THE Lord Chancellor's SPEECH Upon the Lord Treasurer's Taking his OATH IN THE EXCHEQUER, The 26th of June, 1673.   printer's or publisher's device 
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The Lord Chancellor's Speech, upon the Lord Treasurer's taking his Oath in the Exchequer the 26 th'. of June, 1673.  
My Lord Treasurer,  
THe King of His Grace and Favour hath made choice of you to be Lord High Treasurer of England, as also Treasurer of His Exchequer, which are two distinct Offices. The first you are already possessed of, by the King's delivery of the White Staff, and have taken the Oath for that Office before me in another place. The other His Majesty hath conferred on you by His Letters Patents, under the Great Seal, which I am to deliver your Lordship, after you have been Sworn into that Office in this Court; of which, by this Patent, you are made a Chief Judge.  
King's are as Gods, and bestow Honour, Riches, and Power where they please; but in this They are as Men, that They can only Choose, not Make a person Adequate to their Employment: For if Their Choice be merely Favour, not Fitness, their Omnipotency is quickly seen through. Our Great Master hath therefore chosen you, one He has had Experience of these many years, as a Member of this House of Commons, which hath been so fruitful a Nursery of our English Ministers and Statesmen. Besides, your Lordship was some years since joined with another very able and worthy Person in the Treasury of the Navy, and after that managed it alone: So that you have before this been trusted with Three parts of Five of the Revenue of the Crown.  
My Lord, 
 You are in a Place, the very best that any English Subject is capable of, therefore you are in another Position, not only to the King our Master, but to us All, than you were ever before. He and we have all reason to look upon you as a Man at Ease, and that has nothing to wish, but the Prosperity of his Master and the Nation, that you may quietly and long enjoy so Great a Place, under so Good a Master. There is no more to be asked of you in this Condition, but that you know your own Interest, and that will secure you to the King's and the Nation's. I repeat them thus together, because none but Mountebanks in State-matters can think of them asunder. And let me say to your Lordship, That however happy you have been in arriving to this High Station, yet Parta tueri non minor est virtus. Many great men have proved unfortunate, in not observing that the Address and Means to Attain great things, are oftentimes very different from those that are necessary to Maintain and Establish a sure and long Possession of them.  
My Lord, 
 'Twill be no Civility to you, to hold you longer; The Visits you are to make to the several Offices of the Exchequer will take you up the rest of this Morning. I shall only add my good wishes, That your Lordship may long enjoy the Honour of this Great Employment, and His Majesty the Satisfaction of His Choice.  
FINIS.