A _Crowned Scepter_, here is fixt upright, Betwixt foure _Fowles_, whose postures may declare, They came from _Coasts_, or _Climats_ opposite, And, that, they diffring in their natures are. In which, (as in some others, that we finde Amongst these _Emblems_) little care I take Precisely to unfold our _Authors_ minde; Or, on his meaning, _Comments_ here to make. It is the scope of my Intention, rather From such perplext _Inventions_ (which have nought, Of Ancient _Hieroglyphick_) _sense_, to gather, Whereby, some usefull _Morall_ may be taught. And, from these _Figures_, my Collections be, That, _Kingdomes_, and the _Royall-dignitie_, Are best upheld, where _Subjects_ doe agree, To keepe upright the state of _Soveraignty_. When, from each Coast and quarter of the Land, The _Rich_, the _Poore_, the _Swaine_, the _Gentleman_, Lends, in all _wants_, and at all _times_, his hand, To give the best assistance that he can: Yea, when with _Willing hearts_, and _Winged-speed_, The men of all Degrees, doe duely carry Their _Aides_ to publike-workes, in time of need, And, to their _Kings_, be freely tributary: Then shall the _Kingdome_ gayne the gloriest height; Then shall the _Kingly-Title_ be renown’d; Then shall the _Royall-Scepter_ stand upright, And, with supremest _Honour_, then, be Crown’d. But, where this Duty long neglect, they shall; The _King_ will suffer, and, the _Kingdome_ fall. _From that, by which I =somewhat= am, The Cause of my =Destruction= came._ [Illustration: QVI ME ALIT ME EXTINGVIT. ILLVSTR. VI. _Book. 2_]