Mr. Speakers speech before the King in the Lords House of Parliament July the third 1641 concerning the passing of three bills viz : poll-money, star-chamber and high commission. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A47693 of text R11632 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L1080). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A47693) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 96524) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 259:E198, no 29) Mr. Speakers speech before the King in the Lords House of Parliament July the third 1641 concerning the passing of three bills viz : poll-money, star-chamber and high commission. England and Wales. Parliament. Lenthall, William, 1591-1662. [2], 5 p. [s.n.], London : 1641. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1625-1649. A47693 R11632 (Wing L1080). civilwar no Mr. Speakers speech, before the King, in the Lords House of Parliament. July the third, 1641. Concerning the passing of three bills. Viz. Po Lenthall, William 1641 800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2002-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2002-04 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-05 TCP Staff (Oxford) Sampled and proofread 2002-05 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-06 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Mr. SPEAKERS SPEECH , Before the King , in the Lords House of Parliament . July the third , 1641. Concerning the passing of three Bills . Viz. Poll-money . Star-chamber , and High Commission . Mr. Speaker's SPEECH . THe Government of Common wealth rests in the Rules of order , and hath so much affinity and consent with the Rules of Nature , in the government of the World , that the first copie and mutation of the one may seeme to be taken from the originall and first modell of the other . This contemplation ( most excellent and gracious Sovereigne ) casts our eyes upon your sacred Majesty , as that Celestial Orbe , which never resting without the office of perpetuall motion , to cherish the lower bodies , not enriching it self with any treasures drawn from below , exhales in vapours from the inferiour Elements , what in due season it returns in showres . The application makes us consider our selves , those subluninary creatures which having their essence and being from the influence of those beames ( as the flowers of the field ) open to receive the glory of the Sun . In this relation both contribute to the common good , your sacred Majestie as a Nursing Father designed to bestow on your people , the blessing of peace and unity , and wee as the children of obedience returne our duties and affections in Aids and Tributes . And this compacted in one body by the ligaments of Religion and Laws , hath been the object of admiration to the whole world . Amidst the distraction of forreigne Nations , wee onely have sate under the shadow of our Vines , and dranke the wines of our own Vintage . But your crafty adversaries , perceiving that the fervent profession of your own religion and the firme observation of our Laws , have beene the pillars of our prosperity , By subtile insinuations , pretending a politike necessity to admit of a moderation in our Religion , to comply with forrain Princes , and suggesting it a principall in the rule of Soveraignty , to require and take into , aske and have , that it must postulare by power , not petere by Laws , and keepe this misery of war and calamity , between Nation and Nation , and put us in the posture of gaze to the whole world . But when wee behold your sacred Majesty discended from the Royall loines of that glorious King , which by his wisdome and policie , first ingrafted the white Rose and the Red , upon the same stock , and sheathed the sword that had pierced the bowels of so much Nobilitie , glutted with the bloud of people , and then laid the first hopes of the happy union between the Nations . When our thoughts refresh themselves with that happy memory of that religious King your gracious Father , on whose sacred Temples both diadems were placed , wrethed about with this motto , Faciam eos ingentem unam , we cannot but believe that God and Nature ( by a lineall succession from those Fathers of peace ) hath ordained you that lapis Angularis upon which the whole frame settles , and put into the hands of your sacred Majestie , the possibility and power to firme and stablish this happy union between your Kingdomes , and so raise your memory a Statue of glory and wisdome from generation to generation . In all this length of time , the assurance of this Vnion and peace hath beene the chief object of our desires , Our Purses have beene as open as our hearts , both contributing to this great work manifested by so many Subsidies already presented , sufficient in our first hopes for the full perfection . But finding that faile , have again adventured upon your peoples property , and in an old and absolute way , new burnisht by the hand of instant necessity , expressed to the World the heart of a loyall people , and howsoever guided with a new name of tranquility & peace to your Kingdome , that with more ease the people may disgest the bitternesse of this Pill , yet still our hearts had the same aime and object . A gift sutable to the necessity of such vast extent that time cannot paralell it by any example . And by which , if your sacred Majesty vouchsafe your Royall assent , wee shall not doubt you may soone accomplish those happy effects that may present your wisdome the object of wonder , and your policy to bee admired amongst the Nations . FINIS .