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  • Gratulatio, ad Heath Sollicitorem, Procuratorem. 29. Jan. 1620. / Congratulations, to Robert Heath, Solicitor-General January 29, 1620/1621

Gratulatio, ad Heath Sollicitorem, Procuratorem. 29. Jan. 1620.

Vir Dignissime.

Sic a Natura comparatum est, Ignis et Virtus semper ascendunt; utriusque enim splendor et claritas humilia loca deprecantur. Quare optime fecit Rex Serenissimus, qui virtutes tuas magnis negotijs pares provexit, noluitque vt minori sphaerâ quam pro latitudine meritorum tuorum circumscribereris. Nos verò de hoc tuo progressu non minus Reipublicae gratulamur quam tibi, rogamusque ut quando beneficia tua pervagantur Angliam, nos etiam invisant: ita excipiemus illa, vt benignius hospitium, et erga te propensius, haud vsquàm forsitan reperias. [End Page 64]

Congratulations, to Robert Heath, Solicitor-General January 29, 1620/1621

Most Worthy Sir.

Nature has so ordered things that Fire and Merit always rise:1 the blaze and vividness of each strives to avoid low places. So in heightening your powers, suitable for conducting important business, our Most Serene King’s actions could not have been more appropriate; he has refused to trap you in a sphere smaller than the extent of your merits. We of course congratulate the Commonwealth just as much as we congratulate you in your promotion, and we ask that your favors, as they wander all over England, come to visit us, too. We will welcome them here with a more kind-hearted hospitality and you with more cheerfulness than you are likely to find anywhere else. [End Page 65]

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