Master speaker his speech to His Majestie, in the High Court of Parliament, the fifth day of November, 1640.
         Mr Speaker his speech to His Majestie.
         Lenthall, William, 1591-1662.
      
       
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             Master speaker his speech to His Majestie, in the High Court of Parliament, the fifth day of November, 1640.
             Mr Speaker his speech to His Majestie.
             Lenthall, William, 1591-1662.
             England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
          
           8 p.
           
             Printed for William Shears,
             London, :
             1660.
          
           
             Attributed to William Lenthall by Wing.
             Annotation on Thomason copy: "Feb. 3. 1659.".
             Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           MASTER
           SPEAKER
           HIS
           SPEECH
           TO
           HIS
           MAJESTIE
           ▪
           IN
           THE
           High
           Court
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           the
           Fifth
           day
           of
           
             November
             ,
          
           1640.
           
        
         
           
             WS
          
           printer's or publisher's device
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Shears
             ,
          
           1660.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           Master
           
             Speakers
          
           Speech
           in
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Kings
          
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           fifth
           of
           
             November
             ,
             1640.
             
          
        
         
           
             Most
             gracious
             and
             dread
             Soveraigne
             ,
          
        
         
           IN
           all
           submissive
           humblenesse
           ,
           the
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           and
           Burgesses
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           are
           here
           assembled
           ,
           who
           taking
           along
           with
           them
           your
           gracious
           inclination
           ,
           have
           according
           to
           their
           ancient
           liberties
           designed
           me
           their
           Speaker
           .
        
         
           Whereas
           I
           cannot
           but
           lament
           to
           think
           how
           great
           a
           mist
           may
           overcast
           the
           hopes
           of
           this
           Sessions
           ,
           yet
           a
           note
           of
           favour
           to
           me
           ,
           who
           cannot
           but
           judge
           my self
           unfit
           for
           so
           great
           imployment
           ,
           which
           so
           appeares
           to
           the
           whole
           World
           .
        
         
           Many
           there
           be
           of
           deep
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           sad
           experience
           ,
           that
           might
           have
           added
           lustre
           to
           this
           action
           ,
           and
           
           expedition
           to
           the
           work
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           pleased
           to
           have
           left
           me
           in
           that
           mean
           condition
           they
           found
           me
           .
        
         
           Non
           mihi
           tacuisse
           nocet
           ,
           Nocet
           esse
           Locutum
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           might
           your
           Sacred
           and
           pious
           intentions
           have
           had
           their
           full
           advancement
           .
        
         
           But
           is
           it
           yet
           too
           late
           ?
           may
           I
           not
           appeal
           to
           
             Caesar
             ?
          
        
         
           Yes
           ▪
           I
           may
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           lowest
           posture
           of
           humility
           .
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           your
           Sacred
           Majesty
           to
           interpose
           your
           Royall
           Authority
           ,
           to
           command
           a
           review
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           for
           there
           were
           never
           more
           than
           now
           fitted
           for
           such
           Imployments
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           Keeper
           approves
           of
           him
           by
           his
           Majesties
           direction
           ,
           Then
           he
           goes
           on
           ,
        
         
           It
           pleaseth
           not
           your
           Sacred
           Majesty
           to
           vouchsafe
           a
           change
           .
        
         
           Actions
           of
           Kings
           are
           not
           to
           be
           by
           me
           reasoned
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           being
           imboldened
           by
           this
           Gracious
           approbation
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           a
           little
           ,
           Dread
           Soveraigne
           ,
           to
           expresse
           my
           own
           thoughts
           unto
           our
           gracious
           Lord
           the
           King
           .
        
         
           I
           see
           before
           my
           eyes
           with
           admiration
           the
           Majesty
           of
           great
           Brittaine
           ,
           the
           Glory
           of
           times
           ,
           the
           history
           of
           honour
           ,
           
             CHARLES
          
           the
           First
           ,
           in
           his
           forefront
           placed
           by
           discent
           of
           antiquity
           (
           Kings
           )
           setled
           by
           a
           long
           succession
           ,
           and
           continued
           to
           us
           by
           a
           pious
           and
           peacefull
           government
           .
        
         
         
           On
           the
           one
           side
           the
           Monument
           of
           Glory
           ,
           the
           Progeny
           of
           valiant
           and
           puissant
           Princes
           ,
           the
           Queens
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           hopes
           of
           posterity
           ,
           and
           joy
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           those
           Olive
           branches
           set
           round
           your
           tables
           ,
           Emblems
           of
           peace
           to
           posterity
           .
        
         
           Here
           shine
           those
           Lights
           and
           Lamps
           placed
           in
           a
           Mount
           ,
           which
           attend
           your
           sacred
           Majesty
           as
           supreme
           head
           ,
           and
           borrow
           from
           you
           the
           Splendor
           of
           their
           Government
           .
        
         
           There
           the
           true
           state
           of
           Nobility
           ,
           figures
           of
           Prowesse
           and
           Magnanimity
           ,
           fitted
           by
           their
           long
           contracted
           honour
           in
           their
           blood
           ,
           for
           the
           Councell
           of
           Princes
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           those
           the
           Reverend
           Judges
           ,
           whither
           both
           parts
           (
           as
           to
           the
           Oracles
           of
           Judgment
           and
           Justice
           )
           may
           resort
           ,
           Cisterns
           that
           hold
           fair
           waters
           ,
           wherein
           each
           deviation
           ;
           each
           wrinckle
           is
           discernable
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           (
           as
           from
           the
           Center
           )
           each
           crooked
           line
           ought
           to
           be
           levelled
           ;
           The
           footstoole
           of
           your
           Throne
           is
           fixed
           there
           ,
           which
           renders
           you
           glorious
           to
           all
           posterity
           .
        
         
           Here
           we
           the
           Knights
           ,
           Citizens
           and
           Burgesses
           of
           the
           Commons
           house
           ,
           at
           your
           royall
           feet
           ,
           contracted
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           your
           Kingdom
           ,
           Ensignes
           of
           obedience
           and
           humility
           ,
           all
           these
           united
           by
           the
           law
           equally
           distributed
           ,
           which
           cements
           this
           great
           body
           to
           the
           obedience
           of
           your
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ;
        
         
           And
           compells
           as
           well
           the
           hearts
           as
           the
           hands
           to
           contribute
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Common
           interest
           ,
        
         
           Dissipates
           the
           Invaders
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Common
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           discovers
           the
           Impostures
           ,
           but
           (
           give
           me
           
           leave
           dread
           Soveraigne
           )
           knits
           the
           Crown
           to
           the
           Sacred
           Temples
           ,
           and
           frees
           Majesty
           from
           the
           Interpretation
           of
           mis-doing
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           these
           this
           great
           Councell
           is
           most
           Soveraign
           against
           the
           distempers
           of
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Were
           they
           infested
           at
           Sea
           ,
           troubled
           at
           home
           ,
           or
           invaded
           from
           abroad
           ,
           here
           was
           the
           Sanctuary
           of
           refuge
           ,
           hither
           was
           the
           resort
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           way
           found
           for
           a
           foundation
           of
           peace
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Constantine
          
           the
           great
           ,
           that
           he
           accounted
           his
           Subjects
           purse
           his
           Exchequer
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           Subtile
           inventions
           may
           pick
           the
           purse
           ,
           but
           nothing
           can
           open
           it
           but
           a
           free
           Parliament
           ;
           which
           lets
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           Soveraignty
           upon
           the
           publique
           maladies
           of
           the
           state
           ,
           and
           vigilancy
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           our
           ancient
           liberties
           ;
           for
           this
           we
           need
           not
           search
           into
           antiquity
           ,
           look
           but
           a
           little
           back
           ,
           there
           we
           shall
           see
           our
           just
           liberties
           gratiously
           confirmed
           by
           your
           most
           sacred
           Majesty
           ,
        
         
           And
           is
           our
           happiness
           shut
           up
           in
           the
           remembrance
           of
           times
           past
           only
           ?
           No
           .
        
         
           Those
           gratious
           expressions
           lately
           fal'n
           from
           your
           sacred
           lips
           ,
           as
           hony
           from
           the
           combe
           ,
           make
           glad
           the
           hearts
           of
           your
           people
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           now
           we
           do
           more
           then
           promise
           to
           our selves
           a
           large
           and
           free
           consideration
           of
           the
           wayes
           to
           compose
           the
           distempers
           of
           these
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           then
           present
           them
           to
           your
           royall
           hand
           for
           perfection
           .
        
         
           And
           such
           shall
           be
           our
           deportment
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           shall
           labour
           the
           continuance
           of
           our
           liberties
           ,
           so
           shall
           we
           carry
           a
           high
           regard
           to
           preserve
           that
           Soveraigne
           power
           wherewith
           your
           Majesty
           is
           invested
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           your
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           your
           sacred
           Majesty
           
           terrible
           to
           the
           Nations
           ,
           and
           glorious
           at
           home
           ▪
        
         
           Are
           these
           the
           fruits
           we
           have
           enjoyed
           by
           Parliaments
           ?
           we
           cannot
           then
           but
           wonder
           at
           that
           horrid
           invention
           in
           this
           place
           projected
           ,
           
             Monstrum
             horrendum
             ,
             informe
             ,
             ingens
          
           but
           the
           Lord
           be
           thanked
           ,
           
             Cui
             lumen
             ademptum
             est
             .
          
           Can
           this
           receive
           a
           
             Palliation
             ?
          
           Men
           ,
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           all
           at
           one
           blast
           ;
           no
           reverence
           to
           sacred
           Bones
           of
           Princes
           ?
           were
           we
           not
           all
           in
           a
           lump
           by
           them
           intended
           to
           be
           offered
           up
           to
           
             Moloch
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           us
           never
           forget
           this
           days
           solemnization
           (
           But
           whither
           ?
           )
           It
           is
           too
           much
           boldness
           to
           presume
           longer
           on
           your
           Majesties
           grace
           and
           goodnesse
           ;
           and
           therefore
           for
           the
           better
           expedition
           of
           this
           service
           ;
           We
           humbly
           desire
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           our selves
           and
           servants
           may
           obtain
           freedome
           from
           arrests
           of
           their
           persons
           and
           goods
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           we
           may
           have
           free
           liberty
           of
           speech
           without
           confinement
           ,
           with
           a
           full
           and
           free
           debate
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           your
           Majesty
           will
           vouchsafe
           our
           repaire
           to
           your
           sacred
           person
           upon
           matters
           of
           importance
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           ancient
           priviledges
           of
           the
           house
           .
        
         
           That
           with
           such
           alacrity
           we
           may
           now
           proceed
           to
           manifest
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           our
           retirements
           were
           to
           reinforce
           a
           greater
           unity
           and
           duty
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavor
           a
           sweet
           violence
           ,
           which
           may
           compell
           (
           pardon
           dread
           Soveraigne
           the
           word
           Compell
           )
           your
           Majesty
           to
           the
           love
           of
           Parliaments
           .
        
         
         
           And
           thus
           God
           will
           have
           the
           honour
           ,
           your
           sacred
           ▪
           Majesty
           splendor
           ,
           the
           Kingdome
           safety
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           votes
           shall
           passe
           ,
           That
           your
           sacred
           Majesty
           may
           long
           ,
           long
           ,
           long
           reigne
           over
           us
           ;
           And
           let
           all
           the
           people
           say
           ,
           Amen
           .
           (
           *⁎*
           )
        
         
           FINIS
           .