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<HEAD>A Worthy Panegyrick UPON MONARCHY; Written <DATE><HI>Anno</HI> M DC L VIII.</DATE></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">By a Learned and truly Loyal Gentleman,
for Information of the mi&s;erably mi&s;-led <HI>Commonwealths-Men</HI> (fal&s;ely &s;o called) of that <HI>Deluded Age;</HI> and now revived by <HI>One</HI> that honours the <HI>Author,</HI> and the <HI>E&s;tabli&s;hed Government</HI> of the&s;e <HI>Nations.</HI></HEAD>
<LG N="1">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<L>IF wanting <HI>Wings</HI> one may a&s;cend the <HI>Skies,</HI></L>
<L>And <HI>Phoebus</HI> view, without an <HI>Eagles</HI> Eyes;</L>
<L>Then <HI>Rou&s;e</HI> up (<HI>Mu&s;e</HI>) from thy <HI>Lethargick Strains,</HI></L>
<L>And (having fir&s;t invok'd the <HI>God of Brains</HI>)</L>
<L>Let the Grand <HI>Subject</HI> of thy <HI>Mea&s;ures</HI> be,</L>
<L>No <HI>Soul</HI> to <HI>England</HI> like a <HI>Monarchy.</HI><NOTE N="*" PLACE="foot">Monarchia &acirc; Monos Arch&ocirc;n, <HI>The Rule of</HI> one Prince or Governour <HI>without a</HI> Peer, <HI>or the</HI> Government of one man over many. <HI>As in</HI> England &amp;<HI>c.</HI></NOTE></L>
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<LG N="2">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<L>It is the <HI>Image</HI> of that <HI>Domination,</HI></L>
<L>By which <HI>Jehovah</HI> rules the whole <HI>Creation;</HI></L>
<L><HI>Angels</HI> nor <HI>Saints,</HI> do in his <HI>Kingdom</HI> &s;hare,</L>
<L><HI>God</HI> is <HI>Sole-Monarch,</HI> they, but <HI>Subjects</HI> are:</L>
<L>Who&s;e <HI>Laws</HI> are &s;uch, as when <HI>they</HI> did <HI>Rebel,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Seque&s;tred</HI> not, but &s;ent <HI>them</HI> &s;trait to <HI>Hell.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG N="3">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<L>As <HI>Old,</HI> as that Paternal <HI>Sovereignty,</HI></L>
<L><HI>God</HI> plac'd in <HI>Adam,</HI> rul'd his <HI>People</HI> by;</L>
<L>Di&s;own'd of <HI>None,</HI> but <HI>them</HI> who&s;e Minds a&s;pire,</L>
<L>And Envy ONE &s;hould have what <HI>All</HI> de&s;ire:</L>
<L>For be't a <HI>Few</HI> or <HI>Many</HI> we live under,</L>
<L><HI>Such</HI> &s;hall repine, &s;till, whil&s;t not of the <HI>Number.</HI></L>
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<LG N="4">
<HEAD>IIII.</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>Antients</HI> did a <HI>Monarchy</HI> prefer,</L>
<L>Made all their <HI>Gods</HI> &s;ubmit to <HI>Jupiter;</HI></L>
<L>And (when <HI>Affairs</HI> and <HI>Nations</HI> fir&s;t began)</L>
<L><HI>Princes</HI> DECREES were th' only <HI>Laws</HI> of Man;</L>
<L><HI>Experience</HI> will avow it, where there's any,</L>
<L>One HONEST MAN is &s;ooner found than MANY.</L>
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<LG N="5">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>Rational Soul</HI> performs a <HI>Princes</HI> part,</L>
<L><HI>She</HI> rules the <HI>Body</HI> by <HI>Monarchick</HI> Art;</L>
<L>Poor <HI>Cranes,</HI> and &s;illy <HI>Bees</HI> (with &s;hivering Wings,)</L>
<L>Ob&s;erve their <HI>Leaders,</HI> and <HI>obey</HI> their <HI>Kings:</HI></L>
<L><HI>Nature</HI> her &s;elf, di&s;dains a <HI>Crowded Throne,</HI></L>
<L>The <HI>Body's Mon&s;trous,</HI> has more <HI>Heads</HI> than ONE.</L>
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<LG N="6">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<L><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Monarchy</HI>'s that Politick &s;imple <HI>State,</HI></L>
<L>Con&s;i&s;ts in <HI>&V;nity</HI> (in&s;eparate</L>
<L>Pure <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> entire;) a <HI>Government</HI> that <HI>&s;tands,</HI></L>
<L>When others <HI>fall,</HI> touch'd but with <HI>levelling</HI> hands:</L>
<L>So <HI>Natural</HI> and with &s;uch <HI>Skill</HI> endu'd,</L>
<L>It makes ONE <HI>Body</HI> of a <HI>Multitude.</HI></L>
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<LG N="7">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<L>In <HI>Order</HI> (wherein <HI>latter things</HI> depend</L>
<L>On <HI>former</HI>) that's mo&s;t <HI>perfect</HI> doth attend</L>
<L>On <HI>&V;nity:</HI> But this can never be</L>
<L>The <HI>Popular State,</HI> nor <HI>Ari&s;tocracy;</HI></L>
<L>For where or <HI>All,</HI> or <HI>Many</HI> bear the <HI>Sway,</HI></L>
<L>Such <HI>Order,</HI> to <HI>Confu&s;ion</HI> leads the way.</L>
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<LG N="8">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<L>A <HI>Monarchy</HI> more quickly doth attain</L>
<L>The <HI>End</HI> propos'd; for 'tis the <HI>Single-Brain</HI></L>
<L>That <HI>ripens Councel,</HI> and concealeth be&s;t</L>
<L>Princely <HI>De&s;igns,</HI> 'till <HI>Deeds</HI> proclaim 'em ble&s;t.</L>
<L>Whil&s;t <HI>Numerous Heads</HI> are rarely of <HI>one Mind,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Slow</HI> in their <HI>Motion,</HI> lowder than the <HI>Wind.</HI></L>
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<LG N="9">
<HEAD>IX.</HEAD>
<L><HI>Trea&s;on,</HI> nor <HI>Force,</HI> &s;o &s;uddenly divides</L>
<L>Th' <HI>&V;nited Strength</HI> that in a <HI>Crown</HI> re&s;ides:</L>
<L><HI>Sedition</HI> pro&s;pers not, it &s;eldom here,</L>
<L>Re&s;ults an <HI>Object</HI> of the <HI>Prince's</HI> Fear:</L>
<L>Then when an <HI>Empire, Rome</HI> was ne'r &s;o <HI>&s;trong,</HI></L>
<L>Nor <HI>Triumph'd</HI> under other <HI>Rule</HI> &s;o long.</L>
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<LG N="10">
<HEAD>X.</HEAD>
<L>A <HI>Monarchy</HI> abates tho&s;e <HI>Feveri&s;h Fits</HI></L>
<L>Of <HI>Emulation</HI> a <HI>Free-State</HI> begets:</L>
<L>A <HI>Prince</HI> cannot his <HI>Reins</HI> &s;o quickly &s;lack,</L>
<L>Or <HI>throw</HI> his <HI>Burthen</HI> on anoth<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> <HI>Back:</HI></L>
<L>But where &s;o <HI>many Rulers</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">e Command,</L>
<L>The <HI>Work's transferr'd,</HI> and <HI>to&s;s'd</HI> from Hand to Hand.</L>
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<LG N="11">
<HEAD>XI.</HEAD>
<L>The <HI>People,</HI> or the <HI>Nobles</HI> to debate</L>
<L>The <HI>deep Concernments</HI> of a <HI>troubled State,</HI></L>
<L>Set <HI>Times</HI> and <HI>Places</HI> have a&s;&s;ign'd them, they</L>
<L>Fir&s;t <HI>meet,</HI> and then <HI>adjourn</HI> from Day to Day!</L>
<L>Whereas a <HI>Monarch,</HI> who by <HI>Nature</HI>'s ONE,</L>
<L><HI>Deliberates</HI> always, never's <HI>off</HI> his <HI>Throne.</HI></L>
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<HEAD>XII.</HEAD>
<L>But hold! Me thinks I &s;ee the three <HI>E&s;tates</HI></L>
<L><HI>Conven'd;</HI> thrown open <HI>Pri&s;on-Doors</HI> and <HI>Grates,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Extinct</HI> our paltry <HI>Jealou&s;ies</HI> and <HI>Fears,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Grace</HI> offer'd to <HI>All,</HI> but <HI>Cavaliers</HI></L>
<L>And&mdash;! yet with <HI>Patience</HI> they abound,</L>
<L>In Hopes of <HI>Better,</HI> now the <HI>Wheel</HI> go's round.</L>
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<Q><P>Britannia ab initio mundi &s;emper fuit Regia &amp; Regimen illius &s;imile ille Caelorum.</P></Q>
<BIBL><HI>Howel.</HI></BIBL>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>W. B.</HI> M DC LXXX.</P>
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