Two speeches of George, Earl of Bristol, with some observations upon them by which it may appear whether or no the said Earl and others of the same principles, deserve to be involved in the common calamity brought upon Roman Catholicks, by the folly and presumption of some few factious papists.
         Speeches. Selections
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             Two speeches of George, Earl of Bristol, with some observations upon them by which it may appear whether or no the said Earl and others of the same principles, deserve to be involved in the common calamity brought upon Roman Catholicks, by the folly and presumption of some few factious papists.
             Speeches. Selections
             Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677.
          
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             1674.
          
           
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           Two
           SPEECHES
           OF
           GEORGE
           Earl
           of
           BRISTOL
           ,
           With
           some
           observations
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           By
           which
           it
           may
           appear
           whether
           or
           no
           the
           said
           Earl
           and
           others
           of
           the
           same
           principles
           ,
           deserve
           to
           be
           involved
           in
           the
           Common
           Calamity
           brought
           upon
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           by
           the
           folly
           and
           presumption
           of
           some
           few
           factious
           PAPISTS
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           year
           .
           1674
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Reader
           .
        
         
           BEing
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           agreeing
           in
           principles
           with
           what
           George
           Earl
           of
           Bristol
           hath
           of
           late
           publickly
           declared
           of
           himself
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           could
           hardly
           bear
           with
           patience
           the
           injurious
           censures
           and
           uncharitable
           constructions
           made
           of
           a
           speech
           of
           the
           said
           Honourable
           Persons
           ,
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           by
           divers
           of
           the
           same
           Communion
           ,
           though
           of
           a
           differing
           stamp
           in
           relation
           to
           Government
           .
        
         
           They
           did
           their
           best
           to
           have
           it
           understood
           ,
           that
           the
           persecution
           which
           seem`d
           to
           threaten
           Catholicks
           ,
           had
           whetted
           that
           Earls
           wit
           to
           find
           out
           specious
           and
           plausible
           distinctions
           betwixt
           Catholick
           and
           Catholick
           ,
           whereby
           to
           exempt
           himself
           from
           the
           inconveniencies
           likely
           to
           fall
           upon
           the
           generality
           of
           that
           profession
           ;
           Distinctions
           which
           in
           them selves
           they
           said
           had
           no
           solid
           grounds
           of
           discrimination
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           sentiments
           express`d
           therein
           ,
           were
           adapted
           only
           to
           the
           present
           occasion
           .
        
         
           The
           publishing
           of
           the
           said
           Speech
           in
           Print
           I
           thought
           wonld
           be
           a
           service
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Justice
           to
           that
           Lord
           ,
           wherein
           his
           distinction
           of
           Catholicks
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           from
           Catholicks
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           ,
           will
           certainly
           appear
           a
           right
           and
           a
           reasonable
           one
           :
           Concerning
           which
           ,
           if
           the
           Reader
           rest
           not
           satisfied
           ,
           but
           will
           needs
           descend
           to
           particular
           differences
           ,
           he
           is
           referred
           to
           a
           dedication
           of
           a
           book
           lately
           published
           in
           Print
           and
           directed
           to
           all
           Catholicks
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Dominions
           ,
           by
           one
           
             Peter
             Walsh
          
           ,
           a
           Franciscan
           Fryer
           ,
           wherein
           the
           chief
           imposals
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           upon
           the
           more
           orthodox
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           are
           faithfully
           and
           learnedly
           exposed
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           second
           part
           of
           their
           detraction
           ,
           I
           thought
           the
           injuriousness
           of
           it
           could
           not
           better
           be
           made
           appear
           ,
           then
           by
           Printing
           also
           another
           Speech
           of
           the
           said
           Earls
           ,
           made
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           many
           years
           since
           ,
           wherein
           the
           self-same
           sentiments
           were
           eminently
           declared
           by
           him
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           when
           Roman
           Catholicks
           were
           as
           free
           from
           Alarums
           of
           any
           new
           persecution
           ,
           as
           ever
           they
           have
           been
           during
           any
           Session
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Speech
           of
           GEORGE
           Earl
           of
           BRISTOLS
           made
           to
           the
           house
           of
           PEERS
           at
           the
           First
           reading
           of
           the
           Bill
           against
           Popery
           ,
           upon
           Saturday
           the
           fifteenth
           of
           March
           ,
           167
           2
           /
           3
           The
           King
           being
           then
           present
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
          
           ,
        
         
           I
           Am
           very
           sensible
           to
           what
           inconveniences
           a
           man
           of
           my
           perswasion
           exposes
           himself
           that
           offers
           to
           speak
           (
           especially
           to
           break
           the
           Ice
           first
           )
           to
           a
           Bill
           of
           this
           Nature
           brought
           up
           to
           you
           from
           the
           great
           representative
           of
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           a
           Bill
           which
           those
           of
           my
           own
           profession
           may
           possibly
           think
           so
           severe
           ,
           and
           most
           Protestants
           so
           necessary
           .
           If
           I
           speak
           for
           the
           passing
           of
           this
           Bill
           it
           is
           likely
           I
           may
           give
           scandal
           to
           the
           first
           and
           if
           I
           speak
           against
           the
           passing
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           I
           shall
           give
           high
           provocation
           to
           the
           latter
           .
           And
           if
           I
           speak
           for
           some
           parts
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           against
           some
           others
           ,
           I
           may
           have
           cause
           to
           fear
           that
           I
           may
           offend
           both
           sides
           ,
           the
           usual
           fate
           of
           those
           who
           affect
           to
           shew
           their
           subtilty
           by
           cutting
           a
           Feather
           (
           as
           we
           say
           )
           :
           well
           my
           Lords
           so
           be
           it
           ,
           let
           what
           will
           befall
           me
           upon
           this
           occasion
           I
           shall
           still
           have
           within
           me
           a
           consolation
           above
           even
           the
           power
           of
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           to
           take
           from
           me
           I
           mean
           the
           testimony
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           &
           of
           having
           
           discharged
           the
           duty
           of
           a
           Peer
           of
           this
           house
           in
           so
           eminent
           a
           conjuncture
           clearly
           ,
           and
           candidly
           according
           to
           the
           best
           of
           my
           understanding
           .
           Yet
           still
           with
           most
           humble
           submission
           to
           the
           superiority
           of
           yours
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           before
           I
           enter
           upon
           the
           matter
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           those
           Lords
           of
           my
           own
           Profession
           that
           hear
           me
           what
           I
           think
           their
           duty
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           mine
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           them
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           speak
           in
           this
           house
           upon
           this
           occasion
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           I
           do
           understand
           that
           how
           different
           so
           ever
           our
           sentiments
           are
           from
           your
           Lordships
           in
           point
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           questions
           spiritual
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           lay
           the
           consideration
           of
           them
           all
           aside
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           and
           to
           speak
           in
           it
           not
           as
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ;
           but
           as
           faithful
           members
           of
           a
           Protestant
           Parliament
           .
           And
           as
           such
           ,
           give
           a
           preferrence
           before
           all
           temporal
           interests
           of
           our
           own
           to
           the
           right
           interest
           of
           the
           State
           under
           whose
           protection
           we
           live
           ,
           resting
           confident
           that
           whatever
           part
           of
           our
           ease
           and
           conveniences
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           we
           shall
           willingly
           sacrifice
           to
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           security
           of
           our
           Countrey
           will
           one
           way
           or
           other
           be
           recompensed
           unto
           us
           by
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           either
           in
           this
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Now
           my
           Lords
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           this
           most
           honourable
           assembly
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           remind
           you
           what
           kind
           of
           Catholick
           I
           told
           you
           the
           other
           day
           I
           am
           ;
           that
           is
           a
           Catholick
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           not
           a
           Catholick
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           ,
           A
           distinction
           (
           if
           I
           am
           not
           much
           deceived
           )
           worthy
           of
           your
           memory
           and
           reflection
           ,
           when
           ever
           any
           severe
           proceeding
           against
           those
           whom
           you
           call
           Papists
           shall
           come
           in
           question
           ,
           since
           Catholicks
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           do
           only
           deserve
           that
           name
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           I
           could
           easily
           make
           clear
           unto
           you
           the
           reality
           ,
           and
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           this
           distinction
           by
           instances
           in
           matter
           of
           opinion
           ,
           did
           I
           not
           think
           it
           always
           impertinent
           to
           trouble
           this
           house
           with
           points
           of
           controversie
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           only
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           evidence
           the
           justness
           of
           the
           distinction
           to
           you
           by
           a
           Personal
           instance
           ,
           
             Fra.
             Paulo
          
           my
           Lords
           who
           writ
           so
           shrewdly
           the
           History
           
           of
           the
           Counsel
           of
           Trent
           I
           am
           sure
           will
           never
           pass
           with
           any
           body
           that
           hath
           read
           him
           for
           a
           Catholick
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           ,
           the
           artifices
           and
           abuses
           of
           which
           he
           hath
           exposed
           to
           the
           world
           in
           such
           lively
           colours
           ,
           and
           painted
           them
           out
           in
           Figures
           (
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           )
           even
           bigger
           then
           the
           life
           ,
           and
           yet
           this
           
             Fra.
             Paulo
          
           my
           Lords
           dyed
           piously
           ,
           and
           devoutly
           a
           steady
           Catholick
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           such
           as
           I
           trust
           God
           will
           give
           me
           the
           grace
           to
           do
           were
           I
           put
           to
           the
           bloodiest
           tryal
           ,
           such
           a
           Catholick
           my
           Lords
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           as
           such
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           but
           I
           shall
           live
           to
           do
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           more
           service
           ,
           and
           procure
           them
           more
           advantages
           from
           the
           comiseration
           of
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           unquiet
           spirits
           ,
           or
           rabbi-busies
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           my
           Lords
           ,
           I
           come
           to
           speak
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           this
           Bill
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           do
           at
           this
           time
           generally
           ,
           and
           at
           large
           ,
           reserving
           my self
           as
           to
           perticulars
           till
           it
           be
           read
           by
           Paragraphs
           ,
           yet
           thus
           much
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           telling
           you
           now
           that
           there
           are
           some
           perticulars
           in
           this
           Bill
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Queens
           .
           and
           Duke
           of
           Yorks
           domestick
           servants
           ,
           which
           while
           I
           have
           a
           tongue
           to
           speak
           ,
           and
           a
           right
           to
           use
           it
           here
           ,
           I
           shall
           ever
           oppose
           until
           I
           shall
           find
           my self
           bound
           up
           by
           your
           Lordships
           determination
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           my
           Lords
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           this
           Bill
           for
           the
           securing
           of
           general
           fears
           ,
           is
           brought
           up
           to
           you
           from
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           ,
           the
           great
           representative
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           best
           Judges
           of
           the
           true
           temper
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           A
           house
           of
           Commons
           surpassing
           all
           that
           ever
           hath
           been
           ,
           in
           the
           illustrious
           marks
           of
           their
           duty
           ,
           loyalty
           ,
           and
           affection
           to
           their
           Soveraign
           both
           in
           his
           Person
           and
           government
           .
           Such
           a
           house
           of
           Commons
           as
           His
           Majestie
           ought
           to
           consider
           ,
           and
           cherish
           always
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           love
           as
           is
           due
           to
           a
           VVife
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           parted
           with
           unkindly
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           to
           a
           Mistriss
           ,
           to
           be
           turned
           off
           when
           our
           turn
           is
           served
           by
           her
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           this
           casual
           mention
           of
           a
           VVife
           ,
           suggests
           to
           my
           thoughts
           a
           pursuance
           of
           the
           comparison
           ,
           apt
           enough
           me
           thinks
           .
           
           I
           have
           observed
           in
           the
           course
           of
           my
           life
           ,
           that
           men
           who
           have
           VVives
           somewhat
           coquettes
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           little
           subject
           to
           gallantrys
           live
           easier
           lives
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           freer
           from
           troublesome
           contentions
           then
           those
           who
           have
           VVives
           of
           exact
           and
           rigid
           vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           is
           clear
           :
           For
           the
           more
           gamesome
           Dames
           being
           conscious
           of
           their
           failings
           in
           that
           essential
           part
           are
           carefull
           to
           disguise
           ,
           and
           repair
           them
           by
           kind
           and
           tender
           compliances
           with
           their
           Husbands
           humour
           in
           all
           other
           things
           ,
           whereas
           VVives
           severely
           punctual
           and
           exact
           in
           the
           chief
           Matrimonial
           duty
           ,
           expect
           and
           even
           exact
           far
           greater
           compliances
           from
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           and
           think
           themselves
           as
           it
           were
           priviledged
           by
           the
           rigidness
           of
           their
           vertue
           to
           be
           somtimes
           troublesome
           in
           domestick
           affairs
           ;
           But
           especially
           if
           Jealousie
           be
           (
           
             en
             campagne
          
           as
           the
           French
           phrase
           is
           )
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           my
           Lords
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           much
           wondred
           at
           ,
           if
           this
           incomparable
           house
           of
           Commons
           ,
           transcending
           all
           that
           ever
           was
           in
           the
           grand
           essentials
           of
           duty
           ,
           loyalty
           ,
           and
           affection
           to
           their
           King
           ,
           should
           be
           at
           sometimes
           a
           little
           troublesome
           to
           him
           in
           lesser
           occurrences
           ,
           especially
           when
           once
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           are
           on
           wing
           .
           My
           Lords
           I
           shall
           not
           pretend
           to
           determine
           whether
           there
           hath
           been
           any
           just
           grounds
           given
           or
           no
           by
           the
           rabbi-busies
           aforementioned
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           unseasonable
           ambition
           of
           any
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           for
           such
           fears
           and
           jealousies
           .
           It
           suffices
           to
           exact
           the
           necessity
           of
           a
           timely
           remedy
           ;
           that
           they
           have
           indeed
           most
           violently
           seized
           ,
           and
           distempred
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           Major
           part
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Protestant
           subjects
           ,
           which
           certainly
           no
           man
           conversant
           in
           the
           world
           can
           deny
           .
           Now
           my
           Lords
           ,
           in
           popular
           fears
           ,
           and
           apprehensions
           ,
           those
           usually
           prove
           most
           dangerous
           that
           are
           raised
           upon
           grounds
           not
           well
           understood
           and
           may
           he
           rightly
           resembled
           to
           the
           fatal
           effects
           of
           panick
           fears
           in
           Armies
           ,
           where
           I
           have
           seldome
           seen
           great
           disorders
           arrive
           from
           intelligences
           brought
           in
           by
           parties
           ,
           and
           by
           scouts
           ,
           or
           by
           Advertisements
           to
           Generals
           ;
           But
           from
           alarums
           upon
           groundless
           ,
           and
           capritious
           fears
           of
           danger
           ,
           taken
           up
           we
           know
           not
           either
           how
           ,
           or
           why
           ,
           no
           man
           of
           moderate
           experience
           in
           military
           affairs
           but
           hath
           found
           at
           one
           time
           or
           other
           ,
           the
           dangerous
           effects
           in
           the
           giving
           a
           stop
           to
           which
           mifchiefs
           ,
           the
           skill
           of
           great
           Commanders
           is
           best
           seen
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           my
           Lords
           ,
           this
           great
           and
           ,
           juditious
           assembly
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           rightly
           
           sensible
           of
           the
           dangerous
           effect
           which
           so
           general
           a
           disturbance
           of
           Mens
           minds
           in
           the
           concernments
           of
           Religion
           (
           how
           groundless
           soever
           )
           might
           produce
           ,
           have
           applied
           their
           cares
           to
           obviate
           them
           by
           this
           Bill
           ;
           a
           Bill
           in
           my
           opinion
           as
           full
           of
           moderation
           towards
           Catholicks
           :
           as
           of
           prudence
           ,
           and
           security
           towards
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           In
           this
           Bill
           my
           Lords
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           alarums
           of
           the
           encrease
           of
           Popery
           and
           designs
           of
           Papists
           ,
           here
           is
           no
           mention
           of
           barring
           them
           from
           private
           ,
           and
           modest
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           no
           banishing
           them
           from
           such
           a
           distance
           from
           Court
           ,
           no
           putting
           in
           execution
           of
           penal
           Laws
           in
           force
           against
           them
           ,
           all
           their
           precautions
           are
           reduced
           to
           this
           one
           intent
           ,
           natural
           to
           all
           societies
           of
           Men
           ,
           of
           hindring
           a
           lesser
           opposite
           party
           from
           growing
           too
           strong
           for
           the
           greater
           and
           more
           considerable
           one
           and
           in
           this
           way
           of
           just
           prevention
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           moderation
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           to
           be
           admired
           ;
           that
           they
           have
           restrained
           it
           to
           this
           sole
           point
           ,
           of
           debarring
           their
           adversaries
           from
           Offices
           ,
           and
           Places
           ;
           and
           from
           accessions
           of
           wealth
           by
           favour
           of
           the
           Soveraign
           .
           They
           considered
           well
           that
           wealth
           and
           power
           from
           publique
           charges
           and
           imployments
           do
           range
           the
           generality
           of
           men
           to
           opinions
           ,
           and
           parties
           more
           strongly
           farr
           ,
           then
           all
           other
           arguments
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           saying
           of
           
             Eneas
             Silvius
          
           (
           himself
           a
           Pope
           )
           That
           the
           Popes
           superiority
           over
           general
           Counsels
           would
           ever
           find
           most
           Doctors
           for
           it
           ,
           because
           the
           Pope
           had
           so
           many
           Bishop-ricks
           to
           give
           ,
           the
           Counsells
           none
           .
           I
           say
           my
           Lords
           ,
           that
           in
           contemplation
           hereof
           ,
           the
           wisdome
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           has
           wholly
           applied
           its
           care
           in
           this
           Bill
           to
           hinder
           (
           as
           appears
           most
           reasonable
           )
           those
           of
           an
           opposite
           party
           ,
           from
           a
           Part
           in
           the
           government
           of
           that
           State
           ,
           under
           whose
           protection
           they
           live
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           my
           Lords
           ,
           some
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           put
           to
           extraordinary
           tests
           in
           this
           Act
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           Conscience
           as
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           I
           shall
           give
           my
           negative
           to
           .
           But
           speaking
           as
           a
           Member
           of
           a
           Protestant
           Parliament
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           prudent
           and
           reasonable
           in
           the
           proposers
           their
           end
           being
           solidly
           to
           secure
           the
           fears
           of
           those
           they
           represent
           .
           And
           after
           all
           my
           Lords
           ,
           how
           few
           do
           the
           sharp
           trials
           ,
           and
           tests
           of
           this
           Act
           regard
           ?
           only
           a
           few
           such
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           as
           would
           fain
           hold
           Offices
           and
           Places
           ,
           at
           the
           price
           of
           hypocrisie
           ,
           and
           dissimulation
           of
           their
           true
           sentiments
           in
           Religion
           .
           My
           Lords
           I
           am
           none
           of
           those
           ,
           none
           of
           those
           wherry-men
           in
           religion
           who
           look
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           row
           another
           .
           I
           have
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           exercise
           a
           great
           charge
           of
           state
           under
           the
           last
           King
           of
           blessed
           memory
           :
           and
           to
           continue
           the
           same
           under
           our
           most
           gratious
           Soveraign
           that
           is
           now
           till
           it
           pleased
           Almighty
           God
           to
           call
           me
           (
           even
           at
           the
           Article
           of
           death
           )
           to
           that
           religion
           ,
           wherein
           I
           trust
           he
           will
           give
           me
           the
           grace
           to
           live
           and
           dye
           ,
           what
           danger
           soever
           may
           be
           set
           before
           me
           ;
           But
           after
           that
           call
           my
           first
           work
           my
           Lords
           ,
           was
           to
           deliver
           up
           the
           Seals
           to
           the
           King
           uncomanded
           ,
           as
           judging
           it
           unfit
           (
           though
           then
           in
           a
           Catholick
           Country
           )
           for
           any
           man
           of
           a
           different
           religion
           from
           his
           Prince
           ,
           to
           exercise
           a
           charge
           of
           that
           importance
           under
           him
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           now
           my
           Lords
           much
           more
           of
           that
           opinion
           then
           ever
           .
        
         
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           my
           Lords
           ,
           however
           the
           sentiments
           of
           a
           Catholick
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           (
           I
           still
           say
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           )
           nay
           oblige
           me
           (
           upon
           scruple
           of
           Conscience
           )
           in
           some
           perticulars
           of
           this
           Bill
           ,
           to
           give
           my
           negative
           to
           it
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           the
           passing
           ,
           yet
           as
           a
           Member
           of
           a
           Protestant
           Parliament
           my
           advice
           prudentially
           cannot
           but
           go
           along
           with
           the
           main
           scope
           of
           it
           .
           The
           present
           circumstances
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           affairs
           considered
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           of
           composing
           the
           disturbed
           minds
           of
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           said
           my
           Lords
           ,
           that
           some
           things
           in
           this
           Bill
           seem
           to
           trench
           upon
           His
           Majesties
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           his
           inherent
           power
           of
           pardoning
           and
           suspending
           prosecutions
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           that
           Inherent
           power
           in
           our
           Soveraign
           ,
           God
           forbid
           any
           body
           should
           think
           this
           most
           meriting
           house
           of
           Comons
           could
           ever
           have
           the
           least
           design
           of
           taking
           away
           ,
           or
           invalidating
           ;
           But
           to
           desire
           His
           Majesty
           to
           suspend
           the
           application
           of
           that
           undeniable
           power
           ,
           in
           certain
           particular
           cases
           ,
           I
           esteem
           to
           be
           far
           from
           any
           derogation
           to
           the
           essence
           of
           that
           Royal
           Prerogative
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           let
           me
           give
           you
           an
           instance
           to
           make
           my
           sentiments
           of
           this
           matter
           more
           clear
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           recomended
           unto
           you
           in
           a
           former
           Session
           ,
           the
           care
           to
           provide
           a
           Bill
           for
           preventing
           the
           great
           mischief
           by
           duels
           ,
           If
           your
           Lordships
           should
           have
           thought
           fit
           in
           that
           Bill
           to
           have
           engaged
           His
           Majesty
           to
           have
           declared
           that
           he
           would
           never
           pardon
           any
           duel
           ,
           would
           it
           have
           been
           thought
           a
           derogation
           to
           the
           inherent
           regal
           power
           of
           pardoning
           ?
           when
           as
           the
           cure
           of
           so
           great
           an
           evil
           could
           never
           be
           hoped
           for
           whilst
           there
           was
           room
           left
           to
           a
           Princes
           pitty
           ,
           and
           generosity
           ,
           to
           be
           wrought
           upon
           in
           favour
           of
           such
           gallant
           persons
           who
           are
           most
           usually
           involved
           in
           that
           crime
           ,
           no
           my
           Lords
           ,
           when
           nations
           are
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           fear
           then
           from
           the
           good
           nature
           ,
           and
           debonair
           inclinations
           of
           their
           Prince
           there
           can
           in
           my
           opinion
           no
           better
           service
           be
           done
           him
           ,
           then
           by
           way
           of
           dutiful
           adress
           ,
           sometimes
           to
           oblige
           him
           to
           a
           binding
           up
           of
           his
           own
           hands
           from
           the
           exercise
           of
           those
           indulgent
           vertues
           ,
           which
           in
           particular
           cases
           ,
           may
           prove
           noxious
           to
           the
           Publique
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Speech
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Bristols
           to
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           ,
           spoken
           by
           him
           there
           ,
           on
           the
           first
           of
           Iuly
           ,
           1663.
           
           Being
           a
           vindication
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           of
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Temple
          
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Speaker
          
           ,
        
         
           WEre
           I
           to
           be
           wrought
           upon
           by
           the
           Arts
           or
           Menaces
           of
           my
           enemies
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           alarums
           in
           my
           behalf
           of
           my
           friends
           contrary
           to
           that
           firmness
           and
           assurance
           which
           a
           cleer
           heart
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           do
           always
           uphold
           in
           a
           man
           of
           honour
           I
           should
           have
           appeared
           in
           this
           place
           with
           such
           fear
           and
           trembling
           as
           could
           not
           chuse
           but
           disorder
           any
           mans
           reason
           and
           elocution
           .
        
         
           The
           niceness
           of
           the
           subject
           upon
           wich
           I
           am
           brought
           hither
           were
           enough
           to
           discompose
           but
           over
           and
           above
           that
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           what
           Personal
           prejudices
           I
           am
           under
           ,
           and
           how
           industriously
           they
           have
           been
           improved
           among
           you
           .
        
         
           But
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           when
           I
           look
           round
           this
           illustrious
           assembly
           ,
           and
           see
           above
           three
           parts
           of
           it
           composed
           of
           men
           that
           wear
           as
           I
           do
           a
           Sword
           by
           their
           side
           ,
           and
           have
           drawn
           it
           so
           often
           in
           his
           Majesties
           service
           Gentlemen
           of
           birth
           ,
           integrity
           and
           fortune
           all
           apprehensions
           vanish
           from
           a
           man
           that
           hath
           served
           ,
           and
           suffered
           for
           the
           King
           as
           I
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           I
           know
           the
           time
           of
           this
           honourable
           house
           ,
           upon
           whose
           prudent
           deliberations
           the
           happiness
           of
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           depends
           ,
           is
           too
           pretious
           to
           have
           and
           part
           of
           it
           spent
           in
           vindication
           of
           me
           ;
           But
           since
           not
           only
           the
           reputation
           and
           the
           innocence
           of
           one
           of
           your
           Members
           depends
           upon
           what
           I
           shall
           say&
           but
           even
           his
           Majesties
           honour
           is
           in
           some
           sort
           concerned
           in
           the
           right
           apprehension
           of
           it&
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           be
           thought
           no
           presumption
           in
           me
           to
           begg
           of
           you
           as
           I
           do
           in
           all
           humility
           ,
           one
           quarter
           of
           an
           hours
           patience
           and
           attention
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           I
           am
           here
           exposd
           as
           the
           bearer
           of
           a
           message
           to
           his
           Majesty
           from
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Temple
          
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           thought
           worthy
           to
           be
           complained
           of
           to
           this
           house
           and
           which
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           affirms
           that
           he
           never
           sent
           .
        
         
           Lay
           your
           hands
           upon
           your
           hearts
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           say
           truly
           ;
           does
           not
           your
           innate
           candor
           pity
           a
           Person
           of
           my
           condition
           brought
           into
           a
           strait
           in
           all
           appearnce
           so
           inextricable
           ?
           for
           on
           the
           other
           side
           is
           I
           avow
           to
           have
           carried
           from
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           that
           message
           ,
           which
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           made
           so
           high
           and
           so
           unusual
           an
           expression
           of
           his
           being
           offended
           at
           ,
           and
           which
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           denies
           to
           have
           ever
           sent
           ?
           How
           can
           men
           of
           honour
           ever
           forgive
           me
           so
           ungentlemanly
           a
           proceeding
           towards
           a
           Person
           who
           had
           trusted
           me
           as
           a
           friend
           with
           the
           doing
           him
           as
           he
           thought
           a
           good
           
           office
           with
           His
           Majesty
           .
           On
           the
           other
           side
           Mr.
           Speaker
           should
           I
           disavow
           the
           having
           delivered
           the
           message
           from
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           which
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           thought
           fit
           to
           affirm
           that
           he
           received
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           me
           ,
           what
           subject
           can
           be
           strong
           enough
           not
           to
           sink
           for
           ever
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           such
           a
           contradiction
           to
           his
           Soveraign
           ?
           I
           ask
           you
           again
           Gentlemen
           ,
           does
           not
           the
           condition
           I
           am
           brought
           into
           by
           the
           arts
           of
           mine
           enemies
           move
           at
           the
           same
           time
           your
           pitty
           and
           indignation
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           when
           David
           was
           put
           to
           his
           choice
           of
           one
           of
           the
           three
           extream
           Calamities
           he
           made
           election
           of
           the
           Plague
           ,
           and
           why
           ?
           That
           he
           might
           fall
           into
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           not
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Men.
           In
           like
           manner
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           if
           one
           of
           the
           two
           extreams
           that
           threaten
           me
           be
           as
           it
           appears
           unavoidable
           ,
           let
           me
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Gods
           Vice-regent
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           The
           world
           would
           never
           pardon
           me
           an
           unworthy
           action
           ;
           His
           Princely
           goodness
           I
           am
           sure
           would
           in
           time
           pardon
           me
           a
           generous
           fault
           .
           But
           when
           you
           have
           heard
           me
           out
           Gentlemen
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           you
           will
           find
           that
           I
           shall
           need
           neither
           the
           worlds
           pardon
           ,
           nor
           the
           Kings
           ;
           but
           only
           yours
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           clear
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           which
           I
           here
           do
           upon
           my
           honour
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           sent
           by
           me
           any
           message
           to
           the
           King
           that
           had
           the
           least
           tincture
           in
           it
           of
           an
           undertaking
           of
           his
           ,
           which
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           the
           only
           part
           that
           could
           give
           offence
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           be
           a
           ground
           for
           the
           complaint
           made
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           since
           the
           King
           (
           who
           the
           Law
           says
           can
           do
           no
           wrong
           )
           hath
           thought
           fit
           to
           affirm
           that
           I
           brought
           him
           that
           undertaking
           message
           from
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           It
           must
           needs
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           with
           all
           submission
           acknowledge
           whatsoever
           His
           Majesty
           is
           pleased
           to
           affirm
           of
           me
           .
           But
           having
           discharged
           that
           duty
           to
           my
           soveraign
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           lay
           the
           fault
           home
           upon
           my self
           ,
           and
           to
           tell
           you
           in
           all
           truth
           and
           sincerity
           ,
           that
           my
           tongue
           (
           I
           know
           not
           by
           what
           unhappy
           distemper
           in
           delivering
           that
           Message
           )
           delivered
           that
           which
           was
           never
           in
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           so
           farr
           was
           I
           from
           thinking
           to
           deliver
           such
           a
           Message
           from
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           that
           I
           protest
           I
           did
           not
           think
           my self
           charg'd
           with
           any
           thing
           from
           him
           by
           way
           of
           Message
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           being
           much
           moved
           at
           an
           ill
           office
           which
           had
           been
           done
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           I
           made
           a
           warm
           adress
           unto
           His
           Majesty
           in
           his
           behalf
           ,
           wherein
           I
           expressd
           his
           great
           grief
           that
           His
           Majesty
           should
           be
           offended
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           having
           joynd
           thereunto
           some
           reasonings
           of
           his
           in
           justification
           of
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           His
           Majesties
           service
           ,
           I
           pursued
           his
           expression
           with
           such
           others
           of
           mine
           own
           upon
           the
           same
           subject
           ,
           as
           ,
           all
           circumstances
           considered
           ,
           any
           body
           but
           the
           King
           might
           easily
           have
           mistaken
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           a
           continuation
           of
           a
           redress
           from
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           and
           an
           undertaking
           of
           his
           ,
           which
           was
           indeed
           a
           fervorous
           discourse
           ,
           and
           a
           confident
           undertaking
           of
           my
           own
           .
           Sir
           R.
           Temple
           being
           thus
           clear'd
           without
           the
           least
           dentraction
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           If
           undertaking
           for
           you
           Gentleman
           be
           a
           guilt
           ,
           t
           is
           only
           I
           that
           stand
           guilty
           before
           you
           ,
           but
           you
           are
           too
           noble
           I
           sure
           and
           too
           just
           to
           condemn
           me
           in
           your
           judgements
           
           before
           you
           have
           heard
           the
           nature
           and
           circumstances
           of
           my
           undertaking
           which
           with
           your
           leave
           I
           shall
           now
           deelare
           to
           you
           the
           full
           ,
           taking
           the
           matter
           as
           I
           needs
           must
           to
           be
           rightly
           understood
           from
           a
           higher
           original
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           Having
           had
           the
           honour
           heretofore
           to
           discharge
           with
           approbation
           a
           place
           of
           so
           high
           trust
           as
           that
           of
           Secretary
           of
           State
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Father
           of
           blessed
           memory
           ,
           and
           himself
           ;
           And
           since
           my
           quitting
           that
           place
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           having
           had
           the
           goodness
           to
           admit
           me
           frequently
           to
           the
           happiness
           of
           his
           Princely
           conversation
           you
           cannot
           imagine
           but
           that
           sometimes
           he
           hath
           vouchsafed
           to
           speak
           with
           me
           of
           business
           especially
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           having
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           a
           Peer
           at
           present
           ,
           and
           heretofore
           as
           much
           vers'd
           as
           some
           of
           my
           contemporaries
           in
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           honourable
           house
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           unto
           you
           Gentlemen
           ,
           that
           before
           you
           last
           assembling
           he
           did
           it
           more
           then
           once
           ;
           And
           the
           thing
           wherein
           I
           most
           constantly
           delivered
           my
           opinion
           concerning
           this
           honourable
           house
           was
           ,
           That
           never
           King
           having
           been
           so
           happy
           in
           a
           house
           of
           Commons
           as
           he
           in
           you
           ,
           A
           house
           compos'd
           of
           so
           many
           Gentlemen
           of
           birth
           and
           fortune
           ,
           eminent
           in
           their
           faithfulness
           to
           him
           ,
           such
           as
           could
           never
           be
           suspected
           for
           any
           sinister
           designs
           ,
           or
           any
           dependance
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           upon
           their
           duty
           to
           those
           that
           chose
           them
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           in
           the
           former
           sessions
           had
           manifested
           their
           affections
           to
           him
           by
           such
           large
           aids
           and
           supplies
           ,
           nothing
           could
           be
           more
           important
           to
           his
           service
           ,
           then
           to
           make
           and
           preserve
           you
           still
           popular
           with
           those
           that
           sent
           you
           ;
           To
           which
           end
           I
           took
           the
           liberty
           to
           tell
           him
           that
           if
           the
           necessity
           of
           his
           affairs
           (
           of
           which
           I
           that
           had
           no
           part
           in
           his
           Counsell
           was
           no
           good
           Judge
           )
           could
           admit
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           ought
           not
           in
           prudence
           to
           let
           you
           give
           him
           any
           money
           this
           sitting
           ,
           But
           rather
           obliege
           you
           wholly
           to
           apply
           your selves
           to
           the
           making
           of
           such
           Laws
           ,
           as
           might
           endear
           both
           him
           and
           you
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           think
           all
           that
           had
           been
           given
           well
           bestowed
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           at
           another
           meeting
           he
           would
           be
           Master
           of
           the
           hearts
           and
           Purses
           of
           his
           subjects
           ;
           But
           that
           in
           case
           his
           necessities
           should
           urge
           him
           ,
           to
           press
           you
           hefore
           your
           rising
           for
           a
           new
           supply
           ,
           That
           he
           ought
           by
           all
           means
           to
           let
           it
           be
           accompanied
           if
           not
           preceded
           by
           some
           eminent
           Acts
           ,
           for
           reformation
           of
           a
           former
           abuses
           and
           for
           the
           securing
           his
           subjects
           from
           the
           like
           for
           the
           future
        
         
           I
           persisted
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           in
           pressing
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           this
           advice
           to
           His
           Majesty
           till
           some
           few
           weeks
           after
           your
           meeting
           ,
           when
           as
           finding
           my self
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           by
           what
           misfortune
           ,
           fallen
           under
           some
           prejudices
           ,
           I
           thought
           that
           a
           total
           forbearance
           from
           speaking
           to
           his
           Majesty
           of
           any
           business
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           usefullest
           way
           of
           serving
           him
           ;
           Aud
           I
           do
           here
           protest
           unto
           you
           Gentlemen
           with
           all
           sincerity
           ,
           that
           from
           that
           time
           until
           this
           business
           of
           Sir
           
             R.
             T.
          
           I
           never
           once
           opened
           my
           lips
           to
           his
           Majesty
           concerning
           any
           publique
           affair
           whatsoever
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           that
           a
           ground
           being
           given
           me
           to
           enter
           again
           with
           his
           Majesty
           upon
           a
           subject
           which
           my
           heart
           was
           still
           full
           of
           I
           laid
           hold
           upon
           the
           occasion
           ,
           and
           in
           pursuance
           of
           what
           I
           had
           said
           in
           behalf
           of
           Sir
           R.
           T.
           I
           told
           his
           Majesty
           (
           perhaps
           with
           more
           freedome
           and
           fervour
           then
           became
           me
           )
           that
           
           I
           feared
           his
           Courtiers
           gave
           him
           wrong
           measures
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           temper
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           means
           to
           obtain
           new
           supplies
           from
           them
           ,
           whether
           by
           way
           of
           present
           gift
           ,
           or
           of
           such
           settlement
           in
           his
           revenue
           as
           might
           indeed
           bring
           him
           out
           of
           necessity
           ,
           since
           that
           there
           could
           be
           no
           reasonable
           hopes
           of
           obtaining
           any
           such
           assistance
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           concomitence
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           precedency
           of
           such
           Acts
           as
           might
           be
           grateful
           and
           beneficial
           to
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           secure
           them
           ,
           that
           what
           should
           be
           given
           hereafter
           should
           be
           better
           managed
           for
           his
           service
           then
           those
           vast
           sums
           that
           had
           been
           formerly
           granted
           .
           That
           if
           His
           Majesty
           in
           his
           Princely
           wisdom
           should
           think
           fit
           to
           drive
           on
           his
           business
           upon
           such
           solid
           grounds
           and
           not
           upon
           the
           false
           and
           self-intrested
           measures
           of
           some
           Courtiers
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           house
           of
           Commons
           composed
           of
           Members
           so
           full
           of
           affection
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           and
           zeal
           for
           his
           prosperity
           and
           glory
           ,
           That
           not
           only
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Temple
          
           ,
           but
           the
           most
           unprejudiced
           and
           ablest
           Men
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           as
           well
           as
           my self
           durst
           undertake
           .
           That
           such
           a
           house
           of
           Commons
           would
           neither
           let
           him
           want
           such
           present
           supplies
           as
           the
           true
           necessities
           of
           his
           affairs
           should
           require
           ,
           nor
           such
           an
           established
           revenue
           as
           was
           fit
           to
           support
           the
           greatness
           and
           honour
           of
           his
           Crown
           If
           this
           hath
           been
           a
           criminal
           undertaking
           ,
           you
           have
           before
           you
           Gentlemen
           .
           
             Confitentem
             reum
          
           .
        
         
           But
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           whilst
           I
           am
           endeavouring
           to
           do
           right
           to
           Sir
           R
           ,
           T.
           and
           to
           vindicate
           or
           arraign
           my self
           before
           you
           ,
           according
           as
           you
           shall
           be
           pleased
           to
           understand
           it
           by
           telling
           you
           what
           passed
           from
           me
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
           I
           must
           not
           omit
           to
           give
           the
           honour
           due
           to
           him
           ,
           for
           the
           Kingly
           reply
           he
           made
           me
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ,
           which
           was
           this
           .
        
         
           That
           he
           had
           a
           sense
           of
           the
           affection
           and
           merit
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Comons
           towards
           him
           ,
           even
           beyond
           what
           I
           had
           expressed
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           the
           reason
           why
           relying
           so
           intirely
           as
           he
           did
           upon
           the
           affections
           of
           that
           whole
           body
           ,
           he
           was
           and
           should
           ever
           be
           offended
           at
           any
           proposition
           to
           carry
           on
           his
           business
           there
           by
           officious
           undertakings
           and
           Cabals
           either
           of
           his
           Courtiers
           or
           others
           .
           An
           expressiion
           fit
           to
           be
           written
           with
           the
           rays
           of
           the
           Sun
           that
           all
           the
           world
           may
           read
           it
           :
           An
           expression
           which
           certainly
           cannot
           but
           inflame
           the
           affections
           of
           this
           noble
           assembly
           that
           hears
           me
           ,
           and
           carry
           you
           to
           make
           good
           those
           happy
           impressions
           of
           you
           which
           are
           so
           deeply
           stamp'd
           in
           his
           Royal
           breast
           ,
           such
           as
           I
           should
           think
           it
           a
           crime
           in
           mē
           to
           doubt
           ,
           But
           that
           all
           suspitions
           being
           now
           vanished
           of
           His
           Majesties
           owing
           the
           supplies
           desired
           to
           any
           arts
           or
           contrivances
           of
           others
           ,
           your
           own
           Zeal
           for
           his
           service
           will
           even
           in
           the
           proportion
           and
           timeliness
           of
           that
           ,
           exceed
           the
           vain
           proposals
           of
           all
           Pick
           thank
           undertakers
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           I
           should
           here
           put
           a
           period
           to
           your
           trouble
           of
           hearing
           me
           ,
           did
           I
           not
           think
           I
           might
           incurr
           the
           imputation
           of
           much
           weakness
           and
           supineness
           in
           my
           own
           highest
           concernments
           ,
           if
           valuing
           as
           I
           do
           above
           all
           earthly
           things
           ,
           the
           savour
           and
           esteem
           of
           my
           Countrey
           ,
           of
           which
           you
           are
           the
           illustrious
           representative
           :
           And
           knowing
           what
           industry
           has
           been
           used
           by
           my
           enemies
           to
           blast
           me
           with
           you
           ,
           I
           should
           not
           lay
           hold
           on
           this
           just
           occasion
           ,
           to
           remove
           from
           me
           
           unjust
           prejudices
           with
           so
           great
           an
           object
           of
           my
           ueneration
           .
           'T
           is
           that
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           which
           I
           humbly
           beg
           leave
           to
           do
           in
           a
           very
           few
           words
           more
           .
        
         
           I
           appeal
           Gentlemen
           to
           numbers
           of
           you
           that
           hear
           me
           ,
           whether
           I
           have
           not
           been
           represented
           unto
           you
           for
           a
           giver
           of
           advices
           of
           a
           farr
           different
           tenor
           from
           what
           you
           have
           heard
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ;
           Nay
           whether
           I
           have
           not
           been
           painted
           out
           unto
           you
           as
           an
           inflamer
           of
           his
           Majesty
           against
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           As
           an
           enemy
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           and
           as
           a
           most
           dangerous
           driver
           on
           of
           papistical
           interests
           .
        
         
           
             It
             is
             true
             Mr.
             Speaker
          
           ,
           I
           
             am
             a
             Catholick
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             not
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             no
             negotiator
             there
             of
             Cardinals
             Caps
             for
             His
             Majesties
             Subjects
             and
             Domesticks
             A
             true
             Roman
             Catholick
             as
             to
             the
             other
             world
             ,
             but
             a
             true
             English-man
             as
             to
             this
             .
             Such
             a
             one
             ,
             as
             had
             we
             a
             King
             enclined
             to
             that
             profession
             ,
             (
             as
             on
             the
             contrary
             we
             have
             one
             the
             most
             firm
             and
             zealous
             in
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             that
             ever
             sate
             upon
             the
             Throne
             )
             should
             tell
             him
             as
             frankly
             as
             the
             Duke
             of
             Sully
             being
             a
             Protestant
             did
             to
             his
             Grand
             Father
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             ,
             That
             if
             he
             meant
             to
             be
             King
             he
             must
             be
             a
             constant
             professor
             and
             maintainer
             of
             the
             religion
             established
             in
             his
             Dominions
             .
             Believe
             me
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Roman
             Catholick
             as
          
           I
           
             am
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Man
             among
             you
             all
             more
             throughly
             perswaded
             then
          
           I
           ,
           
             that
             the
             two
             Pillars
             that
             can
             only
             uphold
             this
             Monarchy
             must
             ever
             be
             ,
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             subjects
             just
             rights
             and
             liberties
             ,
             and
             the
             careful
             preservation
             of
             that
             state
             ecclesiastical
             whereof
             His
             Majesty
             is
             the
             supreme
             governnour
             .
             And
          
           I
           
             do
             clearly
             profess
             that
             should
             the
             Pope
             himself
             invade
             that
             established
             right
             of
             his
             ,
          
           I
           
             would
             as
             readily
             draw
             my
             sword
             against
             him
             as
             against
             the
             late
             usurper
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Speaker
             ,
             One
             prejudice
             more
          
           I
           
             am
             under
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             have
             great
             weight
             indeed
             with
             his
             honourable
             house
             if
             there
             be
             a
             real
             ground
             for
             it
             and
             that
             is
             .
             That
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Bristol
           
             is
             one
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             vast
             things
             he
             hath
             got
             of
             the
             
             King
             ,
             hath
             in
             part
             contributed
             to
             the
             groans
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             to
             find
             their
             King
             still
             in
             such
             necessity
             after
             such
             unexampled
             charges
             laid
             upon
             the
             subject
             for
             his
             supply
             .
          
        
         
           
             It
             is
             true
             Mr.
             Speaker
             ,
             That
             though
          
           I
           
             have
             neither
             office
             to
             keep
             ,
             nor
             office
             to
             sell
             ,
             His
             Majesties
             gifts
             to
             me
             have
             been
             great
             in
             proportion
             to
             my
             merit
             which
             is
             none
             .
             For
             in
             serving
             and
             suffering
             for
             him
             with
             faithfulness
             ,
          
           I
           
             did
             but
             my
             duty
             ,
             which
             carries
             a
             reward
             with
             it self
             enough
             to
             raise
             comfort
             to
             me
             from
             the
             very
             ruine
             of
             my
             fortune
             .
          
        
         
           
             It
             is
             also
             true
          
           I
           
             have
             had
             the
             satisfaction
             from
             his
             Majesties
             goodness
             ,
             That
             he
             never
             refused
             me
             any
             thing
             that
          
           I
           
             asked
             for
             my self
             ,
             But
          
           I
           hope
           I
           
             shall
             make
             it
             appear
             also
             ,
             That
          
           I
           
             have
             not
             only
             been
             a
             very
             modest
             asker
             ,
             but
             also
             a
             most
             careful
             one
             to
             ask
             nothing
             considerable
             but
             what
             carried
             advantage
             with
             it
             as
             well
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Interests
             as
             my
             own
             .
          
        
         
           I
           know
           well
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           that
           so
           kind
           and
           so
           generous
           a
           nature
           as
           our
           Kings
           is
           an
           ill
           proportioner
           of
           bounty
           to
           merit
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           the
           largeness
           ,
           and
           kindness
           of
           his
           royal
           heart
           that
           way
           ;
           may
           have
           contributed
           much
           to
           the
           present
           straits
           he
           is
           in
           .
        
         
         
           Happy
           the
           Nation
           that
           hath
           nothing
           to
           fear
           for
           the
           Publique
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           vertues
           of
           their
           Prince
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           your
           proper
           work
           Gentlemen
           to
           reduce
           the
           effects
           of
           them
           to
           a
           right
           temperament
           ty
           your
           inspection
           ,
           and
           may
           you
           begin
           it
           with
           all
           my
           concernments
           ,
           which
           I
           most
           readily
           lay
           at
           your
           feet
           ,
           humbly
           begging
           of
           you
           to
           appoint
           me
           a
           time
           when
           I
           may
           display
           them
           all
           faithfully
           before
           you
           ,
           in
           hopes
           that
           no
           Man
           who
           hath
           been
           a
           partaker
           of
           His
           Majesties
           bounty
           will
           prove
           himself
           so
           unworthy
           of
           it
           as
           not
           to
           follow
           the
           example
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           If
           having
           thus
           poured
           out
           my
           soul
           before
           you
           ,
           I
           be
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           have
           begot
           a
           right
           perswasion
           in
           this
           honourable
           house
           of
           the
           true
           sincerity
           of
           my
           heart
           .
           I
           shall
           expect
           and
           implore
           two
           gratious
           effects
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           grant
           me
           your
           pardon
           ,
           if
           the
           same
           zeal
           for
           His
           Majesties
           service
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           my
           Countrey
           ,
           which
           made
           me
           presume
           (
           being
           no
           Counsellor
           )
           to
           press
           upon
           him
           my
           opinion
           in
           affairs
           of
           that
           importance
           have
           transported
           me
           also
           at
           this
           time
           to
           become
           in
           some
           sort
           your
           adviser
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           heard
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           of
           the
           dumb
           man
           whose
           tongue
           was
           set
           free
           by
           an
           iminent
           danger
           to
           his
           Fathers
           life
           ,
           wonder
           not
           then
           Gentlemen
           if
           such
           a
           lover
           of
           my
           King
           and
           Counnrey
           as
           I
           am
           ,
           remembring
           to
           have
           seen
           them
           both
           ,
           within
           these
           three
           years
           in
           a
           Prospect
           of
           so
           much
           glory
           and
           happiness
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           and
           finding
           to
           what
           a
           sad
           condition
           things
           are
           now
           reduced
           (
           by
           what
           means
           is
           more
           proper
           for
           your
           wisdom
           's
           to
           examine
           )
           and
           God
           in
           Heaven
           bless
           your
           inspection
           ,
           wonder
           not
           I
           say
           that
           a
           man
           so
           affected
           as
           I
           am
           should
           by
           some
           Eruptions
           of
           heart
           let
           you
           see
           ,
           that
           
             Periculum
             patriae
          
           ought
           to
           have
           a
           more
           powerful
           effect
           upon
           a
           man
           of
           a
           Publique
           soul
           ,
           then
           
             Periculum
             patris
          
           ,
           and
           is
           capable
           if
           I
           were
           a
           mute
           to
           make
           me
           become
           a
           Counsellor
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           is
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           That
           if
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           so
           happy
           in
           what
           I
           have
           expressed
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           raised
           in
           you
           some
           more
           favourable
           thoughts
           concerning
           me
           ,
           you
           will
           vouchsafe
           me
           some
           demonstration
           of
           it
           ,
           whereby
           I
           may
           no
           more
           be
           made
           by
           my
           enemies
           such
           a
           Bug-bear
           as
           I
           am
           ,
           as
           if
           one
           gratious
           look
           of
           His
           Majesty
           upon
           me
           were
           enough
           to
           ruine
           all
           his
           affairs
           with
           you
           ,
           I
           shall
           then
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           continue
           the
           course
           I
           am
           in
           with
           comfort
           .
           But
           if
           I
           be
           so
           unfortunate
           as
           that
           there
           still
           remains
           in
           this
           incomparable
           representative
           of
           my
           Countrey
           the
           least
           umbrage
           of
           danger
           to
           it
           by
           my
           access
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
           As
           dear
           as
           the
           conversation
           of
           the
           most
           amiable
           Prince
           that
           ever
           breathd
           is
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           shall
           banish
           my self
           for
           ever
           from
           his
           sight
           into
           the
           obscurest
           part
           of
           his
           Dominions
           ;
           rather
           then
           continue
           upon
           me
           the
           jealousie
           of
           those
           upon
           whom
           his
           prosperity
           depends
           .
           Or
           it
           this
           be
           not
           enough
           ,
           I
           shall
           once
           more
           try
           my
           fortune
           abroad
           ,
           where
           I
           trust
           this
           Sword
           ,
           this
           Head
           ,
           and
           this
           Heart
           ,
           shall
           make
           me
           live
           again
           as
           I
           have
           done
           in
           spight
           of
           mine
           ene
           
           mies
           ,
           with
           luster
           to
           
           my
           self
           ,
           and
           so
           
           me
           honour
           to
           
           my
           Nation
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .