<p>Right blest are they on whom God hath bestowne<lb/> A King, whose Vertues have approved him<lb/> To be an Ornament unto his Throne,<lb/> And as a Lustre to his Diadem.<lb/> Hee seekes not onely how to keepe in awe<lb/> His People, by those meanes that rightfull are;<lb/> But, doth unto himselfe, become a Law,<lb/> And, by Example, Pious Wayes declare.<lb/> He, loveth Peace, and after it pursues;<lb/> Yet, if of Warre a just occasion come,<lb/> Doth nor Bellona's Challenges refuse,<lb/> Nor feare, to beat Defyance on his Drum;<lb/> He is as ready, also, to advance<lb/> The Lib'rall Arts, and from his Lands to drive<lb/> All false Religion, Schisme, and Ignorance,<lb/> As other publike profits to contrive.<lb/> And, such a Prince is not a Casuall-thing,<lb/> The Glories of a Throne, by Chance, possessing;<lb/> Nor meerely from his Parents, doth he spring,<lb/> But, he is rather Gods immediate Blessing.<lb/> If thou desirest such a Prince to be,<lb/> Or, to acquire that Worth which may allure<lb/> Such Princes to vouchsafe some Grace to thee;<lb/> Their Kingly Vertues, labour to procure.<lb/> In Military Practices delight,<lb/> Not for a wicked, or vaine-glorious end;<lb/> But, to maintaine the Cause that is upright,<lb/> Or thy distressed Countrey to defend.<lb/> And, strive that thou, as excellent mayst bee<lb/> In Knowledge, as, thou art in thy Degree.<lb/> </p>

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A king holding a book ('protector of the arts') in one hand and a sword ('possessing military qualities') in the other

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<p>EX UTROQUE CAESAR.</p>

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<p>A Princes most ennobling Parts,<lb/> Are Skill in Armes, and Love to Arts.</p>

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Ex utroque Caesar