Votivæ Angliæ, Englands complaint to their king:, or, The humble desires of all the zealous and true-hearted Protestants in this kingdome, for a speedy and happy reformation of abuses in church government, being the onely meanes to remove these distractions, and to avert the judgement of God from us. : As they were expressed in sundry petitions, remonstrances and letters, lately presented from them to the king, upon sundry occasions. / Collected by a wel-wisher to reformation.

In this heavy affliction in parting with so deare Beau∣tifull and Vertuous a wife.

I Have found by lamentable experience that as we draw neere the Irish climate, so we have to much Irish nature in us. For they are (comon∣ly) very fond & loving to their foster children, & too rebellious to their governours. God the great commander of Heaven & Earth gives unto a man a wife to foster, & to make fit for the court of Hea∣ven, as the King of England should commit his son to a noble man in Ireland, to be bronght up till he be fit for his owne Court, but this foster Father having got the possession of this princely child, & finding it some comfort, and great honour unto him, and yet withall a great care, and a continuall watchfulnesse required for feare the child should miscary in his hands. The King seeing his fit time sends for his sonne home to his owne Court, and sets him in his owne presence, and gives the foster Father an honourable reward for his loving care and paines taken, notwithstanding the fosterer of this noble child is mal-content and fales a mour∣ning, and murmuring, because he is freed of his great care: even so the King of Kings, gave unto me a beautifull and blessed child to foster, and hath now freed me of that honourable charge, with full assurance that he hath taken her into the Court of Heaven, where she injoyes the highest happinesse, in the presence of his glorious Maje∣sty: he hath likewise given mean honourable re∣ward

for my slight care and attendance' of Gold, silver, friends & Aliances; and many divine things of her gathering for the comfort of my soule. Not∣withstanding, al this yet I have behaved my self like a murmuring and unthankfull Rebell towards my dread Soveraigne, because he hath taken away his owne deare child, and my deare charge. O Lord! what will become of so vile a Rebell; and such a murmuring wretch? But Lord, good Lord, for thy deare sons sake, Pardon my sinnes, and consi∣der my frailty, and heale mine infirmities, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce, Amen Lord Iesus. Amen.