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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England (5); A New Ed.: by Basil Montagu
The Works of Francis Bacon Lord Chancellor of England A New Ed by Basil Montagu - 5 Author:Francis Bacon Volume: 5 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1826 Original Publisher: William Pickering. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com... more » where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CERTAIN CONSIDERATIONS TOUCHING THE PLANTATION IN IRELAND. PRESENTED TO HIS MlJESTY, 1606. TO THE KING. It seemeth God hath reserved to your majesty's times two works, which amongst the works of kings have the supreme pre-eminence ; the union, and the plantation of kingdoms. For although it be a great fortune for a ki-ig to deliver or recover his kingdom from long continued calamities : yet in the judgment of those that have distinguished of the degrees of sovereign honour, to be a founder of estates or kingdoms, excelleth all the rest. For, as in arts and sciences, to be the first inventor is more that to illustrate or amplify : and as in the works of God, the creation is greater than the preservation ; and as in the works of nature, the birth and nativity is more than the continuance: so in kingdoms, the first foundation or plantation is of more ignity and merit than all that followeth. dations there being but two 1 raaketh one of more; and one of none : the latter resi the world, which way " de nihilo ad quid ;" and the former, the edification of the Church, which was " de multiplici ad simplex, vel ad unum :" it hath pleased the divine providence, in singular favour to your majesty, to put both these kinds of foundations or regenerations into your hand: the one, in the union of the island of Britain; the other, in the plantation of great and noble parts of the island of Ireland. Which enterprises being once happily accomplished, then that which was uttered by one of the best orators, in one of the worst verses, " O for- " tunatam natam...« less