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Show l. , ,. I I • CERTAIN CONSIDE R ATIONS, TOUCHING THE PLANT A ION IN IRELAND .. PRESENTED TO His Maiell:y, J 6 0 61 T feemeth God,hath referved, to your Majeflies ~:.~~~~Ifill Times, two WorhJ; which amongfJ: the Worf<J of Kings, have the fupream Preheminence; The Vnion, and Plantation, of Kingdom1. For although it be 'a great Fortune, fora King, to deliver, or recover, his Kingdom, from long continued Calamities; yet, in the Judgement of thofe, that have difringui£hed, of the De-grees, of Soveraign Honour; To be a Founder, of Eflater, or Kingd() ms, excelleth all the refr? For, as in Arts, and Sciences, to be the firfr Inventer, is more, then to Ill":ftrate, or Amplifte : And as, in the Tiforf<! of God, the creation, is greater, then the Prefervation; And as, in the Work.! ofNature,tbe Birth,and Nativity,is more then the ~'i 5 ._, |