<p>The Picture of a Crowned-king, here, stands<lb/> Upon a Globe ; and, with outstretched hands,<lb/> Holds forth, in view, a Law-booke, and a Sword :<lb/> Which plaine and moderne Figures, may afford<lb/> This meaning; that, a King, who hath regard<lb/> To Courts for pleading, and a Court of Guard,<lb/> And, at all times, a due respect will carry,<lb/> To pious Lawes, and Actions military ;<lb/> Shall not be Monarch, onely in those Lands,<lb/> That are, by Birth right, under his commands:<lb/> But, also, might (if just occasion were)<lb/> Make this whole Globe of Earth, his power to feare;<lb/> Advance his Favorites ; and, bring downe all<lb/> His Opposites, below his pedestall.<lb/> His conquering Sword, in forraigne Realmes, he drawes,<lb/> As oft, as there is just, or needfull cause:<lb/> At home, in ev'ry Province of his Lands,<lb/> At all times, armed are his Trayned bands.<lb/> His Royall fleets, are terrours to the Seas;<lb/> At all houres, rigg'd, for usefull Voyages:<lb/> And, often, he his Navy doth increase,<lb/> That Warres Provisions, may prolong his Peace.<lb/> Nor, by the tenure of the Sword, alone,<lb/> Delighteth he to hold his awfull Throne,<lb/> But, likewise, labours, Mischiefes to prevent,<lb/> By wholsome Lawes, and rightfull Goverment.<lb/> For, where the Sword commands, without the Law,<lb/> A Tyrant keepes the Land in slavish awe<lb/> And, where good Lawes doe want an Armed pow'r,<lb/> Rebellious Knaves, their Princes, will devoure.<lb/> </p>

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A king in armour, standing on an orb, holding a sword and a book; in the background a market stall, and a group of people looking up at a prince on the balcony of a court house(?)

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<p>When Law, and Armes, together meet,<lb/> The World descends, to kisse their feet.</p>

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