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             His Majesties gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament together with the Lord Chancellor's, delivered in Christ Church Hall in Oxford, the 10th of October, 1665.
             Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
             Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
          
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           HIS
           MAJESTIES
           Gracious
           SPEECH
           TO
           BOTH
           HOVSES
           OF
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           Together
           with
           the
           LORD
           CHANCELLOR'S
           Delivered
           In
           Christ
           Church
           Hall
           in
           
             OXFORD
             ,
          
           The
           10
           
             th
          
           of
           
             October
             ,
          
           1665.
           
        
         
           OXFORD
           .
           Printed
           by
           
             L●●●ard
             Lichfield
             ,
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           Vniversity
           ,
           for
           
             ●ohn
             ●i●l
          
           and
           
             Christopher
             Barker
             ,
          
           Printers
           to
           ●i●
           ▪
           Majesty
           .
           1665.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           HIS
           MAJESTIES
           Gracious
           SPEECH
           TO
           BOTH
           HOVSES
           OF
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           am
           confident
           you
           all
           beleive
           that
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           consult
           with
           you
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           have
           called
           you
           together
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Contagion
           hath
           so
           spread
           it selfe
           over
           so
           many
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           I
           take
           it
           for
           a
           good
           Omen
           to
           see
           so
           good
           an
           appearance
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           every
           day
           will
           add
           to
           your
           number
           ,
           and
           I
           give
           you
           all
           my
           Thanks
           for
           your
           compliance
           so
           farre
           with
           my
           desires
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           as
           I
           entred
           Upon
           this
           Warr
           by
           your
           advice
           and
           encouragement
           ,
           so
           I
           do
           desire
           that
           you
           may
           as
           frequently
           as
           is
           possible
           ,
           receive
           information
           of
           the
           Conduct
           and
           effects
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           may
           have
           the
           continuance
           of
           your
           cheerfull
           Supply
           for
           the
           carrying
           it
           on
           .
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           proved
           more
           chargeable
           ,
           then
           I
           could
           Imagine
           it
           would
           have
           been
           ;
           the
           addition
           they
           still
           made
           to
           their
           Fleets
           beyond
           their
           first
           purpose
           ,
           made
           it
           unavoydably
           necessary
           for
           Me
           to
           make
           proportionable
           preparations
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           hitherto
           blessed
           with
           Success
           in
           all
           encounters
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Enemy
           have
           used
           their
           utmost
           endeavours
           by
           Calumnies
           and
           fals
           Suggestions
           to
           make
           themselves
           friends
           ,
           and
           to
           perswade
           others
           to
           assist
           them
           against
           Us
           ,
           so
           I
           have
           not
           been
           wanting
           to
           encourage
           those
           Princes
           who
           have
           been
           wrong'd
           by
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           to
           recover
           their
           own
           by
           force
           ;
           and
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           have
           assisted
           the
           
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Munster
          
           with
           a
           Very
           great
           summ
           of
           ready
           Money
           ,
           and
           am
           to
           continue
           a
           supply
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           now
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           their
           Country
           with
           a
           powerfull
           Army
           .
        
         
           These
           Issues
           ,
           which
           I
           may
           tell
           you
           have
           been
           made
           with
           very
           good
           conduct
           and
           husbandry
           (
           nor
           Indeed
           do
           I
           know
           that
           any
           thing
           hath
           been
           spent
           that
           could
           have
           been
           well
           and
           safely
           saved
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           this
           expence
           will
           not
           suffer
           you
           to
           wonder
           ,
           that
           the
           great
           supply
           which
           you
           gave
           me
           for
           this
           warr
           in
           so
           bountifull
           a
           proportion
           ,
           is
           upon
           the
           matter
           already
           spent
           :
           So
           that
           I
           must
           not
           only
           expect
           an
           assistance
           from
           you
           .
           ,
           to
           carry
           on
           this
           warr
           ,
           but
           such
           an
           assistance
           as
           may
           inable
           Me
           to
           defend
           my
           
           self
           and
           you
           against
           a
           more
           powerfull
           Neighbour
           ,
           if
           he
           shall
           prefer
           the
           Friendship
           of
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           before
           Mine
           .
        
         
           I
           told
           you
           when
           I
           entred
           upon
           this
           warr
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           not
           such
           a
           Brutall
           appetite
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           warr
           for
           wars
           sake
           ,
           I
           am
           still
           o●
           the
           same
           minde
           ;
           I
           have
           been
           ready
           to
           receive
           any
           propositions
           that
           
             France
          
           hath
           thought
           sit
           to
           offer
           to
           that
           end
           ,
           but
           hitherto
           nothing
           hath
           been
           offered
           worthy
           My
           acceptance
           ,
           nor
           is
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           less
           insolent
           ,
           though
           I
           know
           no
           advantage
           they
           have
           had
           ,
           but
           the
           continuance
           of
           the
           Contagion
           ;
           God
           Almighty
           I
           hope
           will
           shortly
           deprive
           them
           of
           that
           encouragement
           .
        
         
           
             The
          
           Chancellour
           
             will
             inform
             you
             of
             all
             the
             Particulars
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           LORD
           CHANCELLOR'S
           SPEECH
           To
           both
           Houses
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
             and
             you
             the
             Knights
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             Burgesses
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           King
           is
           not
           content
           ,
           you
           see
           ,
           to
           leave
           you
           to
           your selves
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           state
           of
           this
           War
           ,
           and
           the
           success
           that
           hath
           attended
           it
           ,
           by
           your
           own
           Observations
           ,
           and
           the
           general
           Communication
           of
           all
           that
           hath
           fallen
           out
           ;
           which
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           hath
           left
           few
           Men
           ignorant
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           who
           have
           had
           any
           curiosity
           to
           inform
           themselves
           ;
           but
           ,
           takes
           care
           that
           you
           be
           informed
           by
           Himself
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           know
           all
           that
           He
           knows
           ,
           that
           so
           you
           may
           be
           able
           to
           give
           Him
           your
           Councel
           upon
           the
           clearest
           Evidence
           .
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           this
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           be
           unseasonable
           or
           ingrateful
           to
           you
           ,
           to
           refresh
           your
           memory
           ,
           by
           looking
           some
           years
           backwards
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           time
           of
           His
           Majesties
           happy
           Restauration
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           take
           the
           better
           prospect
           of
           the
           Posture
           we
           are
           now
           in
           ,
           and
           how
           we
           have
           
           come
           into
           it
           .
           What
           inclinations
           His
           Majesty
           brought
           home
           with
           Him
           ,
           to
           live
           in
           Amity
           with
           His
           Neighbors
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           though
           He
           had
           received
           Indignities
           enough
           from
           them
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           had
           been
           little
           less
           proscribed
           there
           ,
           then
           He
           had
           been
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           needs
           no
           other
           manifestation
           ,
           then
           that
           He
           chose
           that
           place
           to
           imbark
           Himself
           in
           ,
           when
           He
           was
           pressed
           by
           the
           two
           Neighbor
           Kings
           ,
           (
           from
           whom
           He
           had
           received
           more
           Civilities
           )
           to
           have
           made
           use
           of
           their
           Ports
           :
           It
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           but
           that
           His
           Reception
           in
           
             Holland
          
           was
           with
           great
           Civility
           and
           Lustre
           ,
           and
           a
           sufficient
           Evidence
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           a
           full
           sense
           of
           the
           high
           Honor
           His
           Majesty
           had
           vouchsafed
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           departure
           from
           thence
           was
           with
           equal
           and
           mutual
           satisfaction
           in
           each
           other
           ;
           which
           made
           many
           Men
           the
           more
           wonder
           ,
           that
           albeit
           the
           Ambassadours
           who
           were
           to
           follow
           ,
           had
           been
           nominated
           before
           the
           King
           left
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
          
           there
           was
           so
           long
           an
           interval
           before
           their
           arrival
           here
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           Neighbor
           Kings
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Princes
           ,
           had
           finished
           their
           Ambassies
           of
           Congratulation
           ,
           before
           we
           had
           heard
           any
           more
           from
           the
           Vnited
           Provinces
           .
        
         
           You
           all
           remember
           ,
           how
           long
           it
           was
           before
           the
           Armies
           were
           disbanded
           ,
           and
           the
           Fleets
           paid
           off
           ;
           during
           which
           time
           His
           Majesty
           lived
           upon
           His
           credit
           ,
           and
           easily
           contracted
           a
           great
           Debt
           for
           the
           meer
           support
           of
           Himself
           and
           His
           houshold
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           so
           easily
           discharged
           afterwards
           .
           There
           was
           one
           thing
           that
           exceedingly
           surprized
           Him
           ,
           when
           He
           found
           (
           which
           will
           be
           incredible
           to
           Posterity
           )
           that
           a
           Triumphant
           Nation
           ,
           that
           had
           made
           it Self
           terrible
           to
           Christendom
           ,
           by
           having
           fought
           more
           Battles
           then
           all
           the
           Neighbor
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           together
           had
           ever
           done
           in
           so
           few
           Years
           ,
           and
           seemed
           to
           be
           in
           a
           posture
           ready
           to
           fight
           them
           over
           again
           :
           That
           had
           so
           long
           reigned
           over
           the
           Ocean
           in
           formidable
           Fleets
           ,
           should
           at
           the
           time
           of
           His
           Majesties
           happy
           return
           ,
           as
           if
           
           on
           the
           suddain
           all
           their
           Arms
           had
           been
           turned
           into
           
             Plough-Shares
             ,
          
           and
           their
           swords
           into
           
             Pruning
             hooks
             ,
          
           not
           have
           in
           all
           the
           Magazins
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Stores
           ,
           Armes
           enough
           to
           put
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           five
           thousand
           men
           ,
           nor
           Provisions
           enough
           to
           set
           out
           ten
           new
           ships
           to
           sea
           ;
           which
           his
           Majesty
           did
           not
           desire
           should
           be
           known
           to
           his
           best
           neighbours
           ,
           how
           little
           soever
           he
           suspected
           their
           affections
           ;
           nor
           did
           indeed
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           make
           it
           known
           to
           his
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           made
           it
           his
           first
           care
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           noise
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           imaginable
           shifts
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           full
           supply
           of
           those
           important
           Magazins
           and
           Stores
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           ever
           since
           replenished
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           He
           had
           not
           the
           least
           imagination
           ,
           that
           any
           of
           his
           neighbours
           would
           want
           only
           affect
           to
           interrupt
           the
           happy
           calme
           that
           he
           and
           themselves
           enjoyed
           ;
           and
           therefore
           resolved
           ,
           to
           retrench
           the
           vast
           expence
           of
           the
           Navy
           ,
           under
           which
           he
           found
           the
           Nation
           even
           to
           groan
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           that
           good
           husbandry
           to
           provide
           for
           more
           necessary
           disbursments
           :
           Yet
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           might
           not
           think
           that
           he
           had
           abandoned
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           memory
           of
           the
           glorious
           actions
           the
           English
           had
           so
           lately
           performed
           upon
           it
           ,
           might
           not
           vanish
           in
           an
           instant
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           provided
           such
           a
           Guard
           ,
           as
           the
           narrow
           Seas
           never
           ought
           to
           be
           without
           ,
           in
           the
           Spring
           he
           sent
           a
           strong
           Fleet
           against
           the
           Pyrats
           of
           
             Argiers
          
           and
           
             Tripoly
          
           (
           who
           had
           grown
           to
           that
           strength
           and
           boldness
           ,
           that
           they
           interrupted
           the
           whole
           trade
           of
           Christendome
           )
           as
           the
           only
           Enemies
           He
           would
           choose
           to
           have
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           designe
           of
           great
           glory
           ,
           and
           equal
           expence
           ,
           crowned
           in
           the
           end
           by
           God
           Almighty
           with
           the
           success
           we
           could
           wish
           ,
           and
           with
           an
           entire
           submission
           to
           the
           English
           Flagg
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           security
           to
           all
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           in
           their
           Trade
           ,
           as
           the
           engagement
           and
           honour
           of
           Infidels
           could
           give
           ;
           and
           this
           Agreement
           ratified
           with
           
           all
           formality
           (
           the
           like
           whereof
           had
           never
           been
           before
           )
           by
           the
           Great
           Turke
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           Hereupon
           ,
           the
           King
           again
           renewed
           his
           resolution
           for
           a
           further
           retrenchment
           of
           his
           Naval
           expence
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           lessening
           the
           Guard
           in
           the
           narrow
           Seas
           ,
           His
           Merchants
           in
           all
           places
           receiving
           lesse
           interruption
           in
           their
           Trade
           ,
           then
           they
           had
           in
           any
           former
           time
           undergone
           ;
           until
           he
           received
           intelligence
           from
           the
           Straights
           ,
           that
           the
           faithless
           people
           of
           
             Argiers
             ,
          
           who
           had
           so
           lately
           Submitted
           to
           him
           ,
           had
           committed
           new
           insolencies
           upon
           some
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           or
           rather
           upon
           forraigne
           persons
           taken
           by
           his
           Subjects
           into
           their
           protection
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Turks
           pretended
           they
           might
           doe
           ,
           without
           violation
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ;
           but
           his
           Majesty
           resolving
           to
           admit
           none
           of
           those
           elucidations
           ,
           lost
           no
           time
           in
           sending
           a
           new
           strong
           Fleet
           into
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           to
           chastise
           those
           perfidious
           Pyrates
           ;
           and
           after
           a
           chargeable
           war
           made
           upon
           them
           ,
           for
           nere
           ,
           or
           full
           twelve
           months
           ;
           &
           after
           having
           taken
           several
           of
           their
           Ships
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           matter
           blocking
           them
           up
           in
           their
           harbours
           ,
           he
           received
           a
           second
           submission
           from
           them
           ,
           with
           better
           and
           more
           advantageous
           conditions
           then
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           not
           omit
           one
           circumstance
           ,
           that
           about
           this
           time
           ,
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           who
           received
           much
           more
           prejudice
           and
           dammage
           from
           the
           Turks
           ,
           then
           the
           English
           had
           done
           ,
           besought
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           once
           more
           send
           a
           Fleet
           into
           those
           Seas
           against
           those
           Pyrats
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           might
           upon
           all
           occasions
           joine
           with
           one
           they
           were
           likewise
           ready
           to
           send
           out
           to
           the
           same
           Christian
           end
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           utter
           extirpation
           of
           those
           Sea-Robbers
           ;
           and
           within
           a
           very
           short
           time
           after
           the
           English
           Fleet
           was
           gone
           ,
           they
           likewise
           sent
           
             De
             Ruyter
          
           with
           a
           good
           fleet
           thither
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           far
           from
           any
           conjunction
           with
           us
           ,
           that
           when
           our
           Ships
           chased
           any
           
             Argier-men
          
           neare
           them
           ,
           they
           never
           offered
           to
           obstruct
           their
           flight
           ,
           but
           quickly
           
           made
           it
           manifest
           ,
           that
           they
           rather
           brought
           mony
           with
           them
           to
           buy
           a
           dishonourable
           and
           disadvantageous
           Peace
           ,
           then
           to
           make
           a
           war
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           Matters
           standing
           thus
           ,
           the
           Kings
           Fleet
           being
           gone
           into
           the
           Straights
           against
           the
           Turkish
           Pyrats
           ,
           and
           there
           remaining
           few
           ships
           in
           the
           narrow
           Seas
           ,
           we
           began
           every
           day
           to
           heare
           of
           depredations
           by
           the
           Dutch
           upon
           our
           Merchants
           in
           all
           parts
           ;
           instead
           of
           delivering
           up
           the
           Island
           of
           
             Poleroon
          
           in
           the
           
             East
             Indies
             ,
          
           as
           by
           the
           Treaty
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           done
           ,
           they
           by
           their
           Naval
           power
           in
           those
           parts
           hindred
           us
           from
           trading
           there
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           suffer
           our
           ships
           to
           take
           in
           their
           lading
           of
           such
           merchandize
           as
           the
           Factors
           had
           provided
           and
           made
           ready
           for
           their
           fraight
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           that
           those
           Ports
           ,
           where
           the
           Merchandize
           was
           ready
           to
           be
           imbarked
           ,
           were
           in
           the
           dominions
           of
           some
           Princes
           whom
           they
           had
           declared
           to
           be
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           any
           traffique
           to
           be
           maintained
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           they
           published
           the
           like
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           challenged
           the
           same
           soveraignty
           in
           
             Affrica
             ;
          
           and
           by
           virtue
           thereof
           would
           not
           suffer
           our
           Ships
           to
           trade
           upon
           that
           Coast
           ,
           where
           we
           had
           a
           Tradelong
           before
           the
           Dutch
           had
           any
           footing
           in
           those
           parts
           .
        
         
           These
           insolencies
           made
           that
           noise
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           the
           English
           Merchants
           felt
           the
           effects
           of
           it
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           till
           it
           reached
           the
           eares
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           which
           in
           
             April
          
           last
           was
           twelve
           months
           presented
           the
           same
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           besought
           him
           that
           he
           would
           take
           some
           speedy
           and
           effectual
           course
           for
           the
           redress
           of
           those
           wrongs
           dishonours
           and
           indignities
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           greatest
           obstructions
           of
           our
           Trade
           ,
           and
           declared
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           prosecution
           thereof
           ,
           they
           would
           with
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           assist
           his
           Majesty
           against
           all
           oppositions
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           You
           very
           well
           remember
           ,
           that
           though
           his
           Majestie
           was
           very
           well
           pleased
           with
           the
           great
           Zeal
           you
           shewed
           for
           the
           advancements
           of
           Trade
           ,
           
           He
           was
           far
           from
           Resolving
           to
           make
           a
           War
           upon
           the
           warmt'h
           of
           that
           Declaration
           ,
           but
           told
           you
           ,
           that
           He
           would
           examine
           and
           peruse
           the
           Particular
           Complaints
           which
           had
           been
           Represented
           to
           His
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           would
           thereupon
           Demand
           Justice
           and
           Reparation
           from
           the
           States
           General
           ,
           which
           Demand
           He
           Appointed
           His
           Minister
           residing
           there
           to
           make
           in
           a
           short
           Time
           after
           ;
           What
           effect
           that
           Candid
           Way
           of
           Proceeding
           found
           ,
           is
           enough
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           instead
           of
           other
           application
           ,
           They
           declared
           Themselves
           wonderfully
           offended
           with
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           with
           many
           Insolent
           Expressions
           suitable
           to
           the
           Manners
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           ;
           They
           gave
           present
           Orders
           for
           Equipping
           a
           very
           Great
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           the
           Raising
           many
           Land-Soldiers
           ,
           making
           Greater
           Preparations
           for
           War
           then
           they
           had
           done
           in
           many
           Yeares
           before
           ;
           They
           had
           made
           a
           Complaint
           to
           His
           Majestie
           ,
           that
           a
           Captain
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Ships
           which
           his
           Majestie
           had
           lent
           to
           the
           Royal
           Company
           ,
           had
           in
           his
           Voyage
           thither
           taken
           a
           Fort
           belonging
           to
           them
           ,
           neer
           
             Cape
             Verte
             ,
          
           for
           which
           they
           demanded
           Satisfaction
           ;
           the
           King
           Assured
           them
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           not
           the
           least
           Commission
           or
           Authority
           from
           him
           for
           so
           doing
           ;
           That
           He
           expected
           him
           home
           very
           speedily
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           should
           be
           sure
           to
           undergo
           that
           Punishment
           which
           the
           nature
           of
           his
           Offence
           required
           ,
           when
           the
           matter
           should
           be
           examined
           ,
           and
           they
           should
           be
           sure
           to
           Receive
           Full
           Reparation
           ;
           This
           satisfied
           them
           not
           ,
           but
           in
           Great
           Fury
           ,
           they
           Resolved
           to
           send
           forthwith
           a
           Strong
           Fleet
           to
           
             Guinney
             ,
          
           and
           granted
           a
           Commission
           (
           which
           they
           took
           care
           to
           publish
           )
           to
           the
           Commander
           in
           Chief
           ,
           to
           make
           War
           upon
           the
           English
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           and
           to
           doe
           them
           all
           the
           mischief
           they
           could
           .
           The
           King
           found
           Himselfe
           now
           Obliged
           ,
           in
           what
           Straight
           soever
           ,
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           Protection
           of
           his
           Subjects
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           that
           Trade
           ,
           which
           I
           doubt
           is
           not
           enough
           
           taken
           to
           heart
           ,
           and
           the
           value
           thereof
           not
           enough
           understood
           ;
           And
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           with
           great
           speed
           ,
           caused
           a
           Fleet
           to
           be
           made
           ready
           for
           that
           expedition
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           His
           Highness
           
             Prince
             Rupert
             ,
          
           who
           was
           under
           
             Sail
          
           for
           the
           Voyage
           ,
           when
           his
           Majesty
           found
           it
           necessary
           to
           stop
           the
           Prince
           his
           further
           prosecution
           of
           it
           ,
           upon
           good
           intelligence
           that
           the
           Dutch
           had
           appointed
           their
           Admiral
           with
           a
           Fleet
           of
           fifty
           Sail
           to
           convoy
           the
           other
           Fleet
           designed
           for
           
             Guinney
             ,
          
           through
           the
           Channel
           ,
           in
           contempt
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           very
           small
           Fleet
           in
           readiness
           ;
           and
           that
           
             De
             Ruyter
          
           was
           likewise
           sent
           out
           of
           the
           Straights
           from
           prosecuting
           the
           Turks
           ,
           to
           make
           War
           upon
           the
           English
           in
           
             Guinney
             ;
          
           When
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           had
           earnestly
           pressed
           the
           King
           upon
           many
           professions
           of
           desire
           to
           prevent
           a
           War
           ,
           that
           
             Prince
             Rupert's
          
           Fleet
           might
           stay
           in
           Harbour
           ,
           as
           theirs
           should
           doe
           ,
           till
           some
           means
           might
           be
           found
           for
           an
           Accommodation
           of
           all
           Differences
           ;
           and
           in
           Truth
           ,
           this
           very
           difficult
           Stratagem
           of
           pretending
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           intending
           another
           ;
           of
           promising
           with
           all
           solemnity
           ,
           and
           never
           resolving
           to
           performe
           ;
           of
           swearing
           this
           day
           not
           to
           doe
           a
           thing
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           served
           their
           turne
           by
           having
           done
           it
           Yesterday
           ,
           that
           no
           body
           could
           know
           ,
           is
           the
           Highest
           Pinacle
           of
           their
           Wisdome
           of
           State
           ;
           by
           which
           they
           Governe
           their
           Affaires
           ,
           and
           Delude
           their
           Neighbours
           .
        
         
           The
           winds
           were
           not
           favourable
           to
           this
           Triumphant
           Designe
           ,
           and
           now
           the
           King
           found
           the
           Value
           of
           the
           Vote
           and
           Declaration
           of
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           Rich
           and
           a
           Massy
           Vote
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           short
           time
           he
           coyned
           into
           200000
           ready
           money
           in
           the
           Chamber
           of
           the
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           with
           which
           he
           gave
           Order
           forthwith
           to
           make
           ready
           more
           Ships
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           going
           himselfe
           to
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           by
           his
           Indefatigable
           Industry
           ,
           with
           incredible
           Expedition
           ,
           added
           so
           many
           good
           Ships
           to
           those
           
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           
             Prince
             Rupert
             ,
          
           that
           in
           
             November
          
           he
           put
           Himselfe
           on
           board
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           Resolving
           to
           stop
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           if
           the
           wind
           gave
           them
           leave
           to
           persue
           their
           former
           Resolution
           ;
           which
           ,
           from
           the
           Time
           the
           Duke
           was
           known
           to
           be
           at
           Sea
           ,
           they
           fairly
           declined
           ,
           and
           were
           content
           rather
           to
           be
           safe
           in
           their
           own
           Harbours
           ,
           then
           to
           look
           to
           the
           Security
           of
           their
           Merchants
           ;
           it
           was
           High
           Time
           now
           to
           seize
           upon
           as
           many
           of
           their
           Ships
           as
           came
           in
           our
           way
           ,
           to
           Satisfie
           the
           Dammages
           We
           had
           Reason
           to
           believe
           We
           should
           sustain
           from
           
             De
             Ruyters
          
           expedition
           into
           
             Guinney
             ,
          
           with
           the
           Commission
           mentioned
           before
           ;
           but
           there
           was
           not
           the
           lading
           of
           one
           Ship
           sold
           ,
           or
           disposed
           of
           ,
           till
           His
           Majestie
           received
           Full
           Information
           of
           
             De
             Ruyters
          
           having
           begun
           the
           War
           upon
           the
           Coast
           of
           
             Africa
             ,
          
           by
           Seizing
           upon
           our
           Ships
           ,
           taking
           our
           Forts
           ,
           and
           Committing
           all
           the
           Acts
           of
           Hostility
           which
           his
           Commission
           directed
           him
           unto
           ;
           His
           Majestie
           likewise
           at
           the
           same
           Time
           ,
           receiving
           new
           Advertisement
           of
           their
           Refusal
           to
           deliliver
           up
           the
           Island
           of
           
             Poleroon
          
           to
           Him
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           Bound
           to
           by
           their
           Treaty
           ;
           And
           will
           you
           not
           wonder
           ,
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           at
           the
           Confidence
           of
           these
           Men
           ;
           and
           more
           ,
           that
           any
           Neighbour-Prince
           should
           have
           that
           Confidence
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           declare
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           Our
           Master
           is
           the
           Aggressor
           ,
           that
           He
           first
           began
           the
           War.
           
        
         
           From
           this
           time
           the
           War
           began
           to
           be
           more
           in
           Earnest
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           carried
           on
           at
           another
           Expence
           ;
           though
           His
           Royal-Highness
           ventured
           Himselfe
           in
           
             November
          
           in
           a
           Fleet
           consisting
           of
           little
           more
           then
           fifty
           Ships
           ,
           to
           stop
           the
           Dutch
           from
           passing
           through
           the
           Channel
           ;
           Yet
           ,
           in
           
             April
          
           (
           which
           was
           within
           few
           daies
           after
           Your
           Prorogation
           at
           the
           end
           of
           your
           last
           Session
           )
           He
           went
           again
           to
           Sea
           with
           a
           much
           stronger
           Fleet
           ,
           and
           more
           Proportionate
           to
           the
           Great
           Preparations
           the
           Enemy
           had
           made
           ;
           and
           even
           after
           He
           was
           gone
           to
           Sea
           ,
           upon
           great
           additions
           of
           strength
           
           every
           day
           made
           by
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
          
           more
           good
           Ships
           were
           sent
           to
           reinforce
           the
           Fleet
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           as
           upon
           that
           glorious
           third
           of
           
             June
             ,
          
           when
           they
           had
           the
           Courage
           to
           visit
           our
           Coast
           ,
           after
           the
           Duke
           had
           ,
           in
           vain
           ,
           called
           upon
           them
           at
           their
           own
           Doors
           ,
           and
           took
           many
           of
           their
           Merchants
           Ships
           in
           their
           sight
           ,
           the
           English
           Fleet
           consisted
           of
           very
           few
           less
           then
           100
           Sail.
           
        
         
           The
           Action
           ,
           and
           the
           Blessing
           of
           that
           day
           ,
           hath
           been
           celebrated
           in
           all
           the
           Churches
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           hearty
           Devotions
           of
           all
           true
           
             English-men
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           ,
           I
           shall
           say
           no
           more
           of
           it
           here
           ,
           save
           onely
           ,
           That
           whether
           the
           Publick
           Joy
           then
           ,
           even
           upon
           the
           Solemn
           Thanksgiving
           Day
           ,
           was
           superior
           to
           the
           universal
           Consternation
           that
           spread
           it self
           over
           the
           Nation
           before
           ,
           I
           appeal
           to
           the
           Breasts
           of
           all
           here
           present
           :
           We
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Honor
           to
           be
           near
           the
           King
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           observed
           Him
           to
           be
           in
           that
           Agony
           ,
           that
           cannot
           be
           expressed
           ;
           an
           Agony
           Himself
           could
           not
           have
           long
           endured
           ,
           even
           when
           by
           all
           the
           Intelligence
           He
           received
           hourly
           from
           the
           Coast
           ,
           He
           had
           reason
           to
           assure
           Himself
           of
           the
           Victory
           .
           In
           that
           great
           Action
           ,
           we
           sunk
           ,
           burned
           and
           took
           ,
           Eighteen
           good
           Ships
           of
           War
           ,
           whereof
           half
           were
           the
           best
           they
           had
           ,
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           one
           single
           smal
           Ship
           of
           ours
           ,
           but
           of
           many
           noble
           and
           gallant
           Persons
           ,
           of
           too
           much
           value
           to
           be
           ventured
           (
           if
           there
           had
           not
           been
           a
           greater
           venture
           )
           against
           such
           Trash
           ;
           and
           whose
           Memories
           ought
           ever
           to
           be
           preserved
           and
           extolled
           ,
           and
           made
           pretious
           to
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           No
           diligence
           was
           omitted
           ,
           but
           all
           imaginable
           Expedition
           used
           in
           refreshing
           ,
           repairing
           ,
           and
           setting
           out
           the
           Fleet
           again
           ;
           in
           order
           to
           which
           ,
           the
           King
           Himself
           made
           a
           Journey
           thither
           ,
           and
           stayed
           till
           He
           saw
           all
           ready
           and
           fit
           to
           sail
           ;
           but
           then
           ,
           no
           intreaty
           ,
           no
           importunity
           could
           prevail
           with
           Him
           to
           venture
           His
           Brother
           again
           ,
           though
           His
           Family
           ,
           and
           all
           Preparations
           for
           the
           Voyage
           were
           
           still
           on
           Board
           :
           His
           Majestie
           too
           well
           Remembred
           ,
           and
           still
           felt
           the
           Impressions
           he
           had
           undergone
           the
           Third
           of
           June
           ,
           and
           having
           got
           his
           Brother
           into
           his
           Armes
           again
           ,
           He
           would
           not
           returne
           without
           Him
           ,
           committing
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           Fleet
           to
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Sandwich
             ,
          
           who
           had
           acted
           so
           Good
           a
           Part
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           Within
           few
           days
           after
           the
           beginning
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Sandwich
          
           went
           again
           to
           the
           Coast
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           with
           a
           Fleet
           in
           no
           Degree
           ,
           Inferior
           to
           the
           Former
           ,
           and
           Rode
           before
           the
           
             Texel
          
           to
           Envite
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           to
           a
           New
           Engagement
           ,
           They
           having
           used
           all
           the
           Arts
           at
           Home
           to
           Conceal
           the
           Losse
           and
           Dishonour
           they
           had
           undergone
           ;
           and
           Pretended
           to
           be
           Very
           Ready
           and
           Solicitous
           for
           another
           Battail
           ,
           When
           there
           was
           no
           appearance
           of
           their
           Purpose
           to
           Come
           Out
           ;
           And
           upon
           Sure
           Intelligence
           that
           the
           
             East-India
          
           Fleet
           was
           comming
           about
           by
           the
           North
           ,
           He
           received
           Orders
           to
           go
           for
           
             Norway
             ,
          
           upon
           such
           Encouragement
           as
           was
           not
           made
           Good
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           was
           disappointed
           of
           the
           Expectation
           he
           had
           very
           reasonably
           carried
           with
           him
           thither
           ,
           and
           at
           a
           Season
           when
           that
           Climate
           gives
           little
           Encouragement
           to
           abide
           in
           those
           Seas
           ;
           I
           am
           not
           yet
           to
           Inlarge
           upon
           that
           Matter
           ,
           till
           We
           heare
           a
           Be●ter
           Account
           from
           some
           of
           our
           Freinds
           ;
           however
           ,
           though
           he
           could
           not
           meet
           with
           their
           whole
           Fleet
           ,
           as
           he
           Endeavoured
           to
           doe
           ,
           yet
           he
           hath
           had
           the
           Good
           Fortune
           in
           two
           Encounters
           to
           take
           Eight
           of
           their
           Great
           Ships
           of
           War
           ,
           two
           of
           their
           Best
           
             East
             India
          
           Ships
           ,
           and
           about
           Twenty
           of
           their
           Merchants
           Ships
           ,
           all
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           their
           Fleet
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           ;
           and
           was
           then
           by
           tempest
           ,
           
           and
           other
           Reasons
           ,
           which
           no
           Wisdome
           of
           his
           could
           prevent
           ,
           obliged
           to
           put
           into
           our
           own
           Harbours
           .
        
         
           I
           doe
           not
           mention
           the
           Great
           Numbers
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           we
           have
           taken
           ,
           an
           Army
           of
           Prisoners
           ,
           who
           intruth
           do
           us
           more
           harme
           at
           Land
           ,
           then
           ever
           they
           did
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           are
           a
           Charge
           that
           never
           fell
           under
           our
           Estimate
           and
           Computation
           ;
           I
           would
           not
           be
           understood
           ,
           that
           We
           had
           entred
           upon
           a
           War
           and
           never
           thought
           of
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           Sick
           and
           Wounded
           men
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Prisoners
           and
           Wounded
           men
           should
           bring
           upon
           us
           so
           Prodigious
           an
           Expence
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           we
           can
           yet
           see
           no
           bottome
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           as
           in
           one
           Place
           ,
           I
           think
           Colchester
           ,
           that
           Charge
           comes
           to
           Twelve
           hundred
           pound
           the
           Week
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           such
           an
           Expence
           never
           came
           into
           our
           Computation
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           tels
           you
           ,
           he
           hath
           enabled
           the
           Prince
           and
           Bishop
           of
           
             Munster
          
           to
           demand
           Justice
           from
           those
           who
           have
           so
           notoriously
           Oppressed
           him
           ,
           with
           such
           outragious
           circumstances
           of
           Insolence
           and
           Scorne
           ,
           as
           are
           enough
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           He
           hath
           demanded
           it
           Bravely
           ,
           in
           such
           an
           Equipage
           ,
           as
           hath
           not
           been
           made
           for
           little
           Money
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           can
           take
           ,
           as
           well
           ask
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           After
           all
           this
           ,
           since
           there
           is
           a
           justice
           due
           to
           the
           worst
           Enemies
           ,
           we
           must
           doe
           them
           this
           right
           ,
           that
           they
           doe
           not
           at
           all
           seem
           weary
           of
           the
           War
           ;
           they
           doe
           not
           discover
           the
           least
           inclination
           to
           Peace
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           hath
           offered
           his
           Mediation
           ,
           and
           truly
           if
           he
           intends
           no
           more
           then
           a
           Mediation
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           office
           very
           worthy
           the
           most
           Christian
           King
           ;
           I
           wish
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           a
           Mediator
           )
           he
           would
           make
           equall
           Propositions
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           would
           not
           so
           importunately
           press
           His
           Majesty
           to
           consent
           to
           those
           he
           makes
           ,
           upon
           an
           Instance
           and
           Argument
           ,
           
           that
           he
           holds
           himself
           engaged
           by
           a
           former
           Treaty
           (
           of
           which
           we
           never
           heard
           till
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           War
           ,
           and
           had
           some
           Reason
           to
           have
           presumed
           the
           contrary
           )
           to
           assist
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           with
           Men
           and
           Money
           ,
           if
           His
           Majesty
           doth
           not
           consent
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           tels
           you
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           an
           Appetite
           to
           make
           War
           for
           Wars-sake
           ,
           but
           will
           be
           alwayes
           ready
           to
           make
           such
           a
           Peace
           as
           may
           be
           for
           his
           Honour
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           it
           will
           be
           a
           Great
           Trouble
           and
           Grief
           to
           him
           to
           find
           so
           great
           a
           Prince
           ,
           towards
           whom
           he
           hath
           manifested
           so
           great
           an
           Affection
           ,
           in
           Conjunction
           with
           his
           Enemies
           ;
           Yet
           even
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           such
           a
           War
           ,
           will
           not
           Terrifie
           him
           to
           purchase
           a
           peace
           by
           such
           Concessions
           as
           he
           would
           be
           Ashamed
           to
           make
           You
           Aquainted
           with
           ;
           of
           which
           Nature
           you
           will
           easily
           Believe
           the
           Propositions
           hitherto
           made
           to
           be
           ,
           when
           you
           know
           that
           the
           release
           of
           
             Poleroon
          
           in
           the
           
             East-Indies
             ,
          
           and
           the
           demolishing
           the
           Fort
           of
           
             Cabo
             Corso
          
           upon
           the
           Coast
           of
           
             Guinney
             ,
          
           are
           two
           ;
           which
           would
           be
           upon
           the
           matter
           to
           be
           content
           with
           a
           very
           vile
           Trade
           in
           the
           
             East-Indies
             ,
          
           under
           their
           Controule
           ,
           and
           with
           none
           in
           
             Guinney
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           those
           are
           not
           Propositions
           unreasonable
           enough
           to
           please
           the
           
             Dutch
             ,
          
           who
           reproach
           
             France
          
           for
           interposing
           for
           Peace
           ,
           instead
           of
           assisting
           them
           in
           the
           War
           ;
           boldly
           insisting
           upon
           the
           advantage
           the
           Contagion
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           and
           some
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           gives
           them
           ;
           by
           which
           ,
           they
           confidently
           say
           ,
           the
           King
           will
           be
           no
           longer
           able
           to
           maintain
           a
           Fleet
           against
           them
           at
           Sea
           ;
           &
           as
           if
           God
           Almighty
           had
           sent
           this
           Heavy
           Visitation
           upon
           the
           Kingdome
           on
           their
           behalfe
           ,
           and
           to
           expose
           it
           to
           their
           Malice
           and
           insolence
           ;
           They
           Load
           us
           with
           such
           Reproaches
           as
           the
           Civility
           of
           no
           other
           Language
           will
           admit
           the
           Relation
           ;
           the
           Truth
           is
           ,
           they
           have
           a
           Dialect
           of
           Rudeness
           
           so
           peculiar
           to
           their
           Language
           ,
           and
           their
           People
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           high
           time
           for
           all
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           to
           oblige
           them
           to
           some
           Reformation
           ,
           if
           they
           intend
           to
           hold
           Correspondence
           or
           Commerce
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           You
           see
           in
           what
           posture
           we
           stand
           with
           reference
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           abroad
           ,
           who
           are
           our
           declared
           Enemies
           ,
           their
           Malice
           &
           Activity
           to
           make
           others
           declare
           themselves
           so
           too
           ;
           the
           great
           Preparations
           they
           make
           ,
           &
           even
           Declarations
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           have
           another
           Battail
           ,
           towards
           which
           ,
           they
           have
           in
           readiness
           an
           equal
           number
           of
           new
           ,
           greater
           ,
           and
           better
           Ships
           ,
           to
           those
           they
           have
           lost
           ,
           furnished
           with
           larger
           and
           greater
           Artillery
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           they
           were
           to
           be
           manned
           with
           any
           other
           Nation
           but
           their
           own
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           worthy
           our
           apprehension
           :
           What
           Preparations
           are
           to
           be
           made
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           you
           can
           best
           judge
           :
           I
           have
           fully
           obeyed
           the
           Command
           that
           was
           laid
           upon
           Me
           ,
           in
           making
           You
           this
           plain
           ,
           clear
           ,
           true
           Narrative
           of
           what
           hath
           passed
           ;
           I
           have
           no
           Order
           to
           make
           Reflection
           upon
           it
           ,
           nor
           any
           Deduction
           from
           it
           :
           The
           King
           Himself
           hath
           told
           You
           ,
           that
           the
           noble
           ,
           unparalel'd
           Supply
           You
           have
           already
           given
           Him
           ,
           is
           ,
           upon
           the
           Matter
           spent
           ;
           Spent
           with
           all
           the
           Animadversions
           of
           good
           Husbandry
           ,
           that
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Affair
           will
           bear
           :
           What
           is
           more
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           He
           leaves
           entirely
           to
           your
           own
           generous
           understandings
           ,
           being
           not
           more
           assured
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           to
           come
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           then
           that
           the
           same
           Noble
           Indignation
           ;
           for
           the
           honor
           of
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           first
           provoked
           you
           to
           inflame
           the
           King
           Himself
           ,
           will
           continue
           the
           same
           Passion
           still
           boyling
           in
           your
           Loyal
           Breasts
           ;
           that
           all
           the
           World
           may
           see
           ,
           which
           they
           hoped
           never
           to
           have
           seen
           ,
           that
           never
           Prince
           and
           People
           were
           so
           entirely
           united
           in
           their
           Affections
           ,
           for
           their
           true
           ,
           joynt
           ,
           inseparable
           Honor
           ,
           as
           their
           onely
           sure
           infallible
           
           expedient
           to
           preserve
           their
           distinct
           several
           Interest
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           Having
           yet
           onely
           presented
           you
           a
           short
           view
           of
           your
           forraign
           Enemies
           ,
           it
           may
           not
           be
           altogether
           unseasonable
           that
           you
           take
           a
           little
           Prospect
           of
           those
           at
           home
           ,
           Those
           unquiet
           and
           restless
           Spirits
           in
           your
           own
           Bowels
           ;
           upon
           whose
           Infidelity
           ,
           I
           doubt
           ,
           your
           Enemies
           abroad
           have
           more
           dependance
           ,
           then
           upon
           their
           own
           Fleets
           .
           I
           must
           appeal
           to
           every
           one
           of
           your
           Observations
           ,
           whether
           the
           Countenances
           of
           these
           Men
           have
           not
           appeared
           to
           you
           more
           erected
           ,
           more
           insolent
           in
           all
           Places
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           War
           ,
           then
           they
           were
           before
           :
           In
           what
           readiness
           they
           were
           ,
           if
           any
           misfortune
           had
           befallen
           the
           Kings
           Fleet
           (
           which
           they
           promised
           themselves
           )
           to
           have
           brought
           the
           Calamity
           into
           your
           Fields
           ,
           and
           into
           your
           Houses
           ,
           is
           notoriously
           known
           :
           The
           horrid
           Murtherers
           of
           Our
           late
           Royal
           Master
           ,
           have
           been
           received
           into
           the
           most
           secret
           Councels
           in
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           and
           other
           infamous
           prostituted
           Persons
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           are
           admitted
           to
           a
           share
           in
           the
           Conduct
           of
           their
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           maintain
           their
           Correspondence
           here
           upon
           liberal
           Allowances
           and
           Pensions
           :
           Too
           many
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           were
           lent
           by
           this
           Crown
           to
           assist
           and
           defend
           this
           ingrateful
           State
           against
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           have
           been
           miserably
           wrought
           upon
           ,
           for
           the
           keeping
           a
           vile
           ,
           mean
           subsistance
           ,
           rather
           then
           livelyhood
           ,
           to
           renounce
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           become
           Enemies
           to
           their
           native
           Countrey
           ;
           some
           of
           whom
           ,
           have
           wantonly
           put
           themselves
           on
           Board
           the
           Enemies
           Fleet
           without
           Command
           or
           Office
           ,
           purely
           out
           of
           appetite
           and
           delight
           to
           rebel
           against
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           worry
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           it
           is
           great
           pity
           these
           Men
           should
           not
           be
           taught
           by
           some
           exemplary
           Brand
           ,
           that
           their
           Allegeance
           is
           not
           circumscribed
           within
           the
           four
           Seas
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           have
           obligations
           upon
           them
           of
           Duty
           and
           
           Loyalty
           towards
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           what
           part
           soever
           of
           the
           World
           they
           shall
           inhabit
           .
        
         
           Their
           Freinds
           at
           home
           Impatient
           of
           Longer
           Delays
           for
           the
           Successes
           they
           have
           promised
           themselves
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Succours
           which
           others
           had
           promised
           to
           send
           to
           them
           ,
           made
           no
           doubt
           of
           doing
           the
           business
           themselves
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           but
           appoint
           a
           lucky
           day
           to
           begin
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           you
           had
           heard
           of
           them
           in
           all
           places
           upon
           the
           third
           of
           the
           last
           month
           (
           their
           so
           much
           celebrated
           Third
           of
           September
           )
           if
           the
           Great
           Vigilance
           and
           indefatigable
           Industry
           of
           the
           Good
           General
           ,
           who
           is
           always
           awake
           for
           the
           Kings
           Safety
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           kingdom
           ,
           had
           not
           two
           days
           before
           Apprehended
           the
           Seditious
           Leaders
           ,
           and
           given
           Advertisements
           for
           the
           Securing
           of
           others
           in
           most
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           by
           the
           Confessions
           of
           Many
           of
           Whom
           ,
           their
           Wicked
           Designe
           is
           enough
           Manifested
           and
           ready
           for
           Justice
           ;
           Yet
           some
           of
           the
           Principal
           Persons
           are
           not
           yet
           taken
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           got
           themselves
           rescu'd
           after
           they
           were
           apprehended
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           let
           it
           not
           I
           Beseech
           You
           ,
           be
           said
           of
           us
           ,
           what
           was
           heretofore
           said
           of
           the
           Senate
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           when
           they
           were
           prosperous
           enough
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           had
           obtained
           greater
           Victories
           over
           their
           enemies
           abroad
           then
           We
           have
           done
           ,
           
             Excellentibus
             ingeniis
             citiùs
             defuit
             ars
             ,
             quâ
             civem
             regant
             ,
             quàm
             quâ
             hostem
             perdant
             .
          
           Let
           not
           those
           Scorpions
           be
           Kept
           Warme
           in
           our
           Bosoms
           till
           they
           Sting
           us
           to
           Death
           ;
           let
           not
           those
           who
           Hate
           the
           Government
           ,
           would
           Destroy
           the
           Government
           ,
           be
           sheltred
           under
           the
           Shadow
           and
           Protection
           of
           the
           Goverment
           .
           It
           is
           posssible
           ,
           and
           God
           knows
           it
           is
           but
           possible
           ,
           that
           some
           men
           who
           are
           not
           Friends
           to
           this
           or
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Government
           (
           for
           you
           are
           not
           to
           Believe
           that
           they
           always
           discover
           ,
           what
           in
           Truth
           they
           are
           Most
           angry
           
           with
           )
           who
           would
           not
           buy
           those
           Alterations
           they
           Most
           Desire
           at
           the
           Price
           of
           a
           Civil
           War
           ;
           they
           would
           bring
           it
           fairly
           about
           ,
           wait
           for
           a
           Godly
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           do
           all
           by
           their
           Consent
           ;
           yet
           those
           Persons
           must
           not
           take
           it
           ill
           that
           we
           cannot
           desire
           they
           should
           ever
           have
           it
           in
           their
           Power
           to
           bring
           those
           Alterations
           to
           pass
           ,
           by
           those
           means
           they
           now
           seem
           to
           abhor
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           heartily
           wish
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           will
           not
           be
           the
           worse
           Men
           ,
           nor
           the
           wore
           Subjects
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           a
           little
           reflect
           upon
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           remember
           how
           much
           they
           have
           once
           done
           ,
           more
           then
           they
           intended
           to
           have
           done
           ;
           nay
           ,
           what
           they
           heartily
           abhorr'd
           the
           thought
           of
           doing
           ;
           and
           they
           will
           then
           finde
           the
           onely
           way
           to
           preserve
           themselves
           innocent
           ,
           is
           to
           keep
           their
           Minds
           from
           being
           vitiated
           by
           the
           first
           Impressions
           ,
           by
           Jealousies
           ,
           Murmurings
           ,
           and
           Repinings
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           by
           their
           Conversations
           with
           those
           Men
           ,
           or
           Indulgence
           toward
           them
           ,
           who
           would
           Sacrifice
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           to
           their
           own
           Ambition
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           and
           even
           to
           their
           Humour
           ;
           If
           you
           carefully
           provide
           for
           the
           suppressing
           Your
           Enemies
           at
           home
           ,
           which
           will
           put
           You
           to
           little
           other
           Expence
           ,
           then
           of
           Courage
           ,
           Constancy
           and
           Circumspection
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           your
           Enemies
           abroad
           less
           exalted
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           short
           time
           more
           enclined
           to
           live
           in
           amity
           with
           You
           ,
           then
           to
           make
           War
           upon
           you
           ,
           especially
           when
           they
           see
           you
           doe
           
             In
             bello
             pacis
             gerere
             negotium
             ;
          
           and
           that
           you
           take
           the
           carrying
           on
           the
           War
           to
           Heart
           ,
           as
           the
           Best
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           Expedient
           to
           Produce
           a
           Happy
           and
           an
           Honest
           Peace
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .