%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> THE / Excellency of MONARCHY. / A / PANEGYRICK, / Written Anno 1658. by a Learned and truly Loyal Gentleman, for Information / of the miserably misled Commonwealths-men (falsly so called) of that / deceitful Age; and now reviv'd by a Friend to the Author, and an Honourer of the / Establish'd Government of these Nations. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center Director Patricia Fumerton 1685-1685 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 05/07/2012 32575

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R34909 IF wanting wings one may ascend the Skies, / And Phaebus view, without an Eagles Eyes, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 482029 THE / Excellency of MONARCHY. / A / PANEGYRICK, / Written Anno 1658. by a Learned and truly Loyal Gentleman, for Information / of the miserably misled Commonwealths-men (falsly so called) of that / deceitful Age; and now reviv'd by a Friend to the Author, and an Honourer of the / Establish'd Government of these Nations. THE Excellency of MONARCHY. A PANEGYRICK, Written Anno 1658. by a Learned and truly Loyal Gentleman, for Information of the miserably misled Commonwealths-men (falsly so called) of that deceitful Age; and now reviv'd by a Friend to the Author, and an Honourer of the Establish'd Government of these Nations. THE Excellency of MONARCHY. A PANEGYRIC, Written Anno 1658. by a Learned and truly Loyal Gentleman, for Information of the miserably misled Commonwealths-men (falsely so called) of that deceitful Age; and now revived by a Friend to the Author, and an Honorer of the Established Government of these Nations. 1685-1685

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1. IF wanting wings one may ascend the Skies, And Phaebus view, without an Eagles Eyes, Then Rouze up (Muse) from thy Lethargick strains, And (having first invokd the God of Brains) Let the grand Subject of thy Measures be, No Rule to England like a Monarchy. 2. It is the Image of that Domination, By which Jehova rules the whole Creation: Angels nor Saints, do in his Kingdom share, God is Sole Monarch, They but Subjects are: Whose Laws are such, as when they did Rebell, Sequesterd not, but sent them strait to Hell. 3. As Old as that Paternal Soveraignty God placd in Adam, ruld his People by; Disownd by None, but them whose Minds aspire, And envy ONE should have what ALL desire: For, bet a Few, or Many we live under, Such shall repine, still, whilst not of the Number. 4. The Antients did a Monarchy prefer, Made all their Gods submit to Jupiter: And (when Affairs and Nations first began) Princes Decrees were thonly Laws of Man; Experience will avow it, where theres Any, One Honest Man is sooner found, than Many. 5. The Rational Soul performs a Princes part, She rules the Body by Monarchick Art; Poor Cranes, and little Bees (with shivring wings) Observe their Leaders, and Obey their Kings: Nature her self, disdains a Crowded Throne, The Bodys Monstrous, has more Heads than One. 6. A Monarchys that Politick simple State, Consists in Unity, (inseparate, Pure and entire) a Government that stands, When others fall, touchd but with Levelling hands: So Natural, and with such Skill endud, It makes One Body of a Multitude.
7. In Order (wherein later things depend, Or former) thats most perfect doth attend On Unity: But this can never be The Poplar State, nor Aristocracy; For where or All, or Many bear the sway, Such Order to Confusion leads the way. 8. A Monarchy more quickly doth attain The End proposd; For tis the single Brain That ripens Councel, and concealeth best Princely Designs, tis Deeds proclaim em Blest; Whilst numerous Heads are rarely of one Mind, Slow in their Motion, louder than the Wind. 9. Treason, nor Fear, so suddenly divides Th United Strength that in a Crown resides; Sedition prospers not, it seldom here Results the Object of a Princes Fear: Then when an Empire, Rome was nere so strong, Nor Triumphd under other Rule so long. 10. A Monarchy abates those Feverish Fits Of Emulation, a Free-State begets; A Prince cannot his Reins so quickly slack, Or throw his Burthen on Anothers Back: But where so many Rulers have Command, The Works transferrd, and tossd from hand to hand. 11. The People, or the Nobles, to debate The deep Concernments of a Troubled State, Set Times and Places have assignd them, they First meet, and then adjourn from day to day: Whereas a Monarch, who by Natures One, Delibrates always, nevers off his Throne. 12. But hold! methinks I see the Three Estates Convend; Thrown open Prison doors and Grates, Extinct our paltry Jealousies and Fears, Grace offered to All, but Cavaliers And Papists! yet with patience they abound, In hopes of better, Now, the Wheel goes Round.
Monarchia a Monos Archon; The Rule of One Prince or Governour, without a Peer, or the Government of One Man over Many, as in England, etc. Britannia ab initio Mundi semper fuit Regia, & Regimen illius simile ille Coelorum. Howells Praed. Basil.