George Withers' Emblemes

The King, bit potfr from (jod receives
For ->hee alone the Scepter gives. 2Z}
ILLVSTR. XV. Book.
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iHe Gift of Kwgdemes,Children,zr\d good-Wives,
Are three of God's moft choice Prerogatives,
In temp' rail Bleffings ;
and, of all thefe three,
The gifts of Kingdomes, his rar'ft Favours bee:
For, in five hundred Millions, there's not one,
W 10m this high Honour is conferr'd upon;
Nor is there any knowne Efiate on earth,
( Wrrret*-* wee come, by Mertt,ot by Birth)
Which can , to any man affurance bring,
Thar, hee (hall either live, or die a King.
The Merning-Stkrre, that's Heirc unto a Crorvne,
Oft fets, before the ft
wig-Sunne is downe j
And,fome, that once a glorious Empire fwayd,
Did lofe their Kmgdmts, e're their heads were layd.
Thegreatefl earthly Monarch hath no powre,
To keepc his Throne one minute of an houre,
fVfc.'ll the tneanes, and policies hee can,)
If God will give -t to another man.
/.to, when Diljhazzar was in high'ft eftate,
His Khgdeme to the Per [tans did translate.
King S.-ul, and Rehobo&m, could not ftay
Tnc Hoydues, which God would give awayj
And, Hee that was the pmudeft of the reft,
God, changed from a A'/»g,into a lteaft.
Nor is there any mon fo meane,but hee,
When G. id fli ill pleal' ,an Emperour may bee.
Some, from the Pot-kilnt, from the Sheep cote,Come y
Hee railed hath, great Prtnces to become j
Yea, hee o'ic he iv'n and earth,hath rcai'd his Throne,
That wai on earth, the moft dt$i(cd one.
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