and Govern them to his Will, requires Pains,
Care, and Study; but my Desire and Will was
to make my Subjects Happy, to which end I
bent all my Industry, the which I wish, my
Successor may do the like, for good Subjects
deserve a good Soveraign; Indeed, all good
Subjects have not at all times good Soveraigns,
nor all good Soveraigns good Subjects, for all
Soveraigns are not Wise, nor all Subjects Loy∣al;
for though good men make good Subjects,
yet good men do not alwaies make good Sove∣raigns,
as being not Piety, nor Moral Honesty,
that makes good Kings, but Industry, Obser∣vation,
Understanding, Judgement, Wit, Pru∣dence,
and Courage, that makes Kings Wise
Rulers; also Counsels, Experience, and Pra∣ctice,
which makes an Old King a Better Go∣vernour
than a Young King, and yet all Subjects
for the most part grow weary with their Sove∣raigns
Age, and so consequently with their own
Happiness; but their Folly and Ingratitude is
often Punished in having their Desires. In∣deed,
most of mankind through Ignorance and
Inconstancy desire their own Hurt, which when
they Feel, they are Displeased with the Gods
for Granting that they were Earnest with the
Gods to Give them, so that they are seldome
Contented: But I wish they may have good
Desires, contented Minds, and happy Lives, and
I pray the Gods, they may Flourish with my
Successors in Peace and Plenty, as they have
done with Me, to whom I leave You, and Him
to you: Farewell.