good, and Reproaches to all bad Rulers, and in a Word, whoſe Love of Juſtice, and Benignity of Spirit, whoſe natural Goodneſs of Heart, and hereditary Hatred of Oppreſſion, have ſecur'd the ſame Bleſſings to their Subjects who live under a deſpotical Government, which we enjoy from them under a free One.
But how infinitely dearer, Sir, muſt you be to thoſe who are inform'd of your amiable Character from others, or are ſo happy to obſerve you at a nearer Diſtance, and are as it were grown familiarly acquainted with that Complacency of Manners, that Candour and Openneſs of Soul, that winning Condeſcenſion, that fearleſs Courage, that Elevation of Mind, and Generoſity of Heart, join'd with that filial Piety and Sweetneſs of Temper, which have made you, like Titus, the Delight of Humankind.
With what Pleaſure to my ſelf, with what Joy to others, have I been able to produce a thouſand inſtances of this Nature, and convinc'd the moſt Incredulous, that tho' you promis'd ſuch prodigious things in your Youth, as would have bankrupt the Virtue of any other Prince to have made good; yet your Reputation, how glorious ſoever then, like the dawning of the Morning, was but the glimmeringof
