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Two speeches by Sir Beniamin Rudyard concerning the Palatinate
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Rudyerd, Benjamin, Sir, 1572-1658.
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Sr. Beniamin Rudyerd Surveyor of his Maties Court of Wardes and Liueries TWO SPEECHES BY Sir Beniamin Rudyard CONCERNING THE PALATINATE LONDON Printed for Francis Constable 1641. THE FIRST SPEECH UPON THE FIRST DAY CONCERNING THE PALATINATE BY Sr. BENIAMIN RUDYARD Master Speaker THis great Affaire of the Palatinate concerns this Kingdome in Nature in Honour in Reason of State in Religion We all know how neare in Bloud the Prince Elector is to his Majesty Many of us here know what solemn Protestation hath been made in this place for the recovery of the Palatinate by which we are bound in Honour to pursue it with our best assistance God hath so framed the Powers of man and so ordered the course of things in this world as that in all actions right Reason and true Religion may well hold and goe a great way together If we consider Religion according to reason of State wee shall find that Christendome divides it selfe into two sides with the Pope against the Pope His Majesty is the greatest King of the Religion and therefore fittest to be the Head of that Party which will adde a greater Greatnesse to Him then can be gotten any other way The meanes to it are first to preserve Religion sound and entire within His own Kingdomes at home next to unite the Homogeniall parts of it pieces of the same together by Alliances by Confederations abroad The good Effect of this Germane Match was lost by the ill Councels of those times It will be an Honour to us to repaire it by better The restoring of the Prince Elector to his Territory and Dignity will restore Religion there will strengthen it may increase it further in Germany which consideration is of a great and vast Consequence proportionable to the greatnesse and vastnesse of that Countrey It will likewise refresh and comfort the needfull heart of that most Noble Vertuous and Magnanimously suffering Queen of Bohemia his Majesties sister his Highnesse mother who is ever to be highly and tenderly regarded by this House by this Kingdome This is a fit conjuncture of time to begin it in whilst the King of Spaine hath so much to do of his own as he is not able to afford his usuall aids to the Emperour which probably may induce the Emperour to abate of former resolutions That which is now propounded is onely a Manifest to expresse and declare our zeale and heartinesse to the Cause thereby to give it Countenance and Reputation in the present Dyet at Ratisbone Reputation in matters of State doth many times prevaile as much as Substance His Majesties Father of blessed memory and Himselfe have for many yeares mediated and treated with the successive Emperours by all faire and amiable wayes They have been deluded they have been neglected It behoves us Master Speaker to be Englishly sensible of the Injustice of the Indignitie Wherefore my humble Motion is That the House will be pleased presently to name a select Committee to compose a Declaration sutable to the Importance of the Cause THE FIRST SPEECH UPON THE SECOND DAY CONCERNING THE PALATINATE BY Sr. BENIAMIN RUDYARD At a Committee of the whole House Master Whitlock IF we may do the Prince Elector good by our good word I hope we shall not stick to afford it Him A Word spoken in due season is worth more than Gold and Silver at another time His Majestyes Embassadour is now at the Dyet at Ratisbon where the Emperour and other Princes are by friendly Treaties endeavouring to make up the breaches of Germany If this opportunity be omitted His Highnesse affaires will be exceedingly cast behind hand It is true That our Treatyes heretofore have not been prosperous the reason hath been because of the unhappy distance between the King and his people which brought a disvalue upon this Kingdome abroad But now when the world shall take notice of the good understanding between his Majesty and his Subjects by an earnest and solemn Ioyning of the whole Parliament with his Majestyes Declaration the Propositions comming from hence will carry with them more weight more Authority which is the way to redeem our Engagement at an easy rate to save those great Charges which some doe so much feare If we should be backward in this great worke we shall cancell the Obligations of Nature of Honour of Reason of State of Religion which binde us to it Wherefore Master Whitlock my humble Motion is That we may draw up a short round Manifest to wait upon and affirme the Kings Declaration to be still managed by advice of Parliament which will be safe for our selves more powerfull and effectuall for the Prince Elector FINIS