The speech of Sr. Harbottle Grimston baronet: Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons, to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. Delivered in the Banquetting-House at Whitehal, 29 May. 1660. The members of that House being there present.
         Grimston, Harbottle, Sir, 1603-1685.
      
       
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             The speech of Sr. Harbottle Grimston baronet: Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons, to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. Delivered in the Banquetting-House at Whitehal, 29 May. 1660. The members of that House being there present.
             Grimston, Harbottle, Sir, 1603-1685.
             England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
          
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             printed by Edward Husbands and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Commons House of Parliament,
             London :
             1660.
          
           
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           THE
           SPEECH
           OF
           Sr.
           
             HARBOTTLE
             GRIMSTON
          
           BARONET
           SPEAKER
           Of
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           COMMONS
           ,
           To
           the
           KINGS
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Delivered
           in
           the
           Banquetting-House
           at
           
             Whitehal
             ,
          
           29
           
             May
             .
          
           1660
           ▪
           The
           MEMBERS
           of
           that
           House
           being
           there
           present
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Edward
             Husbands
          
           and
           
             Thomas
             Newcomb
             ,
          
           Printers
           to
           the
           Commons
           House
           of
           Parliament
           .
           1660.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           
             SPEECH
          
           of
           Sir
           
             HARBOTTLE
             GRIMSTON
          
           Baronet
           ,
           Speaker
           of
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           Commons
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           delivered
           in
           the
           
             Banquetting-House
          
           at
           
             Whitehal
          
           
             May
             
               29
               ,
               1660.
               
            
          
           The
           Members
           of
           that
           House
           being
           then
           present
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Gracious
             and
             Dread
             Soveraigne
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           all
           the
           Reason
           and
           Eloquence
           that
           is
           dispersed
           in
           so
           many
           several
           heads
           and
           tongues
           as
           are
           in
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           were
           conveyed
           into
           my
           Bra●ne
           ,
           and
           united
           in
           my
           Tongue
           ,
           yet
           I
           should
           want
           sufficiency
           to
           discharge
           that
           great
           task
           I
           am
           now
           enioined
           .
        
         
           The
           restitution
           of
           your
           Majesty
           to
           the
           exercise
           of
           Your
           just
           and
           most
           indubitable
           Native
           Right
           of
           Soveraignty
           ,
           and
           the
           deliverance
           of
           your
           people
           from
           Bondage
           and
           Slavery
           
           hath
           been
           wrought
           out
           and
           brought
           to
           pass
           ,
           by
           a
           miraculous
           way
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           beyond
           and
           above
           the
           reach
           and
           comprehension
           of
           our
           understandings
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           be
           admired
           ,
           impossible
           to
           be
           expressed
           .
        
         
           God
           hath
           been
           pleased
           to
           train
           your
           Majesty
           up
           in
           the
           School
           of
           affliction
           ,
           where
           You
           have
           learnt
           that
           excellent
           Lesson
           of
           Patience
           so
           well
           ,
           and
           improved
           it
           so
           much
           for
           the
           good
           of
           your
           people
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           all
           just
           cause
           for
           ever
           to
           bless
           God
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           We
           doubt
           not
           but
           your
           Name
           is
           Registred
           in
           the
           Records
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           place
           in
           the
           highest
           from
           amongst
           those
           Glorious
           Martyrs
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           reported
           ,
           that
           through
           Faith
           in
           Christ
           and
           Patience
           in
           their
           Sufferings
           ,
           they
           converted
           their
           very
           Tormentors
           ,
           and
           conquered
           those
           Barbarous
           bloody
           Tyrants
           ,
           under
           whom
           they
           then
           suffered
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           they
           themselves
           were
           many
           times
           inforced
           to
           confess
           and
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             Sat
             est
             vicisti
             Gallilaeus
             ,
          
           They
           had
           their
           (
           
             vicisti
          
           )
           and
           that
           deservedly
           ,
           but
           Your
           Majesty
           must
           have
           a
           treble
           (
           
             vicisti
          
           )
           for
           with
           the
           same
           Weapons
           ,
           Faith
           and
           Patience
           ,
           You
           have
           overcome
           and
           conquered
           the
           Hearts
           and
           Affections
           of
           
           all
           Your
           people
           in
           Three
           great
           Nations
           ,
           the
           Hearts
           and
           Affections
           of
           all
           that
           are
           worthy
           the
           name
           of
           good
           Christians
           or
           reasonable
           men
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           God
           and
           God
           alone
           to
           whom
           be
           the
           Glory
           ,
           that
           hath
           made
           Your
           Majesty
           so
           great
           a
           Conqueror
           ,
           indeed
           your
           conquest
           is
           incomparable
           ,
           no
           story
           can
           instance
           the
           like
           ,
           or
           furnish
           us
           with
           an
           Example
           to
           paralel
           it
           withal
           ;
           'T
           was
           a
           Use
           and
           Custom
           amongst
           the
           Romans
           ,
           when
           any
           of
           their
           Commanders
           had
           done
           eminent
           Services
           abroad
           ,
           at
           their
           Returns
           ,
           to
           honor
           them
           with
           Triumphs
           ,
           and
           rideing
           through
           their
           streets
           ,
           there
           they
           received
           the
           Praises
           and
           Applauses
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           with
           this
           Inscription
           upon
           their
           Laurel
           Crowns
           ,
           
             (
             Vincenti
             Dabitur
             )
          
           But
           your
           Majesties
           victory
           is
           of
           another
           nature
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           differs
           much
           from
           theirs
           in
           the
           quality
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           your
           Triumph
           must
           differ
           as
           much
           from
           theirs
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           ;
           They
           conquered
           bodies
           ,
           but
           your
           Majesty
           hath
           conquered
           Souls
           ;
           they
           conquered
           for
           the
           Honor
           and
           good
           of
           themselves
           ,
           but
           Your
           Majesty
           hath
           conquered
           for
           the
           Honor
           and
           good
           of
           your
           people
           ;
           they
           conquered
           with
           force
           ,
           but
           your
           Majesty
           
           hath
           conquered
           with
           Faith
           ;
           they
           conquered
           with
           Power
           ,
           but
           your
           Majesty
           hath
           conquered
           with
           Patience
           ,
           and
           therefore
           God
           himself
           hath
           written
           your
           Motto
           ,
           and
           inscrib'd
           it
           upon
           your
           Royal
           Crown
           (
           
             Patienti
             Dabitur
          
           )
           Their
           Triumphs
           were
           in
           narrow
           streets
           ,
           but
           your
           Majesties
           Triumphs
           must
           be
           in
           large
           hearts
           ;
           their
           Triumphs
           lasted
           but
           for
           a
           day
           ,
           but
           your
           Majesties
           Triumph
           must
           last
           for
           all
           your
           days
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           to
           triumph
           in
           Heaven
           to
           all
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           read
           of
           a
           Duke
           of
           
             Burgundy
             ,
          
           who
           was
           called
           
             Carolus
             Audax
             ,
          
           the
           Historian
           tells
           us
           that
           his
           Father
           was
           called
           
             Carolus
             Bonus
             ,
          
           an
           Observator
           hath
           this
           note
           upon
           it
           ,
           That
           Goodness
           doth
           ever
           produce
           Boldness
           ;
           Sir
           ,
           you
           are
           the
           true
           Son
           of
           such
           a
           good
           Father
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           as
           You
           serve
           our
           good
           God
           ,
           He
           who
           is
           goodness
           it self
           ,
           will
           give
           you
           Boldness
           ,
           a
           Princely
           vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           foil
           Your
           Majesty
           can
           use
           to
           set
           out
           the
           true
           lustre
           of
           all
           your
           other
           most
           eminent
           and
           lovely
           Graces
           .
        
         
           Most
           Royal
           Soveraigne
           ,
           I
           have
           yet
           a
           few
           words
           more
           ,
           and
           to
           doubt
           your
           Patience
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           mirror
           of
           Patience
           ,
           were
           to
           commit
           
           a
           Crime
           unpardonable
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           excepted
           out
           of
           that
           Act
           of
           Olivion
           ,
           which
           your
           Majesty
           hath
           so
           graciously
           tendred
           unto
           your
           people
           ;
           therefore
           with
           an
           humble
           confidence
           I
           shall
           presume
           to
           acquaint
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           it
           further
           in
           command
           to
           present
           you
           at
           this
           time
           with
           a
           Petition
           of
           Right
           ,
           and
           humbly
           upon
           my
           bended
           knees
           to
           beg
           your
           Royal
           assent
           thereunto
           .
           Sir
           ,
           it
           hath
           already
           passed
           two
           great
           Houses
           ,
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           
             vox
             Populi
          
           and
           
             vox
             Dei
          
           to
           warrant
           this
           bold
           demand
           .
           It
           is
           ,
           That
           Your
           Majesty
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           remove
           your
           Throne
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           it
           up
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           Your
           people
           ,
           and
           as
           You
           are
           deservedly
           the
           King
           of
           Hearts
           ,
           there
           to
           receive
           from
           your
           people
           a
           Crown
           of
           Hearts
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           this
           Crown
           hath
           three
           excellent
           and
           rare
           Properties
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           sweet
           Crown
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           fast
           Crown
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           a
           lasting
           Crown
           ;
           't
           is
           a
           sweet
           Crown
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           perfumed
           with
           nothing
           but
           the
           incense
           of
           Prayers
           and
           Praises
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           a
           fast
           Crown
           ,
           for
           t
           is
           set
           upon
           Your
           Royal
           Head
           ,
           by
           him
           who
           only
           hath
           the
           power
           of
           Hearts
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           a
           lasting
           Crown
           ,
           Your
           Majesty
           can
           never
           wear
           it
           out
           ,
           
           for
           the
           longer
           you
           wear
           this
           Crown
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           the
           hetter
           for
           the
           wearing
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           hearty
           desires
           ,
           and
           most
           earnest
           Prayers
           of
           all
           your
           Loyal
           ,
           Loveing
           and
           Faithful
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           You
           may
           never
           change
           that
           Crown
           till
           you
           change
           it
           for
           a
           better
           ,
           a
           Crown
           of
           Eternal
           Glory
           in
           the
           highest
           Heavens
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           say
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .