_In this =Hope=, I have placed on the FORE-FRONT (or before the =First Booke= of these EMBLEMS) a =Ioint-Inscription= to the KING and QVEENES most excellent MAIESTIE._ _Upon the =Right-Side-Front= of this =Building= (or before the =Second Booke=) One =Inscription= to the most hopefull =Prince, =CHARLES=, Prince of =Wales=; And, another to his deere =Brother, =IAMES=, Duke of =Yorke=, =&c.=_ _On the other =Side-Front=, (or before the =Third Booke=) One =Inscription= to the gratious Princesse, FRANCES Dutchesse-Dowager of RICHMOND and LENOX; And, another to her most noble Nephew, IAMES Duke of Lenox, &c._ _On the =Fourth Front= of our =Square=, (Or before the =Fourth Booke=) One =Inscription= to the right Honourable PHILIP Earle of =Pembrooke= and =Montgomery=, &c. And another to the right Honourable, HENRY Earle of =Holland=, &c._ To the MAJESTIE of Great _Britaine_, _France_, and _Ireland_, the Most Illustrious King, CHARLES; And his excellently beloved, the most gratious _Queene_ MARY. Sev’n yeares are full expired, Royall SIR, Since last I kneel’d, an offring to preferre Before your feete; where, now, my selfe I throw To pay once more, the _Tributes_ which I owe. _As many yeares are past, most beauteous QVEENE, Since witnesses, mine eares and eyes, have beene Of those Perfections; which the generall =Fame= Hath sounded forth, in honour of your =Name=._ And, both your _beaming-splendors_ (oh yee faire, Thrice blessed, and most fitly-matched PAIRE) Vpon each other, make such bright reflections; And have so sweetly mingled your _affections_, Your _Praise_, your _Pow’re_, your _Vertues_, and your _Beautie_: That, (if preserving of my _Soveraigne dutie_, This may be said) you doe appeare, to me, TWO PERSONS, in One MAIESTY, to be; To whom, there, appertaines (in veneration Of your large _Worth_) the right of some _Oblation_ And, best, I thought, my _Homage_ would be done, If, thus, the tender were to BOTH-in-ONE. Which, in this humble GVIFT, my _Love_ presents; And, wisheth it may adde to your Contents. Perhaps it shall: For, though I dare not shew These _Figures_, as well meriting your view; Nor boast, as if their _Moralls_ couched ought, By which your sacred _Wisdomes_ may be taught: Yet, I have humble _Hopings_, that, they might Prove, some way, an occasion of delight; Since, meane and common _Objects_, now and then, Beget contentments in the _greatest-men_. But, that before this _Booke_, I should propose Your praisefull NAMES, there is (as I suppose) A faire inducement: For, considering these Are EMBLEMS, whose intention is to please And profit vulgar Iudgements (by the view,