68 CHANCELLOR S SPEECH TO 



First, his majesty is the first, as you noted it well, 

 that hath laid &quot; lapis angularis,&quot; the corner-stone of 

 these two mighty kingdoms of England and Scot 

 land, and taken away the wall of separation: 

 whereby his majesty is become the monarch of the 

 most puissant and military nations of the world ; 

 and, if one of the ancient wise men was not deceived, 

 iron commands gold. 



Secondly, the plantation and reduction to civility 

 of Ireland, the second island of the ocean Atlantic, 

 did by God s providence wait for his majesty s times ; 

 being a work resembling indeed the works of the 

 ancient heroes : no new piece of that kind in modern 

 times. 



Thirdly, This kingdom now first in his majesty s 

 times hath gotten a lot or portion in the new world 

 by the plantation of Virginia and the Summer 

 Islands. And certainly it is with the kingdoms on 

 earth as it is in the kingdom of heaven : sometimes 

 a grain of mustard-seed proves a great tree. Who 

 can tell ? 



Fourthly, His majesty hath made that truth which 

 was before titularly, in that he hath verified the style 

 of Defender of the Faith : wherein his majesty s pen 

 hath been so happy, as though the deaf adder will 

 not hear, yet he is charmed that he doth not hiss. I 

 mean in the graver sort of those that have answered 

 his majesty s writings. 



Fifthly, It is most certain, that since the conquest 

 ye cannot assign twenty years, which is the time that 

 his majesty s reign now draws fast upon, of inward 



