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THE IN-SECURITIE OF PRINCES, Conſidered in an occaſionall Meditation upon the KINGS late Sufferings and Death.

HORAT. Saepius ventis agitatur ingens Pinus; & celſa graviora caſu. Decidunt Turres; feriúntque ſummos — Fulgura montes.

❧ Printed in the year, 1648.
THE IN-SECURITIE OF PRINCES. O How doth ſad experience verifie His perilous eſtate that ſits on high! The lowly ſhrub ſtands ever firm and faſt, Whil'ſt lofty Cedars ſhake with every blaſt No ſtormy winds diſturb the humble vale, Whilſt the proud mountain feels the ſmalleſt gale. Safety but ſeldom at the Court reſides: It flies the Prince, and with the Peaſant 'bides. From Palaces contentment keeps aloof: [A cottage-gueſt] it loves the low-ſet roof. VOTUM AUTORIS. WEre I then of the twain my choice to make I'de leave the Palace, and the Cottage take ANOTHER. O To what dangers, to what cares and fears, Is he expoſed that the Sceptre bears! 〈1 page duplicate〉 〈1 page duplicate〉 What though a golden Crown his brows adorns? 'Tis little better than a crown of thorns. Such cares his head moleſt, his heart ſuch fears, Whoſe head the Crown, whoſe hand the Sceptre bears. The ſaying's old, but true: were it but known To him that in the ſtreets ſhould find a Crown, What cares attend the ſame, he would not ſtoup [As hardly worth the pains] to take it up. No Crown without a croſſe: the Crown and Care, Like Sin and Sorrow, undivided are. 'Twixt this and that as great affinitie, As 'twixt Effect and Cruſe; 'twixt Fruit and Tree. For worldly crowns how fond is then the ſtrife! No crown for me, except the Crown of Life! Thoſe, like to worldly glory, poſt away, This immarceſſible, and laſts for ay. Though robbed of the former, yet the head Of brave King CHARLES with this is garniſhed: And he triumphant ſits aloft and fings Continuall praiſes to the King of kings. Above the reach of thoſe malignant ones, Rebellious Corahs, worſt of Belials ſons; Whom as he here with patience, ſo there Beholds with pitie, and with ſmiling cheer. Laughs at their malice, diſappointed ſo, That making him a mortall crown forgo, A crown immortall he hath gaind. Fond men! Tis you, not he, that are the loſers then For you have loſt a Prince, of whom Fame ſwore, There never was his like nor ſhould be more. For Intellectuals, t'admiration rare, And for his Morals beyond all compare. For his Religion, paſt example ſound, And for Devotion ne're enough renownd. Whether as Husband, Parent, Maſter, he A Myrror fit for all poſterity. In ſhort, ſay Malis what ſoe're ſhe can, The Sun ne're ſhone upon a braver man: And of his Country ſuch a tender Father, That, than wrong it, he Martyrdom choſe rather. And thus unto ſome few mens lawleſſe pleaſure VVas ſacrific'd three Kingdoms choiceſt treaſure. VVhilſt villany with villanie's upheld; And Murder for Rebellion made the ſhield. Thus bad beginnings to worſe ends are ty'd: A Rebell firſt, and then a Regicide. No other plea, that ever I could ſee, For that their ſo much urg'd NECESSITIE. Neceſſitie? ô heavens! curs'd be that need, That makes a ſinner in his ſin proceed! If theſe be ſaints, if this their doctrine be, From it and them good Lord deliver me! If ſaints are underſtood in this large ſence, Twixt Saints and Devils what's the difference? If theſe be ſaints, this their divinitie, A ſinner rather than a ſaint for me! This ſeems more like the voice of Hell or Room, Into whoſe ſecrets let not my ſoul come! But ſee, what by fair words you promiſed, By your foul deeds is now accompliſhed, Though in a better ſence; good out of ill Heavens midwifery producing, ſpight of hell. For, maugre men and devils, he's become So glorious as no Prince in Chriſtendome. And is by ſo much more exalted now, As lately trampled under foot by you. Experience thus confirms the Vincit qui patitur. Adagy: "That he that ſuffers gets the victory. VOTUM AUTORIS. IS ſuffering then to heaven the Kings high-way? Goes the voluptuous worldling clean aſtray? Then Mammoniſts ſing Requiems to your ſouls! Let Bacchus boyes carowſe Their wine in bowls: Let Gluttons of their bellies make their god: Let the Proud glory to be richly clad: Let Sluggards ſtretch themſelves on beds of down: Their heads with roſe-buds let the Wantons crown: Let the ambitious love to towr on high: Let the malicious hugg his evil ey: Whilſt the proud Rebell triumpheth that he Himſelf can riſe by fall of Monarchy: Whilſt the Sacrileg'ſt celebrates the day, That made Church-lands become his lawfull prey: But thou, my Soul! abhorre ſuch proſtitutions: Such ſenſual, Epicurean, baſe pollutions! Meer by-paths thoſe, for Straglers: wayes that tend, Like that broad road, unto ſome diſmall end. The Croſſe let be thy Portion, ſanctifi'd! Thy Soveraign, next thy Saviour be thy guide! Went thy ſacred Saviour to the fatall tree, Thy Soveraigne to the block, ſo willingly? And wilt thou ſtartle at a petty Croſſe? A light affliction, ſome ſlight temporall loſſe? Such Captains, and a Coward? No, thus led, Ile ſcorn it ſhould be ſaid I flinch'd, or fled. Heavens ſay Amen! and grant I henceforth may, The broad declining, chuſe the narrow way! There though hearts grief may by the way offend, Yet true hearts-eaſe ſhall crown my jonrneys end Such as no eye hath ſeen, ear heard, nor can Conceived be by heart of mortall man. A period therefore ſure. Let admiration Make up the reſt in ſilent contemplation. FINIS.