ieces against the _Oetoman_ rock. What
mutations have been in the house of _Arragon_? How many Riders has the
_Parthenopean_ horse unsaddl'd and flung? How many _Sicily_? What changes
have been in _Italy_, What in _France_, and indeed through all _Europe_ by
_Vandals_, _Saxons_, _Danes_, _Normans_, by external invasion, internal
Faction, Envy, Ambition, treachery and violence? The _Consulate_
degenerated into _Oligarchy_, which occasion'd the _Aventine_ sedition;
Democraty into _Ochlocraty_ under the _Tribunes_ and wicked _Gracchi_; and
_Monarchy_ it self, (the very best of Governments) into Tyranny.

Indeed your sacred Majesty was cast out of your Kingdoms, but could never
be thrown out of our hearts; There, you had a secure seat; and the Prince
that is inthron'd there, is safe in all mutations; Keep there Sir, and you
are inexpugnable, immoveable. And how should it otherwayes be? A Prince of
your virtue could not miscarry, that being truly verified of Your Majesty,
as well in your perfections, as your person, _Certe, videtis quem elegit
Dominus in Regem, quoniam non sit similis illi in omni populo._ Nature
design'd your Majesty a King, Fortune makes others; nor are you more your
peoples by birth, and a glorious _series_ of Progenitors, then by your
merits: This appeared in all those digits of your darkest Eclipse; The
defect was ours, not your Majesties. For the Sun is alwaies shining,
though men alwaies see him not; and since the too great splendor, and
prosperity did confound us, it pleased God to interpose those clouds, till
we should be better able to behold you with more reverence and security;
For then it was that you prepar'd your self for this weighty government,
and gave us those presages of your Virtue, by what you did, for your
people, and what you suffered for them; signalizing your Courage, your
Fortitude, Constancy, Piety, Prudence and Temperance upon all occasions.
Your Travels and Adventures are as far beyond those of _Ulysses_, as you
exceed him in Dominions; _Si quis enim velit percensere Caesaris res, totum
profecto terrarum orbem enumeret_: For he must go very far that would sum
up your perfections: Your skill in the customes of Nations, the situations
of Kingdomes, the Advantages of places, the temper of the Climates; so as
the Ages to come shall tell with delight, where you fought valiantly,
where you suffered gallantly, _Quis sudores tuos hauserit campus, quae
refectiones tuas arbores, quae somnum