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operation upon the states abroad than it any ways "received from thence;" merely saying Rursus regnum fæminæ solitariæ et cœlibis.' Whatever were the motives by which he was induced to suppress, for a time, the just praise of Elizabeth, he ordered the publication in a will, which, he afterwards cancelled, but, in all probability, after some understanding with Dr. Rawley, that the publication should appear, as it did, soon after his death. This appears from Rawley's account.* "I thought it "fitting to intimate, that the discourse, within contained, entitled, A Collection of the Felicities of "Queen Elizabeth; was written by his lordship in Latin only: whereof, though his lordship had his particular ends then; yet in regard that I held it a duty, that her own nation, over which "she so happily reigned for many years, should be acquainted and possessed with the virtues "of that excellent queen, as well as foreign nations, I was induced, many years ago, to put "the same into the English tongue; not ad "verbum,' for that had been but flat and inju"dicious; but, (as far, as my slender ability "could reach,) according to the expressions which "I conceived his lordship would have rendered “it in, if he had written the same in English: yet "ever acknowledging that Zeuxes, or Apelles' W pencil could not be attained, but by Zeuxes, or

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Preface to the Resuscitatio.

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Apelles himself.

This work, in the Latin, his lordship so much affected, that he had ordained, by his last will and testament, to have had it pub"lished many years since: but that singular person "entrusted therewith, soon after deceased. And "therefore it must now expect a time to come "forth amongst his lordship's other Latin works.” And Archbishop Tenison says, "the third is, a memo"rial, entitled The Felicities of Queen Elizabeth. "This was written by his lordship in Latin only. A 66 person, of more good will than ability, translated "it into English, and called it in the singular, Her Felicity. But we have also a version, much more "accurate and judicious, performed by Doctor "Rawley, who was pleased to take that labour upon him, because he understood the value his lordship put upon this work; for it was such, that I find "this charge given concerning it, in his last will "and testament. "In particular, I wish the eulogy "which I writ, in Felicem Memoriam Elizabethæ,' may be published.""

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LIVES OF THE CÆSARS.

Of these tracts Tenison says, "the fifth is, "the Imago Civilis Julii Cæsaris.' The sixth,

Imago Civilis Augusti Cæsaris.' Both of them "short personal characters, and not histories of "their empire: and written by his lordship in that "tongue, which in their times was at its height, and "became the language of the world. A while since,

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they were translated into English, and inserted "into the first part of the Resuscitation."

In the few lines upon the character of Augustus Cæsar, there is a maxim well deserving the deep consideration of every young man of sensibility, apt

to be

Misled by fancy's meteor ray,

By passion driven :

And yet the light that leads astray,
Is light from heaven.

Bacon says, "those persons which are of a tur"bulent nature or appetite, do commonly pass their "youth in many errors; and about their middle, "and then and not before, they shew forth their 'perfections; but those that are of a sedate and "calm nature, may be ripe for great and glorious "actions in their youth." The very same sentiment which he expresses in his Essay on Youth and Age. "Natures that have much heat, and great and "violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for "action till they have passed the meridian of their years as it was with Julius Cæsar and Septimius "Severus; of the latter of whom it is said, 'juven"tutem egit, erroribus, imo furoribus plenam;' and "yet he was the ablest emperor, almost, of all the "list: but reposed natures may do well in youth, as "it is seen in Augustus Cæsar, Cosmus, duke of "Florence, Gaston de Foix, and others."

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HENRY PRINCE OF WALES.

I have selected this piece of biography from the letters, and restored it to what appears to me to be

its proper place. Of this a MS. may be found in the British Museum.

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