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'dit 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,
'Tis thy peculiar Grace, Great Prince, 'tis thine,
Like rising Suns to blush because you shine!
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-
