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Show • Of the adua~cement Ofle~rn~ng, . tttes:infomuch as Tulianns the Emp;ror !" hts booke intintled,c"(ar es ,being as a Pafq u ill or Satyre ,to dericte all hi~ Predece[ors, fa~ned that they were aU inuited to a banquet of the G~ds,and S)'lenru th~ Iefterfate at the neather end of thetable,~nd beflowcd afcoffe on euerie one as they came 1n, but when , Marctu Philofophuscatne in, J'ylentls ~as grauelled, and out of-countenance, not knowtng where t? car_peat'him, Cane at the lafi,he gauea glaunce at h!s . patience towards his wife.. An.d the vertne of thts Prince continued with that of bts Pred.eceiTor mad c tbename of t.Antonintt s [o facred in-tne world, rhar though i& were extreamely dHhonour.ed .in 'commiiclt~ s, Carocolla, and H £!iogabAlt1S, who all _hare the name, yetwhe11·Alexandtr SeNerus re~t~fed tl1etname, ~becau~hewas·a.'tlrangertothefamdte, the senate with,one acclamation rayd, fb!ornodo c)! uguftu! fie &Jntqninus. In fitch renowne and venerauon, ,was the name of thefe two Princes in thofe rlayes, that they wonld haue had it as a p.erpetuall addition in all the Em·perours fHte. In this Etnperours. time :alfo, the.Churcbfor-tbemoft part was in peace, fo as in this fequence of fixe Prioces, we doe fee the ble[ed eifeCl:s of Learning in foueraigntie, painted ~rt~1inthe great eft Table of world. . · But for a Tablet or pitlure offinaller volqm·e(not - prelitming to fpeake of ~our Maieaie that liueth) .. ·in my iudgement t'he moR excellent, is that of .. -Qy_ee~e Eli~abeth, your immediate PredeceHor in .~ is:Par~·ofBrit1ainc,.a Prince~ that if Pluta:rch were , . - -- ... --- ... . _.. .. ..,. non (' · rl'hefitjl boo~~ . ( ·3~ ~ now:al' ~:to;wr.ite l'yJ;Jes·by-paraUelt~ WOtll~ trbl.iblebim! thinke, .to ·fina. 'for her apara1lell ~mongfi ~,omen~ ~ This Ladie was endued with learniag Jnherfexefing~tl.er; and grace euen amongfi mal~ culittc: Pli·imces: whet.Jler we fpeake~ofleamiog, of Languag~br of f("iente)~ mede11ne; or ancient~ JQiltlinii: io or Humanitie.. _And.·vnto the verie lafi year~ · .of per life,fhe accufiomc:d to appoint fet houres for r.eadmg,.fcarcel.y any youngStudent.in an Vuiuerfi .. . 1e1moreda~'lyjdtmoreduly~ As for the gt?uerne,. ):Rent,. I atTurc my felfe)llhallnot exceed, 1t ldoc af· .fir\rie, thaothis:part of the Iland,neu e~· bad 4). ycrres · . ·.<lfbetter .tim~;and yet not thr:ough the calmndfe of . ihe~eaf<?n;butthr~ugh tliew·ifed0m:ofher rcgitner. ~ · for Iftmerebeconfidered' o.ftheon~fide, the iruth· ~f. Religion ellablifheti;the confiant peac.e andfecu ... ~ttte: the good adminiflrationoflufiice, the tempent~ fc of the prerogatiue~notflackened; nor much ~r~ynedi: the flour.ifhing·fiare of.Learnihg, for able :to fo excellent a P atroneife;the conuenient efiate of wealth. and meanes, both ofCrowne and fi1bieB:: ·he!habite of obedien~e,and the moderation ·ofdif- ..cootents~: and there be conGderedon the other fide t ediffereocesOfReligion;the troublesofNeigh~ ~ur ~ountreys, the ambition of spaine, and oppo-.· ttro,nofRome,and then,that lhee wasfolitary, and met fe!~e .· tliefe things I fay confider.ed ~ as I could . JlQt liat1e~~fe~ an infl:amt:e fo recent and fo proper1 , I fuppofe, [- ould not haue cbo[¢n one ntore r~~arq ·eable,. r eminent, to the pitrpofe no\ve · - . · K in · . \ · . |