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             His Majesties most gracious speech, together with the Lord Chancellors, to the two Houses of Parliament at their prorogation, on Monday the nineteenth of May, 1662
             Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
             Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
          
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           His
           Majesties
           Most
           Gracious
           SPEECH
           ,
           Together
           with
           the
           LORD
           CHANCELLORS
           ,
           To
           the
           Two
           HOUSES
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           AT
           THEIR
           Prorogation
           ,
           On
           Monday
           the
           Nineteenth
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           1662.
           
        
         
           
             DIEV·ET
             MON·DROIT
          
           
             HONI·SOIT·QVI·MAL·Y
             PENSE·
          
           
             C
             R
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
          
           :
           Printed
           ,
           by
           
             Iohn
             Bill
          
           and
           
             Christopher
             Barker
             ,
          
           Printers
           to
           the
           KINGS
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           .
           1662.
           
        
         
           CUM
           PRIVILEGIO
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           His
           Majesties
           Most
           Gracious
           SPEECH
           To
           His
           Two
           HOUSES
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           On
           Monday
           the
           Nineteenth
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           1662.
           
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
             and
             you
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Think
           there
           have
           been
           very
           few
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           have
           been
           so
           many
           Bills
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           Passed
           this
           day
           :
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           never
           so
           many
           Private
           Bills
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           draw
           into
           example
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           these
           late
           ill
           times
           have
           driven
           men
           into
           great
           
           streights
           ,
           and
           may
           have
           obliged
           them
           to
           make
           Conveyances
           colourably
           ,
           to
           avoid
           inconveniences
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           afterwards
           to
           be
           avoided
           ;
           and
           men
           have
           gotten
           estates
           by
           new
           and
           greater
           Frauds
           then
           have
           been
           heretofore
           practised
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           this
           Conjuncture
           ,
           extraordinary
           Remedies
           may
           be
           necessary
           ,
           which
           hath
           induced
           Me
           to
           comply
           with
           your
           Advice
           ,
           in
           Passing
           these
           Bills
           ;
           but
           I
           pray
           let
           this
           be
           very
           rarely
           done
           hereafter
           :
           The
           good
           old
           Rules
           of
           the
           Law
           are
           the
           best
           security
           ;
           and
           let
           not
           men
           have
           too
           much
           cause
           to
           fear
           ,
           that
           the
           Settlements
           they
           make
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           shall
           be
           too
           easily
           unsettled
           when
           they
           are
           dead
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           Parliaments
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           You
           have
           so
           much
           obliged
           Me
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           Matter
           of
           those
           Bills
           which
           concern
           My
           Revenue
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           Passing
           them
           ,
           with
           so
           great
           affection
           and
           kindness
           to
           Me
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           thank
           you
           enough
           .
           I
           do
           assure
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           pray
           assure
           your
           friends
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           apply
           all
           you
           have
           given
           Me
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           improvement
           of
           the
           peace
           and
           happiness
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           will
           ,
           with
           the
           best
           Advice
           and
           good
           Husbandry
           I
           can
           ,
           bring
           My
           expences
           within
           a
           narrower
           compass
           .
           Now
           I
           am
           speaking
           to
           you
           of
           My
           Own
           good
           Husbandry
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           be
           enough
           ;
           I
           cannot
           but
           observe
           to
           you
           ,
           That
           the
           
           whole
           Nation
           seems
           to
           Me
           a
           little
           corrupted
           in
           their
           excess
           of
           living
           .
           Sure
           all
           men
           spend
           much
           more
           in
           their
           Clothes
           ,
           in
           their
           Diet
           ,
           in
           all
           their
           Expences
           ,
           then
           they
           have
           used
           to
           do
           .
           I
           hope
           it
           hath
           onely
           been
           the
           excess
           of
           joy
           ,
           after
           so
           long
           sufferings
           ,
           that
           hath
           transported
           us
           to
           these
           other
           Excesses
           ;
           but
           let
           us
           take
           heed
           that
           the
           continuance
           of
           them
           doth
           not
           indeed
           corrupt
           our
           natures
           .
           I
           do
           believe
           I
           have
           been
           faulty
           that
           way
           My Self
           ;
           I
           promise
           you
           ,
           I
           will
           reform
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           will
           joyn
           with
           Me
           in
           your
           several
           capacities
           ,
           we
           shall
           by
           our
           examples
           do
           more
           good
           ,
           both
           in
           City
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           then
           any
           new
           Laws
           would
           do
           .
           I
           tell
           you
           again
           ,
           I
           will
           do
           My
           part
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           tell
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           not
           do
           yours
           .
           I
           hope
           the
           Laws
           I
           have
           Passed
           this
           day
           will
           produce
           some
           Reformation
           with
           reference
           to
           the
           multitude
           of
           Beggars
           and
           poor
           people
           which
           infest
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           great
           severity
           must
           be
           used
           to
           those
           who
           love
           idleness
           ,
           and
           refuse
           to
           work
           ,
           and
           great
           care
           and
           charity
           towards
           those
           who
           are
           willing
           to
           work
           .
           I
           do
           very
           heartily
           recommend
           the
           execution
           of
           those
           good
           Laws
           to
           your
           utmost
           diligence
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           need
           not
           put
           you
           in
           minde
           so
           to
           settle
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           that
           all
           Seditious
           Insurrections
           may
           not
           onely
           be
           prevented
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           mindes
           of
           too
           many
           are
           inclined
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           people
           may
           be
           without
           reasonable
           apprehension
           of
           such
           insecurity
           .
           You
           will
           easily
           believe
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           very
           necessary
           for
           
           the
           Publick
           Iustice
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           even
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           reverence
           due
           to
           Parliaments
           ,
           that
           I
           make
           this
           a
           Session
           ;
           and
           it
           will
           be
           worthy
           of
           your
           Wisdoms
           when
           you
           come
           together
           again
           ,
           to
           provide
           that
           there
           be
           not
           so
           great
           clamour
           against
           the
           multitude
           of
           Protections
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           renew
           My
           hearty
           Thanks
           to
           you
           all
           ,
           and
           refer
           the
           rest
           to
           the
           Chancellor
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesties
           Speech
           being
           ended
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Chancellor
           began
           as
           followeth
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           LORD
           CHANCELLORS
           SPEECH
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
             and
             you
             the
             Knights
             ,
             Citizens
             and
             Burgesses
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           now
           little
           more
           then
           a
           year
           that
           the
           King
           first
           called
           you
           to
           attend
           Him
           here
           ,
           at
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           then
           you
           may
           remember
           He
           told
           you
           ,
           That
           he
           thought
           there
           were
           not
           many
           of
           you
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           particularly
           known
           to
           Him
           ;
           That
           there
           were
           very
           few
           of
           whom
           He
           had
           not
           heard
           so
           much
           good
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           (
           He
           said
           )
           as
           sure
           as
           He
           could
           be
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           to
           come
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           all
           concur
           with
           Him
           ,
           and
           that
           He
           should
           concur
           with
           you
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           which
           might
           advance
           the
           Peace
           ,
           Plenty
           ,
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           His
           Majesty
           said
           he
           should
           be
           exceedingly
           deceived
           else
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           Princely
           Declaration
           ,
           and
           a
           rare
           confidence
           ,
           which
           could
           flow
           from
           no
           other
           fountain
           ,
           but
           the
           sincerity
           and
           purity
           of
           His
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           admitting
           no
           other
           designs
           or
           thoughts
           into
           His
           
           Royal
           Breast
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           must
           tend
           to
           the
           unquestionable
           Prosperity
           and
           Greatness
           of
           His
           People
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           be
           assured
           of
           your
           full
           concurrence
           and
           co-operation
           with
           Him.
           It
           was
           a
           happy
           and
           a
           blessed
           Omen
           ,
           which
           at
           the
           instant
           struck
           a
           terrour
           into
           the
           hearts
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           promised
           themselves
           some
           advantages
           from
           the
           differences
           and
           divisions
           in
           your
           Councels
           ,
           and
           hoped
           from
           thence
           to
           create
           new
           troubles
           and
           molestations
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           ,
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           the
           King
           hath
           been
           so
           far
           from
           being
           exceedingly
           deceived
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           acknowledge
           He
           hath
           been
           exceedingly
           complied
           with
           ,
           exceedingly
           gratified
           in
           all
           He
           hath
           desired
           ,
           and
           He
           hopes
           He
           hath
           not
           in
           the
           least
           degree
           disappointed
           your
           expectation
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Speaker
             ,
             and
             you
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
          
        
         
           You
           have
           ,
           like
           the
           richest
           and
           the
           noblest
           Soil
           ,
           a
           Soil
           manured
           and
           enriched
           by
           the
           bountiful
           hearts
           of
           the
           best
           Subjects
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           yielded
           the
           King
           two
           full
           Harvests
           in
           one
           year
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           but
           good
           husbandry
           to
           lie
           fallow
           for
           some
           time
           :
           You
           have
           not
           only
           supplied
           the
           Crown
           to
           a
           good
           degree
           for
           discharging
           many
           Debts
           and
           Pressures
           ,
           under
           which
           it
           even
           groaned
           ,
           and
           enabled
           it
           to
           struggle
           with
           the
           present
           
           streights
           and
           necessities
           ,
           debts
           not
           contracted
           ,
           and
           necessities
           not
           run
           into
           by
           improvidence
           and
           excess
           ;
           you
           may
           ,
           when
           you
           please
           ,
           receive
           such
           an
           accompt
           ,
           as
           will
           clear
           all
           such
           reproaches
           ;
           but
           you
           have
           wisely
           ,
           very
           wisely
           provided
           such
           a
           constant
           growing
           Revenue
           ,
           as
           may
           with
           Gods
           blessing
           preserve
           the
           Crown
           from
           those
           scandalous
           wants
           and
           necessities
           ,
           as
           have
           heretofore
           exposed
           it
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           those
           dismal
           miseries
           ,
           from
           which
           they
           are
           but
           even
           now
           buoyed
           up
           ;
           for
           whatsoever
           other
           humane
           causes
           may
           be
           assigned
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           several
           fancies
           and
           imaginations
           of
           men
           ,
           of
           our
           late
           miserable
           distractions
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           so
           reasonably
           imputed
           to
           any
           one
           cause
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           extream
           poverty
           of
           the
           Crown
           :
           The
           want
           of
           Power
           could
           never
           have
           appeared
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           for
           the
           want
           of
           Money
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           ,
           my
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           worthily
           provided
           for
           the
           vindication
           and
           manifestation
           of
           the
           one
           by
           the
           Bill
           of
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           supply
           of
           the
           other
           by
           the
           Act
           for
           the
           Additional
           Revenue
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           both
           the
           present
           and
           succeeding
           ages
           will
           bless
           God
           ,
           and
           celebrate
           your
           Memories
           for
           those
           two
           Bills
           ,
           as
           the
           foundation
           of
           their
           peace
           ,
           quiet
           and
           security
           ,
           how
           froward
           and
           indisposed
           soever
           
           many
           are
           at
           present
           ,
           who
           f●nding
           such
           obstructions
           laid
           in
           their
           way
           to
           Mutiny
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           use
           all
           the
           artifice
           they
           can
           to
           perswade
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           not
           been
           sollicitous
           enough
           for
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           nor
           tenacious
           enough
           for
           their
           profit
           ,
           and
           wickedly
           labour
           to
           lessen
           that
           reverence
           towards
           you
           ,
           which
           sure
           was
           never
           more
           due
           to
           any
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           very
           natural
           and
           an
           ingenious
           animadversion
           and
           reflection
           ,
           which
           the
           late
           incomparable
           Lord
           Viscount
           of
           St.
           
             Albans
          
           made
           upon
           that
           old
           Fable
           of
           the
           Giants
           ,
           who
           were
           first
           overthrown
           in
           the
           War
           against
           the
           Gods
           ,
           when
           the
           Earth
           ,
           their
           Mother
           ,
           in
           revenge
           thereof
           ,
           brought
           forth
           
             Fame
          
           ;
           which
           he
           said
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           when
           Princes
           and
           Monarchs
           have
           suppressed
           actual
           and
           open
           Rebellion
           ,
           then
           the
           Malignity
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           doth
           bring
           forth
           Libels
           ,
           Slanders
           ,
           and
           Taxation
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           which
           ,
           he
           saies
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           same
           kinde
           with
           Rebellion
           ,
           but
           more
           feminine
           .
           And
           without
           doubt
           this
           Seditious
           Daughter
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           this
           spirit
           of
           Libelling
           ,
           was
           never
           more
           pregnant
           then
           it
           is
           now
           ;
           nor
           King
           ,
           nor
           Parliament
           ,
           nor
           Church
           ,
           nor
           State
           ,
           ever
           more
           exposed
           to
           those
           
             Flagella
             linguae
             ,
          
           those
           strokes
           of
           the
           tongue
           ,
           from
           which
           God
           Almighty
           can
           
           only
           preserve
           the
           most
           innocent
           and
           most
           excellent
           persons
           ;
           as
           if
           repining
           and
           murmuring
           were
           the
           peculiar
           exercise
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           keep
           it
           in
           health
           ;
           as
           if
           
             England
          
           had
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Merchant
           ,
           
             Nunquam
             habendi
             fructu
             foelix
             ,
             semper
             autem
             quaerendi
             cupiditate
             miserrima
             .
          
        
         
           Men
           are
           in
           no
           degree
           disposed
           to
           imitate
           ,
           or
           remember
           the
           general
           excellent
           temper
           of
           the
           time
           of
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           the
           blessed
           condescention
           and
           resignation
           of
           the
           people
           then
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           the
           awful
           reverence
           they
           then
           had
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Governours
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           This
           good
           and
           happy
           spirit
           was
           in
           a
           time
           beyond
           our
           memory
           ,
           but
           they
           remember
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           were
           but
           yesterday
           ,
           how
           few
           Subsidies
           Parliaments
           then
           gave
           to
           that
           Queen
           ,
           how
           small
           supplies
           the
           Crown
           then
           had
           from
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           wonder
           that
           the
           same
           measures
           should
           not
           still
           fill
           the
           Coffers
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           same
           reputation
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           same
           noise
           in
           Christendom
           .
        
         
           But
           (
           my
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           )
           how
           bold
           soever
           some
           unquiet
           spirits
           are
           with
           you
           ,
           upon
           this
           Argument
           ,
           you
           are
           much
           superiour
           to
           those
           reproaches
           .
           You
           know
           well
           ,
           and
           you
           can
           make
           others
           know
           ,
           without
           breaking
           the
           Act
           of
           Indempnity
           ,
           how
           the
           Crown
           hath
           been
           since
           used
           ,
           how
           our
           
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           King
           found
           it
           at
           His
           blessed
           Return
           to
           it
           ;
           you
           can
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           He
           came
           hither
           ,
           besides
           the
           infinite
           that
           He
           forgave
           ,
           He
           gave
           more
           ,
           more
           Money
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           then
           He
           hath
           since
           received
           from
           them
           ;
           That
           at
           least
           two
           parts
           of
           three
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           since
           given
           Him
           ,
           have
           issued
           for
           the
           disbanding
           Armies
           never
           raised
           by
           Him
           ,
           and
           for
           payment
           of
           Fleets
           never
           sent
           out
           by
           Him
           ,
           and
           of
           Debts
           never
           incurred
           by
           Him.
           You
           will
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           vast
           disparity
           between
           the
           former
           times
           ,
           and
           these
           in
           which
           we
           live
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           the
           disproportion
           in
           the
           expence
           the
           Crown
           is
           now
           at
           ,
           for
           the
           protection
           and
           benefit
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           to
           what
           it
           formerly
           under-went
           .
           How
           great
           a
           difference
           there
           is
           in
           the
           present
           greatness
           and
           power
           of
           the
           two
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           were
           then
           possessed
           of
           ,
           is
           evident
           to
           all
           men
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           greatness
           and
           power
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           
             England
          
           be
           not
           in
           some
           proportion
           improved
           too
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           liable
           to
           inconveniencies
           it
           will
           not
           undergo
           alone
           .
           How
           our
           Neighbours
           and
           our
           Rivals
           ,
           who
           court
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Mistress
           ,
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           are
           advanced
           in
           Shipping
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           an
           immoderate
           Desire
           to
           engross
           the
           whole
           Traffick
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           is
           
           notorious
           enough
           ;
           and
           this
           unruly
           appetite
           will
           not
           be
           restrained
           ,
           or
           disappointed
           ,
           nor
           the
           Trade
           of
           this
           Nation
           supported
           and
           maintained
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           Fleets
           and
           Forces
           which
           were
           maintained
           in
           the
           happy
           times
           of
           Q.
           
             Elizabeth
             .
          
           Not
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           Naval
           power
           of
           the
           
             Turks
             ,
          
           who
           in
           stead
           of
           sculking
           abroad
           in
           poor
           single
           Ships
           as
           they
           were
           wont
           to
           do
           ,
           domineer
           now
           on
           the
           Ocean
           in
           strong
           Fleets
           ,
           make
           Naval
           Fights
           ,
           and
           have
           brought
           some
           Christians
           to
           a
           better
           Correspondence
           ,
           and
           another
           kind
           of
           Commerce
           and
           Traffique
           with
           them
           ,
           then
           was
           expected
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           they
           apprehend
           no
           Enemy
           upon
           the
           Sea
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           find
           in
           the
           King
           of
           
             Englands
          
           Ships
           ,
           which
           hath
           indeed
           brought
           no
           small
           damage
           upon
           them
           ,
           with
           no
           small
           charge
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           a
           great
           reputation
           to
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
           You
           may
           with
           a
           very
           good
           Conscience
           assure
           your selves
           ,
           and
           your
           friends
           and
           neighbours
           ,
           that
           the
           Charge
           the
           Crown
           is
           now
           at
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           for
           the
           Peace
           and
           Security
           ,
           and
           Wealth
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           amounts
           to
           no
           less
           then
           Eight
           hundred
           thousand
           pounds
           a
           year
           ;
           all
           which
           did
           not
           cost
           the
           Crown
           before
           these
           troubles
           ,
           Fourscore
           thousand
           pounds
           the
           year
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           will
           never
           blame
           you
           for
           any
           Supply
           
           you
           have
           given
           ,
           or
           Addition
           you
           have
           made
           to
           the
           Revenue
           of
           the
           Crown
           ;
           and
           whosoever
           unskilfully
           murmures
           at
           the
           Expence
           of
           
             Dunkirk
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           new
           Acquisitions
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           looked
           upon
           as
           Jewels
           of
           an
           immense
           magnitude
           in
           the
           Royal
           Diadem
           ,
           do
           not
           enough
           remember
           what
           we
           have
           lost
           by
           
             Dunkirk
             ,
          
           and
           should
           always
           do
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           in
           an
           Enemies
           hands
           ;
           nor
           duely
           consider
           the
           vast
           advantages
           those
           other
           Dominions
           are
           like
           ,
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           to
           bring
           to
           the
           Trade
           ,
           Navigation
           ,
           Wealth
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           .
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           enough
           expressed
           His
           desire
           to
           live
           in
           a
           perfect
           Peace
           and
           Amity
           with
           all
           His
           Neighbours
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           an
           ill
           ingredient
           towards
           the
           firmness
           and
           stability
           of
           that
           Peace
           and
           Amity
           ,
           which
           His
           Royal
           Ancestors
           have
           held
           and
           maintained
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           He
           hath
           some
           advantages
           in
           case
           of
           a
           War
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           without
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           a
           right
           ground
           of
           confidence
           ,
           such
           an
           one
           as
           seldom
           deceives
           men
           ,
           that
           the
           great
           Law-maker
           ,
           the
           wise
           
             Solon
             ,
          
           had
           ,
           when
           he
           concluded
           ,
           that
           Reverence
           and
           Obedience
           would
           be
           yielded
           to
           his
           Laws
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           taken
           the
           pains
           to
           make
           his
           Citizens
           know
           ,
           and
           understand
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           more
           for
           their
           profit
           to
           obey
           Law
           and
           Justice
           ,
           
           then
           to
           contemn
           and
           break
           it
           .
           The
           extravagant
           times
           of
           Licence
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           we
           have
           almost
           out-lived
           ,
           have
           so
           far
           corrupted
           the
           mindes
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           nature
           of
           too
           many
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           not
           return
           with
           that
           alacrity
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           into
           the
           Road
           and
           Paths
           of
           Order
           and
           Government
           ,
           from
           which
           they
           have
           so
           long
           been
           led
           astray
           ;
           nor
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           is
           there
           pains
           enough
           taken
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           understand
           the
           profit
           ,
           benefit
           ,
           and
           ease
           ,
           which
           alwaies
           attends
           a
           cheerful
           obedience
           and
           submission
           to
           Laws
           and
           Government
           .
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           a
           little
           pains
           and
           kindness
           and
           condescention
           in
           the
           wise
           ,
           towards
           the
           weak
           ,
           half
           the
           diligence
           and
           dexterity
           in
           conversation
           and
           example
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           used
           to
           cnrrupt
           the
           people
           in
           their
           Loyalty
           and
           Understanding
           ,
           will
           quickly
           reduce
           them
           to
           their
           Primitive
           temper
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           best
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Friends
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Subjects
           of
           the
           World
           :
           And
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           the
           great
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           ,
           the
           Moderation
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           and
           Hospitality
           of
           my
           Lords
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           in
           their
           several
           Diocesses
           ,
           will
           in
           a
           short
           time
           recover
           the
           poor
           mis-led
           people
           :
           And
           though
           the
           frowardness
           and
           pride
           of
           some
           of
           their
           Teachers
           may
           not
           be
           yet
           enough
           subdued
           ,
           though
           some
           of
           the
           Clergy
           still
           repeat
           their
           old
           Errors
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           
           have
           been
           glad
           to
           receive
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           do
           in
           truth
           discredit
           all
           their
           other
           Doctrine
           ,
           with
           the
           absence
           of
           any
           visible
           Repentance
           for
           what
           mischief
           they
           have
           formerly
           done
           ;
           yet
           I
           hope
           the
           Laity
           will
           soon
           return
           into
           the
           bosom
           of
           their
           dear
           Mother
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           easily
           discern
           the
           Fraud
           and
           Imposture
           of
           their
           Seducers
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           diligence
           and
           dexterity
           will
           be
           used
           ,
           seriously
           and
           heartily
           to
           reconcile
           both
           Clergy
           and
           Laity
           ,
           by
           all
           means
           which
           may
           prove
           effectual
           .
        
         
           You
           have
           (
           my
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           )
           like
           wise
           Patriots
           ,
           upon
           your
           observation
           ,
           That
           the
           most
           signal
           indulgence
           and
           condescentions
           ,
           the
           temporary
           suspension
           of
           the
           rigour
           of
           former
           Laws
           ,
           hath
           not
           produced
           that
           effect
           which
           was
           expected
           ,
           that
           the
           humours
           and
           spirits
           of
           men
           are
           too
           rough
           and
           boisterous
           for
           those
           soft
           remedies
           ,
           you
           have
           prepared
           sharper
           Laws
           and
           Penalties
           ,
           to
           contend
           with
           those
           refractory
           persons
           ,
           and
           to
           break
           that
           stubbornness
           which
           will
           not
           bend
           to
           gentler
           applications
           :
           And
           it
           is
           great
           reason
           ,
           that
           they
           upon
           whom
           clemency
           cannot
           prevail
           ,
           should
           feel
           that
           severity
           they
           have
           provoked
           .
           You
           have
           done
           your
           parts
           like
           good
           Physitians
           ,
           made
           wholsom
           Prescriptions
           for
           the
           constitution
           of
           your
           Patients
           ,
           well
           knowing
           that
           the
           Application
           of
           these
           Remedies
           ,
           the
           execution
           of
           these
           
           sharp
           Laws
           depends
           upon
           the
           wisdom
           of
           the
           most
           discerning
           ,
           generous
           ,
           and
           merciful
           Prince
           ,
           who
           having
           had
           more
           experience
           of
           the
           nature
           ,
           and
           humour
           of
           mankinde
           ,
           then
           any
           Prince
           living
           ,
           can
           best
           distinguish
           between
           the
           Tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           Pride
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           between
           the
           real
           Effects
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           the
           wicked
           Pretences
           to
           Conscience
           ;
           who
           having
           fought
           with
           Beasts
           at
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           knows
           how
           to
           guard
           Himself
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           from
           the
           assaults
           and
           violence
           of
           a
           strong
           ,
           malicious
           ,
           corrupted
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           Will
           ;
           and
           how
           to
           secure
           Himself
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           from
           the
           feeble
           Traps
           and
           Nets
           of
           deluded
           Fancies
           ,
           and
           Imaginations
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           a
           Prince
           of
           so
           excellent
           a
           Nature
           ,
           and
           so
           tender
           a
           Conscience
           Himself
           ,
           that
           He
           hath
           the
           highest
           compassion
           for
           all
           errors
           of
           that
           kinde
           ,
           and
           will
           never
           suffer
           the
           Weak
           to
           undergo
           the
           punishment
           ordained
           for
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           and
           knows
           ,
           and
           understands
           better
           then
           any
           man
           ,
           that
           excellent
           rule
           of
           
             Quintilian
             ,
             Est
             aliquid
             quod
             non
             oportet
             ,
             etiamsi
             licet
             ,
             &
             aliud
             est
             jura
             spectare
             ,
             aliud
             justitiam
             .
          
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Machiavel
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           is
           an
           Author
           much
           studied
           of
           late
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           extol
           his
           own
           excellent
           judgment
           and
           insight
           in
           History
           ;
           in
           which
           indeed
           he
           was
           a
           Master
           ,
           
           would
           perswade
           men
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           true
           reason
           ,
           why
           so
           many
           unexpected
           accidents
           and
           mischiefs
           fall
           out
           ,
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           States
           and
           Empires
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           their
           Governours
           have
           not
           observed
           the
           same
           mischiefs
           heretofore
           in
           story
           ,
           and
           from
           whence
           they
           proceeded
           ,
           and
           what
           progress
           they
           made
           ,
           which
           he
           says
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           done
           ,
           they
           might
           easily
           have
           preserved
           themselves
           from
           ruine
           ,
           and
           prevented
           the
           inconveniences
           which
           have
           faln
           out
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           are
           all
           good
           Historians
           ,
           and
           need
           onely
           to
           resort
           to
           the
           Records
           of
           your
           own
           memories
           .
           Remember
           how
           your
           peace
           hath
           been
           formerly
           disturbed
           ,
           by
           what
           contrivance
           and
           artifices
           the
           people
           have
           been
           Alarm'd
           ,
           with
           unreasonable
           and
           unnatural
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           and
           what
           dismal
           effects
           those
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           have
           produced
           .
           Remember
           how
           near
           Monarchy
           hath
           been
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           subverted
           under
           pretence
           of
           reforming
           and
           supporting
           Government
           ,
           Law
           ,
           and
           Justice
           .
           And
           remember
           how
           many
           honest
           persons
           were
           mis-led
           by
           not
           discerning
           Consequences
           ,
           who
           would
           as
           soon
           have
           renounced
           their
           part
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           have
           concurred
           in
           the
           first
           unwarrantable
           action
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           suspected
           what
           did
           follow
           :
           And
           if
           we
           suffer
           the
           same
           enemy
           to
           break
           in
           upon
           us
           at
           the
           same
           Avenues
           ,
           if
           we
           
           suffer
           our
           Peace
           to
           be
           blown
           up
           by
           the
           same
           Trains
           and
           Machinations
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           held
           very
           ill
           Historians
           ,
           and
           worse
           Polititians
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           an
           Enemy
           amongst
           us
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           doubt
           we
           are
           not
           jealous
           enough
           ,
           and
           towards
           whom
           we
           cannot
           be
           too
           vigilant
           ,
           and
           in
           truth
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           whom
           we
           may
           reasonably
           undervalue
           all
           other
           Enemies
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Republicans
           ,
           the
           Commonwealths-men
           ,
           who
           are
           every
           day
           calling
           in
           aid
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           overthrow
           and
           abolish
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           they
           know
           to
           be
           their
           irreconcilable
           enemy
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           my
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           vey
           great
           party
           of
           those
           men
           in
           every
           Faction
           of
           Religion
           ,
           who
           truly
           have
           no
           Religion
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           pretence
           serves
           to
           advance
           that
           Faction
           .
           You
           cannot
           be
           too
           sollicitous
           ,
           too
           inquisitive
           after
           these
           men
           ,
           who
           are
           restless
           in
           their
           Councels
           ,
           and
           wonderfully
           punctual
           and
           industrious
           in
           their
           Correspondences
           ,
           which
           they
           maintain
           abroad
           as
           well
           as
           at
           home
           :
           And
           you
           cannot
           doubt
           they
           have
           encouragement
           enough
           from
           abroad
           ;
           few
           of
           our
           neighbours
           love
           us
           so
           exceedingly
           well
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           see
           us
           entangled
           in
           Domestique
           broyls
           .
           These
           men
           are
           worthy
           of
           your
           care
           and
           diligence
           ,
           in
           your
           speedy
           settling
           the
           
             Militia
             ,
          
           which
           the
           King
           hath
           even
           now
           so
           particularly
           recommended
           to
           you
           .
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           conclude
           with
           only
           putting
           you
           in
           mind
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           scarce
           ever
           a
           more
           dangerous
           Sedition
           in
           the
           Republique
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           then
           in
           a
           time
           of
           full
           Peace
           ,
           when
           the
           Citizens
           were
           sullen
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           no
           noise
           but
           in
           whispers
           ,
           when
           men
           neglected
           their
           Trades
           ,
           and
           stayed
           idle
           in
           their
           own
           houses
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           cared
           not
           which
           way
           the
           world
           went
           ,
           from
           whence
           alone
           their
           neighbours
           the
           
             Etrurians
          
           were
           encouraged
           to
           make
           a
           War
           upon
           them
           .
           
             Novum
             seditionis
             genus
          
           (
           says
           
             Livy
          
           )
           
             silentium
             otiumque
             inter
             cives
             .
          
           Never
           any
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           has
           less
           cause
           of
           sullenness
           then
           we
           ,
           never
           more
           of
           joy
           and
           thanksgiving
           :
           We
           all
           know
           that
           God
           Almighty
           loves
           a
           chearful
           giver
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           as
           well
           know
           that
           he
           loves
           a
           chearful
           receiver
           ;
           besides
           all
           other
           stupendious
           blessings
           conferred
           upon
           us
           ,
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           most
           chearful
           Giver
           ,
           that
           ever
           people
           hath
           been
           blest
           with
           ;
           a
           King
           that
           hath
           with
           all
           imaginable
           chearfulness
           given
           us
           all
           we
           have
           asked
           of
           Him
           ,
           all
           He
           hath
           to
           give
           ;
           who
           would
           not
           take
           or
           retain
           any
           thing
           we
           give
           to
           Him
           ,
           but
           for
           our
           own
           sakes
           ;
           that
           by
           receiving
           and
           retaining
           it
           ,
           He
           may
           give
           it
           to
           us
           again
           ,
           in
           more
           abundance
           ,
           in
           abundance
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           and
           Honour
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Comforts
           which
           can
           make
           a
           Nation
           happy
           .
        
         
         
           This
           time
           hath
           made
           a
           glorious
           addition
           to
           our
           happiness
           ,
           which
           ought
           proportionably
           to
           increase
           our
           chearfulness
           ;
           we
           wanted
           onely
           one
           blessing
           ,
           the
           arrival
           of
           our
           Queen
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           now
           safely
           brought
           to
           us
           ;
           a
           Queen
           of
           such
           a
           rare
           perfection
           in
           Body
           and
           Mind
           ,
           of
           such
           great
           endowments
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           Piety
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           reasonably
           promise
           our selves
           from
           Her
           ,
           all
           the
           happiness
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           ,
           and
           a
           Succession
           of
           Princes
           to
           govern
           us
           ,
           till
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           more
           transcendent
           instance
           of
           the
           Kings
           love
           ,
           and
           passion
           for
           His
           people
           ,
           then
           that
           He
           hath
           staid
           these
           four
           days
           to
           take
           His
           leave
           of
           you
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           He
           might
           give
           you
           this
           days
           work
           ,
           all
           these
           good
           Laws
           ,
           hath
           denied
           Himself
           so
           long
           the
           enjoying
           the
           greatest
           comfort
           He
           is
           assured
           of
           in
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           be
           not
           the
           most
           Universal
           Joy
           in
           the
           Reception
           of
           these
           Blessings
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           not
           an
           Universal
           contentedness
           and
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           men
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           Contentedness
           and
           Satisfaction
           do
           not
           break
           out
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           visible
           in
           the
           looks
           ,
           and
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           words
           ,
           and
           actions
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           to
           the
           inflaming
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           other
           Nations
           under
           His
           Majesties
           obedience
           by
           our
           example
           ,
           we
           are
           guilty
           of
           
           an
           Ingratitude
           that
           is
           worthy
           to
           deprive
           us
           of
           all
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           to
           disappoint
           us
           of
           all
           we
           pray
           for
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           do
           most
           humbly
           beseech
           you
           ,
           My
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           ,
           That
           as
           there
           is
           a
           most
           noble
           cheerfulness
           and
           alacrity
           visible
           in
           you
           ;
           and
           hath
           shed
           it self
           over
           all
           your
           countenances
           ;
           so
           that
           you
           will
           think
           it
           worthy
           of
           your
           pains
           ,
           to
           infuse
           the
           same
           good
           spirit
           into
           City
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           all
           express
           that
           joy
           and
           delight
           in
           the
           blessings
           they
           are
           possessed
           of
           ,
           and
           cheerfully
           endeavour
           to
           improve
           those
           blessings
           ,
           by
           their
           cheerful
           enjoying
           them
           ,
           that
           God
           may
           continue
           those
           blessings
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           comfort
           may
           be
           encreased
           ,
           by
           the
           comfort
           He
           sees
           we
           have
           in
           Him
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           He
           hath
           done
           for
           us
           ;
           and
           as
           all
           Princes
           may
           take
           a
           pattern
           from
           him
           to
           Govern
           ,
           and
           make
           their
           Subjects
           happy
           ;
           so
           that
           all
           Subjects
           may
           learn
           from
           us
           ,
           how
           to
           obey
           ,
           and
           make
           that
           happiness
           lasting
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           an
           eminent
           and
           innocent
           alacrity
           in
           their
           acknowledgment
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           by
           the
           Kings
           express
           Command
           ,
           to
           add
           one
           particular
           which
           His
           Majesty
           meant
           ,
           but
           forgot
           to
           say
           Himself
           .
           You
           cannot
           but
           observe
           that
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           not
           Passed
           the
           Bill
           that
           concerns
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Derby
             ,
          
           which
           you
           cannot
           imagine
           proceeds
           
           from
           His
           Majesties
           want
           of
           care
           of
           ,
           and
           kindness
           to
           that
           Noble
           Family
           ,
           which
           hath
           served
           him
           so
           faithfully
           ,
           and
           suffered
           so
           much
           for
           so
           doing
           ;
           but
           all
           parties
           having
           referred
           the
           Matter
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           he
           doubts
           not
           but
           to
           make
           a
           better
           end
           for
           that
           Noble
           Earl
           then
           he
           would
           attain
           if
           the
           Bill
           had
           passed
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           the
           Kings
           commands
           for
           the
           Prorogation
           of
           this
           Parliament
           till
           the
           Eighteenth
           day
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           and
           this
           Parliament
           is
           Prorogued
           till
           the
           Eighteenth
           day
           of
           
             February
          
           next
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Bill
          
           and
           
             Christopher
             Barker
             ,
          
           Printers
           to
           the
           KINGS
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           .
           1662.