And let me fay, that herein there amounts
Something unto thy Fortune, that thou haft
This Monument of thee perhaps may laft.
Which doth not t'ev'ry Mighty Man befal
For lo! how many when they die, die all.
And this doch argue too thy Great Deferts:
For Honour never brought Unworthiness
Further than to the Grave: And there it parts,
And leaves Men's Greatnefs to Forgetfulness.
And we do fee that Nettles, Thiftles, Brakes,
(The poorest Works of Nature) tread upon
The proudeft Frames that Man's Invention makes,
To hold his Memory when he is gone.
But Devonshire, thou haft another Tomb,
Made by thy Virtues in a fafer Room,

SAMUEL DANIEL.

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PANEGYRICK

CONGRATULATORY,

Deliver❜d to the KING'S moft Excellent MAJESTY, at BurleighHarrington, in Rutlandshire.

ALSO

Certain EPISTLES;

WITH

A Defence of R HIME:

Heretofore written, and now publish'd by the AUTHOR.

Carmen amat, quifquis Carmine digna gerit.

LONDON:

Printed in the Year MDCCXVII,

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EPISTLES.

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Sir THOMAS EGERTON,Kt.

LORD-KEEPER of the Great Seal of ENGLAND.

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Ell hath the pow'rful Hand of Majefty,
Thy Worthiness, and England's Hap be-
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Set thee in th' aidfull'st Room of Dignity;
As th' Ifthmus thefe Two Oceans to divide,
Of Rigor and confus'd Uncertainty,

To keep out th' Intercourfe of Wrong and Pride,
That they ingulph not up unfuccour'd Right,
By th' extreme Current of Licentious Might.

Now when we see the most combining Band,
The strongest Faft'ning of Society,

Law, whereon all this Frame of Men doth ftand,
Remain concuffed with Uncertainty;

And seem to fofter, rather than withstand

Contention; and embrace Obfcurity,

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A PANEGYRICK Congratulatory, &c.

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here the Glory of a Greater Day,

Than England ever heretofore could fee
In all her Days! When the did moft difplay
The Enfigns of her Pow'r; or when as the
Did fpread her felf the most, and most did sway
Her State Abroad; yet could she never be
Thus blefs'd at Home, nor ever come to grow
To be entire in her full Orb till now.

And now she is, and now in Peace; therefore:
Shake Hands with Union, O thou Mighty State!
Now thou art All Great-Britain, and no more;
No Scot, no English now, nor no Debate :
No Borders, but the Ocean and the Shore
No Wall of Adrian ferves to separate
Our mutual Love, nor our Obedience ;
B'ing Subjects all to One Imperial Prince.

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What heretofore could never yet be wrought-
By all the Swords of Pow'r, by Blood, by Fire,
By Ruin and Destruction; here's brought to pals
With Peace, with Love, with Joy, Defire :
Qur former Bleffed Union hach begot

A greater Union that is more entire,
And makes us more our felves; fets us at one
With Nature, that ordain'd us to

be one.

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Whereas it dwells free in the open Plain,
Uncurious, Gentle, Eafy of Access:
Certain unto it felf; of equal Vein;
One Face, one Colour, one Affuredness.
It's Falfhood that is intricate and vain,
And needs thefe Labyrinths of Subtleness:
For where the cunning'ft Cov'rings most appear,
It argues ftill that all is not fincere.

Which thy Clear-ey'd Experience well defcries,
Great Keeper of the State of Equity!
Refuge of Mercy! Upon whom relies
The Succour of oppreffed Mifery:
Altar of Safeguard! Whereto Affliction flies,
From th' eager Pursuit of Severity.

Haven of Peace! That labour'ft to withdraw
Juftice from out the Tempefts of the Law;

And fet her in a calm and even Way,
Plain, and directly leading to Redrefs;
Barring these Counter-Courfes of Delay,
These wafting, dilatory Proceffes.

Ranging into their right and proper Ray,
Errors, Demurrs, Effoigns, and Traverfes
The Heads of Hydra, fpringing out of Death,
That gives this Monster Malice still new Breath.

That what was made for the Utility

And Good of Man, might not be turn'd t'his Hurt,
To make him worfer by his Remedy,

And caft him down with what should him fupport.
Nor that the State of Law might lose thereby
The due Refpect and Rev'rence of her Port;
And feem a Trap to catch our Ignorance,
And to intangle our Intemperance.

Since her Interpretations, and our Deeds,
Unto a like Infinity arife;

As b'ing a Science that by Nature breeds
Contention, Strife, and Ambiguities.
For Altercation Controverfy feeds,
And in her Agitation multiplies:

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