your manly prowess, and the induments of nature in the superior degree of your sex above her, doth promise both greater and more notable attempts: 
Apoc. 19.16.  Unto God (first) in whose thigh is written King of Kings and Lord of Lords (the chief Prince among all your imperial electors (for it was the doing of divine power and not human) with most thankful minds we yield ourselves, and next in you, O sacred King the anointed of the Lord, we set our hearts at rest. For this is the shouting and triumphant applause of all your subjects, that jointly welcome you unto the crown.  
The cry of people sounds alike, yet is their voice all one: 
Martial.   
Thou james our King, of country art, the father termed alone.  
Wherefore take unto you, the triumphs of peace: receive (here) the keys of the kingdom: take into your hand the helm of this Empire: Enter into the possession of the chamber of your kingdom, the chief city London: go up into the chief fort of your land, the Principal armour house of the Realm; this Tower of London. Ireland wisely foreseeing your approach, partly subdued, partly yielding, is become totally yours. The two Roses of England, both the red Rose of Lancaster, rightly called ruddy, as being imbrued in blood by wounds from herself, till she was almost spent: and that other white Rose of the house of York, rightly named white, as which having lost much blood by civil war waxed pale well nigh unto death: which both with their prickles stinging together encountered oftener then was fit with the Lion of Scotland; do now offer themselves as coronets & garlands about your head. As though God had now fulfilled that, which he forespoke by Ezechiel to this purpose: 
Ezech. 37.16.  Son of man take unto thee two pieces of wood; writ in one to johuda: in the other writ To joseph with all the house of Israel: Then frame them together in one, that they may be one in thy hand. For thus saith the Lord. I will take the house of joseph with the tribes of Israel, & the house of juda with his tribes, and will join them by one fabric in my hand, & will make them one nation, and one king, namely David my servant shall be Pastor over them neither shall they be any more two nations, nor henceforth divided into two kingdoms etc. who doth not see & love the like proceeding of God with us? The wicked, the desperate ruffians thought in the change to cast all in a hurly burly: the Popish crew hoped that the whole Island would have been on fire with civil war & both of them out of the midst of the stir, did gloriously brag of their golden day. But through the rod of God's providence over us, and by the prudent advice of the counsellors of estate, all their hopes hitherto have been made frustrate: 
Psal. 85.10.  Yet justice and peace do greet together truth & faithfulness do kiss each other: the kingdom of England is still the kingdom of the Gospel: the kingdom of my king is the kingdom of my God: yet there liveth the Defender of the faith, defended by the faith: the maintainer of justice, and most acceptably entertained in his most just title to the kingdom: a promoter of peace & promoted by peace, even james the father of the church, & son of the same: the heir of Queen Elizabeth in her kingdoms and virtues. God hath given unto you a kingdom: unto the kingdom a holy Religion: to a holy Religion peace: and all these to you even by inheritance. This neighbour nation to our native country, not out half but full sister, even as it were a twin of the same mother, most near of all other to one another in Religion, in blood, in soil, in right of crown, in language, in common services, and common hazards, surrounded with one sea as one wall, I mean England and Scotland, or to speak more truly, One land, hath God plotted into one by the golden and most loving knot of your government: and that if our sins do not overturn it, even for ever. Socrates was wont to curse them, 
Cicero. offic. 2.  who severed honesty and profit a sunder in their purposes, which by nature cleave together. Christ greater than Socrates doth command; Let no man separate, 
Matth. 19.6.  that which God hath joined together. The partition wall between these two kingdoms by the finger of God at your coming to the crown is gone: he hath made Israel and juda one in you: 
Eph. 2.14.  no more two kingdoms, nor two kings: nor two pastors, nor two flocks: nor two kinds nor two minds: nor two Regions, nor two Religions. One King, one people, one law, and as it was in the beginning, one land of Albion. All things in one heavenly God one: all things in one earthly God, (for I have styled you Gods, 
Psalm. 82.  as the scripture speaketh) One. 
It is not good that in any heads bear rule in any land: 
Homer.   
Let one be sovereign King and Lord, and so decrees may stand.  Wherefore most mighty monarch, make use of this your magnificent estate; possess it, enjoy it; beautify this your portion, even your best inheritance, which you are come unto by right of nature: proceed on in your princely virtue: go forward in the worthy praise of these beginnings: Seek that God, which is become your God wonderfully by such a heap of benefits, and his kingdom also in this beginning of your kingdom, the plague being much abated, and the counsels of conspirators detected, e●en with a perfect heart and with all your power, even yet more earnestly, if it may be. Not only preserve religion, but increase it: Plant the Gospel throughout all your Dominions: Give reputation to Arts & University, Enlarge the patrimony of Christ; that now at length after long detinue, restitution may be made unto God of all that is due unto God, wheresoever you have to do. Confirm & ratify the ancient laws both in Church and Commonwealth, except where we have gathered any corruption, either from Adam or Rome: Command justice to all men: but ease the low estate of the poor in following their suits Establish strongly by all means not only concord, but indissoluble friendship between these sister nations, and all the sister's children: Finally receive us and ours into your protection; that we may alway sing unto God a holy hymn, & hallelujah, & of you may still ring this peal among ourselves: Let live, O God, let vanquish, let grow, let prosper, let flourish, as long, as mortality may endure, even james of England, Scotland, France and Ireland King, together with our sovereign Lady Anne, his spouse; with Henry Prince of Wales, and the rest of the royal Progeny: Let live I say james of England and Scotland, or to speak at one word, King of whole Britain.  
FINIS.