Tranflated out of Latine into Engli!h. our Country·men. Sbordy after to gratifie the Unlearned, be wrote it in his Mother T~~gt~~ mean while the Reformed Reli~ion began again to flouri~ in England, and the Papin Fallion much to decline, by the death ofQ!Jcen MarJ; a Woman, whde Chc.followed ~er own inclination,every way excdlent,and well ~orth_y fo Royal Parentage; but wbt!e fbe demed not a~y thing to Come wicked Counfellori, gettmg tbn,that fhc both wanted that pratfe fue had other'Wtfe deferved; and if fhc be not ill fpoken of, it may be accounted the modefly of the fuc~eeding Age, whofe cuftom it is either to commend, or at leaft to tolerate all the atbons of Pr;nd::~ neither affirm, that Mr. Fox forefaw this fuddain change of the Publick Affairs; nor yet (which by no other I would do~ will r. take from him the teO:im~ny of the Reverend and f~~ous Divine, DoCtor Elmttre, fomeumes B11bop of London; who m prefence of m<lny yet Itvmg, was wont to fay, That he was himfelf at a Sermo.n, w~erei!l Mafl:er Fox, among many things which he preached, to comfort the banifhed Englifh, d1d wuh confidence tell them, That now was the time come fur their return into England, and that he brought them th at News by Corn~ mandment from God. For which words he was then fharply reproved by the graver Divines ~~:~Q.~:~tk4~;\Ji~~~:~ at~:r:a~r:;~;~aen:;~~;~~nt~!s ~:ff~~~g of times it was found, The whole Chrifiian World ftraight felt fame benefit by this Change of the Ens)ifb Govern~ ment. . The neighbouring-Nations, now disburdened of the exi l'd E"gliflmun, rejoyced for the good Fortune of their GueUs, as for their own. But at home what could be devifed to affure their Safety, or relieve their Difl:reiTes, which they did not foo!ler enjoy than prcfume to hope for? They who bad forfaken their Houfe!, were now called home : They who had fuffcred Imprifon· menr, were now releafed: They who by lofs ofGoods were decayed, were now by Gifts repaired: They who had been thrutl: from Places of Ho~our, were now refl:ored to their former Digoi.ties: The unjufl: Laws were in the mean wh1le abrog<~ted, and the ~hclfomc Laws efiabllfhed in their places: Their Minds were at quiet: Their Confcicncc at l1berty: All degrees at peace nmong thcmfelves, and every mans Goods without danger. For in fi1ch fort did Qyeen Elhabeth, even in the Infancy of Her Reign, d ifpofe the AJ{.~irs of the Commonwealth, that \Yhatfoeve r the long and profperous Government of other Princes, doth hardly produce }~m~ati'e~~~s;da~:tJ~c:d~i g~~ ~~~~~c:;ed1~~:t~n~~~~~~~e ~~~~· t~y~~~~~~e p~o(~hi~l1~;1;~~~ ft~~b~e~d3~~tf~~~~~~c~r;:~~~0~a~f~~f~~~~ufu~:;~i~~e~~vn: %~d~ ~:~~~~r:J~~r~nt;~:i Crime among all Wri.ters of Hifiory. She was born of the Lady Anna Bofen, whom King HenrJ the Eighth, after his Divorce from his ~rfl: Marriage, took to. Wife. From her fhe received, as a Princely Dowry, a true Ze~l to Religion. As fhe grew elder in year~, fo !he increafed in Manners, Wit and Beauty, wh1ch as well make, as befeem a Princefs. So that both Nature feemed to have boafted in her, the Mafterpiece, ofher mofi abfo!ute Workmanfhip; and Fortune to have raifed her, to as high a degr.:e, as Hope could ever afptre .to. It made her the more ~apable of fo great a Fortune, that the had firft lea rned to obey; tbeo to command, and to ufe that Honour firft to othen-, which was lborrly after to be ufed by others to her: having in a private life had experience of the hatred, fatal to the Succe!Tors of great Empires, yet of 3 more noble fpirit, than to returc the like upon thofe who were ro fuc· ceed her. As foon as fhe came to the Kingdom, her feveral Vertues appeared at once in their brightefi Jui(re; efiecming all Vices, as well as all Men beneath her. Her mind therefore defcended .not to an ov.ernice care o~ her Body. The Principles of her new Sovereignty were, to acquamt her felf wtth the pubhck Reafons of State; To fcek fit men to bear part of her Cares; To ftrengtben all parts of the Kingdom, with faithful MiniUers; To know the Natures and Abilities of thofe about her; and to fearch into the Strength, Councils and Attempts of foreign Princes: But all thefe Qg.alities, if not well tempered, might have had (perhaps) no ~?t";, ~~~t~~h~~~or~u~:n~~;~e;~~tc::~ ~:~ ~~a;~~fry,~: ~~:~:~~: =:: ~~~:~~1:. ~~~ ~; ~~~: no .meafure, in tbo(e E~cellenci:S, whofe glory. is fo~nded, ~ot io the even ballan.cing of diff~rmg Vertues;. but.:~.s1t were m tbetbrong ?fdlufinous Athens. So was the Nobility of her Buth, heaped .wuh defire ofGlory: Her Rel1gion (though moft fincere) feconded with Zeal to a holy Life;. and her Beauty (though of it fclf unparallel'd) enriched by a Refolution of per· petual €~afi1ty. But w?en all thefe Vermes brake forth into ACtions: (good God) what days of Happmefs we then enJoyed? What ever more chearful, more fecure or wealthy did England fee, than that four and furty years of Peace? For never voluntarily did lbe provoke any w!th War, and always preferred the juft:ice of the Q1:arrel before the Victory: To the lrifo-War, Honour? and fuame to have lofl: a Province, enforced her: To the French, Piety, and pity of ~e~~ ~~1 f0h=~f a~~~~~~r: l~~~ec:!~:i~d ~:~.own Safety, and necdlity comprehending in it . In theProgtefs of this War we beard of, and faw that which (perchance) never happened m any before. For. other Natioos, though they fought with never fo mortal hatred each to other, )'et were then Battels refirained to feme certain Fields and Places ; but this War was fo fcattered over all places, and managed w~tb fuch baughtinefs of Courage on both fides, that c ::1 through
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