England's beauty in seeing King Charles the Second restored to majesty . nted by /.*. for the Authour, 1661 TO THEUluftrious, and highly renowned Prince JAMES DUKE OF YORK His humble Suppliant wiflicth to him, His Grandfathers wifciome, his Fa* thers wivtVLCyAbeis facrifice, andChriftsfatisfa&ion High and mighty Prince, He righteous is more excellent then his neigh*W, Prov. 12. 26. The holy feed is the fub- J^1/^fiance of the earth. Efai. 6. 13. The Lords *«*«Wportion is his people. Deut. 32. 9. Godly men 2k>, that at lafi God^illmake them up among his MaL
England's beauty in seeing King Charles the Second restored to majesty . nted by /.*. for the Authour, 1661 TO THEUluftrious, and highly renowned Prince JAMES DUKE OF YORK His humble Suppliant wiflicth to him, His Grandfathers wifciome, his Fa* thers wivtVLCyAbeis facrifice, andChriftsfatisfa&ion High and mighty Prince, He righteous is more excellent then his neigh*W, Prov. 12. 26. The holy feed is the fub- J^1/^fiance of the earth. Efai. 6. 13. The Lords *«*«Wportion is his people. Deut. 32. 9. Godly men 2k>, that at lafi God^illmake them up among his MaL 3-17. They are fuch pious men , TM&btJS^Lare the portraitures of the divine effence^nay the very Im- *£*?ages of God. Holy men area treafure hard to be found, yea -lQ ximthey are the perfons, which have a compendiaryTvay toglo- Adgiori-ry. What a bright luftre then was your religious Father jJ5J$faonce to this Nation \ how did he adorne the Kingdome .? compen-he was a; great a Saint as a King, and as refplendent in *Jg^innocencyasMajefty. * 2 Ri-\t -Ripheus juflifsimm unus, Rfitit £>uifuit tn Teucris, & fervantifsimus a qui \ AroyallGemme, a religious mirrour,the Lands Omartnenty the Churches Phenix ; there were many potentKings in his time, but he was the true Sacred Majefty up-on earth ; we may ftill rejoyce, that we were the Sub-je&sof fuch a King, and you may ftili glory that you\tferethe Sonoffuch a Father^lofe not your Birth-right,your Fathers Graces honour you as much as his bloudRoyal; you are a Prince of renown beeaufe you can de-rive a pedigree from fuch a linage of virtues: it is neverdying fame to you, that you can *.4. -Patereft Thymbreus Apollo, Bnud. that fuch a Saint was your Father. But where now isthisPearleof the Land, and ftarreof the throne > Hethat doth anfwer this queftion muft doe it rather withtears, then fpeech; for we had him, but we have lofthim; Oh irreparable, and ineffable lofle, we did notvalue his graces, nor imitate t
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