called Camberaec which could never be extinguished by anie attempts of Romanes Saxons Danes Normans that famous Citty London is stil by them called Trenwith of Brutus first named Trenovantō And the Countrey it selfe is called Cambria of Camber Brutus Sonne though we cal it VVales a word imposed by Saxons naming thē VValshe which is strange and many mountaines rivers cities are among thē stil retaining British names extremos pudeat redijsse let vs be ashamed to bee last or backward seeing another Arthur king of all great Brittaine raigneth least we stil seeme overawed and captivated to the Conquerour Egbert his wil and by his beating vs to bee made as base vassals forgetting our selues our names and our Countrie and not daring to challendge or acknowledge them even as that base Slaue Sosia was enforced to yeeld to his Master Mercury Plau. Amph. and say pugnis me fecisti tuum etsi sum ego tamen non credomihi nomen simul abstulit cum forma Neither doe I esteeme the change of name a matter of indifferencie as if it were all one whither we were called Brittaines or cōtinued English and Scottes But in my Iudgement it is reason to alter all into Brittaines because it was our most ancient and is the more honorable name except we wil weare the Badge of slaverie on our sleeue to brag to the world that we are not ashamed to be conquered so to shew our nakednesse and shame which Adam sought to cover when he once saw it Neither in mine opinion is it reason that the now Nobles or Gentlemen of England should delight in name imposed by that Saxon seeing the whole race of Saxons is for the most part rooted out by the Danes and Normanes and none of Saxons blood that vvas Noble or almost but Gentil is left and seeing as Chronicle reporteth it was counted in the daies of the Conquerour a reproach to be called an English man or to ioine in mariage with any of the English which in my vnderstanding is Saxons nation Redit ad authores genus generosa in ortus exurgunt semina suos And verily names and titles are matters of great consideration vnlesse like Varro not caring Aug. de civ 1. 22. for name we should also say that the God whom the Iewes worshipped was but the same Iupiter and common God of other Countries though otherwise called nihil interesse censens quo nomine nuncupetur dum eadem res intelligatur But in the vnion of the Sabins and Romaines as Eutropius reporteth this was especially agreed vpon that the Sabins and Romaines should assume one an others name promiscuously so that by no meanes they should bee distinguished by name Andalbeit among vs custome hath begotten prescription yet we may remember what is wel said in the Commedie nunquam it a quisquam benè subduct a ratione fuit quin res at as vsus aliquid apportet novi vt quae prima putes post in experiendo repudias As in the Romane storie when it was obiected that innovations were dāgerous to the state and nothing was to be done whereof formerly there was no president saith Livi. 1. Dec. 4. lib Canuleius Quid postea nullane res nova institui debet quod nondum est factum multa enim non dum sunt facta in novo populo ea ne sivtilia quidem sint fieri oportet Whilest we of England were put a part from Scotland it was reason wee should haue a name divided and distinguished from them retaine that name and condition as pleased fortune to impose as Andromache saith to her Sonne sume quod casus dedit but being restored in integrum and every part knit togither it is a like reason we returne to our old name say as in the Prophet Hose 2. I will goe and returne to my former husband for at that time it was better for me then now And no man when he hath tasted the new wine but saith the old is better So that as the Romaine Empire first was a Monarchie afterwardes governed by two Consuls and so a long passing through divers kindes of governments til it returned to his former state of Monarchie to be as it was at first even so the state of great Brittaine first was as a Monarchie al governed by one since it was divided but nowe it returneth to his Monarchie againe Moribus antiquii res stat Romana virisque For men wax wearie in time of their present condition and Rome mole laboravit sua or rather and more truely God setteth bounds to al things which they cannot passe even the mightiest powers haue their periods And al worldly kingdomes thus changing after long experience say the first is best and so likewise vt rerum it a verborum interit vsus quem penes est rerum vis norma loquendi But in this case neither the thing nor the name being changed but wee lawfully recovering that which was lost renewing the title of great Brittaine enioying our Coūtry as we did before calling al Brittaines holding al things in the same safety and security vnder name of greate Brittaine as before vnder names of England and Scotland say all and each one to other pascite vt ante boues pueri submittite tauros It is a good and gracious deede to provide for real agreement in al equal coniunction and mutual participation But in my simple opinion it had beene verbo tollere reipsa relinquere only in shew to take away difference but not in deed without vniting both kingdomes into the name and stile of great Brittaine for as he complained Cic. Ep. ad Att. Tirannis occidit Tirannis vivit So if the olde enmity of English and Scottish be removed and yet the names stil remaine I feare that the verie names woulde ever put ill men in minde of olde grudge and incite new variance as is said of one that he was Romani nominis inimicus at deadlie hatred with the verie name where the name is taken for the very cause of hatred As eo nomine hostis for that cause even for name sake he is an enemie even as in Rome when all things vvere accorded and all parties pleased only a name which was in dislike among them was thought hinderance to their mutual Concorde and content Liv. 1. Dec. 2. lib saying nō placere nomen id pericule sum esse id officere id obstare libertati and therefore the Senate perswaded Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus otherwise in al respects approved and beloved of al even for his names sake to forsake his office saying absolve beneficium amicus abi exonera civitatem vano for san metu This I speake least retaining former name of English and Scottish which heretofore hath beene offensiue to each other we cal as before is spoken the ill disposed to former opposition as betweene fire and water even to kindle such a fire in Iacob as wil devour in Israell
and no water shall bee able to quench it in Bethell Where it may be thought more fit to set aside al difference of former names vt exoneremus rempub vano for san metu as it is said of one quod nihil est metuit metuit sine corpore nomē And if any account the feare of name nothing be it also say I nothing yet a man cannot be to careful or feareful of that which is counted even nothing seeing it is said Qui cavet vix etiam cavet dum cavet Let former destructions bee present instructions Offensiue distinction of names hath bred much wo. In Italie faction of Guelphs and Gibelines arose for name sake In Englande much blood for the white and red Rose In Iustinians time feareful division betweene the Veneti and Prasini about colours blew and greene In which grievous contentions arising first of small or no cause but only of difference in name and diversitie of colours deadly hatred is oft times kindled among former friends as against sworn enemies After Phalarides death the Agrigentini made a decree that none should vse glauca veste because the Tirants did vse glaucis subligaculis for they hated whatsoever might remember them of former Tiranny And the Romanes publiquely ordained that no Romane should be ever called after the name of Manlius for because his remembrāce Liv. 1. Dec. 6. lib was displeasing they would haue his name vtterly perish I wish that nomen or mentio ipsa the names English and Scottish borders former feud warres and bloudshed betweene the two nations were not once mentioned within our lips but as nomen Pelopidarum vtterly put out abolished and never heard of as that which is laid vp in silence in the Graue even now that not the least occasiō be left no not in sport or inter ludicra certamina as we haue a name of plaie amongst vs called prison base one part striving for England and an other for Scotland representing vnto vs the variance betwixt both nations lest it proue as that betwixt them two brethren Demetrius and Perseus king Phillips sonnes who in ludicio certamine opposite one to the other with their companies divided on both sides fell in earnest vnto a maine deadly warre one against the other I say as neere as may be these opposite tearmes of Scottish and English should cease except they remaine as only they oughte remaine Epithits pertaining to one name of great Brittaine and to one people Brittaines as al the Iewes of al the several Tribes were called Iacob Gods people and Israell his inheritance And herein seeing as Vegetius saith principis est pro salute Reipublicae nova excogitare antiqua restituere both nations ought ioyfully applaud the late proclamation and in al humblenes of duety submit themselues to the kings Maiesties good pleasure seeking thereby the common good of Weale publique and not his owne glory as they doe who cal their lands after their owne name to get a name vpon earth as Valens the Emperor desired according to his ambitious vaine-glorious humour to call this whole Continent Valentia after his owne name for which thing also Henoch the Son of Caine building Gen. 4. a Cittie was first noted but as a king most gracious not natus sibi sedpatriae as Hadrian the Emperour professed before al ita se rempublicā gesturum vt sciret populi rem esse non propriam thinketh only on the ancient name non tam mutans quam aptans so to roote out remembraunce of former hatred and to vnite both into one Pastor populi non suum ipsius sed Subditorum quaerit commodum officio suo semper fungitur vtilitati consulens societati Chaunge of names hath ever beene thought meete in policie even where men formerlye Strangers and of diverse kingdomes were to bee trained vp togither and framed in fashion one to the other as were giuen to Daniell Hananiah Dan 1. Mishaell and Azariah new and other names And Daniell was called Baltasar and Hananiah Shadrah and Mishaell Mesach and Azariah Abegnego of purpose by changing their names to make these forget themselues their country and if it were possible the God of their fathers And so the Turkes haue from time to time in their pollicie changed the olde names of those places they now possesse which before professed Christianity and when vpon any Conquest they take into their government Christians they impose on them new names to liue like them and as one people among them shal we thinke it a wrong or inconvenience that if a Grecian Prince or other Christian king recover against the Turke they afterward abolish a name imposed on them and calany province people or city after their old and ancient name Et si hoc in arido quid in viridi If this be done ex facto by the children of this world vnto an evil end may not his Maieiestie in his princely wisedome fas estet ab hoste doceri exiure for the vndoubted good of the children of light cal to remembrance and put in Dio. 52. execution the wise councel of Maecenas to Augustus to take away al differences whatsoever even of the meanest thinges which might bee thought on whither of name or apparell or anie thing else to the intent all thinges might bee throughly composed in one vniforme fashion conformitie among al his Subiects to their vndoubted good It hath beene often observed that parva scintilla neglecta magnum saepe excitavit incendium And sores sleightly cured break forth into greater danger And if I might boldly write my mind without mistake I would vndertake sufficiently to proue that if the name had not beene chaunged into great Brittaine it might be feared we should not long as we ought ever continue one that loue being not without dissimulation we would among our selues as is vpbraided to the inconstancie of another nation now not to be here named Ridendo fidem frangere and so loue as that we would hate againe For as a chiefe inhabitant and commander in privernum being asked in the Senate at Rome what peace they should expect Livi. 1. d ee 8. lib auswered sibonam dederitis fidam perpetuam simalam haud diuturnam So here may it be saide if vnion in name bring also in deed a good composition and faithful coniunction bona fide it will doubtlesse by Gods goodnes last ever but otherwise I feare which God forbid may againe rent in sunder and make the newe breach worse then the former And therefore wise was that saying eiusdem iuris esse debent qui sub eodem rege victuri Curt. 10. sunt and that practise of Romulus renowned who by vnion of divers nations eodem nomine et Liv. 1. Dec. 1. lib eodem iure latinos vocavit And hereof grew the Italicum bellum because the Latines vnited in other respects were not ioined eodem iure with the Romanes To speake plaine wee
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
is in simplicitie and perfection one but the Devil neither dwelling in this Center nor sitting in this Circle is carried in duallitie nay contrariety of numbers opposing evil against good whose Cēter being falshood the circumference cannot be truth his is a kingdome divided and must fal being not a Monarchie it cannot stand And yet we reiect not the number of two so they continue persist in vnion as it is written they shall be two in one flesh but reprobate is that duallitie that maketh war in peace begetting and ingendring diuision and contrarietie controuersie and confusion and either of ambition senslesnes hatred quarrel open discorde or rebellion doth hinder that sweete Harmony of vnion most pleasing to God and most profitable for men of whom saith Tacitus In publicum exitiosi nihil spei nisi per discordias habent tamen libert as praeciosa nomina praetexuntur But do we not see by this vnfolding of things how the perpetual course of trueth and vnitie throughout al in the world doth euen now conduct and lead me by the hand to the matter now in hand And verily I wil follow thee sacred vnion whither soeuer thou leadest me into what soeuer Region of vertue thou intendest I wil not leaue thee being never vnlike thy selfe alwaies wel accompanied adorned and beautified with diversitie of things and never alone and yet stil but one It is thy doing that Prudence the chiefe head and governour of vertues the rule and direction of al wel doings and prescribing to every vertuous action the manner order and course of doing wel doth so knit and ioine togither al moral vertues as that by thy secret influence they al may be found iointly in al wife Subiectes and in everie one particulerly with one heart to performe that duety which both yeeldeth right to the king and maintaineth peace and loue among men Siquidem communis vitae societas in vnione consistit And seeing it hath pleased his Maiesty by publique proclamation to assume the name and stile of King of Great Brittaine iure haereditario it is meete that al loving Subiects not only acknovvledge the clearenesse of his right but ioyfully applaude and cheerefully follow him herein least murmuring they like evil and base minded souldiers follow their Emperor with an evil wil according to that saying malus miles imperatorem Senec. sequitur gemens We see some noble men yea the gentlemen in our State daily to purchase vnite Land to Land and Lordship vpō Lordship to seeke by al meanes to shake of the Tenure in Capite and to hold al their Lands in some other one more free Tenure And it cannot bee denied that to al their several Courts al Tenants and free holders willingly performe their several services or els are fined by the Lord of the Mannor or by his Steward And may the inferiour Lord expect more homage from a Tenant then a King require both of Lordes and Tenants al Subiects to him and holding al they haue from Tac. 1. Hist by and vnder him pacis interest omnem potestatem ad vnum referri But al gaine-sayers murmurers qui contumaciam potius cum pernicie quā obsequium cum securitate malunt are not vnlike Mesech and Kedar spoken of in the Psalme in respect of whom the good King complained to God and to himselfe saying woe that I dwel with Mesech and Kedar I labour for peace and they prepare them to battell I studdy vnion and they Liv. 1. Dec. 2. lib. striue to make division Non placeo concordiae author said that good Valerius But alas why should Ephraim beare evill vvillto Iuda or Iuda vex Ephraim fratres'enimsumus should not they rather both togither vnited nowe into the name of Esa 11. Britaines as into the name of the beloued Israel of God flee vpon the shoulders of the Philistines and make spoile of their enemies so that the Idumites Moabites and Ammonites euen al their enemies might be subdued vnto them Duo enim sunt quibus omnis respub servatur in hostes fortitudo domi concordia And verily the vniting the two kingdomes into the name of Brittaine is not vnlike that chariot drawne with two horsemen Es 21. mentioned in Esay at sight whereof the watch-man cried Babilon is fallen Babilon is fallen all the images of her Gods are smitten down to the ground For so ' except we wil smother the childe of Vnion in his first birth both English Scottish wil soone heare him sound alow de into the whole world that al great Brittaine is like Ierusalem which is as a cittie at vnitie within it selfe and Babilon even divisiō disorder discord and confusion are confounded and overthrown and what King Egbert did write in Sand King Iames hath blotted out and troden vnder foote al the dishonour thereof and engraven as in a marble Srone the perpetual honor of great Brittaine by Royal restitution This verily commeth of the Lord of hosts which worketh with wonderfull wisedome and bringeth excellent thinges to passe Alexander asked King Porus his captiue how he would be entertained Porus answered like a King Alexander demaundeth againe Porus answereth againe in Kingly manner Alexander asketh what els Porus answereth nothing else for in this kingly manner euery thing els is cōtained And though God be praised for it the cause be not betweene English and Scottish in Conquest aud captivity as betweene Alexander and Porus but two famous kingdomes in right of bloud vnder one mighty Monarch yet our great Alexander in his high wisdome considering how these two might best bee governed hath in his owne roial heart best resolued it namely by vniting them into one Monarchie into one government and into one name and if any demaunde how els verily he must be answered no way else for in this vnion whatsoeuer else is contained Nā in istoc sunt omnia euen as the Stoiks who I thinke neither were in iest nor arrogantly conceited contained vnder Prudence both iustice and fortitude and temperance and whatsoever vertue els accounting also him who was perfectly wise an Orator a Poet a rich man a very King and an Emperour All blessings and graces may be thought attendants and companions to vnion who alone knoweth how to order al things in government and is a princely commander of Subiects obedience and subduer of gainsaiers ordering vnrulie affections bridling vntamed lustes restraining swelling pride composing rebellious appetites determining al doubts rights within the compasse of her iudgement and yet giving to euerie one his due by her discretion And therefore is like the Sunne in the middest of heauen among the Stars and as the Stars take light of the Sun so al blessings of Weale publique proceede from this sacred thrice happy vnion into the name of great Brittaine whose glorious light shineth to all and every one hath comfort thereby It is also not vnlike the Soule in the body of man for
being like to one Cittie even one Ierusalem which is a Cittie at vnitie within it selfe Hoc verè Regium duos populos vnum efficere As the king of kings hath in mercy done to Iew and Gentile to Grecian and Barbarian fecit vtraque vnum he brake downe the partition Wall and hath gathered the people and kingdomes togither to serue him dissociata locis concordi pace ligavit And why should not many and moe then two kingdomes as well civilie abide in vnitie of Subiection as many Christian nations continue in vnitie of faith But that the one hath the spirit of God which is authour of peace and louer of concorde directing them and the other the spirit of Satan authour of contention and cause of confusion perverting them Which thing King David well perceaved praying God for his Sonne Solomon that hee might enioye the fuil possession of the whole dominion from sea to sea promised to Israel vnder Moses but not fully obteined till then because of the peoples sins And albeit for our manifold great sins this whole Iland hath been overlong divided into two and forced by former division to many battels much shedding of blood yet we praise God that in these our daies the ful possessiō therof is restored giuen to our peaceable Solomon so as not only al his own subiects even from Sea to Sea of both the kingdomes are in him vnited into one but even the potent powerful neighbour kings seeke peace and make league with Israell even the kings of Tharsis of the Isles bring presents the kings of Sheba Seba brings guifts as in the daies of Solomon This change even the happiest chaunge that ever was from a people so divided from one by Gods eternal decree and special mercy to bee made one biddeth vs open our eies calleth vs a lowd come see speque fideque inquit maiora videbis For our Iland formerly for sin divided as the Echinades Insulae were fained by Poets once far seperate distracted for contempt of their Gods is now become like that Iland Delos which though it floated was tossed sometimes vpon the waters à gente in gentē as one waue forceth another was neverthelesse reported to bee afterwards truly firme and stable Doubtles that God which hath written in the waters the Sea legible for every eie to see read Mare Britannicū who hath continually carried in directing the pens pēsils of al Cosmographers Mapmakers or whatsoever Historiographers whō Alphon sus Siciliae calleth optimos Consiliarios mortuos not to alter the first old name but to cal it in all their writings descriptions Mare Britannicū hath graciously miraculously effected for the lande also that out of the dead ashes of olde great Brittaine should be raised evē the selfe same Brittain as the Phenix living and dying est cadem sednon Lactan. eadem quia ipsa nec ipsa est O admirable Metamorphosis happy change England Scotlād haue left though not lost their names both being preserved in the Bosome of great Brittaine nō duo sunt nec forma duplex but neutrūque vtrūque videtur and of both vs English Scottish being now Brittaines may it be said as of thē two brethren altervter vterque altervter est vterque vterque autem neuter Which I againe call that faire Phenix dying living eadem non eadem quia ipsa nec ipsa est In which excellent wonderful work the rather better to bring to passe the good purpose of vniting the two kingdoms people into one it hath seemed best to the godly wisedome of divine prouidence first long since to knit all our harts in one holy religion in the same service godly worship to make vs al like Citizens with the Saints and of the houshold of God renewed in Christ and reconciled into one body acknowledging but one God professing but one faith religion the hope of our vocation Whereby we learne cannot but confesse if as Ciprian saith consiliorū gubernaculum lex sit divina that that common Weale best pleaseth God which commeth neerest to the Church of God that wisest Politeans are best Christiās that best governments haue correspondence with Gods lawes that those kingdomes are best ruled the more blessed which are of one heart one obedience even as al are one in Christ who is the head al vnder his government are by one spirite but one bodie Wherfore the good Emperors Theodosius Valentinianus writing to Cipriā Bishop of Alexandria were bold to cōmende their government according to the platform before described saying A pietate quae in deū est Reipublicae nostrae cōstitutio pendet multa vtrinque est cognatio societ as c. Which most excellent patterne and forme of government is after the example of Christ vniting al into one this the Psalmist resembleth to that precious ointment powredon the head of Aaron running down his beard even to the skirts of his cloathing for so doth sweete and precious vnion rest chiefly in the heade which is but one from thence run al along alike to al the parts of the people which are but one But shame on Schisme whither it be civil or ecclesiastical for it renteth the seamlesse Coat of Christ both in the Church and in the Civil state even in the doctrine ceremonies of the one against the truth of God in christian charitie common civillity of the other against the peace of mē Wherfore whosoever opposeth himselfe against the one or other is more vnreasonable may be thought more cruell then the souldiers which would not divide Christs seamlesse Coat but castlots whose it should be saying sortiamur cuius sit For it caunot be denied but that they which divide great Brittaine to haue it divided within and against it selfe divide that for which they cannot say sortiamur seeing cuius is known sit cannot be denied but sortiamur cuius sit must wholly and only be left to king Iames to his royal succession for ever Only let our contention be as was that of Israell and Iudah who should be forwardest in bringing our king vnto the seate of his kingdome so nowe to preserue the possession of his kingdome sartum tectum inseperably vnited to the king iointly vnited and vndivided within it selfe Vnus rex vna lex vnus pater vna communis patria vnum caput vnum corpus Let not privat respects hinder a common good let every man be as one man of one hart one soule vnited to the kings designe for the everlasting good of every one If the king had commanded thee a great thing wouldest not thou haue done it How much more then when he saith be you all of one minde to liue agreeably togither in one vniforme gouernment for your owne vndoubted good Cedat ius proprium regi
the day the Lord hath made for vs to reioice and be glad therein For as it is said we owe to God our selues for creating vs when we were not and more then our selues for re-creating and restoring vs when wee vvere lost So ought al good Subiects thinke the daies more happy and ioyful in which they are nowe as it were new borne then those in which they were first borne as is wel said non minus illustres atque iucundi sunt illi dies quibus conservamur quà m quibus nascimur Happie art thou ô Israel ô people saved by the Lorde who is like vnto thee Thou wert lost and art found bond and art free Eclipsed and art glorious dead and art aliue thy name forgotten and beholde it resoundeth even among hard rocks and in the hollownes of moūtaines thy beautie withered and behold thy vallaies stand thicke replenished and adorned with fairest varieties of al good thy yeares forgotten thy feathers plucked and thy strength weakned and behold thou waxest young and lustie like the Eagle yea thine honor the honor of thine ancient name ruined like an old house but beholde it is now repaired and called after his owne olde name even as deliaca navis torne and taken in peeces was renued and built againe to his most ancient forme and called stil deliaca navis Sic rerum summa navatur And albeit worldly kingdomes and civil states seeme subiect to alteration and do carrie in their outward appearance faces sometime shining glorious as the Sun and sometime defaced darkned and deformed conquering and conquered triumphing and enthralled yet the common weale it selfe like the ship before mentioned ruinated and repaired is stil the same even as the Sunne though eclipsed is stil the same and a river sometime shallow sometime deepe stil the same and a man now sicke now in health stil the same Respublica enim semper vt ciuitas est contigua vnâ perpetuâque serie compacta though admit it mutation as our state did long time ever since the first division til this blessed day yet Brittaines cōmon weale was but sicke for a season til health returned into the whole bodie by the glory of the head So as now the first and Ancient common weale of great Brittaine is againe cōformed to his prime estate sound the same like it selfe and is likely so to continue and flourish so long as it retaineth the common band of communitie individual knot of vnitie As Socrates is saide as long as he is Socrates to bee one and the same Whither in childhoode or manhood in infancy or in age the same Socrates But Heraclitus denyed because of the sodaine change of men and things that one man could goe into the same river twice and ill debtors borrowing mony heretofore refuse payment because they thinke them selues not the same men plead the day is past and cannot be againe deluding with that saying Ego non sum ego hodie heri But such conclusions or rather collusions are simple rustical follies as he saith rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis at ille labitur labetur in omne volubilis aevum For howsoever times alter yet truth ever sheweth it selfe as the river Lycus running a long vnder the earth for a long space breaketh fourth againe as is said alioque renascitur orbe The sleepers in Sardos when they awaked Arist Phys thought they had passed no time but we shal be more drowsie and sottish then they if now rowsed from our long sleepe wherein the honourable name of great Brittaine was forgotten we now not open our eies to acknowledge the happynes of these our daies wherein our hearts may leape for ioy to see our most gracious king as a father of peace and procreator protector and perfitour of Subiects ioie sit in Royal seate of great Brittaines most ancient most absolute Monarchy whereby our strength peace wealth and honor is the more increased in that our Soveraigne is the more vniversallie obeyed and we are doubtlesse hereby more blessed thē al our fore fathers of whom we say as Demaratus the Corinthian said that al dead Grecians are deprived of greate ioy in that they lived not to see Alexander in Darius Chaire But comfortably spake hee in the Comedie gaudeo cum video huius generis reliquias and how ioyful is it for vs to acknowledge one an other Brittaines as it was for them brethren in the Comedie which after so long time came to knowledge one of an other yea now for vs to knowe one an other to bee Brittaines by all signes and tokens non naevo aliquo aut crepundijs sed corpore omni And though he may bee pittied which sitteth alone mourning and crying nec mihi cognatus quisquam fuit isto nomine yet may both English and Scottish reioice because neither Sister is a widdow but all their legitimate children are now of one name and one bloud become and borne againe Brittaines as it were by a Pithagorical Palingenesia even twice Brittaines as Hippolitus was called Virbius because hee lived againe and was twice the same man Aeson miratur olim ante quater denos hunc se reminiscitur annos And surely as Plinie saith sparsas laceras gentilitates colligere connectere est vt it a dicam rena sci iubere Thus we say and thus we sing Redeunt Saturnia Regna even the golden age of Brittaines Monarchy is come againe Alter Tiphis altera quae vehat Argo delectos Heroas atque iterum ad Troiam magnus mittetur Achilles another governour and chiefe Master of the common weales Ship and another Arke or Argosie as before doth transport the Nobles and Commons both of England and Scotland to fetch the golden fleece which Egbert that Dragon held so long time in his iawes Quondam etiam victis redit in proecordia virtus Now then siquid patriae virtutis if there be in vs vallour of men stirred vp with remembrance of the name and honour of our Country Si quid antiquorum hominum if any drop of our Ancestors blood liue in vs Si quid humanitatis if any touch of brotherly kindnes wee cānot but readily imbrace each other as the ancient Romanes reconciled after long civil war shedding much bloud Iungebant Castra consalut Tac. Hist abant Cives yea and triumph also as they did saying exurgere reviviscere Romani nominis memoria incipit gloria vnlesse it may be saide of vs as of that base minded Vitellius tant a torpedo invasit animum vt si eum principem fuisse Caeteri non meminissent ipse oblivisceretur or it may be said to vs Brittaines descended from Erutus as sometimes to another Brutus in an other sense not here intended Dormis Brute nones Brutus Our Countrie men neighbors of Wales as Chronicles reporte deriue them selues from ancient true Brittaines and doe retaine the Brittish tongue though somewhat mixed