L. 5, 'alone': Supported by none but God. L. 6, 'great States': Great affaires. L. 8, 'the Almightie's hand': Per me reges regnant et dixi dii estis. L. 10, 'Nature's dowre': Arte's excellence the gift of nature. L. 13, 'Great Spirit': Deus. L. 16, 'Cynthia': Luna. L. 30, 'angell': Angellus Pommi. L. 32, 'angell': [Greek: [Ag]gellos Phôtos]. L. 33, 'Heauen': Superior: to the higher heauen. L. 34, 'heauen': Inferior. These suffice to show how carefully, if not always accurately, the good Bishop read the poem, but also how unimportant his notes are. On the title-page opposite the words "This Oracle," &c., is written "written in the temple of Apollo, letters commendatory." On _verso_ of the title-page, is this memorandum by a former owner: "This Edition is extremely scarce. Vide Smith's Catgue. Iron Bridge, 1822. Pr. O. 16. O. This Book came out of Mr. Hacket's Library, a Descendant of Bp. Hacket, whose Book it was, and the MS. notes are by him." The book is now in the library of my excellent fellow-collector, G. W. Napier, Esq., of Merchiston House, Alderley Edge, Manchester, to whom I owe its re-use, as well as of other early editions of Davies. G. I. $Royal Dedication$ TO MY MOST GRACIOVS DREAD SOVERAIGNE. _To that cleere maiestie which in the North Doth, like another Sunne in glory rise; Which standeth fixt, yet spreads[55] her heauenly worth; Loadstone to hearts, and loadstarre to all eyes._ _Like Heau'n in all; like th' Earth in this alone, That though[56] great States by her support doe stand, Yet she herselfe supported is of none, But by the finger of the Almightie's hand:_ _To the diuinest and the richest minde, Both by Art's purchase and by Nature's dowre, That euer was from Heau'n to Earth confin'd, To shew the vtmost of a creature's power:_ _To that great Spirit,[57] which doth great kingdomes mooue, The sacred spring whence $right$ and $honor$ streames, Distilling $Vertue$, shedding $Peace$ and $Loue$, In euery place, as $Cynthia$ sheds her beames:_ _I offer up some sparkles of that fire, Whereby wee $reason, liue, and moue, and be$; These sparkes by nature euermore aspire, Which makes them to so $high$ an $highnesse$ flee._ _Faire $Soule$, since to the fairest body knit,[58] You giue such liuely life, such quickning power, Such sweet celestiall influences to it,[59] As keepes it still in youth's immortall flower:_ _(As where the sunne is present all the yeere, And neuer doth retire his golden ray, Needs must the Spring bee euerlasting there, And euery season like the month of May.)_ _O! many, many yeeres may you remaine, A happy angell to this happy Land; Long, long may you on Earth our empresse raigne, Ere you in Heauen a glorious angell stand._