His Majesties most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday the seventh day of November, 1693 England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary) 1693 Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A96554 Wing W2397 ESTC R186669 45578514 ocm 45578514 172426 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A96554) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 172426) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2629:6) His Majesties most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday the seventh day of November, 1693 England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary) William III, King of England, 1650-1702. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Re-printed by the successors of Andrew Anderson, printers to Their Most Excellent Majesties, Edinburgh : 1693. A speech calling for an increase in the armed forces. Reproduction of original in the British Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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I Am always Glad to meet you here , and I could heartily wish that Our Satisfaction were not lessened at present by Reflecting upon the Disadvantages We have received this Year at Land , and the Miscarriages in Our Affairs at Sea. I Think it is Evident , That the former was only occasioned by the great Number of Our Enemies , which exceeded Ours in all Places ; For what relates to the latter , which has brought so great a Disgrace upon the Nation , I have Resented it extremely , and as I will take Care , that those who have not done their Duty , shall be punished , so I am Resolved to use My utmost Endeavours , that Our Power at Sea may be rightly Managed for the Future . And it will well Deserve your Consideration , Whether We are not Defective both in the Number of Our Shipping , and in proper Ports to the Westward , for the better Annoying Our Enemies , and Protecting our Trade , which is so Essential to the Welfare of this Kingdom . My Lords and Gentlemen , I Am very sensible of the good Affection wherewith you have always assisted me , to Support the Charges of this War , which have been very Great , and yet I am perswaded that the Experience of this Summer is sufficient to Convince Us all , that to arrive at a good End of it , there will be a Necessity of Encreasing Our Forces both by Sea and Land the next Year . Our Allies have Resolved to add to Theirs , and I will not Doubt , but you will have such Regard to the present Exigency , as that you will give Me a suitable Supply to Enable Me to do the like . I must therefore earnestly Recommend it to you , Gentlemen of the House of Commons , to take such timely Resolution , as that your Supplies may be Effectual , and Our Preparations so Forward , as will be Necessary both for the Security and the Honour of the Nation . Edinburgh , Re-printed by the Successors of Andrew Anderson , Printers to Their most Excellent Majesties , 1693.