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promote the union of England and Scotland ; to correct 

 the errors which had crept into our religious establish 

 ments, and to assist in the amendment of the law; and, 

 not content with the fruits of his own exertions, calling 

 upon all classes of society to co-operate in reform. 



To professional men he says, &quot; I hold that every man is 

 a debtor to his profession, from the which, as men do of 

 course seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought 

 they to endeavour themselves by way of amends, to be a 

 help and ornament.&quot; (#) And he admonishes the King, that, 

 &quot; as a duty to himself, to the people, and to the King of 

 kings, he ought to erect temples, tombs, palaces, theatres, 

 bridges, make noble roads, cut canals, grant multitude of 

 charters and liberties for comfort of decayed companies 

 and corporations ; found colleges and lectures for learning 

 and the education of youth ; institute orders and fraternities 

 for nobility, enterprise, and obedience; but, above all, 

 establish good laws for the regulation of the kingdom, 

 and as an example to the world.&quot; 



Ireland. On the first day of the ensuing year he thus presented, 

 as a new year s gift to the King, a discourse touching the 

 plantation of Ireland : (6) &quot; I know not better how to 

 express my good wishes of a new year to your majesty, 

 than by this little book, which in all humbleness I send 

 you. The style is a style of business, rather than curious 

 or elaborate. And herein I was encouraged by my expe 

 rience of your majesty s former grace, in accepting of the 

 like poor field fruits touching the union. And certainly 

 I reckon this action as a second brother to the union. For 

 I assure myself that England, Scotland, and Ireland, well 

 united, is such a trefoil as no prince except yourself, who 

 are the worthiest, weareth in his crown. 7 



(a} See note 3 G at the end. (6) Vol. v. p. 170, 



