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Show The B egz. nnt.n g O,;f the Hiftory ' ofGreat_ •B ritain-. - ----:-=.=---_-;;---;d the di£l ofing, of the Afiaues' of Europr, great J11onarclno' ~lured and \lniverfall, Peace, and ~on cord. thereby., to a nlorel~~ hold Mens Obfervation!,. ~n_d Dtfcourfe~: And thts Event, (.at l rnand of Great Britain, dlvldtd from the the more; Becau e, t le '.;· l~efore united ·i.n it felf:Y under one R.efr of the U~orlg, ~~s ne~err ople be of on~ Lang1tage:>:1nd '!ot k· King; Notwtth a~ mgt r:atc WaterJ: And, notwith!tandmg a~parate, by Mountams, or g h db o in former time!, indufi n· fo 'nt hat the Jtniting of thbemw.' .a fed,'! reaty Therefoi .e ' i t fce- ted both v arrr., an • . t . ou y attemp , fJ .d · and cafe of Rif'en Mtton, 01 medJ a manifeft worko Pro~' en~e 'r conceived that now t he re . tbefe time~ ~nfomuchd as~ ~f~n~~ation to f~perfiitious Prowas ~n End gtven t' fan f; ts but the 1 ;liz, fomcti mcs, oflV:je t . phectes; (The Be lC ? :~:c.i~e ExpeCtation, which had l>y TraMen;) And t? an sncten d. veterated into Mens Minds. But, clition, been.I~fuf~d, ~n ar~d Predictio~lS ' ar.e the Polit,iclt.' an_d as the befi Dlvmauon., d C . 'lures of wtfe Jl.1e11; So~ ln thls probable, Forefight' an ~~}ec Hen' the 7ch was in all MensMatter, the PrO'l.JT~ence' of <.f1>1thg D . A+ and moH prudent Prin· f. h W h bemg one o t !C eepc_r3 h . . Mout s; o, he Deliberation, concerning t e Marn-ccs, of the World, u ponl t . s tland had by fome specc/J> ut- ~ fh. Efd ,lt Daug>Jta Into to · ' ' r · f ategree, od byts h i. m,e .J"r newe d h·' ~ If fenfible and almflfr Pretctent,. o 11ll e ' this Event. · C currence of divers R.gre, e>r- N . h did there want,_ a on ,. d' . ett ~r ( hdides the Vertue~, and Con Itwnsl o . ternall Cucum~ances, r at Reputation, to this S1trcrffion. A the Perfon) whtch gave.g e fu orted with great Allia11ccs a- King~ in the ftren~h <?f ~~{~;i.ffHe ~f home, at Peace with 31l the 1· broad, efl:ab~tfhe. wn ~?iment offuch a Kingdome:> jS mou~ht world, prachfed,_1~ the 1 g . t ' f Accidents then corrupt him~, rather enable a long, by ~>rie. ~ 0 d One tha; be!ides his im h•er -[ with Affluence, or vam gory' ns notably exercifed, and: praCti· fall Capacity, ant Jt~~&emenJ,~~ C'IJ1#rch. Which in thefc times, fed~ in Matterso Rc rgr~n,';J.n swords are become fo inteimbred:~ by the confu[ed ~fe, 0~~~ht s m~fl: of the Counfailes, of Sf>ve- · with Coafideratwns 0 . a da d u on them: But nothing, raign Princes, or Republrqll_es, e~e~ Ad~iratioo and ExpeCratidid more fill, ForraTgn NatTons, Wl~ ·fi 11 and (by them,) unex-on, ofbis.. . s~ecceffion: ~h~~ ~a~~n a:d ~~tbjct1s, of Engltmd, for t~e peer~~' Confent, _o a . t oat ~he leafl: fcn:tple, Paufe,or ~efhrecetvmg_ of the Kt1tg, wt h 11 difi erfod @y the FHgitiTJes, be- . en. For It bad been genera y f the~felves to the Ambitiyond the Seas, (who pardy~ to app. Y Eftimation' and value, to on, ofForreinerr; And partl1c' J0 give efent the frate ofE11gltmd, their own Employmentfis; u e . to rEelt:rabeths'Deceafe there rnuft · f 1r. 1· ht ·)That a ter !2}!een ~ ~ ' d In a a ~~ tg ' h. b t C onfujions' InterregnJ' an pertur· follow, In Engltmd?.k~t tEg u xceed the Ancient C4llan1itier., of bati01ts of Eftate; h e y, ohr t~ e.r. ofLancafl.er and To.r/z: By how the Civill Wa1·s, between t e not~ eJ) 'J. ' . much ~--------------------~------------------~ _ _jj~~--~- 1'he Beginning of the Hifl:ory of Great El·icaln. 2 z. ~ much more, the Diffentions, were like to be more Mortall, and Bloud y, when Forrai8n Co11?petition, lhould be adde,d, to Dome-fticall ; And Divifons for Religion, to Mat.rer of 'J.ille to the . Crown. And in fpeciall ; · P ttrfons t~e. Jefoit e, under a dffguifed Name, had, not long before, publtfhed, an t:xpreif<: Tretttife; ' Wherein, whether his Malice, made h:m believe hi.s own Fancies) . Or whether, he thought it the fittdt way, to move scd1tion; Like evil! Spirits, which feem, to foretell, the Tempej, they rpean to. move; He IJboured to difplay, and give colour,to all the vain Pretences, and Dreams, of SucceJfi&!t, wllich he could imagine;· And thereby, had pbiitffi.d Many ab~oad, that lcnew not the Affaires here, with thofe his V.1nitieso Neither wanted there,here within this Rea!IJI, divers Perf~qs, both Wife, and well affetled; wh<?, though they doubted not, of the undoubted Right; yet, fettJng befm e them!el ves, the waves of peoples Hearts; (Gui .. dcd, no Ielfe, by fudd~in, and tc:mporary:J~itJds,-then by the naturall Courfe, and Motion, of the Waters;) Were, not without fear, what mought be the Event? For ~een Elizabeth, being a Prince, of extream Caution; and yet One,that l{Jved AdiJJiration, abo•e Safety; And knowii:lg, The D eclar:uion of a SHccelfour mought, in point of Safety, be difputable; But in point o"t Ad~ miration, and RefpeCt,afiuredJy to her DifJdvan rage; Had fi·om the beginning,fet it down, for a Maxi me, cf Eflate,- to im po(: a SiLe11ce, touching Succejjio,J. Neither was it onely Referved,- as i Secret of Eflate> but Reflrained, by fevere L~ wes ; That no Marr,. fhould prtfume, to give Opinion, or maintain Argument, touching the fame; So, though the Evidence of Right, · drew all the . subjetls of the Laud, to think one Thing; yet the Fear of v .znger of Law, made no Man privy, to others Thought. And therefore, it rejoyced all Men, to f~e fo fair a Morning of a Kingdome, and to be throughly fecured, offormer Apprchenfions; .As a .Man that awaked\ out of a Fearfitlt DreaiJJ. But fo it was, that no~ onely the Confent) but the .A pphufe,and Joy, was infinite, and not to be cxprefied,_ throughout the Realm of England, upon thi~· Sucrejfion: Whercot, the Confent, (no doubt,) may be truly afcribed, to the Clearnelfe of the Right; But the_generall Joy, Alacrity, and Gratulation, were the Eff~Cts, of differing Caufes. · for J'2!!_een Elizabeth,although fhe had theufe, ofmany,both VertUfs, and Demonfirations;,that mought draw, and knic unto her, the Hearts of her People; Yet nevertheldle, carrying a Hand, I Reflrained in Gift, and jirained, in Point! of Prerogative , could not anfwe_r the: Votes, eirher of5crvants, or Subjel1s,to a full Content- ! ment; efpecially in her latter Dayes, when the Continuance of her Raign, (which extended to Five and Forty years,) mought difcover, in re·oplc, their Natural/ Dejre, and Inclination, towards Chan,ge ; So that a new Court, and a new R,,i<(!,n, were not, to many, . unwelcome. Many were glad, 2nd efpecially, thofe of Setled l Fflate, and Fortu,u, that thr Feares, and Incertainties were Over. · blown, ....._ . .. ' |