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A73787 Poleo-nao-daphne. Londons laurell: or a branch of the graft of gratitude First budded in the temple, and now begun to blossome, upon Davids thankfulnes to the Lord for a cities kindnesse. By Edw. Dalton one of the lecturers in the Cathedrall Church of S. Pauls, London. Dalton, Edward. 1623 (1623) STC 6204A; ESTC S125303 74,299 216

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ΠΟΛΕΩΣ-ΝΑΩ-ΔΑΦΝΗ Londons Laurell OR A BRANCH OF THE GRAFT OF GRATITVDE First budded in the TEMPLE and now begun to blossome VPON DAVIDS THANKFVLNES TO THE LORD FOR a Cities kindnesse By EDW. DALTON one of the Lecturers in the Cathedrall Church of S. PAVLS London D. Chrysost super Matth. homil 25. Optima beneficiorum custos est ipsa memoria beneficiorum perpetua confessio gratiarum Senec. lib. de benef Gratum hominem semper beneficium delectat ingratum semel LONDON Printed by IOHN HAVILAND M.DC.XXIII TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE SIR PETER PROBY KNIGHT Lord MAIOR the Right Worshipfull and Worshipfull the Sheriffes Aldermen Companies and Citizens of the Honourable Citie of London Grace and Glorie Right Honourable right Worshipfull and Worshipfull AS the case stands with a man and the parts of his body so it may fall out with a Citie and the members of it one part is the principall in the Act and another in that renowne which redoundeth from that Act yet the man himselfe as is due beareth away the glory of the deserued praise The hand by the Mercurialists Penne or Martiall Pike sets a wreath as the embleme of worthinesse vpon the head only yet blazeth the Fame of the whole man A worthy Gouernour among you my much respected friend whose name when euery BRANCH shall beare a particular name another BRANCH if God permit shall mention as it is not vnknowne not onely himselfe shewed me a fauour but tooke order with his successor in his place that that storme which did threaten my ruine should not with that violence which was intended fall vpon me if a chearing calme should not come betweene which by Gods prouidence and his meanes came to passe Sensible yet of that fauor and other curtesies which I haue receiued from and perceiued in diuers of you in the good intentions of some endeuours of other wel-wishing of many I haue aduentured to present to your eies part of that which sometime sounded in some of your eares as they especially can witnesse who were the Lords instruments to manifest his care in preuenting the violent course of some who would haue wrongfully enthralled my freedome and damned vp the streames of my iust and legall proceedings yet so as my thankfulnesse is made knowne vnder the name of your honourable citie my Text casting a fauourable countenance that way and referreth its entertainement to your kindnesses Now goe on right worthy as the Lord shall minister occasion and your seuerall places call for in Christian and charitable actions for such haue carried your cities and predecessors fame beyond the Ocean and assuredly God himselfe will not forget though those who haue felt the benefit should be which God forbid vnmindfull of your works of either pietie or pittie for my selfe my tongue and penne shall not cease to afford you moe dishes of fruit as Testimonies of my gratefull heart if the Lord be pleased to prosper my endeuours about the roote of this GRAFT In the meane season I shall not cease by my prayers to labour to draw from the fountaine of all goodnesse all needfull blessings for your whole city and all in it from the highest Cedar to the lowest Shrub and euer rest Yours and the Churches denoted Seruant EDVV. DALTON To the Right Honourable SIR IVLIVS CAESAR Knight Master of the Rolles and Sir EDWARD COKE Knight both of his Maiesties most honourable Priuie Councell Sir HENRY HOBART Knight and Baronet Lord chiefe Iustice of his Maiesties right honourable Court of Common Pleas and Sir LAVRENCE TANFEILD Knight Lord chiefe Baron of his Maiesties right honourable Court of Exchequer and the right worshipfull his Maiesties Iustices and Barons of the same COVRTS AS ALSO To the honourable Societies the right worshipfull and worshipfull the Master Benchers Counsellors Barristers Gentlemen Students and members of either Temple Mercy truth righteousnesse and peace Right Honourable Honourable and truly Worthy YOu who haue in an aspectuall either Trine or Sextile radiation vouchsafed Your auspicious influences and some directly other collaterally all of you fauourably beheld me mitigated with your gentler aspects the malice of my opposite Planets in this inferiour Orbe hindered by Your beneuolent powers the maleuolent motions of some irregular Starres in our earthly Globe and in processe of time the reuolution of heauen so bringing it about as your seuerall places and my seuerall proceedings required met almost in the same degree though carried in your distant Spheres to the clayming through your concurrences of the denomination of a Coniunction for my good may as iustly as ioyntly as ioyntly as iustly both iustly and ioyntly challenge the publication of those effects which your worths out of good will produced and my weakenesse in way of gratefulnesse was is or shall be enabled to make knowne To you therefore doe I dedicate this first BRANCH OF my GRAFT OF GRATITVDE which hitherto hath not appeared lacking the life-giuing Rayes of one or other Luminary yet now at last through a happier constellation buds and begins to blossome in open view vnder your Patronages whose beames of kinde acceptance if I shall perceiue Sunne-like to reflexe vpon it I shall be animated to gather together those Siens which lie dispersed in my nurserie to adapt and in seasonable time to inoculate them into one Stocke to digge about the root of this GRAFT and so to prune euery BRANCH of it that it may answer the aime of my now attempt in yeelding some fruit wherewith the Lords name the Author of all grace may be magnified Your names who are and haue beene the instruments of much good as with LAWRELL were honoured the heads of the well-deseruing with condigne fame according to your deserts for patterne sake an end of my present endeuours diuulged mine owne thankefulnesse who haue bin in some sort the passiue subiect of aduerse might obiect of affected malice to God and man the instant wishing of my soule expressed the meanest of the Tribe of Leui in their places rights persons disesteemed wronged contemned so much as either Hypocrisie irreligion error or superstition can preuaile notwithstanding all iniurious disgraces and disgracefull iniuries in our heauen-respected calling as my heart hopeth incouraged and all men lesse or more which the Lord now and alway vouchsafe some way bettered Till when and euer that your LOVE and FEARE may so be fixed vpon the Lords MERCIE and JVSTICE the onely blossomes which as yet this BRANCH doth beare and all your affections so ordered and so disposed by God himselfe to goodnesse that you neuer either want the sensible feeling of sauing Grace or goe without the full fruition of eternall Glory hee praieth who is till death Yours and the Churches deuoted Seruant Edw. Dalton The Text analysed Analogically three parts according to the courts of Salomons Temple 1 Pet. 1.12 1. For all Hee 2. For the Priests Shewed 3. For the High Priest where were the Heb. 9.3 4. 1. Arke or mercy-seat 1. Kindnesse 2.