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the world, which way &quot; de nihilo ad quid ;&quot; and the 

 former, the edification of the Church, which was 

 &quot; de multiplici ad simplex, vel ad unum :&quot; it hath 

 pleased the divine providence, in singular favour to 

 your majesty, to put both these kinds of foundations 

 or regenerations into your hand : the one, in the 

 union of the island of Britain ; the other, in the 

 plantation of great and noble parts of the island of 

 Ireland. Which enterprises being once happily ac 

 complished, then that which was uttered by one of 

 the best orators, in one of the worst verses, if O for- 

 &quot; tunatam natam me consule Romam ! &quot; may be far 

 more truly and properly applied to your majesty s 

 acts ; &quot; natam te rege Britanniam ; natam Hiber- 

 &quot; niam.&quot; For he spake improperly of deliverance 

 and preservation ; but in these acts of yours it may 

 be verified more naturally. For indeed unions and 

 plantations are the very nativities of birth-days of 

 kingdoms : wherein likewise your majesty hath yet 

 a fortune extraordinary, and differing from former 

 examples in the same kind. For most part of 

 unions and plantations of kingdoms have been 

 founded in the effusion of blood: but your majesty 

 shall build &quot; in solo puro, et in area pura,&quot; that 

 shall need no sacrifices expiatory for blood ; and 

 therefore, no doubt, under an higher and more 

 assured blessing. Wherefore, as I adventured, when 

 I was less known and less particularly bound to 

 your majesty, than since by your undeserved favour 

 I have been, to write somewhat touching the union, 

 which your majesty was pleased graciously to accept, 



