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             His Majestie's gracious speech, together with the Lord Chancellor's, to both Houses of Parliament; on Saturday the 29th day of December, 1660. Being the day of their dissolution. As also, that of the speaker of the Honorable House of Commons, at the same time.
             England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)
             Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
             Grimston, Harbottle, Sir, 1603-1685.
             England and Wales. Parliament.
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           His
           Majestie
           's
           GRACIOUS
           SPEECH
           ,
           Together
           with
           the
           Lord
           CHANCELLOR'S
           ,
           To
           both
           Houses
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           ;
           on
           Saturday
           the
           29
           th
           day
           of
           December
           ,
           1660.
           
           Being
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Dissolution
           .
           As
           also
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           SPEAKER
           of
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
        
         
           blazon or coat of arms of the British royal family
           
             C
             R
          
           
             HONI
             SOIT
             QVI
             MAL
             Y
             PENSE
          
           
             DIEV
             ET
             MON
             DROIT
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           JOHN
           BILL
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           1660.
           
        
         
           CUM
           PRIVILEGIO
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           HIS
           MAJESTIE'
           's
           Gracious
           Speech
           To
           both
           Houses
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           On
           Saturday
           
             the
             29
             day
             of
             December
             1660.
             
          
           Upon
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Will
           not
           entertain
           you
           with
           a
           long
           discourse
           ;
           the
           sum
           of
           all
           I
           have
           to
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           being
           but
           to
           give
           you
           Thanks
           ,
           very
           hearty
           Thanks
           ;
           and
           I
           assure
           you
           I
           finde
           it
           a
           very
           difficult
           work
           to
           satisfie
           My Self
           in
           My
           Own
           expressions
           of
           those
           Thanks
           ;
           Perfunctory
           thanks
           ,
           Ordinary
           thanks
           for
           Ordinary
           civilities
           are
           easily
           given
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           Heart
           is
           as
           full
           as
           Mine
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           labor
           to
           thank
           you
           :
           Bou
           have
           taken
           great
           pains
           to
           obliege
           Me
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           cannot
           be
           easie
           for
           me
           to
           express
           the
           sence
           I
           have
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           enlarge
           no
           further
           to
           you
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           then
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           when
           God
           brought
           Me
           hither
           ,
           I
           brought
           with
           me
           an
           Extraordinary
           
           Affection
           and
           Esteem
           for
           Parliaments
           ▪
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           how
           much
           it
           is
           improved
           by
           your
           carriage
           towards
           me
           .
           You
           have
           out-done
           all
           the
           good
           and
           oblieging
           Acts
           of
           your
           Predecessors
           towards
           the
           Crown
           ;
           and
           therefore
           you
           cannot
           but
           believe
           My
           Heart
           is
           exceedingly
           enlarged
           with
           the
           acknowledgment
           .
        
         
           Many
           former
           Parliaments
           have
           had
           particular
           denominations
           from
           what
           they
           have
           done
           ;
           They
           have
           been
           stiled
           ,
           Learned
           and
           Unlearned
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           have
           had
           worse
           Epithites
           ;
           I
           pray
           let
           us
           all
           Resolve
           that
           this
           be
           for
           ever
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Healing
             and
             the
             Blessed
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           As
           I
           thank
           you
           ,
           though
           not
           enough
           ,
           for
           what
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           so
           I
           have
           not
           the
           least
           doubt
           ,
           by
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           when
           I
           shall
           call
           the
           next
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           do
           as
           soon
           as
           reasonably
           you
           can
           expect
           or
           desire
           ,
           I
           shall
           receive
           your
           Thanks
           for
           what
           I
           have
           done
           since
           I
           parted
           with
           you
           :
           For
           I
           deal
           truly
           with
           you
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           more
           propose
           any
           one
           Rule
           to
           My Self
           in
           My
           Actions
           ,
           and
           My
           Councels
           ,
           then
           this
           ,
           
             What
             is
             a
             Parliament
             like
             to
             think
             of
             this
             Action
             ,
             or
             this
             Councel
             ▪
          
           And
           it
           shall
           be
           want
           of
           Vnderstanding
           in
           Me
           ,
           if
           it
           will
           not
           bear
           that
           Test
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           conclude
           with
           this
           ,
           which
           I
           cannot
           say
           too
           often
           ,
           nor
           you
           too
           often
           ,
           where
           you
           go
           ,
           Tha●
           〈◊〉
           to
           the
           miraculous
           blessing
           of
           God
           
           Almighty
           ;
           and
           indeed
           ,
           as
           an
           immediate
           effect
           of
           that
           Blessing
           ,
           I
           do
           impute
           the
           good
           Disposition
           and
           Security
           we
           are
           all
           in
           ,
           to
           the
           happy
           Act
           of
           Indempnity
           and
           Oblivion
           ;
           that
           is
           the
           principal
           Corner-stone
           which
           supports
           this
           excellent
           Building
           ,
           that
           creates
           Kindness
           in
           Vs
           to
           each
           other
           ;
           and
           Confidence
           is
           Our
           Joynt
           and
           Common
           Security
           .
           You
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           onely
           observe
           it
           Religiously
           ,
           and
           inviolably
           My Self
           ,
           but
           also
           exact
           the
           observation
           of
           it
           from
           others
           :
           And
           if
           any
           person
           should
           ever
           have
           the
           boldness
           to
           attempt
           to
           perswade
           Me
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           will
           finde
           such
           an
           Acceptation
           from
           Me
           ,
           as
           he
           would
           have
           ,
           who
           should
           perswade
           Me
           to
           burn
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           ,
           cancel
           all
           the
           old
           Laws
           ,
           and
           to
           erect
           a
           new
           Government
           after
           My
           Own
           invention
           and
           appetite
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           many
           other
           particulars
           which
           I
           will
           not
           trust
           My
           Own
           Memory
           with
           ,
           but
           will
           require
           the
           Chancellor
           to
           say
           the
           rest
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           (
           After
           His
           Majesty
           had
           done
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Chancellor
           said
           as
           followeth
           )
        
      
       
         
         
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
             and
             you
             the
             Knights
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             Burgesses
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ;
          
        
         
           THere
           cannot
           be
           a
           greater
           manifestation
           of
           an
           excellent
           Temper
           and
           Harmony
           of
           Affections
           throughout
           the
           Nation
           ,
           then
           that
           the
           King
           and
           his
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           meet
           with
           the
           same
           Affections
           and
           Cheerfulness
           ,
           the
           same
           Alacrity
           in
           their
           Countenance
           at
           the
           Dissolution
           ,
           as
           when
           they
           met
           at
           the
           Convention
           of
           Parliament
           :
           It
           is
           an
           unquestionable
           evidence
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           exceedingly
           satisfied
           in
           what
           they
           have
           done
           towards
           each
           other
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           very
           well
           done
           all
           the
           business
           they
           came
           about
           :
           This
           is
           now
           your
           case
           ,
           you
           have
           so
           well
           satisfied
           your
           own
           Consciences
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           sure
           you
           have
           satisfied
           the
           King's
           expectation
           and
           His
           Hope
           ,
           and
           the
           desires
           and
           wishes
           of
           the
           Country
           .
           It
           was
           very
           justly
           observed
           by
           you
           Mr.
           Speaker
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           never
           asked
           any
           one
           thing
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           not
           with
           all
           imaginable
           cheerfulness
           granted
           ;
           and
           in
           truth
           His
           Majesty
           doth
           with
           great
           comfort
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           been
           so
           far
           from
           denying
           Him
           any
           thing
           He
           hath
           asked
           ,
           that
           He
           hath
           scarce
           wished
           any
           thing
           that
           you
           have
           not
           granted
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           that
           having
           so
           fully
           complyed
           with
           your
           obligations
           ,
           and
           having
           so
           well
           composed
           the
           minds
           
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           you
           are
           now
           willing
           to
           be
           relieved
           from
           this
           extraordinary
           Fatigue
           you
           have
           submitted
           so
           long
           to
           ,
           and
           to
           return
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           your
           own
           particular
           Affairs
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           so
           long
           sacrificed
           to
           the
           Publique
           ▪
           and
           this
           reasonable
           wish
           and
           desire
           hath
           brought
           the
           King
           to
           comply
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           ,
           which
           nothing
           else
           could
           do
           ,
           to
           part
           with
           you
           with
           an
           equal
           cheerfulness
           ;
           and
           he
           makes
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           all
           succeeding
           Parliaments
           will
           pay
           you
           their
           Thanks
           for
           all
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           look
           upon
           your
           Actions
           and
           your
           example
           with
           all
           possible
           Approbation
           and
           Reverence
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           and
           you
           have
           given
           such
           earnest
           to
           each
           other
           of
           your
           mutual
           Affection
           ,
           you
           have
           been
           so
           exact
           and
           punctual
           in
           your
           proceedings
           towards
           each
           other
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           made
           no
           promise
           ,
           no
           profession
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           of
           the
           making
           good
           and
           performing
           of
           which
           the
           world
           is
           not
           witness
           :
           You
           declared
           at
           the
           Adjournment
           in
           September
           last
           ,
           your
           Resolution
           to
           settle
           a
           noble
           Revenew
           on
           the
           Crown
           ▪
           you
           have
           done
           it
           with
           all
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           Affection
           and
           Prudence
           .
           The
           King
           promised
           you
           to
           establish
           a
           Council
           for
           Trade
           ,
           a
           Council
           for
           the
           Forreign
           Plantations
           ,
           a
           Commission
           for
           composing
           all
           difference
           upon
           Sales
           ;
           all
           this
           he
           did
           before
           your
           coming
           together
           ,
           and
           with
           very
           good
           effect
           ;
           and
           you
           
           shall
           hear
           that
           the
           Proceedings
           in
           every
           one
           of
           them
           are
           more
           vigorous
           and
           effectual
           after
           your
           Dissolution
           ;
           His
           Majesty
           then
           promised
           you
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           give
           up
           all
           his
           endeavors
           to
           compose
           the
           unhappy
           differences
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           restore
           the
           languishing
           Church
           to
           peace
           ,
           Unity
           and
           Order
           :
           Constantine
           himself
           hardly
           spent
           so
           much
           of
           his
           own
           time
           in
           private
           and
           publique
           Conferences
           to
           that
           purpose
           ;
           His
           Majesty
           in
           private
           conferred
           with
           the
           Learned
           Men
           ,
           and
           heard
           all
           that
           could
           be
           said
           upon
           several
           Opinions
           and
           Interests
           apart
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           both
           Parties
           ,
           himself
           moderating
           in
           the
           debates
           ,
           (
           and
           less
           care
           and
           diligence
           and
           authority
           would
           not
           have
           done
           the
           work
           )
           and
           God
           hath
           so
           blessed
           His
           Labor
           ,
           and
           made
           His
           Determinations
           in
           that
           Affair
           so
           generally
           agreeable
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           received
           thanks
           from
           His
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           :
           If
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           doth
           not
           reap
           the
           full
           Harvest
           he
           expected
           from
           those
           Condescentions
           ;
           If
           some
           men
           ,
           by
           their
           writing
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           preachings
           endeavor
           to
           continue
           those
           Breaches
           ,
           and
           very
           rashly
           and
           I
           think
           unconscientiously
           keep
           up
           the
           distinctions
           ,
           and
           publickly
           justifie
           and
           maintain
           what
           hath
           heretofore
           been
           done
           amiss
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           the
           Act
           of
           Indempnity
           was
           the
           best
           defence
           ;
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           that
           I
           hope
           
           their
           ▪
           want
           of
           Modesty
           and
           Obedience
           will
           cause
           them
           to
           be
           disclaimed
           by
           all
           pious
           and
           peaceable
           men
           ,
           who
           cannot
           but
           be
           well
           contented
           to
           see
           them
           reduced
           by
           Law
           ,
           to
           the
           obedience
           they
           owe
           to
           Law
           :
           And
           His
           Majesty
           is
           confident
           ,
           that
           this
           His
           beloved
           City
           ,
           towards
           which
           His
           heart
           is
           so
           gracious
           ,
           and
           so
           full
           of
           Princely
           Designs
           to
           improve
           their
           Honor
           ,
           their
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           their
           Beauty
           ,
           will
           discountenance
           all
           those
           seditious
           designs
           ,
           and
           by
           returning
           and
           fixing
           themselves
           upon
           their
           good
           old
           Foundations
           ,
           make
           themselves
           the
           great
           example
           of
           Piety
           ,
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           of
           hearty
           Affection
           to
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           This
           discourse
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           to
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           King
           wonders
           much
           more
           at
           the
           many
           great
           things
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           then
           that
           you
           have
           left
           any
           thing
           undone
           ,
           yet
           he
           could
           have
           wished
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           been
           glad
           that
           your
           other
           weighty
           Affairs
           had
           given
           you
           time
           to
           have
           published
           your
           opinion
           and
           advice
           in
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Militia
           ,
           that
           the
           People
           after
           so
           many
           disputes
           upon
           that
           Argument
           ,
           might
           have
           discerned
           that
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           His
           two
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           are
           as
           much
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           in
           that
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           other
           things
           ,
           as
           no
           doubt
           they
           are
           :
           But
           since
           that
           could
           not
           be
           done
           ,
           you
           may
           all
           assure
           your selves
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           will
           proceed
           therein
           
           in
           with
           all
           imaginable
           care
           and
           circumspection
           ,
           for
           the
           ease
           ,
           and
           quiet
           ,
           and
           security
           of
           His
           People
           :
           And
           as
           He
           did
           before
           the
           last
           Recess
           by
           the
           unanimous
           advice
           of
           His
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           issue
           out
           His
           Commissions
           of
           Lieutenancy
           for
           the
           setling
           the
           Militia
           in
           the
           several
           Counties
           ,
           to
           prevent
           any
           disorders
           which
           many
           apprehended
           might
           arise
           upon
           the
           disbanding
           the
           Army
           ;
           so
           He
           will
           now
           again
           recommend
           it
           to
           them
           to
           keep
           themselves
           in
           such
           a
           Posture
           ,
           as
           may
           disappoint
           any
           seditious
           designs
           which
           are
           now
           on
           foot
           ;
           and
           there
           cannot
           be
           too
           much
           circumspection
           and
           vigilance
           to
           frustrate
           those
           designs
           .
           You
           have
           heard
           of
           many
           suspected
           and
           dangerous
           persons
           which
           have
           been
           lately
           clapped
           up
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           high
           time
           to
           look
           about
           :
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           spent
           many
           hours
           Himself
           in
           the
           examination
           of
           this
           business
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Principal
           Officers
           ,
           who
           before
           they
           came
           to
           His
           Majestie
           's
           Presence
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           brought
           to
           acknowledge
           any
           thing
           ,
           after
           the
           King
           Himself
           had
           spoken
           to
           them
           ,
           confessed
           ,
           That
           their
           spirits
           were
           insensibly
           prevailed
           upon
           ,
           and
           subdued
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           in
           their
           power
           to
           conceal
           their
           guilt
           from
           Him.
           They
           have
           confessed
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           a
           party
           of
           the
           late
           Disbanded-Officers
           and
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           full
           of
           discontent
           and
           seditious
           purposes
           ,
           and
           a
           resolution
           to
           attempt
           the
           
           change
           of
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           erect
           the
           Republick
           ;
           they
           acknowledge
           that
           they
           did
           purpose
           to
           have
           made
           their
           attempt
           for
           the
           rescue
           of
           those
           Wretches
           ,
           who
           were
           so
           justly
           condemned
           at
           Newgate
           ,
           and
           so
           worthily
           executed
           ;
           and
           that
           Ludlow
           should
           then
           have
           appeared
           in
           the
           head
           of
           them
           ;
           that
           they
           made
           themselves
           sure
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           by
           Parties
           and
           Confederacy
           to
           have
           surprized
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           the
           Castle
           of
           Windsor
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           found
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           apprehended
           ,
           that
           their
           design
           was
           discovered
           ;
           which
           so
           broke
           their
           spirits
           ,
           that
           they
           concluded
           they
           must
           acquiesce
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           stay
           till
           the
           Army
           should
           be
           disbanded
           ,
           which
           they
           said
           was
           generally
           debauched
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Returned
           to
           an
           honest
           and
           fast
           obedience
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           evident
           they
           were
           betrayed
           by
           those
           who
           were
           most
           entirely
           trusted
           by
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           in
           the
           right
           :
           The
           King
           had
           notice
           of
           all
           their
           design
           ,
           what
           progress
           it
           made
           ,
           and
           the
           night
           they
           intended
           to
           surprize
           the
           Tower
           and
           Windsor
           ,
           and
           gave
           notice
           to
           the
           several
           Governors
           ;
           and
           so
           without
           any
           noise
           ,
           that
           mischief
           was
           by
           God's
           goodness
           prevented
           :
           They
           acknowledge
           that
           they
           have
           since
           recovered
           their
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           were
           about
           this
           time
           to
           make
           their
           full
           attempt
           ;
           they
           have
           been
           promised
           some
           
           considerable
           Rising
           in
           the
           West
           under
           Ludlow
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           North
           under
           others
           ;
           but
           this
           place
           was
           the
           Scene
           of
           greatest
           hope
           ;
           they
           made
           sure
           of
           a
           Body
           here
           ,
           I
           think
           they
           say
           of
           Two
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           men
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           resolved
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           to
           secure
           (
           you
           know
           what
           that
           security
           is
           )
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           General
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Albemarle
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           have
           so
           much
           reason
           to
           be
           angry
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           possess
           themselves
           of
           Whitehal
           ;
           You
           know
           the
           method
           used
           in
           such
           possessing
           ,
           
             Kill
             ,
             and
             take
             Possession
          
           ;
           and
           this
           insupportable
           Calamity
           God
           hath
           again
           deverted
           from
           Us
           ;
           though
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           the
           poor
           men
           who
           seem
           to
           speak
           honestly
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           impulsion
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           are
           very
           far
           from
           being
           confident
           ,
           that
           there
           will
           not
           be
           some
           desperate
           Insurrections
           and
           Attempts
           in
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           within
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           which
           all
           possible
           care
           will
           be
           taken
           to
           prevent
           ;
           and
           in
           truth
           this
           very
           good
           City
           so
           well
           requites
           the
           Kings
           abundant
           Grace
           and
           Kindness
           to
           it
           ,
           That
           not
           onely
           by
           the
           unwearied
           Pains
           and
           Diligence
           of
           the
           worthy
           Lord
           Major
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           general
           temper
           and
           constitution
           of
           the
           whole
           City
           ,
           the
           discontented
           and
           seditious
           Party
           (
           which
           can
           never
           be
           totally
           extirpated
           out
           of
           such
           a
           Metropolis
           )
           is
           like
           to
           receive
           little
           encouragement
           to
           pursue
           their
           desperate
           Counsels
           .
        
         
         
           The
           King
           doth
           not
           believe
           that
           all
           those
           persons
           who
           at
           present
           are
           apprehended
           ,
           and
           in
           custody
           ,
           will
           be
           found
           guilty
           of
           this
           Treason
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           vulgar
           and
           known
           Artifice
           ,
           to
           corrupt
           inferior
           persons
           ,
           by
           perswading
           them
           ,
           That
           better
           men
           are
           ingaged
           in
           the
           same
           enterprise
           ;
           and
           the
           King
           will
           make
           as
           much
           haste
           as
           He
           can
           to
           set
           those
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           against
           whom
           the
           evidence
           or
           suspicion
           is
           not
           too
           reasonable
           ;
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           they
           who
           are
           in
           truth
           innocent
           ,
           must
           confess
           that
           the
           proceeding
           towards
           them
           ,
           hath
           been
           very
           natural
           and
           full
           of
           Clemency
           ;
           and
           no
           man
           will
           wonder
           ,
           if
           His
           Majesty
           be
           very
           desirous
           that
           in
           this
           conjuncture
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           prevent
           ,
           or
           suppress
           these
           too
           visible
           distempers
           and
           Machinations
           ,
           His
           Militia
           in
           all
           places
           be
           in
           good
           order
           and
           preparation
           :
           And
           you
           may
           assure
           your selves
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           forming
           and
           conduct
           of
           it
           ,
           He
           will
           have
           so
           great
           a
           care
           of
           the
           ease
           and
           quiet
           of
           His
           People
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           person
           trusted
           by
           him
           ,
           shall
           through
           want
           of
           skill
           ,
           or
           want
           of
           temper
           ,
           satisfie
           his
           own
           passion
           or
           appetite
           ,
           in
           grieving
           or
           vexing
           his
           neighbours
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           will
           be
           so
           sensible
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           can
           be
           cured
           no
           other
           way
           ,
           His
           Trust
           shall
           be
           quickly
           determined
           ,
           and
           He
           is
           not
           at
           all
           reserved
           in
           giving
           those
           Animadversions
           
           and
           Reprehensions
           when
           there
           is
           occasion
           ;
           and
           His
           ears
           will
           be
           always
           open
           to
           receive
           those
           complaints
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
          
           ,
           You
           are
           now
           returning
           to
           your
           Countreys
           to
           receive
           the
           thanks
           and
           acknowledgements
           of
           your
           Friends
           and
           Neighbours
           ,
           for
           the
           great
           things
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           the
           burthens
           you
           have
           laid
           upon
           them
           ,
           easie
           ,
           by
           convincing
           them
           of
           the
           inevitable
           necessity
           of
           their
           submitting
           to
           them
           ;
           You
           will
           make
           them
           see
           that
           you
           have
           proceeded
           very
           far
           towards
           the
           separation
           ,
           and
           even
           divorce
           of
           that
           Necessity
           from
           them
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           have
           been
           so
           long
           married
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           now
           restored
           to
           that
           blessed
           temper
           of
           Government
           ,
           under
           which
           their
           Ancestors
           enjoyed
           so
           many
           hundred
           years
           ,
           that
           full
           measure
           of
           felicity
           ,
           and
           the
           misery
           of
           being
           deprived
           of
           which
           they
           have
           so
           sensibly
           felt
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           now
           free
           from
           those
           midnight
           Alarms
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           have
           been
           terrified
           ,
           and
           rise
           out
           of
           their
           beds
           at
           their
           own
           healthy
           hours
           ,
           without
           being
           saluted
           with
           the
           death
           of
           a
           Husband
           ,
           a
           Son
           ,
           and
           Friend
           ,
           miserably
           killed
           the
           night
           or
           the
           day
           before
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           circumstances
           kill'd
           ,
           as
           improved
           the
           misery
           beyond
           the
           loss
           it self
           ;
           this
           enfranchisement
           is
           worth
           all
           
           they
           pay
           for
           it
           :
           Your
           Lordships
           will
           easily
           recover
           that
           estimation
           and
           reverence
           that
           is
           due
           to
           your
           high
           Condition
           ,
           by
           the
           exercise
           and
           practice
           of
           that
           vertue
           ,
           from
           whence
           your
           Honors
           first
           sprang
           ;
           the
           example
           of
           your
           Justice
           and
           Piety
           will
           enflame
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           People
           towards
           you
           ;
           and
           from
           your
           practice
           ,
           they
           will
           make
           a
           judgment
           of
           the
           King
           himself
           :
           They
           know
           very
           well
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           not
           only
           admitted
           to
           his
           Presence
           ,
           but
           to
           his
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           even
           in
           a
           degree
           to
           his
           Friendship
           ,
           for
           you
           are
           his
           great
           Councill
           ;
           by
           your
           Example
           they
           will
           form
           their
           own
           Manners
           ,
           and
           by
           yours
           they
           will
           make
           some
           guess
           at
           the
           King
           's
           :
           Therefore
           under
           that
           obligation
           ,
           you
           will
           cause
           your
           Piety
           ,
           your
           Justice
           ,
           your
           Affability
           ,
           and
           your
           Charity
           to
           shine
           as
           bright
           as
           is
           possible
           before
           them
           .
           They
           are
           too
           much
           in
           love
           with
           England
           ,
           too
           partial
           to
           it
           ,
           who
           believe
           it
           the
           best
           Countrey
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           there
           is
           better
           earth
           ,
           and
           a
           better
           aire
           ,
           and
           a
           better
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           warmer
           Sun
           in
           other
           Countries
           ;
           but
           we
           are
           no
           more
           then
           just
           ,
           when
           we
           say
           that
           England
           is
           an
           endosure
           of
           the
           best
           People
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           well
           Informed
           and
           Instructed
           ;
           a
           People
           in
           sobriety
           of
           Conscience
           the
           most
           devoted
           to
           God
           Almighty
           ;
           
           
           
           
           
           in
           the
           integrity
           of
           their
           affections
           ,
           the
           most
           dutiful
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           In
           their
           good
           Manners
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           most
           regardful
           and
           loving
           to
           the
           Nobility
           ;
           no
           Nobility
           in
           Europe
           so
           entirely
           loved
           by
           the
           People
           ;
           there
           may
           be
           more
           awe
           ,
           and
           fear
           ,
           and
           terror
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           no
           such
           love
           towards
           them
           as
           in
           England
           .
           I
           beseech
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           do
           not
           undervalue
           this
           love
           ;
           they
           have
           looked
           upon
           your
           Lordships
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           look
           upon
           your
           Lordships
           again
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           examples
           and
           patterns
           of
           Duty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           their
           greatest
           Security
           and
           Protection
           from
           injury
           and
           injustice
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           enjoying
           whatsoever
           is
           due
           to
           them
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           most
           proper
           Mediators
           and
           Interposers
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           if
           by
           any
           failer
           of
           Justice
           they
           should
           be
           exposed
           to
           any
           oppression
           and
           violence
           :
           And
           this
           exercise
           of
           your
           Justice
           and
           Kindness
           towards
           them
           ,
           will
           make
           them
           the
           more
           abhor
           and
           abominate
           that
           parity
           upon
           which
           a
           Commonwealth
           must
           be
           founded
           ,
           because
           it
           would
           extirpate
           ,
           or
           suppress
           ,
           or
           deprive
           them
           of
           their
           beloved
           Nobility
           ,
           which
           are
           such
           a
           support
           and
           security
           to
           their
           full
           happiness
           .
        
         
           And
           you
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           you
           are
           now
           returning
           to
           your
           Countrey
           ,
           laden
           with
           a
           Trust
           not
           inferior
           ,
           
           weighty
           ,
           than
           that
           you
           brought
           from
           thence
           ,
           you
           came
           up
           their
           Deputies
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           he
           returns
           you
           now
           his
           Deputies
           to
           them
           ,
           his
           Plenipotentiaries
           ,
           to
           inform
           &
           assure
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           thinks
           himself
           the
           happiest
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           Prince
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           not
           from
           the
           Scituation
           of
           His
           Dominions
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           his
           great
           Navy
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           can
           visit
           his
           Neighbors
           ,
           and
           keep
           them
           from
           visiting
           him
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           noble
           Revenue
           you
           have
           setled
           upon
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           will
           improve
           with
           all
           good
           Husbandry
           ,
           but
           from
           being
           possessed
           of
           the
           Affections
           and
           Hearts
           of
           such
           Subjects
           ;
           that
           he
           doth
           so
           intirely
           love
           them
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           Actions
           and
           all
           his
           Councels
           ,
           shall
           tend
           to
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           them
           happy
           and
           prosperous
           :
           that
           he
           thinks
           his
           Honour
           and
           his
           Interest
           Principally
           to
           consist
           in
           providing
           for
           ,
           and
           advancing
           the
           Honor
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           That
           you
           may
           have
           the
           more
           credit
           in
           what
           you
           say
           ,
           He
           will
           not
           take
           it
           unkindly
           ,
           if
           you
           publish
           his
           defects
           and
           Infirmities
           :
           You
           may
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           He
           is
           so
           confident
           in
           the
           multitude
           of
           His
           very
           good
           and
           faithful
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           very
           hard
           to
           be
           perswaded
           that
           His
           few
           ill
           and
           unfaithful
           Subjects
           can
           do
           Him
           much
           harm
           ;
           that
           He
           so
           much
           depends
           upon
           the
           affection
           of
           honest
           men
           ,
           and
           their
           Zeal
           for
           His
           security
           ,
           that
           He
           is
           not
           so
           sollicitous
           and
           vigilant
           for
           His
           own
           safety
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           
           be
           ,
           amidst
           so
           many
           Combinations
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           is
           so
           well
           informed
           ,
           that
           His
           Servants
           ,
           who
           with
           grief
           and
           anguish
           importune
           Him
           not
           to
           take
           so
           little
           care
           of
           his
           own
           safety
           ,
           can
           obtain
           no
           other
           answer
           from
           Him
           ,
           then
           what
           Caesar
           heretofore
           gave
           to
           his
           jealous
           Friends
           ,
           
             Mori
             se
             malle
             quam
             timeri
          
           ,
           or
           timere
           ;
           He
           will
           die
           any
           death
           ,
           rather
           then
           live
           in
           fear
           of
           His
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           should
           live
           in
           fear
           of
           him
           ;
           You
           may
           tell
           them
           as
           a
           great
           Infirmity
           ,
           that
           a
           troubled
           and
           discontented
           Countenance
           so
           afflicts
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           remove
           it
           from
           them
           at
           his
           own
           charge
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           himself
           were
           in
           the
           fault
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           hath
           been
           informed
           of
           any
           less
           kinde
           ,
           or
           jealous
           thing
           said
           amongst
           you
           ,
           as
           your
           windores
           are
           never
           so
           close
           shut
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           sound
           of
           your
           words
           goes
           to
           the
           several
           corners
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           been
           heard
           to
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           ,
           
             What
             have
             I
             done
             ?
             I
             wish
             that
             Gentleman
             and
             I
             were
             acquainted
             ,
             that
             he
             knew
             me
             better
             .
          
           Oh
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           cannot
           be
           your selves
           ,
           nor
           you
           cannot
           make
           your
           Friends
           too
           zealous
           ,
           or
           too
           jealous
           for
           such
           a
           Prince's
           safety
           ,
           or
           too
           sollicitous
           for
           such
           a
           Prince's
           satisfaction
           and
           content
           ,
           to
           whom
           we
           may
           very
           justly
           say
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           of
           Tyre
           writ
           to
           
             Solomon
             ,
             Because
             God
             hath
             loved
             his
             people
             ,
             he
             hath
             made
             thee
             King
             over
             them
             :
          
           Even
           His
           defects
           and
           infirmities
           are
           very
           necessary
           towards
           
           the
           full
           measure
           of
           our
           prosperity
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
          
           ,
           God
           hath
           enabled
           us
           to
           invert
           one
           Argument
           ,
           which
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           may
           to
           a
           good
           degree
           repair
           the
           much
           mischief
           it
           hath
           heretofore
           done
           :
           It
           hath
           been
           urged
           very
           unreasonably
           ,
           yet
           successfully
           urged
           in
           the
           worst
           times
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           not
           Faith
           ,
           but
           Presumption
           ,
           to
           expect
           that
           God
           would
           restore
           a
           Family
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           seemed
           to
           have
           a
           controversie
           ,
           &
           had
           humbled
           so
           far
           ;
           That
           he
           would
           ever
           countenance
           a
           Party
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           so
           much
           discountenanced
           ,
           and
           almost
           destroyed
           .
           We
           may
           now
           much
           more
           reasonably
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           hope
           as
           effectually
           ,
           press
           the
           Miracles
           that
           God
           Almighty
           hath
           lately
           wrought
           for
           King
           and
           People
           ,
           as
           an
           evidence
           that
           he
           will
           not
           again
           easily
           forsake
           them
           :
           We
           may
           tell
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           using
           all
           their
           endeavours
           to
           imbroil
           the
           Nation
           in
           new
           troubles
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           not
           probable
           ,
           that
           a
           Nation
           ,
           against
           which
           God
           seemed
           these
           late
           years
           to
           have
           pronounced
           his
           Iudgment
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           language
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ;
        
         
           Go
           ye
           swift
           messengers
           to
           a
           Nation
           scattered
           and
           peeled
           ,
           to
           a
           people
           terrible
           from
           the
           beginning
           hitherto
           ,
           a
           Nation
           rooted
           out
           and
           trodden
           down
           ,
           whose
           Land
           the
           Rivers
           have
           spoiled
           :
           —
           The
           Lord
           hath
           mingeld
           a
           perverse
           spirit
           in
           the
           middest
           thereof
           .
        
         
         
           That
           he
           should
           reduce
           that
           perversness
           to
           the
           greatest
           meekness
           and
           resignation
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           withdraw
           his
           Judgement
           from
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           moment
           restore
           it
           to
           all
           the
           happiness
           it
           can
           wish
           ,
           and
           to
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           expose
           it
           to
           the
           mercy
           and
           fury
           of
           a
           few
           discontented
           persons
           ,
           the
           worst
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           believed
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           tell
           those
           who
           still
           contrive
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Reformed
           Church
           in
           the
           Christian
           World
           ;
           Reformed
           by
           that
           Authority
           ,
           and
           with
           those
           Circumstances
           as
           a
           Reformation
           ought
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           not
           so
           miraculously
           have
           snatched
           this
           Church
           as
           a
           brand
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           ;
           would
           not
           have
           raised
           it
           from
           the
           grave
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           suffered
           it
           to
           be
           buried
           so
           many
           years
           ,
           by
           the
           boystrous
           hands
           of
           Prophane
           and
           Sacrilegious
           persons
           ,
           under
           its
           own
           rubbidge
           ,
           to
           expose
           it
           again
           to
           the
           same
           Rapine
           ,
           Reproach
           and
           Impiety
           :
           That
           Church
           which
           delights
           it self
           in
           being
           called
           Catholick
           ,
           was
           never
           so
           near
           expiration
           ,
           never
           had
           such
           a
           Resurrection
           ,
           that
           so
           small
           a
           pittance
           of
           Meal
           and
           Oyl
           ,
           should
           be
           sufficient
           to
           preserve
           and
           nourish
           the
           poor
           Widow
           and
           her
           Family
           so
           long
           ,
           is
           very
           little
           more
           miraculous
           then
           
           that
           such
           a
           number
           of
           pious
           ,
           learned
           ,
           and
           very
           aged
           Bishops
           ,
           should
           so
           many
           years
           be
           preserved
           ,
           in
           such
           wonderful
           straights
           and
           oppressions
           ,
           untill
           they
           should
           plentifully
           provide
           for
           their
           own
           Succession
           :
           That
           after
           such
           a
           deep
           Deluge
           of
           Sacriledge
           ,
           Profaness
           and
           Impiety
           had
           covered
           ,
           and
           to
           common
           understanding
           swallowed
           it
           up
           ;
           that
           that
           Church
           should
           again
           appear
           above
           the
           waters
           ,
           God
           be
           again
           served
           in
           that
           Church
           ,
           and
           served
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           should
           be
           still
           some
           Revenue
           left
           to
           support
           and
           encourage
           those
           who
           serve
           him
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           those
           who
           seemed
           to
           thirst
           after
           that
           Revenue
           till
           they
           had
           possessed
           it
           ,
           should
           conscientiously
           restore
           what
           they
           had
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           become
           good
           sons
           ,
           and
           willing
           Tenants
           to
           that
           Church
           they
           had
           so
           lately
           spoyled
           ,
           may
           make
           us
           all
           piously
           believe
           ,
           that
           God
           Almighty
           would
           not
           have
           been
           at
           the
           expence
           and
           charge
           of
           such
           a
           miracle
           ,
           so
           manifested
           himself
           to
           us
           in
           such
           a
           deliverance
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           a
           Church
           very
           acceptable
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           which
           shall
           continue
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           against
           which
           the
           Gates
           of
           Hell
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           prevail
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           tell
           those
           desperate
           wretches
           ,
           who
           yet
           harbour
           in
           their
           thoughts
           wicked
           designs
           against
           the
           Sacred
           Person
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           compassing
           their
           own
           imaginations
           ;
           that
           God
           Almighty
           would
           not
           have
           led
           Him
           
           through
           so
           many
           Wildernesses
           of
           Afflictions
           of
           all
           kinds
           ,
           conducted
           Him
           through
           so
           many
           perils
           by
           Sea
           ,
           and
           perils
           by
           Land
           ;
           snatch'd
           Him
           out
           of
           the
           midst
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           not
           worthy
           of
           Him
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           hands
           of
           His
           Enemies
           were
           even
           upon
           Him
           ,
           when
           they
           thought
           themselves
           so
           sure
           of
           Him
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           bid
           so
           cheap
           ,
           and
           so
           vile
           a
           price
           for
           Him
           ;
           He
           would
           not
           in
           that
           Article
           have
           so
           covered
           Him
           with
           a
           Cloud
           ,
           that
           He
           travailed
           even
           with
           some
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           great
           observation
           through
           the
           midst
           of
           His
           Enemies
           ;
           He
           would
           not
           so
           wonderfully
           have
           new
           modelled
           that
           Army
           ,
           so
           inspired
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           with
           an
           honest
           and
           impatient
           longing
           for
           the
           return
           of
           their
           dear
           Soveraign
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           have
           so
           exercised
           Him
           (
           which
           had
           little
           less
           of
           Providence
           in
           it
           than
           the
           other
           )
           with
           those
           unnatural
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           unusual
           disrespects
           and
           reproaches
           abroad
           ,
           that
           He
           might
           have
           a
           harmless
           and
           an
           innocent
           appetite
           to
           His
           Own
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           return
           to
           His
           Own
           People
           ,
           with
           a
           full
           value
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           unwasted
           Bulk
           of
           His
           Affections
           ,
           without
           being
           corrupted
           ,
           or
           byassed
           by
           Extraordinary
           Forraign
           Obligations
           :
           God
           Almighty
           would
           not
           have
           done
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           for
           a
           Servant
           whom
           He
           will
           alwayes
           preserve
           as
           the
           apple
           of
           His
           own
           Eye
           ,
           and
           alwayes
           defend
           from
           the
           most
           secret
           machinations
           of
           His
           Enemies
           .
        
         
         
           If
           these
           Argumentations
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           urged
           with
           that
           vivacity
           as
           is
           most
           natural
           to
           your
           own
           gratitude
           and
           Affections
           ,
           recover
           as
           many
           (
           and
           it
           would
           be
           strange
           if
           it
           should
           not
           )
           as
           have
           been
           corrupted
           by
           the
           other
           Logick
           ,
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           even
           to
           a
           man
           ,
           will
           insensibly
           be
           so
           devoted
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           Conservator
           and
           Protector
           of
           all
           that
           is
           dear
           and
           precious
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           so
           Zealous
           to
           please
           him
           ,
           whose
           greatest
           pleasure
           is
           to
           see
           them
           pleased
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           make
           choice
           of
           Persons
           again
           to
           serve
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           choose
           such
           ,
           who
           they
           wish
           should
           oppose
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           therefore
           choose
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           ,
           and
           because
           they
           are
           like
           to
           serve
           the
           King
           with
           their
           whole
           hearts
           ;
           and
           since
           he
           desires
           what
           is
           best
           for
           his
           People
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           him
           in
           all
           he
           desires
           :
           This
           blessed
           harmony
           would
           raise
           us
           to
           the
           highest
           Pinacle
           of
           honour
           and
           happinesse
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           a
           pinacle
           without
           a
           point
           ,
           upon
           which
           King
           and
           People
           may
           securely
           rest
           and
           repose
           themselves
           against
           all
           the
           gusts
           ,
           and
           stormes
           and
           tempests
           which
           all
           the
           malice
           of
           this
           world
           can
           raise
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           will
           all
           contend
           to
           be
           at
           the
           top
           of
           this
           Pinacle
           .
        
         
           
             I
             have
             no
             more
             to
             add
             ,
             but
             the
             words
             of
             custome
             ,
          
           That
           the
           King
           declares
           this
           present
           Parliament
           to
           be
           dissolved
           ;
           and
           this
           present
           Parliament
           is
           dissolved
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           SPEECH
           WHICH
           THE
           SPEAKER
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           made
           unto
           the
           KING
           ,
           on
           Saturday
           
             December
             29.
             1660
             ,
          
           being
           the
           Day
           of
           their
           Dissolution
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Gracious
             and
             Dread
             Soveraign
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           and
           Burgesses
           now
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           being
           the
           Representative
           Body
           of
           Your
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           are
           as
           Conduit
           Pipes
           or
           Quils
           to
           convey
           the
           Streams
           of
           Your
           Peoples
           dutiful
           Affections
           and
           humble
           Desires
           into
           Your
           Royal
           Presence
           ;
           and
           that
           being
           done
           ,
           they
           need
           no
           other
           Speaker
           but
           Your Self
           ,
           for
           they
           know
           Your
           Skil
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           had
           experience
           of
           Your
           Will.
           And
           yet
           Royal
           Sir
           ,
           Though
           they
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           complain
           ,
           they
           cannot
           but
           take
           notice
           of
           Your
           Partiality
           ,
           for
           when
           any
           thing
           in
           point
           of
           Right
           ,
           or
           but
           Conveniency
           hath
           fallen
           out
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           we
           use
           to
           say
           ,
           a
           measuring
           Cast
           ,
           a
           disputable
           Case
           between
           Your Self
           and
           
           Your
           People
           ,
           without
           any
           regard
           or
           respect
           had
           unto
           Your
           own
           Right
           ,
           or
           the
           Advantage
           that
           might
           accrue
           to
           Your Self
           by
           asserting
           the
           same
           ,
           if
           the
           good
           of
           Your
           People
           hath
           come
           in
           competition
           with
           it
           ,
           You
           have
           alwayes
           cast
           it
           against
           Your Self
           ,
           and
           given
           it
           in
           on
           your
           Peoples
           side
           .
        
         
           
             Royal
             Sir
          
           ,
           Thus
           to
           undo
           Your Self
           to
           do
           Your
           people
           good
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           do
           as
           You
           would
           be
           done
           unto
           ;
           and
           what
           can
           we
           do
           lesse
           ,
           then
           by
           way
           of
           a
           grateful
           retribution
           ,
           cheerfully
           to
           pay
           Your
           Majesty
           the
           just
           Tribute
           of
           our
           dutiful
           Obedience
           unto
           all
           Your
           Royal
           Commands
           ,
           and
           upon
           all
           occasions
           readily
           to
           sacrifice
           ,
           
             Se
             &
             sua
          
           ,
           all
           that
           we
           have
           ,
           or
           enjoy
           ,
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           ,
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           such
           an
           incomparable
           Soveraign
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             Royal
             Sir
          
           ,
           It
           becomes
           not
           me
           to
           fill
           Your
           Majesties
           ears
           with
           air
           ;
           
             Loquere
             ,
             ut
             te
             videam
          
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           Rhetorick
           the
           People
           ought
           to
           use
           to
           such
           a
           King
           of
           kindness
           ,
           and
           a
           Prince
           so
           full
           of
           good
           Works
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           commanded
           ,
           I
           must
           humbly
           assure
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           the
           many
           healing
           expedients
           propounded
           by
           Your Self
           in
           your
           several
           most
           gracious
           Declarations
           ,
           have
           been
           the
           subject
           matter
           upon
           which
           Your
           Commons
           have
           wrought
           all
           this
           Parliament
           :
           And
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           they
           took
           into
           Consideration
           ,
           the
           great
           and
           growing
           charges
           ,
           which
           then
           lay
           upon
           your
           people
           ,
           for
           the
           pay
           of
           Your
           Army
           and
           Navy
           ;
           and
           they
           conceived
           it
           necessary
           ;
           to
           begin
           with
           that
           part
           thereof
           ,
           next
           at
           hand
           ,
           wherein
           Your
           People
           would
           receive
           the
           most
           ease
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           security
           and
           satisfaction
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           disbanding
           Your
           Majesties
           Forces
           by
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           paying
           off
           five
           and
           Twenty
           of
           Your
           Ships
           then
           in
           the
           Harbour
           and
           of
           no
           use
           :
           And
           this
           led
           them
           to
           
           the
           Consideration
           of
           such
           wayes
           and
           means
           ,
           as
           were
           to
           be
           used
           to
           raise
           Moneys
           for
           that
           purpose
           :
           And
           that
           for
           Poll-money
           being
           propounded
           and
           passed
           ,
           some
           were
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           ,
           that
           alone
           would
           have
           over-done
           the
           Work
           :
           Others
           having
           had
           experience
           of
           a
           former
           Bill
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           like
           occasion
           ,
           fearing
           it
           might
           not
           answer
           expectation
           ;
           and
           being
           unwilling
           to
           be
           deceived
           the
           second
           time
           ,
           especially
           in
           such
           a
           business
           as
           this
           ,
           wherein
           a
           mistake
           was
           like
           to
           prove
           so
           penal
           ,
           moved
           for
           a
           further
           Supply
           ,
           which
           after
           some
           Debate
           was
           agreed
           upon
           ,
           Of
           a
           Two
           months
           Assessment
           at
           Seventy
           thousand
           Pounds
           a
           month
           ,
           and
           both
           have
           not
           yet
           fully
           done
           the
           work
           for
           which
           they
           were
           designed
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           help
           of
           two
           other
           Bills
           here
           in
           my
           hand
           ;
           the
           one
           intituled
           ,
           
             An
             Act
             for
             the
             leavying
             of
             the
             Arrears
             of
             the
             Twelve
             months
             Assessment
             ,
             commencing
             the
             four
             and
             twentieth
             of
             June
             1659
             ,
             ând
             the
             Six
             months
             Assessment
             commencing
             the
             Five
             and
             twentieth
             of
             December
          
           1659.
           
           And
           the
           other
           intituled
           ,
           
             An
             Act
             for
             the
             further
             Supplying
             and
             Explaining
             certain
             Defects
             in
             an
             Act
             for
             the
             speedy
             Provision
             of
             Money
             for
             Disbanding
             and
             Paying
             off
             the
             Forces
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             both
             by
             Land
             and
             Sea
             :
          
           They
           hope
           ,
           this
           Account
           will
           be
           fully
           cleared
           off
           at
           last
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           Your
           Commons
           have
           likewise
           taken
           into
           their
           Considerations
           ,
           the
           Charge
           of
           Your
           Summer-Fleet
           ,
           which
           besides
           that
           part
           thereof
           Your
           Majesty
           is
           pleased
           to
           take
           upon
           Your Self
           ,
           for
           Your
           ordinary
           Guard
           of
           the
           Seas
           ,
           will
           amount
           unto
           a
           very
           great
           sum
           .
           And
           as
           't
           is
           a
           great
           Debt
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           a
           growing
           Debt
           ,
           in
           a
           few
           Moneths
           it
           doubles
           .
           There
           is
           a
           saying
           ,
           
             Qui
             cito
             dat
             ,
             bis
             dat
          
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           most
           true
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           
             Qui
             cito
             solvit
             ,
             bis
             solvit
          
           ;
           To
           pay
           this
           Debt
           readily
           ,
           is
           the
           way
           to
           pay
           it
           but
           once
           ;
           and
           to
           take
           time
           to
           pay
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           sure
           way
           to
           pay
           it
           twice
           :
           And
           therefore
           Your
           Commons
           laying
           
           aside
           the
           sad
           thoughts
           of
           their
           long
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           those
           miserable
           Devastations
           and
           Pressures
           they
           have
           lain
           under
           for
           many
           years
           last
           past
           ;
           and
           looking
           upon
           the
           necessity
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           which
           call
           importunately
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           answered
           effectually
           ,
           hath
           passed
           another
           Bill
           here
           in
           my
           hand
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             An
             Act
             for
             Six
             Moneths
             Assessment
             ,
             at
             Seventy
             Thousand
             pounds
          
           per
           Mensem
           ,
           to
           begin
           the
           First
           of
           January
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           paid
           in
           ,
           the
           one
           Moyety
           thereof
           before
           the
           First
           of
           February
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Moyety
           ,
           being
           the
           remaining
           part
           ,
           by
           the
           First
           of
           April
           next
           ensuing
           ;
           which
           is
           to
           be
           applyed
           wholly
           to
           the
           paying
           off
           the
           Arrears
           of
           Your
           Majesties
           Navy
           and
           Army
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           three
           other
           Bills
           in
           my
           hand
           ,
           which
           have
           relation
           to
           Your
           Majesties
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           are
           branches
           thereof
           ;
           the
           One
           intituled
           ,
           
             An
             Act
             for
             the
             better
             Ordering
             the
             selling
             of
             Wines
             by
             Retail
             ,
             and
             for
             preventing
             abuses
             in
             the
             Mingling
             ,
             Corrupting
             ,
             and
             Vitiating
             of
             Wines
             ,
             and
             for
             setling
             and
             limiting
             the
             Prizes
             of
             the
             same
             :
          
           And
           this
           Bill
           is
           tendered
           unto
           Your
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           preventing
           all
           future
           disputes
           touching
           the
           Legality
           thereof
           :
           For
           we
           know
           it
           is
           Your
           Majesties
           desire
           ,
           that
           nothing
           might
           be
           done
           ,
           by
           any
           of
           Your
           Officers
           or
           Ministers
           that
           Act
           under
           You
           ,
           
             Sine
             figura
             Justitiae
             ,
             &
             warranto
             Legis
             .
          
           An
           other
           is
           intituled
           ,
           
             An
             Act
             for
             erecting
             and
             establishing
             a
             Post-Office
             :
          
           And
           this
           being
           likewise
           Legally
           setled
           ,
           will
           be
           of
           very
           great
           use
           to
           all
           Your
           Majesties
           People
           ,
           and
           especially
           Your
           Merchants
           ,
           for
           holding
           Intelligence
           with
           their
           Correspondents
           ,
           Factors
           and
           Agents
           in
           Foreign
           parts
           ,
           
             Litterae
             sunt
             indices
             animi
          
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           safe
           and
           speedy
           dispatch
           and
           conveyance
           of
           their
           Letters
           ,
           they
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           time
           their
           business
           ,
           nor
           carry
           on
           their
           Trades
           to
           an
           equal
           advantage
           with
           the
           Merchants
           of
           other
           Countries
           .
           The
           other
           Bill
           provides
           for
           the
           increasing
           Your
           Majesties
           ordinary
           and
           constant
           Revenue
           by
           the
           
           grant
           of
           an
           Impost
           to
           be
           taken
           upon
           
             Ale
             ,
             Beer
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Beveredges
           therein
           particularly
           mentioned
           and
           expressed
           ;
           To
           hold
           to
           your
           Majesty
           for
           life
           ,
           which
           God
           long
           continue
           ▪
           and
           as
           it
           is
           the
           desire
           of
           your
           Commons
           ,
           that
           your
           Majesty
           might
           never
           be
           necessitated
           to
           resort
           to
           any
           extraordinary
           or
           unparliamentary
           wayes
           and
           means
           ,
           for
           the
           raysing
           of
           money
           upon
           your
           People
           ;
           So
           they
           likewise
           acknowledg
           it
           to
           be
           their
           duties
           ,
           to
           support
           and
           uphold
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           their
           Powers
           ,
           the
           Honour
           and
           Grandure
           of
           your
           Majesties
           Royal
           State
           and
           Dignity
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           a
           further
           evidence
           of
           your
           Commons
           dutifull
           affections
           to
           your
           Majesties
           most
           dear
           and
           Royal
           Person
           ,
           they
           have
           passed
           another
           Bill
           ,
           for
           the
           raysing
           of
           seventy
           thousand
           Pounds
           for
           your
           Majesties
           further
           supply
           ;
           All
           which
           Bills
           I
           am
           commanded
           humbly
           to
           present
           your
           Majesty
           withall
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           your
           gracious
           acceptance
           thereof
           ,
           and
           your
           Royal
           assent
           thereunto
        
         
           There
           are
           other
           Bills
           likewise
           of
           Publick
           concernment
           which
           have
           passed
           both
           Houses
           ,
           and
           do
           now
           attend
           upon
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           waiting
           for
           your
           Royal
           assent
           .
           The
           one
           is
           Intituled
           ,
           
             An
             Act
             for
             the
             Attainder
             of
             several
             Persons
             ,
             guilty
             of
             the
             horrid
             Murther
             of
             his
             late
             sacred
             Majesty
             ,
          
           your
           Royal
           Father
           of
           ever
           blessed
           Memory
           .
           There
           is
           another
           Bill
           Intituled
           ,
           
             An
             Act
             for
             Confirmation
             of
             Leases
             and
             Grants
             from
             Colledges
             and
             Hospitals
             .
          
           This
           will
           tend
           much
           to
           the
           quieting
           of
           many
           mens
           Estates
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           late
           unhappy
           times
           were
           enforced
           to
           renew
           ,
           and
           change
           their
           Estates
           much
           for
           the
           worse
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           favour
           your
           Majesty
           intends
           them
           in
           this
           Bill
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           Bill
           to
           prohibit
           the
           Exportation
           of
           Wool
           ,
           Wooll-fells
           ,
           Fullers
           Earth
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           scouring
           Earths
           ,
           Woollen
           Manufactures
           ,
           besides
           the
           Duties
           they
           pay
           your
           Majesty
           for
           your
           Customs
           
           here
           at
           home
           ,
           have
           great
           impositions
           laid
           upon
           them
           in
           forraign
           parts
           where
           they
           are
           vented
           :
           In
           the
           Low-Countries
           sixteen
           or
           seventeen
           
             per
             cent
          
           .
           and
           in
           Portugal
           Twenty
           
             per
             cent
          
           at
           the
           least
           .
           But
           those
           ,
           who
           for
           their
           own
           private
           base
           filthy
           lucre
           sake
           ,
           having
           no
           regard
           or
           respect
           unto
           the
           publick
           good
           ,
           that
           steal
           over
           the
           Materials
           of
           which
           those
           Manufactures
           are
           made
           ,
           pay
           not
           one
           penny
           either
           here
           or
           there
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           strangers
           do
           make
           those
           Manufactures
           of
           our
           wool
           upon
           such
           easie
           termes
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           afford
           and
           do
           under-sel
           your
           Merchants
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           occasion
           of
           a
           double
           loss
           .
           First
           ,
           to
           your
           Majesty
           in
           your
           Customs
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           next
           Place
           to
           your
           people
           ,
           who
           are
           thereby
           disheartened
           and
           discouraged
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           if
           not
           prevented
           ,
           will
           be
           utterly
           beaten
           out
           of
           that
           Ancient
           native
           Staple
           trade
           ,
           upon
           which
           many
           thousands
           of
           Families
           do
           wholly
           depend
           for
           all
           their
           livelihood
           and
           subsistence
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           Bill
           intituled
           ,
           an
           Act
           for
           prohibiting
           the
           planting
           ,
           setting
           or
           sowing
           of
           Tobacco
           in
           England
           and
           Ireland
           .
           This
           Climate
           is
           so
           cold
           that
           it
           never
           comes
           to
           any
           maturity
           or
           perfection
           :
           for
           we
           find
           by
           experience
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           never
           so
           well
           healed
           ,
           made
           up
           with
           the
           greatest
           art
           and
           skil
           that
           possible
           can
           be
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           after
           it
           is
           made
           up
           into
           the
           Roll
           ,
           to
           keep
           it
           and
           preserve
           it
           from
           putrifying
           above
           three
           or
           four
           moneths
           at
           the
           most
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Physitians
           ,
           even
           those
           that
           love
           it
           best
           ,
           and
           use
           it
           most
           ,
           conclude
           generally
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           unwholsome
           for
           mens
           bodies
           :
           Besides
           many
           other
           great
           damages
           and
           inconveniencies
           will
           follow
           upon
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           be
           permitted
           .
           The
           abatement
           of
           your
           Majesties
           Custome
           ,
           The
           destruction
           of
           your
           Plantations
           abroad
           ,
           The
           discouraging
           of
           Navigation
           ,
           And
           so
           consequently
           the
           decay
           of
           Shipping
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Walls
           and
           Bulwarks
           of
           your
           Majesties
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           another
           Bill
           Intituled
           ,
           an
           Act
           for
           the
           taking
           away
           the
           Court
           of
           Wards
           and
           Liveries
           ,
           together
           with
           tenures
           
             in
             Capite
          
           ,
           Knight
           -
           Service
           ,
           tenures
           and
           Purveyances
           .
           This
           Bill
           
             Ex
             re
             nata
          
           may
           properly
           be
           called
           a
           Bill
           of
           Exchange
           :
           for
           ,
           as
           care
           is
           therein
           taken
           for
           the
           case
           of
           Your
           people
           ;
           So
           the
           supply
           of
           that
           part
           of
           your
           Majesties
           Revenue
           ,
           which
           formerly
           came
           into
           your
           Treasury
           by
           your
           tenures
           ,
           and
           for
           your
           Purveyances
           ,
           is
           thereby
           likewise
           fully
           provided
           for
           by
           the
           grant
           of
           another
           imposition
           to
           be
           taken
           upon
           Ale
           ,
           Beer
           ,
           and
           other
           Liquors
           ,
           To
           hold
           to
           your
           Majestie
           ,
           your
           Heires
           and
           Successors
           for
           ever
           :
           And
           yet
           they
           should
           not
           look
           upon
           the
           considerations
           mentioned
           in
           this
           bill
           ,
           as
           a
           full
           compensation
           and
           recompence
           for
           your
           Majesties
           parting
           with
           two
           such
           
             Royal
             Prerogatives
          
           and
           ancient
           flowers
           of
           your
           Crown
           ,
           if
           more
           were
           not
           implyed
           then
           is
           expressed
           .
           For
           ,
           
             Royal
             Sir
          
           ,
           Your
           Tenures
           
             in
             Capite
          
           are
           not
           only
           turned
           into
           a
           Tenure
           in
           Soccage
           (
           though
           that
           alone
           will
           for
           ever
           give
           your
           Majestie
           a
           just
           Right
           and
           title
           to
           the
           labour
           of
           our
           Ploughs
           ,
           and
           the
           sweat
           of
           our
           browes
           )
           But
           they
           are
           likewise
           turned
           into
           a
           Tenure
           
             in
             Corde
          
           :
           what
           your
           Majestie
           had
           before
           in
           your
           Court
           of
           Wards
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           find
           it
           hereafter
           in
           the
           Exchequer
           of
           your
           peoples
           hearts
           The
           King
           of
           Spaines
           Mines
           will
           sooner
           deceive
           him
           ,
           then
           this
           Revenue
           will
           fail
           you
           :
           for
           his
           Mines
           have
           bottomes
           ,
           but
           the
           deeper
           your
           Majestie
           sinkes
           your self
           into
           the
           hearts
           and
           affections
           of
           your
           people
           ,
           the
           greater
           you
           will
           find
           your
           Wealth
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           invincible
           your
           Strength
           .
        
         
           
             Royal
             Sir
          
           ,
           We
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           offer
           or
           to
           Ask
           ,
           but
           must
           conclude
           all
           our
           work
           this
           Parliament
           with
           an
           humble
           and
           thankful
           acknowledgement
           of
           Gods
           infinite
           Goodness
           and
           mercie
           in
           Restoring
           your
           Majestie
           to
           your
           Royal
           and
           Imperial
           Crown
           ,
           
           Throne
           and
           Dignitie
           ;
           And
           for
           making
           you
           the
           Restorer
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           dearer
           unto
           us
           then
           our
           lives
           ,
           Our
           Religion
           ;
           in
           which
           through
           Gods
           blessing
           and
           Gracious
           assistance
           we
           are
           resolved
           to
           live
           and
           dye
           .
           As
           likewise
           for
           restoring
           us
           to
           our
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           Liberties
           having
           taken
           the
           charge
           and
           care
           of
           them
           into
           your
           own
           heart
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           greatest
           security
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           a
           thousand
           confirmations
        
         
           
             Royal
             Sir
          
           ,
           You
           have
           denied
           us
           nothing
           we
           have
           asked
           this
           Parliament
           ;
           indeed
           you
           have
           out-done
           your
           Parliament
           by
           doing
           much
           more
           for
           us
           ,
           then
           we
           could
           agree
           amongst
           our selves
           to
           ask
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           happy
           Parliament
           :
           This
           is
           a
           healing
           Parliament
           ,
           A
           Reconciling
           Peace-making
           Parliament
           ,
           A
           blessed
           Parliament
           ,
           A
           Parliament
           ,
           
             Propter
             excellentiam
          
           ,
           that
           may
           truly
           be
           called
           
             Parliamentissimum
             Parliamentum
          
           :
           no
           man
           can
           say
           ,
           that
           hath
           made
           the
           most
           curious
           search
           into
           Books
           or
           Records
           ,
           that
           there
           ever
           was
           such
           a
           Parliament
           as
           this
           ;
           And
           it
           s
           our
           unspeakable
           joy
           and
           comfort
           that
           no
           man
           can
           say
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           your
           Majestie
           lives
           ,
           but
           we
           may
           have
           such
           another
           ;
           for
           you
           have
           set
           your
           Royal
           Heart
           upon
           it
           ,
           to
           do
           your
           people
           good
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           say
           ,
           so
           we
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           do
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           will
           be
           a
           doing
           as
           long
           as
           we
           have
           a
           being
           ;
           The
           pouring
           out
           our
           soules
           unto
           Almighty
           God
           for
           your
           Majesties
           Long
           ,
           Long
           ,
           Long
           ,
           and
           most
           happy
           ,
           blessed
           ,
           Glorious
           and
           Prosperous
           Reign
           over
           us
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             John
             Bill
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           KING'
           's
           most
           Excellent
           MAJESTY
           ,
           1660.
           
        
         
           At
           the
           KINGS
           Printing-House
           in
           Black-Fryers
           .