T?’ ‘-ill... A SPEECH Vfed by Sir Francis 584602: in the lower Houfe ofYParlia- me72t,qm°7zto Jacobi, con-. cerning the Article of Mag turalization of the Scottff/3 Na- tion. jg-A-gr (Q T may pleafe you (Mailer Vi» Speaker ) preface will I , , u e none, but put my felfe uponyour good opinions, to which 1 have bfibne ac- . cuflomed beyond my de- ‘ fervings , neither will I hold you in fugyence, what way I will chufe,but now at the rll de- clare mv felfe, that I mean: to counfell the ' . ' A 3 Houfe gfifificg C‘ {.____‘. H Jule to Naturalize this Nation,whcrcin ne- vtrthelefle I have a requefl to make unto Vou, which is of more eflicacy to the purpofe I have in hand , than all thatl {hall fay afterwards; And it is the fame requefl, which Demoflhme: did more then once , in great caufes of. eliate, make to the people of Athens , That when they took int» their hands the Balls , where- by to give their voices (according as the man’- net of them was ) they would raife their thoughts, and lay afide thofe conliderations, which their private vacations and degrees might miniller and rtprelent unto them , and would take upon them,C0gltatlons and minds aireeable to the dignity and honour of the e ate. For (lVlal'ter Speaker) as it was aptly and fliarply Ta_1d by k2! lexandcr to Parmenia , when upon their recitallof the great offers which Darnu made, Parmcnio faid u a mo him ,I would accept thele offers, were I as Alexander , hec turned it upon him againe , fo wouldl (faith hee) were I as Parmmio , To in this caufe: if an honefl Englzfl: Merchant (I doe not fingle out that State in difgracefor this Ill md ever held it honourable, but only for an in- flance of:zprivate- profefsion) If an Eng/ifb Merchant {hould fay, l"urely Iwoultl proceed no Further in the union 3 were I as the King, it might bee rcafombly anfwered , no more would ' n (3) ‘.____ chant; and the like ;may be {aid of a Gentle- man in the Country], bee he never. {o worthy or fuflicient ,' or of a Lawyer be hee never fo wife or learned , or of any other particular condition in this Kingdomefor certainly(Ma- ller Speaker) if a man fhallbe only or c hie fly , fenfible of thofe refpeéls which his particu— A lar affeétion, and degree {hall fuggcfl 9 midi it!‘ fufe into hirn,and not enter into true and wor- thy conliderations of efiate, he {hall never be able alight to give counfell,or take counfell in this matter, for that if this requell be grant~ Cd, -Iraccount thecaufc obtained. . » . ‘ a I But to proceed to the matter it felf; all con- fultations do rel} upon ueflions comparative, for w.hen..a q1i‘e{tio'rfis were, it IS fimple, for there isbut one truth , but when a'quc{’tion is de him, it is -for the mofl part comparative, for there be differing degrees of good and evil], and the belt of the good is to be referred and chofen‘, ‘and the worfl of the evi I is.to he declined alilid avoided ,‘ and therefore inkqpe- flions of t is nature , you may not oo e or anfwer, proper to everv inconvenience allea~ gcd , for fomcwhat that cannot be fpecxagy anfwered , may neverthelefle beeneount , and ovcrweighed by matter of greater _mo-e amen; , and therefore , for the matter whlfig would the King , were he as an 'Engl:!laN Met. Q l l '7 (4) «M {hall fet forth unto you, will naturally receive the diltribution of three parts. The anfwer to , an 3.l'1f\’VCI' t0 thCfC lllCOnVCI1lCI\C€S the inC0nYC’ , . which have beene alleaged to enfiie , if wee ' 0'.) C‘ - ' . ' §r‘:iKc§:cr1i;n; lhould give way to this Naturalizat1on,which tllc .\:.mm:'r- I ftippofs you will not finde to bee , which I-‘“°"' I fuppofe will not be fo great,as they have bin macle,b1:t that much droll'e1s put into the bal- lance, to help to make weight. Secondlygan encounter a der of thefe inconveniences , which cannot properly be an fwered,by much greater incon- veniences,which wee {hall incurre,il‘wee doe not proceed to this Naturalization. gainll the remayn— Thirdly. an encounter liltewife, but of‘ an- other nature , that is by the gaine and benefit, which wee {hall draw and purchafe to our felves by proceeding to this Naturalization. Antl yet to avoid confufion , which ever fol- loweth of too much generality, it is neceffary fr )1‘ me before I pro:eer;l to perfwaliomto ufe fome ciillribution ofthe points or parts ofNa~ tural iz::ri:>n,which certainly can be no better, or none other , than the ancient dillinftion of jm C it‘it.2tiI, jusfuffrzzgii L‘:/tribw l’ flit /‘:‘720rl'I: loi':1ll:1bilit}7 of private interelt, of publike lervice‘ . , jlur Pctitiont? and capacitie is either zllewn @' Tmmx, 01’ OE and the publike confillerh chiefly 1-5' 1 Cs)‘ chiefly either in voice orin oflice, now it is the firft‘ of thefe (Matter Speaker) that I will on! handle at this time , and in this place, a r referrethe other two fora Committee, becaufe they receive more diainélion and are-_ firiétion. ' To come to the inconveniences alleaged on the other art, a the firfl of thetnis; - that their may en ue ofthis Naturalization , a fur. charge of people upon this Realm ofl-Inglnnd, which is lhppofed already , to have the full charge and contentment , and therefore there cannot be an admiflion of the adoptive, with- out a difmiflion of the former times,and con- ditionsof all thofe , that are native pfubjeéts of}? this Realm. A grave obje€tion,(MaIter Spca- her)’ and very dutiful!-, Eorit proceeds not , of any unkindneffe to the scam’ [in Nation, but of a naturall fafineffe to our {elves , for that an - fwcr of thc Virgins, Ne forte non fuffitidt ‘L'o51':t 65 nah’: , proceeds not out of any.envy , or maligne humour, but out of providence, and" the originall charity , which begins with our felvc-s,and I muft confeffe (M. Speaker)that as. the Gentleman faid , when ulbrqbuu and I.'pot,~ in regard ofthc grcatnefllaof their Fami- lies, grew per_1t,,and firaitned, It IS true , that though they were brethren, they gftw to CM‘- ference , and'to thofe words, Vale no ed deme- B ' U’: Q (6) ram, gf ego ad finiflram; But certainly, I {hould never have brought that example on that fide, for wee fee what followed of it , how this {(3. paration ad dextram é’ ad fimflram, Caufed the miferable captivity of the one brother , and the dangerous though profperous war of the 0t‘;‘.er, For his ref cue and recovery. But to this Ol.1}C€tl0n,(_l\’l.lllCY Speaker) be- ing to weighty , and lo princip.i11,I meane to give three feverall anfwers , every one of them being to my underflanding by it felfe Stifiicicnt. is .,i, n..,m.r The firftis, that the opinion,oF the mun» ‘W ll'.l.l‘:l‘LI' {,1 K _ 0‘ b:rof‘tl1eScomfb Nation,thatlhoultlbelil-;ely to plant theinlielves here amongfl us, will bee fountl to bee athin2,r.1ther in conceitthen in event) for (Mailer Speaker) you lllzlll fintle thefe plaufible {imilitudes ofa tree, that will thrive the better, if it bee remooved into the more Fruitfull laoile, an.i oflheep: or cattell, that if they fintlea gap or pzllizge open , will leave the more barren pallure, and getintc the more rich anl plentifull , to be but argu- ments meerelv fiiperlieiall , anl to have no found releinb';.:nCe , with the ti‘anfpl3.11ting 01‘ tr: nsfcrring ot families, for the tree we know by mtitre ,1“ as foone as it is {ct in the better grountl,can Fallen upon it, and take nutrin_1€flt from it. an.ia lheep as foone as he gets lnlto t ie the better pafiure ,~ what lhould let him to grafe'or feed , But there belongeth more I takeit, to afamily or particular perfon, that ‘(hall removefrom one Nationto another, for if'(Mafler‘Speaker) they have not flock, meanes, acquaintance, and cuflome, hab1ta- ._ tion, trades, countenance, and the like, Ihope you doubt not, but they will fiarvem the ” ' midi} ofthc rich p‘a{lure,' and are fan-es enough from grazing at their pleafure, and therefore ‘ in this p¢;inr,which is conjeéturall, experience Coniefiurall is the bell guide for the time pafi, is a pattern °"P°"°“°°' of the time to come, I think no man doubreth (Maf1werSpcaker) but his Majefties firft com- ingin , was the reatefi fpring-tide for the $4 confluence , can enterance of that Na. tion; . ' i ‘i: Now I would fainunderliand in thefe Four oyeeres fpace, and the fulnefle, and flrength of the Court and Tide , how many families of the Scotch men, are planted in the; Cittics, Burroughs and Townes of this Kingdom, for I doe allure my felfe, then more thentfome Eerfons ofquality,about_his M rjc-flies perfon eere at Court and in Landogianctxfiuureaoduer inferioirr p‘erfons,i that h’ave'2avde'pe'ndnn ‘e up. ‘on them“, thdreturne and certificate, iffuch a Survey fh‘ou‘ld— bee made, would be ofa num- 'ber extreamely fmall, '1 report me to all your - B 2. private ’ R _ . . “" 7 - , ..... w-s’ ' 3 , » . «. .. .. . ~ . 55", ‘ .~ ~ - I . nit’.-~r:‘t§~}:~._~'T'*-" . -- _ 1 (3) private knowledges of the places where you inhabite. - ' Now ( Mailer Speaker) as I fald,SiinI1'gna w‘. rid: im fit , quidfirt in arido, I am fure there will be no more fueh fpring tides-, but you will tell me of :1 multitude offamilies of the Scomfl: na- tion in Polonia,and if they multiply in a Coun- trey fo farre , how much more at hand , for that (Mafler Speaker) you mull impute it of , necellity to fome fpeciall accident oftime and place that draws the thethergfor youfee plainly before your eys, that in siemva, which is much neerer, where in Frame they are invited with priviledges, and with the very priviledge of naturalization, yet no fuch number can bee found , fo as it cannot either bee neerenes of place,or priviledge ofperfon that is the caufe. But fliall I tell you (Mailer Speaker) what I thinke-,In all the places of the world, neere or farre of, they will never take that courfe of life in this Kingdome , which they content themfelves with in Polandafor we [cc it to bag the nature of all men that will rather difcover poverty abroad then at home», There is never a gentleman , that hath over reachcdhimfelf in expences, and thereby mull abate his coun- tenance, but hee will rather travell, and doe it abroad, then at home, and we know wellthey have good high flomacks , and have CV61‘ flood --J.’ r " W ,1 ‘,7. I. ‘ . - ‘ ".~ V pg , ‘ ., . -_.« .. - _ . ' '_ , ~ . ‘ y n {xx .x,, ~- . W _ *\ . '2 LS.-« _ I‘-. '.‘ 1 . 3" 11 K ..-Irv ' ,, . ’ ". , v ,‘.3- . - " ‘ ~< — ‘ . ‘ "’ ‘log 1*". N 4 ' .' '1 .fi"'~ ' ,0 &:f."_ "“"’ ""' ~'~’ ' __ ~ _ 0 . .. -- _ _ _ .. 1 ,. .¢ . . _. H . . ' -.’. "‘ . 1 I ‘.,. ..;,!g I’ . ‘ “Y-‘ e . ‘ ’ I . «' .00) fr! ¢‘(i.'! P7’; ‘.1 ,'1t, rrt Maritime I Cotzntz ies furchargcd with people. rnongft us, the badges and -tokens , rathff Of fcarrenefle, then of preffe of people, as drow-_ ned grounds,Commons, \Na[tes, and the like, which is a pl.;in demonllration, that howfoe— ver there may be an overfwelling throng and prelle of people, here about London, ‘Which is molt in our eie,yet the body of the Kmgdome is but thin fowne with people , and whofoe- ver {hal comprre the ruines and decayes ofan- cient Towns in this Realme, with the erect- ments and augmentations ofnew, cannot but judge that this Realme hath been farre better peopled in former .times»,it may be in the H ~. tarchy,or otherwile generally the rule lioldegi, The fmaller thc State the reater the populati- on Pra mo,And whether t is be true or no,we ncede not feeke Further, then to call to our re- membrancé , how many of us ferue heere in this place, for defolate and-decayed _Bur_— roughs, i Againe,‘ (Mailer Speaker) whofoever loo- keth into the principle of ellate , mull hold, that it is the Mediterrane Countries, and not the Maritime which need to fearelurchzlrge of people, for all lea provinces and efpecially Illands have an otherelement befides the earth and foile, for their lixftentationgvhat an infinite of people are, and may bee fulhtined by filhing,carri;1ge by fea,and merchandizing, wherein (11) whereig; I doe again difcover,tl1at wee are not all pact: by the multitude ofpeople,for if we WC}? 3 .1! were not pollible , wee ll1OUld relin- , Ulfh , and refigne, f_u.ch -an infinite benefit of , {hing , to the-Flemminggas itis well lcnawne wee do, and therefore I fee, that wee have walls by Sea , as wellas -by land, which llill is an infallible argument that our induflry is not awakned ,- to feeke maintenmme to any our great charge aorpreflie of people- And laftly , (Mailer Speaker)—there was never any Kingdome in this World’, had I think , for faire and happy means to iffue and difcharge the multitude oftheir~ le,as hath,in regard‘ ofitlaaiimfolate and walled Kinodome oflreland, which being a countrey blcfiied with all moft all thedowryes ofna- ture , as Riven , Havens, Woods, Quarryes, I ood Soile, and temperate c1imate,:and;no»_v at lafi blefl; under his Majefty alfo with obedi- ence,doth as it were continually call unto us, forour Colonies and Plantations, and fo I conclude my. fecom_l.anl‘wer'|:,L to this preten- ded inconvenience offurcharge of people. The-third ,anl‘wer( Mailler Spealcer)which I give is this, I demande what-is the worfl ef- —fCfl:.th:lt can follow of yourfurc ha rge _oFpeo- ple,-look into it and you {hall finde It none 0-. ther then fomc, honourable warre, for the en-. large ment ‘ “‘*"'u- an. Th: t‘un.l_1— V ;x:en:.ul I ;ms of I-Zc:'.:n¢' 5; S."0'[J71Li 3|";- din-'5 and {<- v:ralL V; -4o<- « _ .‘ , ‘B5? _;-3, ‘A ___>_ ..,_‘V. - :4-._-_ -— . ; rat-. ‘ .4 _ y D <11?) :; hrgcmcnt of their bordersfitrhich finide't.hcII'l&-' felves pent,*u_pon_ forraine part’s,'jovith incon~ veni:-nces,Wh1ch in a warlike Nation,‘ I. know not whether I {hould tearme an llICOflv¢m.- ence or noe,for the faying is moft true,thou§_h' in an other Ienfe, Ormze fiwlum’ fbrti patria. It was fpoken of the patience of an exiled man, but it is no lelfe true in the valour ofawar- like Nation , and certainly(Ma{’cer' Speaker) Ihope I may fpealce it without offence,‘ that whenfoever we {hould hold our felves worthy,and whenfoever jufl caufe lhould bee given, either to recover.our:ar‘1-cicnt rights, or to revenge our late wrongs , or to at- taine the honour of our anceftors , orto en- large the patrimony of our poflerities, WCO would never in this manner Forgetthe confi- derations of amplitude and grezztnefie, and fall 2: varianee-about’ptO‘f;i'e‘i:tn};l- reekonings, fittem greatfdeale for private perfons, then for Parliflmcnts , and Kingdomes, and thus (Mallet Speaker) I leave this firft ob‘je- Ettion, to fuck fatisfactions as you have heard 0 . _ . . ‘ ~ ' The fecond objeétion is,that the funclamen-, till lnwes ofthele Kingdornes,%ol'Engl.m:l and 5 5 0’ l‘f’'{1,.3fC yet diverfe and feve.ral‘l‘,un.zy more that it IS declared‘ by the inftrument, that their (hall fo continu A’ ' e; and that there is no intent In his his Magaayia -make innbmaoa i:'ut'heni’,*and: thatiiré {houLd*h}9tb_rcE§zfdifonabl:C,=1a P"313¢€'d3tO?’: this fINa:unali2at&on';-.~ Vkthetobyrxtsi €nl*0\'iI: themwvich: cl1'Ig‘ll1E's; and :; Pnvilcar 86$, exoept. th'3y! fhbuId‘1ikowiiB:r"oceivq, fubmit .t'hemfe1v’cs to our 1awe§,: and thls ob-«. ;e&ion likcwifc ( Maftcr .-Speaker) I allow. to be a wfigfiw ~°?b%¢~‘T«idnv.qmd :rw.0.fthy;tobe«. well aafwércdg-am :1 {Fe Uuflkd.‘ fiqtxca Mw.\"~.$‘. qqr ' he anfwcr to * The hnfw‘¢tt‘er'.1ti'-Jn, doc wee HOE 3oaaaic’>'n¥ofIaawes.,":¢nd1fl1 .- -a»'<(./1"’ "*“ ' (21.4) _. not likewife. fee L in the; {late ‘of? the . C hurcha that amonglt all people, of§11.1anguag¢5a an Linages, there .isreommu1}1f1ne9§.‘SaxntS, #134 thatuweeare all fellow C1tt,zcns,>and'Natu- ralizants of the heavenly Jerufalern, And yet neuer the leffe, divers -—Eccl€fiaf’uc.all Laws; Policies and!-Ieirarchiés. 3 ,3CC-°"d"‘8 ‘O thc fpé-cch ofthat -wort-hy .F2If17C"s'.1’f«,>-"'.fl‘ W" 53“! fitjcifiura mmfir, and thefe .C.€YC3*“1‘}’ (Mfiflfl Speaker) as they are the bon_dS of love they are the more fpeciall and private bond, and the bond of .Natura1ization_;. the more com» mosfandgenerall ‘,:5ur Ithm l'aw'cs_as-ex .ra’ther I-‘tfgura Rcipublim, then form4,3nd r_ather,Bor'1ds 0 pcrfcétion, thenBonds ofentrrenefleg and therefore we fee in the experience of our own government, that in the «Kipgdome of lr:1a.nd;’ "fining: Laws. all our Statutes and LaWS,finCe Tfjaingr Latirsgl are not in force, anal» y,emtze.den'y’ thnqjmnghg benefit of Namrélizatiorgin’ Gerfg and yegdgfiy and the me .ofMan, aurfcommon Lawes ate’ not in force , aind » ytrnhcy have the benefit of Naturalization , Qdeithcf {need aux mzinrioubié,-' but that out ziflwes and -Culiomesmfiufti in fmalltime gather and:wiq:updtx}x11_e;i » '}fm« here is the feath of the; Kingdom! , x W eme» come the fupresme dircfiinpszdf aflhteg hbfeié the Kifigg pa;-ffimahd manpll éoflwfiltlllthiit verfe faith, ’ " ; '* .:'~ -m. -.:E1ir:_ "_. )',' 2.‘i‘_":_‘., , .2 vfxegit ' " ‘_'»_‘._ I _- ..-e " ,e'f‘ef!:ztcs,“y‘et' by" the fecret bp'étatiofi»o,f no long time, but they will come under the yoake ofour laws, and F0 Data: tram: pan‘ j a, and this is the anf were I give toethe {econ oh}c6}ion.' I ' — The thifd o'bjeé'Hon,is;fome i.nequalh'ty, in Inequality in the fortunes of thefe two Nations, England ,;,cg,,,u,,.,.. and Sca:land,by the commixture whereofithere ;m':f;;= maywenfue agdvantage’-tgthem-, and’1ofl'e tqirs, ,_,,,,,_ wherein (M. Speaker) it is wellthatthis d1ffe- rence ‘or dif parity ‘confifleth but in the external Goods of fortune, for indchdtit muff bc‘c‘con- fieffed that f‘o1-the'gOods of the minde and bo- dythey are almi no;,orQurfe1ves, fottodoe them but riivhty, wee lenmv m their caputx-3 ties ahd.t1neTer{ti:1bc1ings. ,dt1&ey are a. people uxgemous In out In ti nous , :11 con- rage valiaht , in body. hard , aaivc ,.and conxelv mute might5»be‘faid ‘hut in com!»- mmd¥rx.§‘thenfi,§ve doebui in’ eifisét, 'commcn_d our felve-ts, for they are of one parqmd COM!‘- nent with us, and the truth is ,' \_vc_ -are partici« nt,bg(:};o;t},:§.vérFqc, and v1‘cetsi,€.;E1£_tl1ey Véf ’ 6 or _ 2:5 be a:pc()P e‘ on 0 ‘traa stable in gIo'vemm"ent,wté e‘annot»witho'ur flat- ' ‘ - C 0 tcring an I .1. ;E!?:’.«.'*“-::-:=-w-v/ '“’ t~._ .,-V: » 5. ... ‘I. —; . ' - __ . _ s " -‘p v .- ': ~. -' -' .._ . t laws no.‘ f\"::s t:.I‘.flr.! I ’ _ _‘,:f'r til‘: H3‘ u;rc o'cl:tL:.1:S- .—v"'".‘ _A - (46,) tering our felves, free our {elves altogether fronrthat fault ,~ being indeed incident £01311 martiall people . as wee fee It evident by the example '()ftl1€-ROIHQDS, and others, even like unto fitrce horlies, that tliought-hey be ofhet-j ter ferviee-then others,‘ yet are they bardet to guide and m:m.1ge. ’ - ‘ e int for this ohjeétion (Mallet Speaker) I purpofc to anfivere it, not by the authority of Script JICS , which faith, Beatizu‘ efl ‘dare qurzm accipere, But an authority ,— framed and derived from the judgmenb. ofour felves, and out an. eeftors in the fame cafe; as to the point , for (Maficr‘Spea1oer)in all the lives ofour Kin9s,~ non: uicth to carry greater cémendarion then his Majellies noble progenitor King Edward the firit of that name , and amongfl his other cémendations, both ofw-arre and pt_>licie,nonc is rnore ce1ebrated,then his purpofe and enter.. pri1e,for that conquefl ofscorluzdj as not hen. fling his de{ignes,to glorious acqtwils alnoad, out to folid {lrength at home,which neverthe- lefie if it had fuccecded , could not but have brought in all thefe inconveniences , of the commixture of a more Opulent Kingdome, with a1elTe,tl1at are now alledged, for it is not the yoakc, either ofour lawes or armes, that can alter the nature ofthe Climate, or the M- ture of the foil , neither is it the manner lof t we .‘.. ’ “ --,;'l.IFl'U*<‘..~nt-.o,_¢r .,. _ . ... —. ‘iii’: -\<.,~ » . . .....---...........-- ‘ac-ca-.... -¢ ““‘-Qucifit-Q.‘ %§%Q§éF.§!§§X§¢{¢:’ih~;t3a}il51tnr bernatnreof . Qtvxasaacture-. a.n.d;hc:c£o.re{Ma srspeakcsy i£?i‘T’W¢T€ good .-for-ugthen,-5 jtgis-go_o_dfp,r _ :15 waqndflpx ihfi 1€&.T§bCC.fl‘llrC ?.‘?*'.¢ 91294 :99; £0; 4eare:FqnirasBn§s‘;aom:fi:1{ «9I?i¢¢§!0n. ; '21 rstfci overrltovtmr ; or Mr ~_vvi-1 %‘Co_rne a_fter,to hee fpolsepstouching fumty, aind grcagncflé, > . oi,‘ . _ ‘ . ~ fl bhieftion (Mafler not properly ‘an objecftion but rather zfprooc-L eupation of an objeétion of the other fide, for it may bee {aid and very materially,where— abouts wee doe contend, the benefit of Natu- ralization is by the Law, in as many as have beene , or {hall ‘bee borne, fince"his Majellies commingf to the Crown, flxieadyfetled ztnd invelled , there-is no more then ., but to bring ‘the Ante-mm’, into the degree "of. the Poflmati, thafimen grown,that have well -deferved,may.- See in no worfe cafe , then children which :liave'not deferved , and elder brothers in no worfecafe, then younger brothers, fonas wee ‘ftar-:d_ ,,upon quiddmv an quatuin 5 being but 1 little tlifference of time, of; one generation from an other, to this (M.S eakenit is faid by ,f0mc,-that the Law is not ti: but that the pofl- "Vi arealienslas the relt.A pointe,that I mean 110! muchtorargiue, Jbothbecnufe it hath been ‘well fpolte£_1;by the gentleman thatrfpoke. lall _ Ci 3 ' before’ ? The iarn dc- grec of an alien. 'I lie irccond dc- grcc nran .1- lien born un- der 2 State. that is Friend- (:8) b¢fo,¢_ mcc, and be-eaufe pldoe‘-;deli1_‘C iIi_f5i_3 'ca{c,and'in this place,to T peak rather of Lon- eveniencie , then ofLaw, only this Twill fay, 4:.‘ that, that opinion feems to nice contrary to o- pinion ofLaw,and contrary to Authonty,and experience of Law ;' for reafon ofL:1w, when I meditate ofit, my thinks the wifdorne of the Common Lawes of England well obferved, is admirable in the diftribution of the benefit and proteétion of the Laws , according to the fever-.11 conditions of perfons in an excellent proportion , the degrees are foure , but bi- partite ; two of Aliens , and two of Sub- jecis. Thefirfiide . gree is of an alien borne under :1 King , or State, that is enemy, iffuch an one ‘come into this ‘Kingdom without lafe conduéi It is at his pert'1ll,I:hi'.' Law oivéth him no ‘teéhon neither For Bodvj ' f0 :15 lfhft‘ bf iifiillej there is n0 rcmfdy 3_ "Y 3PPC3IC 3‘ th? P.1rties fuit although the pir- t_v were an Erzglxfb woman i “ ,m:irrV at the Kings mgr; the Cale my bee otlierwife inércguzrrd ot the otfen 03:30 the pe-.1ce,_and Crown.‘ " The fecond de under the faith Rate, tilztisea fr Law dothrimpa gree is ofan alien that is born 311d JIlCigC'.incc Ofia Kine icnd, unto ii uch a perfof WC rtea great benefit‘ andip W?‘ {hon d,- m.‘ ‘ ' ' .r~._ '3‘ ‘ . ‘\-~g- % 099»: « % étiun thatistdnccrning things pcff0D311,t 80- fitory and movcablc , as goods and Ch3.tF€1.15a Contnfisand theljke .3 but» not c.OllC¢_fm.98% fncchold and lnhéritan-:c,.and £h¢:A‘¢_af9IH$ 13¢’. czmfc hce'mayb.c:m‘dnc1ny;th0a‘gh for the Starr: under the obcyfancéf 0f.V5’_h_‘Ch hcc is may enter into quarrcll, and hoihlltya ‘ anctthcrcioxe as1h£.l,aw£l1fi$h b1§}#I*.?f5*-‘J9 FY aifutamcbfihim. £9 it tfiwztdilhma“ trdnIinony;1ioneEts.~;«.?-:“ 2 » ' » ' ‘ ...~, ~_ .. ‘ . A _ ’ 1, ,."~ . u n ‘ I V " . 1. T. . 21?.‘ ;. '>.-'41,."-*_. - ~'Thc~third degree is ofawfubjeéi. yV._ J_!3V1P8ITh¢ t'}i“‘n“f_‘ boea‘¢;a'n ‘a1icnzis.h5rn':1Ia=1'mt_r hu&J§ru1htnnss“‘*f.Z‘§Ef.b;§a. fuch~é.ri-oncg1fhdé11iavrdoth-lmpaftfia yet 2» more ’amplcx bci1’cfit",j for it him ‘pdW¢l5’i0 3 ghfafc ,. freehold, :~iqhlfi¥9“'“‘°’ 4?‘? lc-Ifsofcz _C1g!l_-. e1mn;'beirx'm'dfimr.lns cfcn1zat1ont_0*fl1‘ff“> ‘W ncvcrthclcffc hcc cannot makétltlc 3 0* €011“ vc cdiorcc from any =lI1C€fl0T5 P"§*m9”“,t> Y. pot; 1“ zh=«rauiaabgnae,ovy° ub)e&Jaor!*+b¢6M‘5 hecrwas onén'anahdn;nnd_«fqmigh§.ontci‘rmIF h¢¢n‘¢,,3n_Egany, Etiranofulmq mt, ’glFfC&l'. ¢'>no¢.‘.mnotbcfct}:d by any hep vi” frbtdohuir ablmiwitygrhcyt axqszmbrddgmi }—"-: Hflflflli .‘;3;..H ‘:0 ,. J U‘ ' 53 1'! 3'3"’- --(.7 "L '73"-)5 '3'" ' i.!J3" 3": ' -.' The fourth And the fourth degree,“/hich IS the pcrfcél deg,“ ..... pct- dCgl‘CCfc& degree- .« ‘o, ‘I *4’ I: " (to) 1 ‘- degree,is offueh :1 perfon,as neither is enemy, nor can be enemy in time to come, not would have beene enemy in time pail, not can bee enemy in time to come , therefore the Lawn gives unto him , the full benefit 0fNatur.l1li-. zation. rNow(Mal’cer Speiker) iiithefe betrue Reps and paces of the Law, no man can deny, but whofoever is borne under the Kings obedi-' enee never could in aliquopzmfioternporir bee 3“ ¢nemy.and therefore in reafon ofL:1w , is I\aturaI,N ay,contrariwiI‘e,he.is bound iureym. Ytivitatir to defend this Kinszdome of England, againil all _Innovators and Rebells,ancl thereé fore as hee is obliged to the proteétion GPA» liens, and that perpetually, and univerfally, 111 he is to have that perpetu-all and univerfall;bee~ neht and proteélion ‘o€lawies.whichsis.l\IattL-. ralization. . I For forme of‘ pleading it is true that hath beene faid, that if’: rnan,iwould pleade 3n0.< tber to be an alien, he muff not only fer-fortli negatively, and pr1mitively,that hee was born out or the obedience of our Soveraine Loud the King, but aflirmatively, Under tl11:f0bn:'dié enle of a forraine King , or (hire, jflgpflfj-9 titular , which never can bee done in this cafe. ' ’ ° " A9 » 4 .4‘''-. j.,.‘' .q _.. ‘« _ 74;-< ,_ »_;»—§.;.,o , , '. ,_ .V 93 3% . .-.',~, ‘- - _ ,. 1 . _. ) « , ,.-,.“. ., , , - - -.,,. ~..- ...«.._. ;§€i‘!)}r A As»for:a1‘9thIority, I wiilnot .'prefl'e it, you eknowall what hath beene publifhed by the Kings; Proclamation -, and for ex erience of fLawes, wee fee it in the f'ubje&s‘o Ireland, in -the Subjeas ofGernfgy, and; Imv:fiy,.patcc1s.. of ‘the Duchy of Normand} , in the Subjeflsbf C alli1, when imvas Erglifla, which was arcel of the Crowne of Pranlt, But as Ifai , I am not willing to enter intaaq but to hold my felfe to point of convemencre, - Io as foremy part, I hold all, Nannie: ipjbjare, But yet I am farr from opinion, that it {hould be a thing fuperfluous to have it fione _ g M- _ _ g ,_ an 3‘ ,1: e.;1~.;-,.+i;; airs: '1‘. .‘ Chiefciy in xé-fpeéi of that true pzincipall of State;?rin:ipam aflmm ad fpnatp fin: _Cuv‘. fonmd¢',It will lift upla fig_n_e coat! cfyb-World, ofotxrhovestownrds them, good agree- ment with them, and thefe are(Mf.- Speaker, the materiall ohje&ions,which have _beene on the other fide, whereunto youhave heard my anlwer weigh them’ in your wifdoimes,-‘and folconc ude that generall par't.— ‘‘ 3 — . Now (Mafler Speaker) according as I pro» mifed I mufl fill the other ballance,'in éitprefi fing unto you the inconveniences, - which we; ° ihali inéur, ifwe {hall not proceed to thi§N’i} turalization ,.wherein that convenience above ail others, andealone by it fclfc, if there were ° I) none (22) none other,doth exceedingly moove mee, and may inoove you, is a pofition ofefiate, colle- cted out of the Records of time, which is this, That whatfoever feverall Kingdomes or E- flates, have bene united in Soverainty, if that union hath not beene fortified , and bound in with a further union, and namely that which is now in queflion (of Naturalization) this hath Fo1lowed,that at one time or other, they have broken , being upon all ocealions apt to relaps and revolt to the former Sepera.— tron. W O F this affertion, The firft example which I will fet before you, is of the memorable L1 - The union bc- nion , which was betweene the Romans and :3“ the Latins, which continued from the Battell mam. at the Lake ofkcgi//4 , for many yeeres unto the Confullhip. At what time, theirbegan about this very point of Naturalization, that warr which was called Bel/um Sociale, being the moi} bloody and pernitious warre, that ever the Romane State endured, wherein after numbers ofbat— tles,and infinite fieges antl furprifes of Towns, the Romanes in the end prevailed, and ma- {lred the Latins, And ever as they held the honour of the warre , fo looking back into what perdition and confuiion, they were near to ...-u t ,. _.- __ ‘A _ g ' Q ' ~o‘.::."j~_ ‘-on" .. - -"‘ »— ..-........ _- " ~ " . __>-—.-..‘... ‘-‘ J __ T (23) . TO have beene brought, they prefentl natu- _rahzed them all,you fpeake ofa naturalization 1“ b100d,there was :1 naturalization indeed in blood. Let‘me fer before ou a aine the exam le 0fSpar:a and the refl)of thg Peniloponcfw rhfeir d H“ afrociates. The State of Sparta, wasa nice and jealous {tare of this point of"1m'pariing na- turalization to their Confederates, But what was the iffue ofit,after theyheld them in a kind offociety and amity for diversyeers, upon the firft occafio given which wa-sgno ‘more then the furprifall of the Came of ‘ 1‘bé5?:, by Certain: d cf perate confpirators‘ in the habit of M alters, there enfued imediately a general revolt 6: de- fecftion of their aiTociates,which was the mine of their State never afterwards to be recog- vered. Of latter t’imes,Let me lead your con{iderati— The !-W"°.“°“ ons, to beholdthe like events in the Kingdon1“:f°_'::;'ffi,‘:"° oft/frragorgwhich Kingdom was united wit - Caflile, and the ref} of Spain‘, in the perfijns Of. Ferdinando, and Ifaéella , aha 1'9 ¢ont‘iflu;édi5 many years, but yet fo as it Road ‘a’ Kirigdomo f‘e\_re.red and devided from the rcffnf Spain: in privrledges, and dircélly in this oint_ofNatu— rélization , or capacity of in‘he1"itah‘Cc,”What Came of this,’ Thus n1ueh;thdthow.bFPtefl1 s D 2 memory (24) . memory , not paft twelve yeetes. fince, onely upon the voice of a condemned man, out of the grate of a prifon, towards the {lreete , that cried which is as much as Liberties or Priviledges, there was raifed :1 dangerous re- » bellion, which was fuppreffed with difliculty ' with an army Royall, and their priviledges difanulled, and they incorporated, with the ref} ofSyairze,upon fo {mall a fparlce,notwith— (landing to long continuance, were ready to break, and {ever again. Flame and The like may be faid of the State of Florence, Pf“ fifgwhich City ofPif4 being united unto Flu-ace , but not endued with the benefit of Naturalization, upon the firft fightof torraine ‘£’3":‘d:h¢ afli{tance,by the expedition of Charla: the 8th- ”; of Frau: into Ital}, did reyolte, though it bee {ince again: reunited, and incorporated. . 11;: like ef~ ‘-The fame effect wee fee in the moi} barba. rous Government, which fhewes it the rather ..c,,.,. to bee an effect of nature, for it was thouoht a fit polic by the-councell oFConflAltifl0pZ, to retaine t e Provinces of Tr_a]jlv41n'a, Valachiz, and MoU4'vI°a,which were as the nurfes of Con- flanniople, in refpeét of their provifions, to the end they might bee the le{l'e wa{led,onely un--- der Vaywdg, 335/’:_iffals and Honager: , and not under Bn{B¢.u,as Provinces of the furkifb E_m- pire, = contrary'cour.fe', and th Pi’f"a'Wd"P°1iC}’ WC let by late experience pro- :hedIunFortuuate;, asappeared by the rcvo-1t of C ilmc three Provmces,under the Armies 8: Condllfi of Stgifmnd Prince oFTran]Ilm;;i4 3 leader very IS notyet Fully rccovered,whereas we feldome or never hear of revolts of Provinces incorpo- rate to the Tarkifl Empire. * On the other part( it is true, which the Logicians l‘ay,0ppafita jux- ta fe péfitd magi: , Let us take aview, and WCC {hall ad. that‘ wherefbcver‘ Kingdomes and States have beene united ,and that union incor- roberate, by the bond 0 wall , you {hall neverio ward); upon any occafion of trouble or other- wife, to breake , and fever againe, as wee fee mofl evidently Before our eies, in our Provin- ces of‘Fr4:u-e that is to lay Ga}erz,Provin:e,Nor— ‘an-an ,-2Bri:4in,* which notwithftanding the infinite infefiing troubles of that Kingdomq. never offered to brealte again. ‘ fee the like cfliccft, in all the Kingdomes Qf 314508, which are mutually Naturalized 28 L663,‘ (:4 il:,- Valentin, Andaluzza, Granada and 31¢ 1'01‘ ,-‘except Amigo» which held the’ cttfore had the con- D 3 traryl famous for a time, which revolt ‘ Mailer Speaker) bccaufe i f Naturalization mu. Naturali- zation a bferve them after- !) nd ., _ :5 ‘t’ ..a--- (£6) England never fevcred after once united. trary fucccife , asit was {aid of Portugal}, of which there is not yet fuflicient triall, and-laflly wee fee the like effect ,~ in our own Nation , which never rent afundcr after it was united , to as wee now fcarce know whether the Hcptarchy were a Story oraFable , and therefore (Mailer Speaker) when I revolue with my felfc, thefe examples and others,fo lively exprefling the neceflity of a Naturalization to avoida relaps into a feperation, and doe heere fee ma- ny arfiuments and fcruples on the other (ide, it ma es mee think on the old Bilhop which upon a publique difputation of certaine Chri- flian Divines , with fome learned men of the heathen, did extreamely reffe to bee heard, - and they were loath to f u er him,becaufe they knew hee was unlearned,though othemfe an , holy, and wellrneaning mall , Bntat . , »wit_h_,. much ado: hee ot to e heard, and whenhee came to fpeake,m {iead of ufing Argument, he did onlyfay over his belief,but did it with fuch allurance and confta ncy, that it did (‘trike the minds ofthofe that heard him, more thfll any Argument had done", and fo(Mafier Speaker) againft all thefe wittie and fubtile Arguments, I fay I doe believe , and I would bee forty to bee found a prophet init, that except we pro-. ceed with this Naturalization, though not-per-. haps in his Maieflies time,who hath fucb intefi re ._.._._._.... 1. \ (27) 1'Cfl:in_bOtl'l nations, yet in the meane time of his Difcendants, thefe realms will bee in con- tinuall danger, to divide and brealce again, now if any man bee of that carelefle minde, Mum mu ea, :4 can at-pom. Or,of that harde minde to leave things to be tricd by the flfirpeft fword, furel am, beer is not of Saint Paul: opinion, who aflirmfitll that whofoever ufeth not fore—fight and provi- {ion for his family, is worfe then an unbelie- ver,much more if wee {hall not ufe fore-light, for thefe two Kingdomes, that comprehend lfl but leave things open them fo many families, to the perill of future divilions , and thus what inconve- have I ex refled unto you, . niences,o allothers {inke deepeft with mee, as the molt weighty , neither doth their want other inconveniences (Mailer Speaker) the effeéts and influence whereof, I feare will not. bee adjourned to fo long a day, as this that I have fpoken of’, But I leave it to your confide- rations, and wifdomes , to conlider, whether you doe not thinke , in cafe by the deniall of this Naturalization, any Pike, alienation, or unkindnefle , I doe not lay ihould bee , but ihould be thought to bee, or noiled to bee be- tweene thefe two Nations , whether it will not quicken or exite, all the envious, and _ma- licious (23) {L 3 g lieious humours, wherefoevedwhich are now - covered) againft us, either forsainc or at home,» ‘ _ _ and fo open the way to prafixce, and ochcr A ‘"""“ "‘° Engines, and machinations, to the di(tm;bmc¢ convenience. of this State. As for that other inconvenience, it is too binding and too prefling to be fpoken of , and may do betteragreatdeale in your ' mindes then in my mouth , or the mouth of any man elfe , becaufe as 1 have laid it doth prefle our liberty too farre, and therefore (M, Speaker) I come to this third generall part of my divifion, concerning the benefit whichwc {hall knitting» this grfurcr and {iraiter , betweene thefe two King- do'mes,- by the Communicating of Naturali. ZatlOfl. a c . A _ . . I . . at ._g ‘ ‘_' t The benefits _two,,the, one f nrety the other greatnelfe, touching fume, ty (Mallet Speaker) it was well laid by Tim; The benefit Qinzur the Ronmne, touching the State ofPelo. °‘ 5urctv- pmrfut, that the Tortoifc is fafe within her; (hell, Tejludo inter tegwun tstufi, butifthete} be any parts that ly open, thcytndanger all the ref}, wee know well, that althoughthe, {late at this time bee in a‘ peace,yet For the time pat} , the -more ancient enemy ischc. French, and thc more l2.tC the Sp4m°ard,;and _. both there had as it were 9 their fcvcra11'*P9-6' s {tern ‘.'_ . V 3 -1” I"‘_.»\..' ‘ ~‘s;¢'- ‘i‘_' 1 . " 2'-I ,':-rr_-.=.-.-, ~ ‘ lefle comfort , flern gates, whereby they might havc approach and enterance, to anoy us, France -had Scotland l and Spain: had Ireland , for thefe were but the two acceffes ' which did comfort and encoura e , both thefe enemies to aflaile and trou le us, wee fee that of Scotland is cut off, by the union of thefe two Kingdomes , if that it fhallbcc made conflant‘ and permanengchat of In-; land is cutoff likewife by the convenient fituation i of the North ofSc'otl4nd,’ towards the North of Ireland, where the fore was, which wee fee being fuddenly clofed by meanes of this falvc, i_‘o;tha’t zsmow there are no parts of the-State expofed to danger to bee a temptation to the ambition of For- reiners,but their a proches andavenues are taken away‘,for,I _oe little doubt but thefe Forrener7s,which had fo little fuccefl'e,when they had thofe advantages, will have much now that they bee taken fi-rim-them,“and'foe much for furety. . . 4 For greatnelfc (M3-“Cr Speaker)! thinke The bcntfit or 2 man may fpeakeit foberly, and wit brflfer-y. ,‘1t mat ' this Kingdome offingland, having Smlud. united, I rtland reduced, the Sea provinces of the low Countries Con— " ' 7 - E tmélcd hunt grcatndle. ,_.L“_ ‘A ._..‘_;u; i ' ' fi ..;(;() traéted, and fhipping _rnain_tained, is one of the greatelt Monarchies , in forces truly e. fleemed, that hath beene in the World, for _ certainly the Kingdomes heere on earth, have a refemblance with the Kmgdorne of Heaven, which our Saviour compareth not ' to any great Kirnell or nut, but toa very {mall graine, yet fuch an one as is apt to grow and fpread, and fuch doc I take to be the Conftitution of this Kingdome,if in- deed our Countrey bee referred to great- geffe and Mower, and not. quenched too much Wit "“t‘fic~=eonfidcration’oEutih' ’ty {and wealth, for (M.Speaker) was it not thinkc you a true anfwere,that Solqn of great: made to rich King Cnrfu: of Lylia,when he lhe’w..~ ed unto him a great quantity ;of.Gold that bee had gathered together in ofientation of his ereatncflé indflfighus but solo» {aid to him contrary to his expe&ation,why $5,515 an other come that hath better Iron then you , bee will bee’ Lord of all your Gold; neither is the authority of Machiavel to be’ defpifed , who fcometh the proverbc of Statv.-,tal. 1'. ’, i. (3%) J their generations, but their names remaine to this day , witnefle t Lornhralj ,' Catalonia, a name compounded of Goth an<_li_Al_4n , Andaluzia , a name corrupted from Vande- litia, Hugarii, Nomad}, and others. i. ‘Nay the fortune of the Sniflc: of late yeeres, ivhich are bred in'a barren and ‘- mountenous‘ Countrey , is not to bee for- otte-n,who firltruined the duke ofBug:m— j, the fame who had almofl ruined the '3 what’ time after the battell neere flranfim , The rich Jewell of Bu , prifcd at many thoufands , was fol Ora few pence,by a comtnon Smffle, that knew no more what a iewell meant,’ then did Efope: Cock; and againe , the fame‘ Nauoninrcv . ' I ' *Was'thei-ixinc’ of the French-Kings affaires in’ ’lpa{y',’ ’ 3I.’er'ui:’ the t 2. for that King, when hee was prelfed" fomewhat rudely, by an scent of the Smijl fer:,to raife their penfions, rake into words ofchollcr, (what faith hee)“xiril1‘.th‘e(~7r:37‘i'l;° lains ofthe;monnt:u'n tta U3§lt'€u;5on mee, which words loll himllis Duthylofmillain, and chafed him out of Italy. ‘ All whlilclhlezramples (Muller S'p¢-L-;l;¢lr:); doe well prove Solm opinion,ofthe ’a"n‘th_o-I my cannot tell what. .4‘ - — W, ~ . - ’ "'3 vi. 6.} V _ _ _, ‘..‘M‘' I H ‘ "'-vi ~— . 3;", 6‘? _-,_ v_'.‘ -5"; "f"‘. -‘:§‘ _ ‘.-*2‘ * r, g g ‘ as’ __;,‘: _ . _ .2’ =‘a".-;*=‘-' ".:-1' “~.:«.:€‘g“~;n*w ' e - Fr 0 . V , _ ’ ‘Z’ . 1 . y, J’. 9 .-¢],’ ‘ . -_., -. ‘ “La .1 ‘ L . . - av ~--9. .:- «Al ~ -»r' I.- - bfiww ,.. ."~ ' A ‘ .4’. (V . 9 , \ '- rithy a:__1ciMajell:y that lr.on;hath over; Gold; j an_d‘tl2e’refore' if I ylhaell fpeake unto you mine owne heart ,'_ me thinkcs we ihould a little disdaine ,- thatthe N~ation,of Sp.u'n,s which howfoever of late it hath begun to rule, yet of ancient time,ferved many ages, firlt under Carthage , /then under Rama, after under Saracen: , Goth: ‘and- others, fhould of late yeercs take unto them that Spirit, as to dreame of a monarchy in the Well, according to that devife , vidi sole»: Orimtem in 0m'denze,onely becaufe they have railed,“ from l'ome wild, andpunalrmed . ople, Minésiand {tore of Gold, and on the other fide , that this Ifland of Britain, feared and named as it is, and that hath,I make no qucltion , thebeft Iron in the World , that is the bell fouldiers of the World , {hall thiuke of nothing hutac— compts and audits, and 51:15»: (§"tuw;z and I (Mailer Speaker) Ihave I through the parts which I pro ofided to my felfe, whercinif'any.man.{l1a lthinkl have lung ‘la /45:50, for mine owne particular, would vehim know that I am not [0 un- feene in the world, but thatll d1fC<‘ T115: 5‘ were much alike for my private fortunca mafia, as to {log a placebo in thls buhngifc, . « But take it, gone « ‘zmvliiaiwi h1vc—fp0|