The King's Speech to his Soldiers.  
Gentlemen,  
YOu are called Cavaliers and Royalists, in a disgraceful manner: If I suffer in my fame, needs must you do also. Now express yourselves my friends and not malignants, fight for your King, the peace of the Kingdom and the Protestant Religion; It is not so great an honour to keep the white candour of opinion, sometimes confirmed by the rabble multitude without distinction, as when our reputation hath suffered some diminution, and been in the Eclipse of Royal splendour, to make it shine out again with clear resplendent beams of Majesty. I have drawn and collected you from several Countries, and you have like true friends followed me in all my occasions and fortunes we are now all engaged as near as life or fame concerns us, and if I thought that any of your affections wanted provocation to stir your magnanimous resolutions in the action of this day's service, I would use words to inflame your anger, and tell you some reason of high encouragement, that should produce in you all a nobly mounted anger, since the inequality of this field, pretended for the defence of the Protestane Religion, and by me intended to the same purpose, doth express a secret distrust of reality in my Royal intentions. You are called Cavaliers in a reproachful signification, and year all designed for the slaughter if you do not manfully behave yourselves in this Battle: They call all the King's Troopers Cavaliers; but let them now know that the valour of the Cavaliers hath honoured that name both in France and other Countries, and now let it be known in England as well as Horseman or Trooper, it signifying no more but a Gentleman serving his King on horseback, show yourselves therefore now courageous Cavaliers, and beat bacl all opprobrious speeches and aspersions cast upon you by the Enemy. Let them know and discern that for your King you dare adventure yourselves, and for the eternal reward of a just acquired honour.  
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