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Show There Bookeofebeyixfrpact Cuarci§iny (668° * Therrue Law offree Monarchies. Chap.3.S.4. fabied sdsxbey Rael odetariony/andadmoniflrrhei tas firovie Godswf Kingdomes; not toauthorize,by wicked préecedents|theenilltharanay-Fall on theiriownepofteritie: fo do theyieeeffarily makevs vnderfkand; how hap piethar Countrieis which hath ob- taineda Kingable coconcelueandteath, "That *iGed tbefart/tavdfbarpeft Schéaleing. frentburchabodenifed; for Such Kings thinke this mortd.ordailed forvthems; without cons trolaner To turae idpfidedovwne ar their pleasure. (ol di ins 2) Nowvoncerniie the Triumph of Di 2myliws Paalos, ieWas.inalll poitits Likevnto thamol 7 Quiatids F démibins | though farre more glorious) inrepardiofthe Kings owne perfoagthariwas ledde along thereingas pat of his ownefpoyles yand in regard likewile borhofche'Cengueftarid ofthe Bootie, So grearwas the quantitie ofGold'and Siluer 9 carried by Patls iitorhe Roman Treafariesthat fromthence: forthsvatill the¢iuilWars whithfollowedypon the:déath of malixg Ca/arjthe Eftatohad no nced to burthenivfelfe withaay Pabure. Yerwas this noble Triumph likelymhanebinhindred by the fouls diets 2 whogtidgedatrheir-General3for not having dealt more-bountifully withthem: BurchePiines of the Senateonaruledthe People and: Souldiers;hereinjand brought theny to reafon by feuere exhortations:- Thus Penlis enioyéd gsi muclihonourobhis vie Gorieas meh could pine. Neuertheleffey ir pleafediGod totake awayfrom' hiny his: two remaifiing fons,that were not giuenit'adoption ¢ of whichy theone' died'fiuedaies'before'the Triumply; thé otherthree daies. afterit! This lofle he bore wifely pandtoldthe People;That he hoped to feethe Common-wealthflourifliin a continuanceofprofpe- * ritie? fineé theioyofhis vittorie was requived withvhis‘owne private calainitiesin ftead ofthe publike: uit q fis About thedame time; O@auivsthe Admiralls «who had brought Perens out of Se motbrstes and Anicia the Pretor,who had conquered Myrizy:and taken ‘King Gentias prifoner ; made theirfeueralltriumphs. The glory of which magnificent {pettacless tagethet With the conflilence'ofExfibaflages fromall'parts and Kings, ‘citheswifiting the Hnpetiall Citicjor offering tojifit her, and:doetheir duties insperfonywere: enow tolayvate Rome, Swine/operbiam, Take vpon thee the Maieftiey that thy: deferts bane pur chafeds qe . \ ~ i { vd, is 9 Pv this which we lealready fet downesis feene the bepidning aicend'of the" BA chree firlt Monarehies'of the wel ld jwhereofthe Pounders aid EréGoars thought, chavthey could never Hakeended) Thatof Rome which made the fourch,!-whsalforat thistinealrhoftat thé HighenWe haweleftie fourihhing inthe middle oft xhé field, hauing footed vpibF eat Mowneyalbtehae Kept ie from the evesiand admiration ofthe world. Butafter fome continuance,itfhall begin, to lefethe beauty it had, the ftormes ‘ ofambition fhall beat her great boughesand branches one againft anothers herleaues fhall fall off,herlimbes wither, anda rabble of barbarous Nations enterthe field, and eut her downe. f be Aine aa Nowthefe great Kings,& conquering Nations shave bin thefubiedt of thofe aacicat 49 Hiftories,which haue binpreferued,and yet remaine amongvs ; and withallof fo many tragicall Poers,as inthe' perfons of owerfall Pratcesand other mightymen haiiecomplained abaintt InfidelitieTime, Dettinieand mofl of afl again thé Vatiabletuecetle ofworldly thingsjahd Toftabilitiodt Borate. "PS thefe vadértikings,thee sreat Lords ofthe World hane'beene ftirred ypsrather by thedétite of Paine; Which plowethvpthe Aite dnd fowethiihthe Wind? -thahby che aftGion of Bexting file, which aesweth after icf much vexatiod and 10) many'caves. ° Radthat this gerithe goddaduiceof Cinegs t6 PYrbusproues:And Cercainely" ‘as PAWte "harh "often bechedangéraiis'to the liuing, fois icto the dedd-ofnd Vfelat all. Bac arate Font Knowledge: Which Weleirothervifeatrd'the capreameill batgaine SP BlryimeclitsTanting diftoyrk Yhder-xo ftood bythier which arediffo lied: they thedifetdes wouldtherfther Katie Withed,to hate ftolen out ofthe world withaurnoyfe; dian td Be put ipMineeharciey bane par: chafed the report oftheir ations in the World. by tapine, Opprefigh, andcfuettre: by gig in fpoyletieintocedt adgb Surihs fonlete the idfe ana iAfolentjadd by haums emptied theCitics ofthe worldofchYirancleur fahibitanesandfilledthet agaiite vith (De oulw: Bentged 9 of the Hiftory ofthe World. of the Turk in the Weft any Prince that hath {pred his wingsgst farre ouerhis neft,but : ; nor 7 the Spaniard ; who fince thetime that Ferdizand expelled the Mooresout of Granado haue made many attempts to make themfeluies Mafters ofall Europe.And it istrue that by the treafures of both Indies,& by themany kingdoms which they poffeffe in Europe they areat this day the moft powerfull. Butas the Turkeis now counterpoyfed by the Perfian,fo in ftead of fo many Millions as haue beene {pent by the Enelifh, French, and Netherlandsia a defenfide Warre, and in dinerfions againft them, itis eafie to demonftrate, that with the charge oftwo hundred thoufand poundcontinued but fortwo ie aT eye 4 t > > { i ‘ yeeres,or threeat the moft,they may notonlybe perfwadedtoliuein peace, butall theit 10 {welling and ouer-flowing ftreames maybe broughtbacke into their naturall channels &old bankes, Thefetwo Nations, I fay,are at this day the moft eminent, & to beregarded ; the one feeking to roote out the Cliriftian Religion altogether, the other the truth and fincere profeffion thereof,the one to ioyne all Europe to Afia, the other thereft of all Europe to Spaine. For the rett, ifwe feeke.a reafonofthe fucceffion and continuance of this boundleffe ambition in mortall men,we may adde to that which hath beene alreadyfaid ; That the Kings and Princes ofthe world hauealwaieslaid before them,the actions, but not the ends ofthofe great Ones which precededthem. They are alwayestranf{ported withthe glorie ofthe one,but they neuer minde the miferie of the other, till they finde the expes 2¢ rience inthemfelues. They neglecttie aduice of God, whiletheyenioylife,or hopeits burthey follow the counfell ofDeath, vponhis firft approach. Iris hethat puts into manall the wifedome of the world, without {peaking aword; which Ged with allthe words of his Law, promifes, or threats, doth infufe. Death,which hatethand deftroyeth man, is beleeued ; Ged, which hath made him, and lones him, is alwaies deferred. ¢ haue confidered ( faith Salomon) allthe workes that ave under the Suane, and behold, all & vanitie,and vexacion offpirit : but who beleeuesit, till Deathtells it vs 7 It was Death, which opening the confcience ofCharles the fift, nade him enioynehis fonnePhilip to reftore Nuuarre; and King Fra#cis thefirft of France,to command thatiuftice fhould be done vponthe Murderers ofthe Proteftantsin Merindol and Cabrieres,whichtillthen i yt fomatiy ad fo variable OrtsofHt Cuap.6.§.12. ke ~ Since thefall ofthe Roman Eltipiret initcenythat OF the Govmaneswhich'had neither greatneie nor continuance) ‘thete Huth bedde no Stare featefull inthe Balt, but ip 30 he negledted.Itis therefore Death alone that can fuddenly make man to know himfelfes Hetells the proud and infolent,that they are but Abiedts, and humblesthem at the inftant; makes them crie,complaine,and repent,yea, cuento hate their forepaffed happineffe. He takes the accountofthe rich, and proueshim a begger ; a naked begger,which hath intereft in nothing,but in the grauell that fills his mouth. He holds a Glaffe before the eyes of themoft beautifull,and makes them fee therein, their deformitieandrotten. neffe , and they acknowledge it. 0 Frscar aod aiver Death ! whom none couldaduife, thou haft perfwaded what none hath dared,thou haft done ; and whomall the worldhath flattered,thou onftret. ly hatt caft out ofthe worldand defpifed : chou haft drawnetogether all the farre with ouer all coueredit man,and of ambition and crueltic, pride, the all ched greatneffe, ie ; 4° thefe two narrow words,Hic tacet, feeic the Gente Laftly,whereas this Booke,by the title it hath, calls it felfe, The firft part of vall Hifforie ofthe world, implying aSecerd and Third Volume ; which I alfo intended; perfwading my fiand haue hewneout ; befides many other difcouragements, of the world, out Prince glorious that take Gedto hathpleafed é ; lence and neuer to whomthey were directed ; whofe vnfpeakeable enough lamented loffe,hath taught me to fay wish lob, Ver{a eft in Luciums Cithara mea, Organum meni ia vocem flemtinin. 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