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Show OJ the aduanceinent of/earning, . tfre in uifitiue eye.ef prefumptiOn, to dif"ouer ~~at .. . whic~the~cripture teHtth m~ is infcrma~le;. but witl rije obfoniant ey t>ido~te ~~ adn:trauon: feauing aGde the .other l?:j.rtS of your venue and f~r ~ tt1nt l haue been tot: dled l3yea and'polleifed WHh an e;treame WGOnder at tHofe your ve.rtues and faculties whicl1 the Philofophers call tntelletl:uall : 1-he la;oene~ bf your capacide, the faithflllnelfe of yourl::lmemorie, thefwiftpe[eof your appcehenfion, the penetora~ioo ofyourlu~ement, and the facilitie and order of your elocuuon; .at~d· I hatte often thooght, that of ~ll~he · pet[o~s J.mm~, .r bat I tJa,teknowne,your Nla1efhewer.c tlie belt tnllance 10 make a tmn·of J?latoes -opinion, that all Rnow-:ledge is .but retUembrance, ~nd that the m.inde o£ 111ari byna~ure.kno~.e~h all thtn~s, and h~th bllt her ownenatiueand ortgtnall mouons (whtch by the fl~angendfe and darkeneffe ~f this Tabernacle of the bodie ar~ fequeftrc::d) agat?e reutued an~ refio .. red: fnch a light of Natur~·I haue ob(erued 1n your Maieftie~ and· fl1ch a\· read·me{fe to take flan1e, and blaze fron1 the le·afi occafion.prefented, or the leaft fparkeofanot·hers kno\vledge deliuered. And as the Scripture fayth oft he wifeft King: r h,tt his he4rt was as the (and.r oft he Sea,\vbich though jt be one of the largeR bodies, yet-it c6fifiethofthefmalleft &fi~ neft portions: So hath God giuen vour Maie!lie a oopofit~on.o( vnderftanding admirable, ~-C ing able to compaffe & cotnprehend the great eft matters, & ~~uenhele[e . to. touch. and apprehend the learu · wher{!a$. :Lhe ftr.fl boo~. 2 Nvheras it Chould.feeme an impofsibility in Nature, for the fatne Infirument to make it felfe fit for great , and hnall workes. And for your gift of fpeech, I : call to mirrde what Cornel#u Tacitus fa ytb of r...Au,. gtejius Ca-. jar : . .rlug#fto profluens & qU£ principetiJ deperet, eloquentia Jtt·it: For if w.e note it well, fpeecb that is vttered with .labour and difficultie, or lpeech tbatiauorethof theaffettation of art and precepts·, "r fpeech that is fra1ned after the imitation of fome pauerne of eloquence, thoughneuer fo excellent: All this hath fome\vhat fer nile, and holdin9 of th~ ft1biett. But your Maieflies manner of fpeech is indeed .P rince-Jike,flowing as from a fountaine,and , yer:ftrea1ning& branching it felfe into Natures or~. der, full offacilitie,&·felicitie, imitating none & in• inimitable by any. And as in your ciuile Efiate there appearethto bean emulation& contenlioofyour MaieHies vertue with your fortune, a vertuous dif: pofition with a fortunate regiment, a. vertuous ex,. p~Clation(when titne was) of your greater fortune, with a profperous poffefsion thereof in the due time; a vertuous obferuation of the !awes of mar;. rmge, with n1ofi blelfed ·and happ.ie fruite ofmarri~ agei avertuousand moft chrifiiandefire of peace, · with a fortunate inclination tn your neighbour Princ·es thereunto; So likewife in thefe intelletlualJ n1atters , there feemeth to be no lelfe contention betweenetfle excellencie of yol:lr Maiefiies gifts <>f Nature,andthe vniuerfalitieand profe&ion of y:our1earniQg. For I am weLl affured>that this wbi~h · . . ~ - 3 Jl . I I / |