World, which are entirely paid to him, who only can and will reward them openly in the next.
I ſhall therefore ſtop my Pen, — nor had I indulg'd it ſo far, had I conſider'd how greatly what I have already ſaid might offend that Modeſty, with which you conceal the beſt Actions with the ſame Care that others endeavour to hide their worſt; or to expreſs the nobleſt Quality (which to my ſhame I recollect too late) in the meaneſt Poetry,
I ſhall therefore turn the poor imperfect Tribute of my Praiſe, into what will become me more, my ſincere Prayers for you; that you may ſo go on to copy all the Virtues of that beſt of Men and Princes, your Royal Father, that when worn with Cares and Years, God ſhall call him from that Crown he now adorns, to an eternal one, You may ſo fill his place, and ſo become in his ſtead a Father to your People, as to make his glorious Memory neither reproachful to You, nor too often honour'd with the Tears of your Subjects.
May You then reap the happy Fruits of all your Royal Virtues and his Majeſty's prudentCoun-
