468 THE FELICITIES OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. 



There are two fair issues of her happiness, born 

 to her since her death, I conceive not less glorious 

 and eminent than those she enjoyed alive. The one 

 of her successor, the other of her memory. For she 

 hath gotten such a successor, who although for his 

 masculine virtues, and blessing of posterity, and ad 

 dition of territories, he may be said to exceed her 

 greatness and somewhat to obscure it ; notwith 

 standing, he is most zealous of her name and glory ; 

 and doth even give a perpetuity to her acts, consi 

 dering both in the choice of the persons, and in the 

 orders, and institutions of the kingdom, he hath 

 departed so little from her so as a son could hardly 

 succeed a father, with less noise of innovation. As 

 for her memory, it hath gotten such life in the 

 mouths and hearts of men, as that envy being put 

 out by her death, and her fame lighted, I cannot say 

 whether the felicity of her life,, or the felicity of her 

 memory be the greater. For if, perhaps, there fly 

 abroad any factious fames of her, raised either by 

 discontented persons, or such as are averse in reli 

 gion ; which notwithstanding dare now scarce shew 

 their faces, and are every where cried down ; the 

 same are neither true, neither can they be long 

 lived. And for this cause especially, have I made 

 this collection, such as it is, touching her felicity, 

 and the marks of God s favour towards her ; that no 

 malicious person should dare to interpose a curse, 

 where God hath given a blessing. Now if any man 

 shall allege that against me, was once said to 

 Caesar ; &quot; we see what we may admire, but we would 



