CERTAIN 



CONSIDERATIONS 



TOUCHING 



THE PLANTATION IN IRELAND. 



PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY, 1606. 



TO THE KING. 



IT seemeth God hath reserved to your majesty s 

 times two works, which amongst the works of kings 

 have the supreme pre-eminence ; the union, and the 

 plantation of kingdoms. For although it be a great 

 fortune for a king to deliver or recover his kingdom 

 from long continued calamities : yet in the judg 

 ment of those that have distinguished of the degrees 

 of sovereign honour, to be a founder of estates 

 or kingdoms, excelleth all the rest. For, as in arts 

 and sciences, to be the first inventor is more that to 

 illustrate or amplify : and as in the works of God, 

 the creation is greater than the preservation ; and as 

 in the works of nature, the birth and nativity is 

 more than the continuance : so in kingdoms, the first 

 foundation or plantation is of more noble dignity 

 and merit than all that followeth. Of which foun 

 dations there being but two kinds ; the first, that 

 maketh one of more ; and the second that maketh 

 one of none : the latter resembling the creation of 



