The _Royall-Scepter_, Kingly power, implyes; The _Crowne-Imperiall_, GLORIE, signifies: And, by _these_ joyn’d in one, we understand, A _King_, that is an honour to his _Land_. A _Kingdome_, is not alwaies eminent, By having Confines of a large _extent_; For, _Povertie_, and _Barbarousnesse_, are found Ev’n in some large _Dominions_, to abound: Nor, is it _Wealth_, which gets a _glorious-Name_; For, then, those _Lands_ would spread the widest _Fame_, From whence we fetch the _Gold_ and _Silver-ore_; And, where we gather _Pearles_ upon the shore: Nor, have those _Countries_ highest exaltations, Which breed the strongest, and the Warlikst _Nations_; For, proud of their owne powre, they sometimes grow, And quarrell, till _themselves_ they overthrow. Nor, doe the chiefest _glories_, of a _Land_, In many _Cities_, or much _People_, stand: For, then, those _Kingdomes_, most renowned were, In which _Vnchristian Kings_, and, _Tyrants_ are. It is the _King_ by whom a _Realme’s_ renowne, Is either builded up, or overthrowne. By _Solomon_, more fam’d was _Iudah_ made, Then, by the Multitude of men it had: Great _Alexander_, glorified _Greece_, Throughout the World, which, else had bene a piece Perhaps obscure; And, _Cæsar_ added more To _Rome_, then all her greatnesse did before. _Grant, =Lord=, these =Iles=, for ever may be blessed, With what, in this our =Emblem= is expressed._ _By =Studie=, and by =Watchfulnesse=, The Jemme of =Knowledge=, we possesse._ [Illustration: STVDIO ET VIGILANTIA. ILLVSTR. XVII. _Book. 2_]