A speech of the Honorable Denzell Hollis (second son to the Right Honorable John Earle of Clare deceased) and brother to the now Earle of Clare, at the delivery of the protestation to the Lords of the upper house of Parliament, 4 May 1641 wherein is set forth the reasons that moved the House of Commons to make the said protestation o [ie. to] gether with a short narration of the severall grievances of the Kingdome. Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A44201 of text R13303 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing H2474). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. 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A44201) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 49736) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 497:19) A speech of the Honorable Denzell Hollis (second son to the Right Honorable John Earle of Clare deceased) and brother to the now Earle of Clare, at the delivery of the protestation to the Lords of the upper house of Parliament, 4 May 1641 wherein is set forth the reasons that moved the House of Commons to make the said protestation o [ie. to] gether with a short narration of the severall grievances of the Kingdome. Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680. [2], 6 p. Printed by B.A. and T.F. for Iohn Hammond, London : 1641. Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649. A44201 R13303 (Wing H2474). civilwar no A speech of the Honorable Denzell Hollis (second son to the Right Honorable John Earle of Clare deceased) and brother to the now Earle of Cl Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron 1641 853 1 0 0 0 1 0 129 F The rate of 129 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2003-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-02 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-06 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2003-06 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-08 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A SPEECH OF THE HONORABLE DENZELL HOLLIS , ( Second Son to the Right Honorable JOHN Earle of Clare deceased ) and Brother to the now Earle of Clare . At the dellvery of the Protestation to the Lords of the upper House of Parliament , 4. May 1641. Wherein is set forth the reasons that moved the House of Commons to make the said Protestation . ●o gether with a short Narration of the severall grievances of the Kingdome . LONDON , Printed by B. A. and T. F. for IOHN HAMMOND , 1641. A SPEECH AT A CONFERENCE of both Houses in the Painted Chamber , May , 4. 1641. MY LORDS : THe Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses of the House of Commons , having taken into consideration , the present estate and condition of this Kingdome , they find it surrounded with variety of pernitious , and destructive Designes , practises , and plots , against the well after he had fought a good fight , & overcome all his Enemies , Or as the shocke of wheat which commeth in due season to fill our Granaries with corne , uphold our lives with the staffe of bread . For Parliaments are our Panis quotidianus , our true bread , all other wayes are but Quelques choses , which yeeld no true nourishment , nor breed good bloud . This very Parliament which hath sate so long , hath but beat the ayre , and striven against the streame , I may truely say , the wind and tide hath still bin against us . The same ill Counsels which first raised the storme , and almost shipwrack't the Common-wealth they still continue , they blow strong like the East wind , that brought the Locusts over the land . These counsels crosse our Designes , cast difficulties in our way , hinder our proceedings , and make all that we doe to bee fruitlesse & ineffectuall . They make us not to be Masters of our businesse , & so not Masters of mony , which hath bin the great busines of this Parliament , that we might pay the armies according to our promises and engagement . For , my Lords , our not effecting of the good things , which we had undertaken for the good of the Common weale hath wounded our reputation , and taken off , from our credit . Is it not time then ( my Lords ) that wee should unite and concentrate our selves , in regard of the Antiperistasis of hurtfull and malicious intentions and practises against us . My Lords . It is most agreeable to nature , and I am sure most agreeable to reason , in respect of the present conjuncture of our affaires : for one maine engine , by which our enemies worke our mischiefe is by infusing an opinion and beliefe into the World , that we are not united among our selves , but like Sampsons Foxes , we draw severall wayes , and tend to severall Ends . To defeat then the Counsell of these Achitophels which would involve us , our Religion , our being , our lawes , our liberties , all that can be neare and deare unto an honest Soule in one universall and generall Desolation , To Defeate I say , the Counsell of such Achitophells , the Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses of the house of Commons , knowing themselves to be specially entrusted with the preservation of the whole , and in their consciences perswaded that ye dangers are so imminent , that they will admit of no delay , have thought fit to declare their united affections by entring into an association amongst themselves , and by making a solemne Protestation and vowe unto their God , that they will unanimously endeavour to oppose and prevent the Counsels , and the Counsellours , which have brought upon us all these miseries , and the feares of greater . To prevent the ends , and bring the Authors of them to condigne punishment , and thereby discharge themselves both before God and Man . The Protestation your Lordships shall have read unto you ; together with the grounds and reasons which have induced the House of Commons to make it , which are prefixed before it by way of Preamble . Then the Protestation was read by Master Maynard . And thereupon concluded his Message to this effect , That the house of Commons had commanded him to present unto their Lordships this Protestation , That every Member in that house had made it , no one refusing it , and that they sent it to your Lordships , with assurance of your Lordships concurrence in the same Zeale and affection for the publique safety : That it is their desire your Lordships should likewise make the same Protestation , which we humbly leave to your Lordships wisedomes , and there made an end of the conference . FINIS .