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A83741	Eight speeches spoken in Guild-Hall, upon Thursday night, Octob. 27. 1642. Printed in the same order they were spoken, one after the other, by the Lo: VVharton, Mr Strode, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Holland, the Lo: Say. Also a letter from Mr. Secretary Nicholas to the Earle of Cumberland.	Wharton, Philip Wharton, Baron, 1613-1696.	1642 (1642)	Wing E262; Thomason E124_32; ESTC R5746	12,270	22

they will make no haste again to adventure themselves in that cause against Gods Anointed I shall referre your Lordship to the relation of the Bearer for the particulars To morrow his Maiesty marcheth towards London by Oxford I am so full of businesse as I must crave your Lordships pardon that I write so briefly but I am neverthelesse Edgescot Northampton Octob. 24. 1642. Your Lordships most humble Servant Edward Nicholas The Earl of HOLLAND his SPEECH MY Lord Maior and you Gentlemen of the City It is more by obedience then confidence that I say any thing to you at this time my Lords and the Comittee command me and therefore I shall obey them That that I shall say to you is to observe in the Relation that this noble Lord hath made In the first part of it what deliverance God hath sent you that in a danger and indeed such as I am confident all that were there believe the Cause of Religion and Liberty and all lost you saw what a present turn it had such a one as if it did not give them the victory it gave them the advantage that is certain and truely a very great one especially when it was taken from so unhappy a condition as they were likely to be in wherein God hath shewed us what a danger might have fallen upon us And certainly it is because every man should consider in that danger what he might have suffered and what his cause might have suffered and to give you all by this warning That as he hath now begun to deliver you onely by his hand and by his power he will expect that you will expresse such a thankfulnesse to him for it as now to make his Cause your work and to do it with your hands boldly and with courage For this Letter that you heard read now you see what is threatned against you the least that you must expect is this great Army of the Kings that certainly by the dispositions of those that command it and have great power in it you must know what to expect and what to trust to they intend you no lesse and that is to be believed then the destroying of the City your persons and the preying upon your fortunes This is not all you see that if this doth not prevail or be not powerfull enough an Army must come from the west the preparation of another in the North from all parts of the Kingdom the sword is drawn against you and truly having those ill intentions that they certainly have it is the wisest course they can take for in your City is the strength of the kingdom indeed it is not onely the life but the soul of it if they can destroy you here the rest of the Kingdome must all submit and yeeld and in that yeelding must give over the maintenance of all that is most dear to them Therefore if you will now consider how God hath shewed you first that he hath kept the first blow from you by delivering of you indeed from such an imminēt danger as it could not be believed it could have been recover'd but by himselfe and by the power of his hand this may give you just encouragement to pursue al things that are for his glory for the defence of your Religion and his cause I am confident as you will doe it with thankfulnes and duty and sincerity to him so in wisedom and reason you will seeing with threatnings there are unto you you will defend your selves and your families nature directs you to it as well as piety we only recommend this to you that you may but know it and take it into your thoughts and into your hearts and then wee are confident your hearts will be raysed with so much piety with so much courage and with so much resolution as you wil defend your selves and in defending your selves defend us the Parliament and the Kingdome you may do it you have power and we expect it from your affections Finis The Lord Say and Seale his speech MY Lords and Gentlemen that little that I have to say shal not be to set forth your approaching danger but I shall rather apply my self to stir up your spirits to incourage you and to settle this opinion in you that if you be not wanting unto your selves which cannot be imagined in this cause you will have no cause to feare danger it cannot bee doubted by that which you have heard but that these malignant mischeivous counsellours and these men of desperate fortunes that they have gather'd to them and into whose hands they have put our King that their intentions are that this rich glorious City should bee deliver'd up as a prey as a reward to them for their treason against the Kingdome and the Parliament and that your lives should satisfie their malice your wives your daughters their lust and religion it selfe the dearest thing of all others to us should be made merchandize off to invite Papists to invite forreigners Notwithstanding their intentions let no mans heart bee discouraged you have power enough in your hands to bring all this wickednes upon their own heads through Gods blessing if you will use your hands if you will hold them up to serve your God to defend the true religion of Almighty God to defend your lives to defend this Kingdome and the Parliament you need not feare any thing that can bee done by this broken Army nor feare those things that are here written in this letter nor those things that are falsely buzzed abroad by a malignant party in your City to amaze you there is no feare of danger but in security in sitting still and therefore if you will be stirred up as I cannot doubt we cannot imagine you will to do that that every man both by the law of God and by the law of Nature in this case will bee induced to doe through Gods blessing you shall both honour God maintaine the true Religion save this Kingdome save the Parliament and Crowne your good beginnings that God hath pleased to shew himselfe unto us in this is now not a time for men to thinke with themselvs that they will be in their shops to get a little mony this is a time to do that that you doe in common dangers let every man take his weapons in his hand let him offer himself willingly to serve his God and to maintaine true Religion you may remember what God saith by the Prophet my heart is set upon those people that are willing to offer themselves willingly upon the high places let every man therefore shut up his shop let him take his musket let him offer himself readily and willingly let him not thinke with himselfe who shall pay me but rather think this I 'le come forth to save the Kingdom to serve my God to maintaine his true Religion to save the Parliament to save this noble city and when this danger is overcome I 'le trust the State that