The speech of the Right Honourable the Lord Chancellor of Ireland made as he was one of the Lords Justices in their name and behalf of the opening of the Parliament there, the 8th of May 1661.
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             The speech of the Right Honourable the Lord Chancellor of Ireland made as he was one of the Lords Justices in their name and behalf of the opening of the Parliament there, the 8th of May 1661.
             Eustace, Maurice, Sir, ca. 1590-1661.
          
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           THE
           SPEECH
           Of
           the
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           THE
           LORD
           Chancellor
           OF
           IRELAND
           Made
           as
           he
           was
           one
           of
           the
           LORDS
           JUSTICES
           in
           their
           Name
           and
           behalf
           of
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           PARLIAMENT
           there
           ,
           the
           8
           
             th
          
           .
           of
           
             May
          
           1661.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           ,
           for
           
             Abel
             Roper
          
           at
           the
           
             Sun
          
           in
           
             Fleetstreet
             ,
          
           over
           against
           St.
           
             Dunstans
          
           Church
           .
           1661.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
           The
           Lord
           Chancellors
           SPEECH
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           WE
           the
           Lords
           ,
           Justices
           ,
           who
           have
           the
           Honour
           to
           represent
           his
           Majesties
           most
           Royal
           Person
           this
           day
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           are
           glad
           after
           so
           great
           disorders
           ,
           Tumults
           ,
           and
           Confusions
           which
           have
           been
           for
           many
           years
           pasts
           in
           all
           parts
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           to
           see
           this
           goodly
           appearance
           ,
           and
           Assembly
           met
           together
           in
           this
           orderly
           and
           beautiful
           manner
           .
           To
           see
           the
           most
           
             Reverend
             Fathers
             of
             our
             Church
          
           settled
           in
           their
           former
           Stations
           ,
           and
           remitted
           to
           their
           ancient
           and
           undoubted
           right
           :
           
             To
             behold
             our
             Judges
             as
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             our
             Councellors
             as
             at
             the
             beginning
             .
          
        
         
           I
           am
           sure
           if
           the
           wisest
           
             Daniel
          
           amongst
           us
           had
           
           two
           years
           since
           foretold
           us
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           great
           things
           which
           our
           eyes
           have
           seen
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           have
           heard
           with
           our
           ears
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           come
           to
           passe
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           Captivity
           should
           be
           so
           soon
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           given
           little
           credit
           unto
           him
           :
           nay
           ,
           I
           doubt
           me
           if
           an
           Angel
           had
           been
           sent
           to
           proclaim
           these
           glad
           tydings
           unto
           us
           ,
           whether
           we
           should
           have
           believed
           him
           ;
           For
           the
           things
           we
           see
           fulfilled
           this
           day
           before
           our
           eyes
           are
           above
           humane
           reason
           ,
           They
           are
           
             Mirabilia
             Dei
             ,
          
           The
           wonders
           of
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           marvellous
           in
           our
           Eyes
           .
        
         
           Adde
           unto
           this
           which
           is
           the
           height
           and
           complement
           of
           the
           solemnity
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           That
           we
           do
           not
           represent
           this
           day
           the
           Person
           of
           a
           Tyrant
           or
           Usurper
           as
           some
           of
           late
           have
           done
           ,
           but
           the
           Person
           of
           our
           natural
           Lord
           and
           King
           ,
           
             Charles
          
           the
           second
           ,
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             France
          
           and
           
             Ireland
          
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           are
           by
           a
           legal
           Power
           ,
           derived
           from
           him
           ,
           called
           together
           to
           advise
           with
           him
           ,
           
             De
             arduis
             &
             urgentibus
             Regni
             Negotiis
          
        
         
           We
           are
           also
           glad
           to
           see
           the
           general
           Convention
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           turn'd
           to
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Mortallity
           of
           the
           one
           swallowed
           up
           in
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           why
           so
           ?
           because
           though
           the
           general
           Convention
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           for
           the
           time
           it
           contained
           ,
           acted
           very
           worthily
           ,
           yet
           it
           could
           not
           do
           the
           work
           which
           is
           intended
           ,
           For
           neither
           the
           Convention
           ,
           nor
           his
           Majesties
           gracious
           Declaration
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           but
           a
           Parliament
           could
           compleat
           the
           great
           work
           which
           is
           to
           be
           done
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           true
           that
           the
           Convention
           had
           excellent
           conceptions
           tending
           to
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           brought
           many
           of
           them
           to
           the
           birth
           ,
           but
           it
           wanted
           strength
           to
           bring
           forth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           one
           of
           their
           humble
           Desires
           by
           their
           Commissioners
           unto
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           That
           a
           Parliament
           might
           be
           called
           with
           convenient
           speed
           for
           the
           putting
           of
           several
           things
           (
           which
           they
           presented
           to
           his
           Majesty
           )
           into
           Laws
           for
           the
           good
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           thus
           this
           
             Phoenix
          
           was
           contented
           to
           be
           consumed
           with
           the
           ardent
           affection
           which
           it
           bore
           to
           its
           Countrey
           ,
           That
           out
           of
           the
           ashes
           thereof
           another
           more
           excellent
           then
           it self
           might
           spring
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           This
           might
           serve
           in
           general
           for
           a
           reason
           why
           this
           Parliament
           was
           called
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           in
           a
           more
           particular
           manner
           give
           you
           the
           reasons
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           very
           briefly
           ,
           
             summa
             sequar
             vestigia
             Rerum
             ,
          
           and
           leave
           the
           fuller
           Declaration
           thereof
           to
           my
           Lord
           
             Primate
          
           of
           
             Ardmagh
             ,
          
           appointed
           Speaker
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           
             pro
             tempore
             .
          
        
         
           The
           main
           and
           fundamental
           occasion
           of
           calling
           you
           together
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           is
           to
           settle
           every
           mans
           
             meum
             &
             tuum
             ,
          
           which
           are
           are
           the
           great
           concernments
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           way
           as
           every
           man
           may
           know
           which
           is
           his
           
             Meum
             &
             tuum
             .
          
        
         
           You
           well
           know
           that
           these
           are
           the
           things
           which
           accasion
           most
           differences
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           This
           is
           made
           most
           commonly
           the
           ground
           of
           War
           betwixt
           Princes
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           differences
           in
           civil
           societies
           ,
           and
           how
           hard
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           do
           this
           you
           cannot
           but
           apprehend
           ,
           when
           as
           at
           present
           there
           is
           that
           incertainty
           
           of
           mens
           Estates
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           hardly
           can
           any
           man
           say
           This
           or
           that
           Land
           is
           mine
           own
           ;
           and
           uncertainty
           we
           all
           know
           is
           the
           mother
           of
           Contention
           ,
           and
           mens
           mindes
           are
           seldome
           quiet
           untill
           their
           Estate
           be
           settled
           :
           The
           Law
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Freehold
           cannot
           be
           in
           abeyance
           ,
           except
           in
           one
           only
           case
           ;
           But
           as
           the
           condition
           of
           affaires
           now
           is
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           the
           Freehold
           is
           in
           abeyance
           in
           most
           mens
           cases
           :
           What
           is
           that
           namely
           ,
           as
           the
           great
           Master
           of
           our
           Law
           saith
           ,
           
             in
             consideratione
             Legis
             ,
          
           in
           consideration
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           settled
           by
           a
           Law
           (
           there
           being
           first
           ,
           
             Matura
             consideratione
             habita
             )
          
           before
           there
           can
           be
           any
           settlement
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           sort
           of
           men
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           secured
           and
           settled
           in
           their
           just
           possessions
           are
           the
           
             Adventurers
             .
          
           I
           say
           
             just
             possessions
             ,
          
           for
           if
           the
           foundation
           which
           is
           now
           to
           be
           laid
           be
           not
           right
           ,
           the
           superstructure
           cannot
           be
           firm
           or
           lasting
           ,
           
             Except
             the
             Lord
             build
             the
             house
             ,
             they
             labour
             in
             vain
             that
             build
             it
             ;
          
           and
           certainly
           there
           is
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           that
           these
           men
           should
           be
           secured
           in
           their
           just
           possessions
           ,
           For
           these
           were
           Adventurers
           indeed
           ,
           for
           when
           there
           was
           no
           visible
           means
           for
           the
           relief
           or
           recovery
           of
           almost
           lost
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Northern
           Rebels
           were
           rampant
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           Land-flood
           carried
           all
           before
           them
           ,
           when
           the
           Town
           of
           
             Tredah
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           only
           Bulwark
           left
           betwixt
           us
           and
           them
           ,
           was
           besieged
           with
           twenty
           thousand
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           
             Dublin
          
           the
           Metropolitan
           City
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           was
           threatned
           with
           a
           siege
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Land
           as
           it
           were
           in
           
           a
           flame
           round
           about
           us
           ;
           when
           we
           could
           heare
           nothing
           but
           the
           ratling
           of
           Drums
           ,
           the
           found
           of
           Trumpets
           ,
           the
           neighing
           and
           trampling
           of
           Horses
           ,
           and
           the
           noise
           of
           Cannons
           ;
           when
           a
           common
           destruction
           threatned
           every
           English
           man
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           when
           we
           could
           hear
           in
           every
           place
           the
           word
           of
           Command
           given
           ,
           Kill
           ,
           kill
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           no
           difference
           made
           of
           age
           or
           sex
           ,
           Then
           did
           these
           noble
           Adventurers
           open
           their
           purses
           ,
           and
           sent
           relief
           unto
           us
           ,
           when
           all
           was
           in
           a
           manner
           lost
           ,
           and
           ought
           not
           these
           men
           to
           be
           performed
           with
           in
           a
           fitting
           way
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           solemn
           undertaking
           in
           the
           Statute
           of
           xvii
           .
           
             Caroli
             .
          
           No
           man
           will
           or
           can
           in
           Reason
           speak
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           sort
           of
           men
           that
           are
           to
           be
           provided
           for
           ,
           are
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           and
           these
           were
           Adventurers
           indeed
           ,
           for
           they
           carried
           their
           lives
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           adventured
           themselves
           and
           all
           they
           had
           in
           our
           Quarrel
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           preservation
           ,
           and
           amongst
           these
           those
           Worthies
           commonly
           called
           the
           fourty
           nine
           men
           ,
           who
           stood
           in
           the
           breach
           ,
           and
           made
           good
           their
           ground
           until
           they
           were
           seconded
           out
           of
           
             England
          
           by
           those
           Forces
           which
           came
           from
           thence
           ;
           These
           must
           not
           be
           postpon'd
           as
           they
           were
           in
           the
           Usurpers
           time
           ,
           but
           special
           regard
           must
           be
           had
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           of
           those
           who
           did
           undergo
           the
           brunt
           and
           fury
           of
           the
           Rebels
           .
        
         
           The
           Adventurers
           without
           these
           could
           do
           little
           ,
           and
           the
           Souldiers
           without
           the
           Adventurers
           purse
           would
           not
           do
           much
           ,
           
             For
             who
             goeth
             to
             War
             at
             his
             own
             charge
             ,
          
           But
           the
           Adventurer
           and
           Souldier
           joyning
           together
           ,
           did
           carry
           on
           this
           great
           work
           ,
           
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           satisfied
           in
           a
           reasonable
           and
           fitting
           manner
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           sort
           of
           people
           who
           are
           not
           to
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           Namely
           ,
           the
           old
           Protestant
           and
           innocent
           Papist
           ,
           whose
           right
           is
           to
           be
           inquired
           into
           ,
           For
           it
           is
           a
           Maxime
           in
           our
           Law
           ,
           That
           
             androit
             ne
             poit
             morier
             ,
          
           an
           ancient
           right
           cannot
           die
           .
        
         
           If
           
             Naboths
          
           Vineyard
           should
           fall
           unto
           any
           mans
           lot
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           better
           for
           him
           to
           be
           without
           it
           ,
           We
           must
           not
           rob
           
             Peter
          
           to
           pay
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           as
           the
           common
           saying
           is
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           now
           made
           Judges
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           word
           your
           work
           is
           
             suum
             cuique
             tribuere
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           work
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           for
           this
           end
           you
           were
           called
           together
           ,
           and
           if
           that
           you
           will
           follow
           those
           heavenly
           Rules
           given
           by
           the
           most
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Downe
             ,
          
           in
           his
           warning
           Sermon
           ,
           which
           I
           wish
           were
           imprinted
           in
           all
           your
           hearts
           ,
           you
           cannot
           do
           amiss
           .
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           in
           his
           great
           wisdome
           shewn
           you
           by
           his
           Declaration
           the
           way
           to
           go
           thorow
           this
           great
           work
           ,
           which
           if
           he
           had
           not
           done
           you
           would
           find
           it
           a
           most
           difficult
           work
           ,
           and
           Bills
           are
           in
           preparation
           for
           you
           to
           that
           purpose
           :
           God
           grant
           you
           wisdom
           and
           understanding
           to
           do
           that
           which
           becometh
           wise
           and
           sober
           men
           .
           His
           Majesties
           gracious
           Declaration
           must
           be
           the
           corner
           stone
           of
           this
           great
           structure
           ,
           but
           this
           stone
           must
           be
           polished
           ,
           squared
           and
           fitted
           for
           the
           building
           ,
           for
           
             nihil
             est
             ex
             omne
             parte
             perfectum
             .
          
           And
           now
           that
           I
           have
           in
           brief
           declared
           unto
           you
           the
           reasons
           of
           calling
           this
           Parliament
           ,
           I
           should
           leave
           it
           to
           my
           Lord
           
             Primat
          
           
           of
           
             Ardmagh
          
           to
           be
           further
           amplyfied
           and
           so
           to
           conclude
           ;
           But
           in
           breif
           let
           me
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           some
           of
           those
           great
           things
           which
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           done
           for
           us
           ,
           since
           his
           most
           happy
           Restauration
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Whereas
           the
           General
           Convention
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           did
           by
           their
           Commissioners
           present
           unto
           his
           Majesty
           three
           and
           twenty
           humble
           requests
           for
           the
           welbeing
           of
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           denied
           them
           none
           of
           their
           requests
           ,
           but
           either
           granted
           them
           
             in
             terminis
             ,
          
           or
           what
           he
           did
           not
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           referr'd
           to
           his
           Lords
           ,
           Justices
           and
           Council
           to
           grant
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           when
           the
           Convention
           had
           all
           they
           desired
           thus
           granted
           to
           them
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           held
           out
           unto
           us
           by
           his
           most
           gracious
           Declaration
           much
           more
           then
           the
           general
           Convention
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           desired
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           left
           the
           disposing
           and
           distributing
           of
           all
           his
           Royal
           Escheats
           and
           forfeited
           Lands
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           which
           I
           am
           confident
           are
           more
           then
           all
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           of
           
             England
          
           have
           had
           since
           the
           Conquest
           ,
           to
           be
           distributed
           by
           honourable
           Commissioners
           ,
           
             Secundum
             equum
             &
             bonum
             ,
          
           which
           I
           pray
           God
           they
           may
           do
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           Interests
           ;
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           reserved
           none
           of
           those
           Lands
           to
           himself
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           as
           for
           Forrests
           ,
           Chases
           ,
           Parks
           ,
           or
           like
           uses
           ,
           which
           he
           might
           justly
           and
           lawfully
           do
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           hath
           been
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           grant
           us
           a
           Parliament
           to
           begin
           as
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           which
           if
           that
           he
           had
           denied
           us
           ,
           all
           his
           Concessions
           to
           the
           Convention
           ,
           all
           his
           Grants
           comprised
           in
           his
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           that
           vast
           and
           unparralled
           
           Concession
           of
           all
           his
           forfeited
           Lands
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           had
           fallen
           to
           the
           ground
           and
           come
           to
           nothing
           ,
           for
           none
           of
           those
           could
           be
           setled
           but
           by
           Parliament
           ,
           wherein
           we
           are
           to
           observe
           the
           circumstance
           of
           time
           ,
           when
           our
           Parliament
           was
           to
           begin
           ,
           namely
           on
           the
           very
           day
           when
           the
           Parliament
           in
           
             England
          
           was
           to
           begin
           ,
           as
           if
           his
           Majesty
           had
           an
           equal
           care
           of
           both
           Kingdoms
           ,
           like
           Royal
           Queen
           
             Dido
             ,
          
           who
           said
           to
           
             Enaeas
             ,
             Tros
             teriusque
             mihi
             nullo
             discrimine
             agitur
             ,
          
           or
           did
           conceive
           that
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
          
           could
           not
           settle
           the
           businesse
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           as
           indeed
           it
           cannot
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           given
           us
           all
           his
           Revenue
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           certaine
           and
           casual
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           may
           be
           called
           his
           towards
           the
           maintenance
           and
           keeping
           of
           the
           Army
           in
           
             Ireland
             ;
          
           this
           his
           Majesty
           could
           do
           without
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
             ex
             gratia
             speciali
          
           has
           done
           it
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           notwithstanding
           so
           great
           debts
           contracted
           by
           in
           him
           forraign
           parts
           abroad
           during
           his
           banishment
           ,
           hath
           sent
           us
           very
           lately
           out
           of
           his
           own
           private
           Purse
           twenty
           thousand
           pounds
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           and
           thirty
           thousand
           pounds
           at
           another
           time
           to
           pay
           part
           of
           the
           Army
           for
           our
           ease
           ,
           whereby
           his
           people
           here
           might
           be
           eased
           of
           part
           of
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           if
           his
           Majesty
           could
           have
           done
           more
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           done
           it
           .
        
         
           Will
           you
           know
           what
           hath
           been
           done
           by
           the
           Lords
           Justices
           in
           order
           to
           this
           ,
           truly
           it
           is
           very
           fit
           that
           you
           should
           be
           made
           acquainted
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           in
           brief
           give
           you
           an
           account
           thereof
           .
        
         
           The
           Army
           is
           now
           modelled
           according
           to
           the
           
           establishment
           sent
           by
           his
           Majesty
           out
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           and
           in
           order
           thereunto
           they
           have
           in
           the
           first
           place
           disbanded
           an
           entire
           or
           whole
           Regiment
           of
           Dragoons
           and
           Officers
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           they
           have
           reduced
           fourty
           Troops
           of
           Horse
           to
           thirty
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           Officers
           of
           one
           hundred
           and
           six
           Foot
           Companies
           are
           reduced
           to
           sixty
           six
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           they
           have
           disbanded
           1650.
           private
           soulders
           which
           will
           be
           a
           very
           great
           ease
           to
           the
           Country
           ,
           but
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           withal
           that
           there
           are
           twenty
           three
           months
           Arrears
           due
           to
           the
           Army
           ,
           whereof
           eight
           moneths
           since
           his
           Majesties
           Restauration
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           it
           is
           time
           for
           us
           to
           recollect
           our selves
           ,
           and
           to
           consider
           ,
           
             Quid
             retribuimus
             ;
          
           what
           return
           shall
           we
           make
           to
           his
           Majesty
           for
           all
           this
           his
           goodness
           ,
           You
           know
           whose
           saying
           it
           is
           ;
           That
           to
           whom
           much
           is
           given
           ,
           from
           them
           much
           is
           expected
           .
           And
           now
           I
           confess
           I
           am
           at
           a
           stand
           :
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           given
           us
           more
           then
           I
           can
           express
           ,
           and
           forgiven
           to
           us
           more
           then
           I
           can
           set
           forth
           unto
           you
           ,
           But
           whether
           he
           hath
           given
           or
           forgiven
           most
           I
           cannot
           determine
           with
           my self
           ,
           Only
           this
           ,
           That
           in
           forgiving
           he
           hath
           given
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           had
           not
           forgiven
           first
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           have
           given
           ,
           nor
           were
           we
           persons
           capable
           to
           receive
           .
        
         
           Hath
           he
           not
           past
           by
           the
           greatest
           wrongs
           that
           could
           have
           been
           committed
           against
           a
           sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           even
           Rebellion
           of
           all
           sides
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           the
           sin
           of
           Witchcraft
           ;
           Nay
           hath
           he
           not
           rewarded
           many
           of
           his
           open
           and
           known
           Enemies
           in
           a
           high
           measure
           ,
           to
           the
           amazement
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           regreat
           of
           his
           best
           and
           most
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           Hath
           he
           not
           forgiven
           
           you
           these
           great
           arreares
           of
           rent
           due
           unto
           him
           during
           his
           banishment
           ,
           for
           the
           payment
           made
           by
           you
           to
           usurpers
           hands
           ,
           could
           be
           no
           discharge
           unto
           you
           of
           what
           was
           justly
           due
           to
           the
           Lord
           Paramount
           ,
           as
           my
           Lords
           the
           Judges
           will
           tell
           you
           ;
           All
           that
           you
           have
           ,
           your
           Lives
           and
           Estates
           were
           very
           lately
           at
           the
           Kings
           mercy
           ,
           and
           you
           could
           not
           call
           any
           thing
           your
           own
           :
           If
           you
           should
           give
           him
           all
           you
           have
           ,
           you
           give
           him
           but
           what
           was
           his
           own
           before
           ,
           but
           his
           Mercy
           hath
           triumphed
           above
           his
           Justice
           ,
           and
           blessed
           be
           God
           for
           it
           ,
           Therefore
           let
           your
           hearts
           be
           enlarged
           ,
           and
           remember
           in
           due
           time
           to
           give
           to
           our
           Royal
           
             Caesar
          
           the
           things
           which
           are
           
             Caesars
             ,
          
           and
           be
           sure
           to
           give
           unto
           God
           the
           things
           that
           are
           Gods
           ,
           Remove
           all
           heresies
           and
           profanenesse
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           for
           except
           the
           Church
           which
           is
           the
           Pillar
           of
           Truth
           be
           placed
           right
           ,
           the
           whole
           structure
           will
           inevitably
           come
           to
           the
           ground
           ;
           But
           I
           fear
           that
           I
           am
           entring
           upon
           the
           Province
           of
           another
           man
           whose
           proper
           work
           is
           to
           inlarge
           himself
           on
           this
           subject
           ,
           and
           to
           begin
           where
           I
           leave
           ;
           I
           mean
           my
           Lord
           
             Primate
          
           of
           
             Ardmagh
             ,
          
           Who
           is
           appointed
           by
           his
           Majesty
           to
           be
           Speaker
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Peeres
           
             pro
             tempore
             .
          
           Which
           I
           shall
           leave
           (
           with
           the
           Dismisse
           of
           you
           to
           your
           own
           House
           to
           chuse
           a
           Speaker
           )
           to
           his
           Lordship
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .