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as they are in effect singular and proper to his ma 

 jesty and his times. So that I have made good, as 

 I take it, my first assertion ; that the only worthy 

 commender of his majesty is time : which hath so 

 set off his majesty s merits by the shadow of com 

 parison, as it passeth the lustre or commendation of 

 words. 



How then shall I conclude ? Shall I say, &quot; O for- 

 &quot; tunatos nimium sua si bona norint ?&quot; No, for I see 

 ye are happy in enjoying them, and happy again in 

 knowing them. But I will conclude this part with 

 that saying, turned to the right hand : &quot; Si gratum 

 &quot; dixeris, omnia dixeris.&quot; Your gratitude contains 

 in a word all that I can say to you touching this 

 parliament. 



Touching the third point of your speech, con 

 cerning parliaments, I shall need to say little : for 

 there was never that honour done to the institution of 

 parliament, that his majesty did it in his last speech, 

 making it in effect the perfection of monarchy ; for 

 that although monarchy was the more ancient, and 

 be independent, yet by the advice and assistance of 

 parliament it is the stronger and the surer built. 



And therefore I shall say no more of this point ; 

 but as you, Mr. Speaker, did well note, that when 

 the king sits in parliament, and his prelates, peers, 

 and commons attend him, he is in the exaltation of 

 his orb ; so I wish things may be so carried, that he 

 may be then in greatest serenity and benignity of 

 aspect ; shining upon his people both in glory and 

 grace. Now you know well, that the shining of the 



