former name and government al into one againe for which our King Iames may challendge more glory by vniting al into one thē Brutus or Constantine dividing it from one and though Constantine the great was counted the glory of Brittaine as being borne and made Emperour here yet may that commendation better fit our King Iames then Constantine Tu nobiles fecisti Britanias quod illic ortus factusquees imperator The Platan tree hath many goodly Branches and boughes and leaues in one body and therefore Xerxes in Herodotus crowned him with a golden Garlande doubtlesse there is a deserued glorious garland due to the name of great Brittaine bringing forth many goodly boughes and branches like to the faire and wel spred Platan tree or rather for the height of his honor like the tall and goodly Cedar in whom the dreame of Nabuchodonoser hath beene verified for he saw a tree in the middest of the earth great strong whose height reached vnto the heaven and the sight therof to the end of the earth whose leaues were faire and the fruit thereof much in which was meate for al yea the beasts of the field had Dan. 4. shaddow vnder it the fowles of the aire dwelt in the boughes thereof and al flesh fed of it But Nabuchodonosor heard also a watch crying out mightily hew downe this tree breake of his brāches shake of his leaues scatter his fruit that both beasts and fowles may be put from him neverthelesse leaue the stumpe of his rootes stil in the earth So was the ancient honor and glory of great Brittaine great and mighty high to heaven faire and fruitful of power over the whole Land from one end to the other but the highest who hath power over al did for the sin of the inhabitants hew downe this goodly tree yet left the Stumpe of the rootes in the earth And out of it the tree is growne vp againe to former beautie that we might learne to magnifie the King of heaven as did Nabuchodonosor restored to the honor of his kingdome to his glory and beautie againe to his Counsailours and Princes and to the establishment of his Throne with augmented glorie And here let vs now consecrate to al eternitie the ancient name of famous great Brittaine as a Pantheon of al blessings in peace prosperitie and honor for as Pantheon was a Temple at Rome rounde and like to the capacitie of heaven wherin were put al the images of their Gods So I say in the name and stile of great Brittaine as in a Pantheon are placed al worldly blessings like stars shining from heaven and having their influence into the whole body of common weale euē perfection of beautie in Sion Superstitious antiquity framed false Gods one indued with this vertue and another with that this a wise that a warlike and another a iust God yea for so many vertues they framed so manie Goddesses where one Temple might not be consecrated to two Goddesses but distinct vertues must be worshipped with distinct worship So Val. Max. 1 as Marcellus dedicating one and the same Temple to honor and vertue was thought to offende against religion But our happy and better instructed age reducing al to one as it teacheth vs in religion both nations to be one truely to worship one true and only God so in civil things government it offereth only one aboue and for all that whatsoeuer is seperate and distracted frō it may be counted as anathema excommunicate divorced or as a barren handmaide to be sold to the vsurer vnprofitable imperfit or as it were not at all And now as vniō into the name of great Brittaine is like a Pantheon and bringeth manifolde abundant blessings meeting togither concurring in one so let vs account our selues most blessed in our soveraigne vnitor in whose Royal person and princely Succession is laide vp al our obedience and dwelleth al our happynes even as that worthy Scipio is said therefore to be borne that there might be one in whō al vertue should shew it selfe effectually and absolutely perfect hic est Scipio quē dij immortales nasci voluerunt Val. Max. 6 9. vt esset in quo se virtus per omnes numeros efficaciter ostenderet This is the voice of trueth it selfe England and Scotland are so naturally vnited in the name of great Brittaine that the one neerely alyed to the other can no longer be an alian or stranger one to the other except it may be said that Quia meus est non est meus ipsaque damno est mihi proximitas So this natural coniunction should be no vnion because it is both natural in the Soile and real in the Subiect But albeit the Romanes put into the Temple called Pantheon that precious Macrob. 3. gemme named Vnio divided and cut in two yet we with al our goods and geare ought willingly be borne into the bosome of great Brittaine quae fundit in omnes imperium not distributing vnion into parts but knitting vp al parts into one as Ciceroes orator had al sciences and Aristotles good man al vertues as Cato was counted like perfect in al vertues or as the divine Plato sealed vp in man the lesser world whatsoever vertue was in the whole world or rather as Eden the plentifull Ezech. 28. garden of God sealing vp the summe of all perfection and glorie was fraight and deckt with all manner of precious stones the Rubie the Topaze and the Diamond the Chrysolice the Onix the Iasper the Saphir the Emeraude and the Carbuncle and gold Even now may it be said of this vniversal name of Brittaine as it was saide of Rome Imperij virtutumque omnium lar and virtutum omnium latissimum templum In ancient time it was counted ominous if a stone fell or a dogge came among brethren And Cic. Off. 3. Socrates was wont to curse those who by selfe cōceipts and head-strong opinion attempted to set a sunder those things which nature coupled togither And now if any factious Tribune of the people interpose himselfe to divide vs and to disturbe the peace of Israel thinking there is good fishing in troubled waters and that the honours and benefits they hunt after are attained in perturbata Republica whereof they vtterly dispaire in a peaceable State quia in concordia ordinum nullos se vsquam esse vident verily such are not vnlike Medea who so dispersed her brothers limmes that they could not be gathered againe cuius etiam vultu laeditu pietas as the Mariners at Sea wel obserue in the two stars Castor and Pollux that if one without the other appeare they foresee a troubled Sea but peaceable and quiet without storme and without danger in the sight of both togither The principality of Wales shall witnesse this truth which never receaved any thing more beneficial for the people there then vniting that Country to the crowne kingdom of England For whilest it was alone without his
answere Abide in the Vine This Vine is but Ezec. 37. 19 one though of many branches and much fruite And thanks be given to God that his Maiesty by publique Proclamation hath divulged the inserting and fast grafting of each branch and al fruite into his owne Royal person as into a fruitfull and flourishing vine even into the head of the whole body of howe many so ever partes consisting Wherein his Highnesse hath laid the first stone as he is the true and only foundation of happy vnion and yet as yet like Apelles fashioning onlie the exquisite and most excellent beauty of Venus in the head but I hope also will pray for perfection in the rest that the saying may be true Rex velit honesta nemo non eadem volet and that an vniversal vnion may be as happie in successu as it is most iust by proclamation in inceptu That the head going before the whole body may followe after in imitation to worke out perfection of the desired happy vnion That it may be verified quod diu parturivit tandem peperit what God had in his providēce long purposed is fulfilled in these our happy daies And that by no meanes that of the Poet may be imputed to vs either by disobedience to our head or disagreeing among our selues humano capiti vartas inducere formas Grammarians doe obserue that Metallum is so called quasi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is post 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is aliud because there is scarcely found no veine of Mettal where is not more of that sort adioyning to it so among English and Scottish they are not to bee thought of the true metalline Mine but as drosse canker corrupting consuming each other which ioine not in the vniversal name of great Brittaine so to continue and dwel togither to grow vp and agree togither seeing nature hath made them all of one kinde forme complexion habit and language growing togither And verily divine is the mistery of vnion whether the provident wisdome of nature from God hath ingendred it or the skil of mans reason hath observed it where one of and in it selfe doth out of it selfe powre foorth innumerable formes of things as Brittaine doth even two kingdomes the principalitie of Wales with many Shires Rivers Ilands and people and yet conteineth them all within it selfe one having many many making one where one of many is not divided against it selfe and the many in one make no division to overthrow the whole but all are the same whither we respect vnion or division And this doubtlesse is a divine power or celestial vertue not only for our purpose but compassing passing through the whole world making things either simple or coniunct but one subsisting by vnder the divine essence which is one and consisting in all his members parts vnited but one where each every part of this vniversall world respecteth the whole otherwise innumerable but brought by vnion to a number without number even beginning of numbers which is but one And this is most agreeing to the conceipte of wisest Philosophers skilful in natures Secret teaching all whatsoever is to be but one and that in the vniversal nature of things there is an agreeing amitie and intermixed affinitie where all the partes of the whole world accorde by one transfused continuat spirit among them being compact togither with one and the selfe-same agreeing force forceable agreement of nature proceeding from one beginning continued by one meane and referred to one end everie particular being knit togither with the whole vniversality diversity of things wrapt vp in one round orbe togither that as partes of this worlde they may dwell in one Center or Circle togither To shut vp many things in few and to shevve how certainely all things are contained in one one doth comprehende all verily in Schooles of Philosophers it is an infallible Maxime that all things are communicated in one Vnum hoc praeque omnibus vnum This one is al in al. Ruunt autem omnia vbi vnitas non firmamentum diffluunt vbi non coagulum The demonstration in our entended purpose is plaine Many villages make one Shire many Shires one kingdom many kingdomes one Imperial Monarchy all which is Brittaine and Brittaine al these and the Kings Maiestie possessing governing Brittaine possesseth and governeth al these and the Subiect knovving Brittaine knoweth al and every of these for al these are one and this one is al these That as this excellent workemanship of Vnion sheweth it selfe in the mightie Masse and fabricke of the whole worlde so much more particulerly and plainely doth it appeare in a modell of the same even in the name and honour of great Brittaine where every Subiect ought cleerely to see in him selfe that though he be tearmed the little world and compact of infinite varietie and multiplicity of things yet is he not two but one man Here let the neere neighbourhoode and coniunction of man and man in mutual societie and participation of profites which man hath with man where two friends are but one and not parting meum and tuum confesse that though they are in person two yet in deede doe with idem velle idem nolle enioy the fruition of heaven with the same aspect the commodities of the earth with the same minde where all things are common to both and yet proper to each one All which things are alleadged to shew that as every kingdome State of the world is vphelde with one and the selfe same power life wherewith the vniversall world consisteth So now it concerneth al every one Subiect both of England and Scotland to participat in the cōmon obedience transfused into al vnder the governmēt of one which duety is neglected of him vvho against the kings designement right against his owne incorporation reiecteth his vniting into the name of Brittaine And in this vnion qui non colligit dispergit Where sacred vnitie is guide and director there even from distinct of nature vse of mutuall societie and good of weale publique many are knit togither inseperably and great and infinite numbers of all Sorts of people are contained in one narrow compasse of neere coniuuction for so the most populous and powrefull kingdomes though two or mo vnder one Soveraigne seeme to be but as one whole body And the whole body of Weale publique in subiection and obedience but as one man sic enim omnes aquoiure parent omnibus imperature And as in al things so specially in this are we bound to render al praise and thanksgiving to that thrice sacred Vnity from whom as from the first author and fountaine is sowen abroad in the world that fruitful seede of cōstant vnitie whose force draweth many of one houshold to be of one minde and is ever doing good in its owne nature keeping Israel togither like a flocke of sheepe Neither is it an hard
matter to vnite and keep them togither who liue vnder the same climate of heaven are of like language manners countenance lawes customes forme of bodie fashiō of behavior yea and religion à religando Rightly called the chiefest band of hearty vnion For though the Hand Salamis bee controverted betweene Aelian 7◠the Athenians Megarenses yet must it be adiudged to the Athenians because they lived after the same fashion and lawes as now the skilful in the lawes of this land easily acknowledge what congruity and affinity is betweene most of the ancient lawes of both our kingdomes more then is to be found betweene those of any other two nations And albeit the Towne Sidas be controverted Athene 1◠betweene the Athenians Beotians yet Epominondas wil adiudge it to the Beotians and not to the Athenians because the Athenians called an apple malum punicum but the Beotians called it Sidas There is betweene English and Scottish smal or no difference nay now none at al in vnion al being Brittaines not so much as betweene Gileadites and Ephraimites in pronouncing Shibboleth or Sibboleth but al are of one language even of one Canaan language only a little River Twede is common limit or rather imaginary bounde to both and al from Twede Southward is Brittaine within Twede and al frō Twede Northward is Brittaine beyonde Twede yet both on this side that al but one Brittaine non nos mare seperat ingens exiqua prohibemur aqua as al France hath formerly bin divided into two parts the one beyonde the Alps the other within the Alps and all Jndia Westward within the River Gange and Eastward beyonde Gange And all Scithia within Imaus and without Imaus And though the Iland hath bin long time divided into two kingdomes yet England it selfe hath oft times of divers bin called Brittaine as by a Surname and if pars prototo might haue that denomination much more ought the whole being now made one Therefore Linacre Grocinus of the one part called thēselues Brittaines and Iohannes Maior of the other affirmed that the kings of England and Scotland wanted good Councel to advise them to marie togither so to make of both one kingdome of Brittaine that only envious men and they who neglected the Weale publiq ue did hinder this vnion of peace Which thing King Henry the seventh and King Henrie the eighth wisely forsaw seeking by mariage to vnite both kingdomes into one Discordantis saepe patriae non aliud est remedium quam si ab vno regeretur Therefore the wise men haue most religiously observed two beginnings of things one of evil divisible imperfect manifold called duallitie or Binarius numerus Another of good indivisible perfect and in name and nature alwaies one called vnitas If Duallitie or Binarius as cause efficient beare sway then in the aire it breedeth intemperature if in citties families or kingdomes wars and discorde if in the body diseases if in the minde of men vice and wickednes But where vnion possesseth chiefe place her fruites are to the aire wholsome temper to citties families kingdomes mutual loue and ioie to the bodie health and strength and to the minde vertue godlines For vnitie admitteth no duallity knoweth no contrarietie and by consequence no infirmitie But Duallitie seduced Adam in disobedience seeking to know aswel evil as good who before was sole Monarch of the whole earth and was wholly good and perfect both in bodie and Soule vntil hee drew with a dubble twisted corde of contrarieties vnto his body in steede of health sicknesse infirmities and vnto his soule in steede of Righteousnesse sinne and miserie needing now to strengthen his body bread and to repaire his soule grace euen for body soule Gods mercy For so he turned the Monarchy of perfect good into a Monomachie or duellum of good and euil sin and righteousnes peace and war ioie and sorrow sicknesse health yea life and death And now when the sole Monarch of the whole earth left of to abide in the common obedience and vniuersal vnion of al things to his creator albeit al the creatures were before in voluntary subiection vnited also to their sole Monarch Adam on earth yet now everie creature lifteth vp himselfe against his sole earthly Soveraigne and against his Succession for euer The earth wil not yeeld Adam bread but by the sweat of his browes the beasts become wilde cruel yea the earth openeth her mouth against the succession of disobedient Adam and swalloweth vp Corah Dattan Abiram the waters drowne the whole world except eight persons the poore flie can and doth sometimes choake a man having before neither power nor wil to doe it Lice can devoure and eate vp Herod euen the vilest and weakest creatures can and often doe destroy the greatest Tirants of the earth And in opinion of some the holy Ghost seemeth in misterie to open this matter to a man of vnderstanding forbearing in the second daies worke to say all was good as is plainely said of al the other fiue daies and he saw all things good not but that the worke of this day was also good for al his workes are and were exceeding good but because of waters which in many places of the scripture signifie troubles yea intollerable afflictions and because of division of waters in that daies worke God being a God not of division but of peace therfore the holy Ghost seemeth to forbeare to say in that place and it was good And yet would not these bee mistaken in their curiositie as if they concluded the diuision of waters in that daies worke not to be good seeing that waters in the clowds diuided from the Seas are vpholden by Gods prouidence not to powre down and over whelme the earth for they approue divisions of constructions to be good as the diuiding the light from darknes the day from night and of whatsoeuer into parts for ornament and beauty of the forme diuided but vtterlie condemne diuisions of destructions or of distractiōs which is frangere non dividere comminuere non distinguere to part the body from the head or the members from the bodie to bring order to confusion vnitie to distraction forme to a Chaos ens to privation such division was that whereof Caselius answered the merchant Navem si dividis Macr. 2. sa◠nec tu nec socius habebit such diuifion the vnnatural harlot entended requiring the liuing childe to be cut into two partes let it bee neither 1. King 3. mine nor thine but divide it Where two or three are made one there is the image of God of truth of peace of fortitude of praise of perfectiō but where one is drawn diuided and torne a sunder there breaketh forth falshood war feare dishonor confusion They which are of God embrace the one and they which are of the deuil the other For God both in the Center and Circumference of truth
nations Cedo alterum For I feare least this name Cedo alterum mentioned in Tacitus be yet scarcely foūd among many but I cal alowde where art thou Cedo alterum giue vs thy selfe bring in thy friend yea yet another and another be not wanting to the weale publique vna navis bonorum omnium al good Subiects are conteined in one Shippe of common Weale numerum non habet illa suum one is not perfit without the other for Brittaines Subiect ought maintaine mutual societie for cōmon good As for others disclayming vs and disioyning themselues only I wish they may all bee of the same consort and societie with vs for victrix causa dijs placuit though victa Catoni And albeit many great and mighty Potentates one earth make a great Shew of copia verborum by copious recital of many Provinces kingdomes as if his Maiestie shoulde intitle himselfe by al the several Shires vnder his dominiōs and not by one honorable Title of great Brittaine comprehending al yet to shew how this misliked some it is recorded when the Emperors Embassador comming to the French King rehearsed the Emperours stile at large which consisted of many dominions and names of coūtries the French king willed his Herralde to repeate and say over the name of France as many times as the other had rehearsed the several titles of his masters dominions intimating that one name of France wel compacted and vnited of many particulers into one general name was better then diverse particuler names of many countries And when Quintius Liv. 4. Dec. 5. lib. Flaminius heard how his army was terrified at the recital of many his enemies forces of their diversitie of names of countries of Armor and of multitudes Dahae Maedi Caedu sij Elemei Cataphracti c. Speare men Horse men Foot men Archers c. Oh saith he what a doe is here with numbers and diversitie of numbers al these are but only Sirians and make a great shew like that great Supper which mine host at Chalcis dressed for me and for my followers with much variety and marveile at the diversitie of the dishes and yet al was but of one flesh though of so many divers dressings The Riuer Peneus may better serue Herod 7. for instance it divideth it selfe and floweth into many divers Rivers and everie one of these Rivers in his division hath a proper name to himselfe one after this name and another after that but al these meeting in one and becomming againe one great and mighty River do now loose the particuler names which they held being divided and are called by one general name as before namely Peneus Non sunt multiplicanda entia sine necessitate It is not reasonable that brethren from one parent shoulde bee divided in one house though they be severed in distinct place but be as fingers to one hand knit togither by common iointes for mutual offices even as the brethren Molionides are poetically imagined to haue but one body or rather the three Geriōs to haue many bodies but one soule and one minde not vnlike to that of Pithagoras vt vnum ex pluribus fiat many in name but one in deed And as when Piso vvas commended to posteritie for frugalitie I doubt not but he was wise withall and as when Lelius was renowned for wisedome I doubt not but he was iust withal and Metellus for pietie I doubt not but he was temperate withal and Aristides for Iustice I doubt not but he was valiant withal yet I know that the denomination is ever but of one though it containe things two and moe as the Temple consecrated to two brethren Castor Suet. Iulius and Pollux was named only Castors Temple and the munificencie of two Consuls Caesar and Bibulus was called only Caesars munificencie and even many imaginarie shewes and shaddowes haue seemed compleat in deciphering one thing only yea the very images of excellent men haue beene patterns and resemblances of many consummat vertues in one as Plutarchs Alexander Xenophons Cirus Homers Vlisses Virgils Aeneas Lucians Imagines in steede of al. And as there is a common Idea and infolded notion of al things in the minde of man so the overviewing the whole race and tract of things in the world doth tel vs that as many peculiar excellent properties may be and are in one man he over them as sole Monarch over al the diversities of worthiest vertues so a king vnder his imperial power hath to him subiected many Shires States Citties Honors Provinces kingdomes himselfe being sole Soveraigne and Lord over al. Therefore though magnanimity only was attributed to Cirus only modesty to Agesilans onlie wisedome to Themistocles skil to Phillip boldnesse to Brasidas yet Alexander as Plutarch reporteth was furnished and ful-fraight with all these And Quintus Metellus is reported to attaine Pet Crin 13. 5. and possesse togither ten of the chiefest greatest things that euer he desired as if hee had at once ten Provinces vnder his commaund and was knowne a mighty warrier a sweete oratour a great commander to prosper in his greatest affaires to be in greatest honor of great wisedome a chiefe Senator plentiful in children rich of substance and most renowned in the Citty So copiously hath one man beene stored with plentifull variety of manifold graces al these at once dwelling in him and he wel ordering them euen as one free and absolute Monarch may doth rule many mighty and divers Nations knit in one by obedience and loue among themselues and by law and lustice from the king who by his lawes speaketh alike to al is heard of al and vnderstood of al vna eademque communi voce I confesse the name of great Brittaine hath beene long time eclipsed or rather like those voices Plut. which Antiphon saide were kept close and frozen vp in the Winter vntil the heate of Sommers shining Sunne resolued the frozen and fast bound aire that they might bee againe disclosed Comfortable is the warmth of this blessing in the Sunshining day of our soveraigne king wherin not only clowds are scattered but the renowned name of great Brittaine breaketh forth as a gladsome voice from frozened aire commeth forth as a Bridegrome out of his chamber long time before lockt vp like a prisoner Doubtlesse this is our yeare of Iubile a year of delivering the Captiue of making the bond free and of ioy even in sort and true sence to vs Annus Platonicus wherein things are come about againe to be as they were Iure Postliminij to recover our selues and be restored to name fame of great and glorious Brittaine long lately diuided into two kingdomes but now most happily ioiefully subiected revnited in al the government thereof vnto one only Soveraigne most wise and most religious governour of the same Deus haec benigna restituit in sedem vice Doubtlesse this is the Lords doing and it is marveilous in our eies this is