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A66164 His Majesties most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Thursday the second of October, 1690; Speeches. 1690-10-02. England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary); William III, King of England, 1650-1702. 1690 (1690) Wing W2383; ESTC R222318 1,780 4

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His Majesties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houses of PARLIAMENT On Thursday the Second of October 1690. RR DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties 1690. His Majesties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houses of PARLIAMENT My Lords and Gentlemen SInce I last met you I have used My best Endeavours to Reduce Ireland into such a Condition this Year as that it might be no longer a Charge to England And it has pleased God to bless My Endeavours with such Success that I doubt not but I should have been fully possest of that Kingdom by this time had I been Enabled to have gone into the Field as soon as I should have done and as is more especially Necessary in Ireland where the Rains are so great and begin so early I think My Self obliged to take Notice how well the Army there have behaved themselves on all Occasions and born great Hardships with little Pay and with so much Patience and Willingness as could not proceed but from an Affectionate Duty to My Service and a Zeal for the Protestant Religion I have already made it evident how much I have preferred the Satisfaction of My Subjects before the most solid Advantages of the Crown by parting with so considerable a Branch of its Inheritance And it is no less apparent that I have asked no Revenue for My Self but what I have readily subjected to be Charged to the Uses of the War I did at My Departure give Order for all the Publick Accompts to be made ready for Me against My Return and I have Commanded them to be laid before the House of Commons by which they will see that the real Want of what was necessary beyond the Fonds given and the not getting in due time that for which Fonds were Assigned have been the principal Causes why the Army is in so much Arrear of their Pay and the Stores both for the Navy and the Ordnance not supplied as they ought to be Now as I have neither spared My Person nor My Pains to do you all the Good I could so I doubt not but if you will as cheerfully do your Parts it is in your Power to make both Me and your selves Happy and the Nation Great And on the other hand it is too plain by what the French have let you see so lately that if the present War be not prosecuted with Vigour no Nation in the World is exposed to greater Danger I hope therefore there will need no more upon that Subject than to Lay before you Gentlemen of the House of Commons the State of what will be Necessary for the Support of the Fleet and Armys which cannot possibly admit of being Lessen'd in the Year ensuing and to Recommend to your Care the Clearing of My Revenue so as to Enable Me to Subsist and to Maintain the Charge of the Civil List the Revenue being so Engaged that it must be wholly Apply'd after the First of November next to Pay off the Debts already Charged upon it And therefore a present Consideration must be had of the Arrears of the Army which shall likewise be laid before you and for all which I must desire a sufficient and timely Supply It is farther Necessary to inform you That the whole Support of the Confederacy abroad will absolutely depend upon the Speed and Vigour of your Proceedings in this Session And here I must take Notice with great Satisfaction of the Readiness which My Subjects of all Degrees have shewn both in this City and in their several Countries by giving their Assistances so cheerfully as they did in My Absence while the French Fleet was upon Our Coasts And besides this so convincing Mark of the good Inclinations of My People I have found through all the Countries where I passed both at My Going into Ireland and in my Return from thence such Demonstrations of their Affection that I have not the least Doubt but I shall find the same from their Representatives in Parliament I cannot conclude without taking Notice also how much the Honour of the Nation has been exposed by the ill Conduct of My Fleet in the last Summers Engagement against the French And I think My Self so much concern'd to see it Vindicated that I cannot rest satisfied till an Example has been made of such as shall be found faulty upon their Examination and Trial which was not practicable while the whole Fleet was abroad but is now put into the proper Way of being done as soon as may be My Lords and Gentlemen I look upon the future Well-being of this Kingdom to depend upon the Result of your Counsels and Determinations at this time And the Benefit will be double by the Speed of your Resolutions insomuch that I hope you will agree with Me in this Conclusion That whoever goes about to obstruct or divert your Applications to these Matters preferably to all others can neither be My Friend nor the Kingdoms FINIS