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A70060 The Lord Keepers speech to the Hovse of Commons at the passing of two bills together vvith the Kings Majesties message to both houses : concerning the raising of men for Ireland : the taking away of the bishops votes out of the House of Peeres the banishing of; Speech to the House of Commons at the passing of two bills Finch of Fordwich, John Finch, Baron, 1584-1660.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) 1641 (1641) Wing F1551E; ESTC R14139 739 5

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THE LORD KEEPERS SPEECH TO THE HOVSE OF Commons at the passing of Two Bills TOGETER WITH THE Kings Majesties Message to both Houses concerning the raising of men for Ireland the taking away of the Bishops Votes out of the House of Peeres the banishing of Popish Priests and the setling of the Governement and Liturgie of the Church London Printed for Iohn Burroughes and Iohn Franke 1641. The Lord Keeper his Speech to the House of Commons I Am commanded by my Lords to acquaint you with a letter I have received from his Maiestie authorizing the Earle of Northumberland the Earle of Southampton the Earle of Bath my selfe or any three of us by uertue of his Maiesties Commission under the great Seale of England to passe two Bills the one a bill for the raising of men for the present expedition into Ireland to releive the poore distressed protestants there from the preuailing partie of the blood sucking Papists A thing taken to heart by the King and all good men In this Bill is a clause that doth much conduce to the security of the liberty of the Subiects of England That by the law noe man ought to bee imprest nor compelled to goe out of his Countrie to serve as a Souldier unlesse by his owne consent or the common consent in Parliament or upon the necessitie of some sudden Invasion of forraigne forces into the Realme The second Bill that is to passe is to take away the Bishops Votes out of the house of Peeres and to exempt them from all secular affaires That so being reduced to what indeed they were first instituted they may solely attend the gaineing of soules to heaven The whole man being too litle for so glorious and great a worke Who is sufficient for these things saith the Apo. And to avoid all delayes his Maiestie having not the convenience to bee here in person hath authorized us by his commission to give his Roy all assent to both these Bills Le. Roy Leuoet Then the Lord Keeper commanded his Maiesties message to bee read in the presence of both houses as followeth