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Show \-·---;-:-"';-- The Bcgim1i~g of t he Hifiory ()[Great Britain. \ i ____ Uonw, a~1d that the Dye 1Vtf caft: .Other~ th_at had 1~1ade t~1ci1· ,' way, wnh the Ki11g) proffered thetr Serv1ce, tn the Tune of the, l {ortlter §uceu, t hought now the Time was come, for which th.:y l I 'bad pr;r;ared : And generally ' all fuch,as had any dependance, t. upon the Ia~ e Earl of Effex ~(Who had miogled, the Secrcc y, f t his O \Hl Ends~ with the Popular pretence, of advanc;ng lhe Ki1igs Title;) Made account, theit Ca11je was amended. Again,fuch as mm1ght m1fdoubt, they had given the King, any ccc~fto~ of. Diilafl:, did continue, by thtir Forwardndfe, and- Con· fi <:ence, to fhew, it was but their Faflnef.r, to the Formc1· Co-\ 'Ucrr.mu:t; And that, thofe .AJFclfions·, endt!d with th Time. j \ The Frlpifls~ nourifi1ed their hopes, bv collating, the Ca fe~ oft he Papijlr i:1 Engl,md,and under ~een Eli<t,abetbJ ?nd t~e Cafe~ of t~c r {1pijts, 1n Scotland, under the Kmg: Interprenng, tnat the: Cond 1- ti.m~ of them, in Scotl,.md~ was the lef!e Grievous;_ And divining, · oft he King,s Co'lJcntment here accordmgly : Befides,the Comfort ,! they miniflred thcmfdves, from the Memory, of the !2.!Jeen l.i~; l JLfolht:r. The JdinifierJ;, and thofe which fiood, for the rreJI')'fe-; ry!>thought tl.~ei r Caufe, had more Sympathy, with the Difciplim: ! of Scotland;, then the J:-Le1·archy of England; And fo, took themfelves, to be, a Degree nearer their Dd!res. Thus had everyCMtditi(); H,f Perfons, fomcContelj1plation of Benefit) which they ! promi!ed themfelvrs; Over-reaching, .perhaps, according to the Nature of Hope; But yet, not without, fome probable 1 Ground, ofConjedure. At which time alto, there came forth, in Print, the Kings rook._, entitled Baa-il\,Ko~ ~wpov : Containing, l\1atter ofTn~ruCti~n, to t~e r ~incc, his Son,touchiug the office 0 f I a Ki11g; Wh1ch Boof{e, falhng 1nto every I\1ans Hand, fill ed tlle t whole Realm, as with a good Perfume, or Incenfe, before the I\. ings comming in: for befng excellently written ~ and having nothing of Affectation, it did not only fatidie better~ then p;nti :u~ lar Report!i, touching the Ki11gs Dijpofition; But far e:xceedcd,any form al!, or curious, EdifJ, or Declaration, which could have been devifed, of that Nature, wh~rewith Princes, in the begin- l ninv, of their Raignes, do ufe, to grace themfelves, o·:- at 1cafi, ex· preile themfelves gracious, in the Eyes of their People. And this was, for the generall!) the State5 and Conftitution, of Mens Mind s, upon this Change: The A8ions themfelves, pafiC:d in this lt1dtJ· ncr, &c. The Refr is wanting• • A I I I I • A L E T T .E R, ~ . AND DlS·c . o:uRsE· · \ .,. ' . ,... . ' s TO 1r .H E N R .T S A V I L· L, TOUCHING I f.OR. THE I I N1J~E L'L·E CTVAL P O·U1 E·R·S .• ; SIR, lA ~;;~E~S~Om iog back from your Invitation at E tm1, where I had refrefhed my Self, wit}Jl ·~ h .\ ,1~ [~ me St.:~., Company, which I loved; I fell, into b Confide.rati~n ,_ of that Pa~t, of i'olit_{'!' whereof Phtlojophy fpeaketli toq rnuct(, and L aWOlf too littl~ ; ,4Q ~ tha~.is, of Ed1tcatio1t of Touth. Whereupon, fixing my mind. a while, I found firait waye ~, and .noted, even l\1 the gifc.o1trfos pf Pl~dofo. :phcrs, which ;are. tq)~;ge ~q tqi~ ~fgunt, a frrange Silenc:e, conaer:eing one ,P.riqgpall ~a~t~ ,.o~ ~!lat bj.ttt .I F or as touch1~~; the FJiam?n-.:9 ;\I}d pef':fqnjng., bf'fm•t~~ ~t> : Moral!Ver tue ~ ( As Tolcraflce<af Labours, (pn f:i.11fnCl£ f[o,m f!e flfore}, '\ oL(•dience; H01!1tUr; ailcDthe 'like ;; T.hey ha\\9le i~ ~ JrtUt ( ~9l1P.~Jphg Gg re |