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natural hasting thereof doth disturb the work, and 

 not dispatch it. 



So we see, after the graft is put into the stock 

 and bound, it must be left to time and nature to 

 make that &quot; continuum,&quot; which at the first was but 

 &quot; contiguum.&quot; And it is not any continual pressing or 

 thrusting together that will prevent nature s season, 

 but rather hinder it. And so in liquors, those com 

 mixtures which are at the first troubled, grow after 

 clear and settled by the benefit of rest and time. 



The second condition is, that the greater draw 

 the less. So we see when two lights do meet, 

 the greater doth darken and dim the less. And 

 when a smaller river runneth into a greater, it loseth 

 both its name and stream. And hereof, to con 

 clude, we see an excellent example in the kingdoms 

 of Judah and Israel. The kingdom of Judah con 

 tained two tribes ; the kingdom of Israel contained 

 ten. King David reigned over Judah for certain 

 years ; and, after the death of Ishbosheth, the son of 

 Saul, obtained likewise the kingdom of Israel. This 

 union continued in him, and likewise in his son 

 Solomon, by the space of seventy years, at least, 

 between them both : but yet, because the seat of the 

 kingdom was kept still in Judah, and so the less 

 sought to draw the greater : upon the first occasion 

 offered, the kingdoms brake again, and so continued 

 ever after. 



Thus having in all humbleness made oblation to 

 your majesty of these simple fruits of my devotion 

 and studies, I do wish, and do wish it not in the na- 



