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The speech of the Right Honourable the Lord Chancellor of Ireland made as he was one of the Lords Justices in their name and behalf of the opening of the Parliament there, the 8th of May 1661.
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Eustace, Maurice, Sir, ca. 1590-1661.
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goeth to War at his own charge But the Adventurer and Souldier joyning together did carry on this great work and ought to be satisfied in a reasonable and fitting manner There is another sort of people who are not to be forgotten Namely the old Protestant and innocent Papist whose right is to be inquired into For it is a Maxime in our Law That androit ne poit morier an ancient right cannot die If Naboths Vineyard should fall unto any mans lot it had been better for him to be without it We must not rob Peter to pay Paul as the common saying is You are now made Judges of this matter and in a word your work is suum cuique tribuere which is the highest work of Justice and it is for this end you were called together and if that you will follow those heavenly Rules given by the most Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of Downe in his warning Sermon which I wish were imprinted in all your hearts you cannot do amiss His Majesty hath in his great wisdome shewn you by his Declaration the way to go thorow this great work which if he had not done you would find it a most difficult work and Bills are in preparation for you to that purpose God grant you wisdom and understanding to do that which becometh wise and sober men His Majesties gracious Declaration must be the corner stone of this great structure but this stone must be polished squared and fitted for the building for nihil est ex omne parte perfectum And now that I have in brief declared unto you the reasons of calling this Parliament I should leave it to my Lord Primat of Ardmagh to be further amplyfied and so to conclude But in breif let me put you in mind of some of those great things which his Majesty hath done for us since his most happy Restauration First Whereas the General Convention of Ireland did by their Commissioners present unto his Majesty three and twenty humble requests for the welbeing of Church and Common-wealth in this Kingdom his Majesty denied them none of their requests but either granted them in terminis or what he did not his Majesty referr'd to his Lords Justices and Council to grant Secondly when the Convention had all they desired thus granted to them His Majesty hath held out unto us by his most gracious Declaration much more then the general Convention of Ireland desired Thirdly His Majesty hath left the disposing and distributing of all his Royal Escheats and forfeited Lands in Ireland which I am confident are more then all his Predecessors Kings and Queens of England have had since the Conquest to be distributed by honourable Commissioners Secundum equum bonum which I pray God they may do to the satisfaction of all Interests His Majesty hath reserved none of those Lands to himself no not so as for Forrests Chases Parks or like uses which he might justly and lawfully do Fourthly his Majesty hath been graciously pleased to grant us a Parliament to begin as on this day which if that he had denied us all his Concessions to the Convention all his Grants comprised in his Declaration and that vast and unparralled Concession of all his forfeited Lands in this Kingdom had fallen to the ground and come to nothing for none of those could be setled but by Parliament wherein we are to observe the circumstance of time when our Parliament was to begin namely on the very day when the Parliament in England was to begin as if his Majesty had an equal care of both Kingdoms like Royal Queen Dido who said to Enaeas Tros teriusque mihi nullo discrimine agitur or did conceive that the Parliament of England could not settle the businesse of Ireland as indeed it cannot Fifthly His Majesty hath given us all his Revenue in this Kingdom certaine and casual and whatsoever may be called his towards the maintenance and keeping of the Army in Ireland this his Majesty could do without a Parliament and therefore ex gratia speciali has done it Lastly His Majesty notwithstanding so great debts contracted by in him forraign parts abroad during his banishment hath sent us very lately out of his own private Purse twenty thousand pounds at one time and thirty thousand pounds at another time to pay part of the Army for our ease whereby his people here might be eased of part of the Charge of the Army and if his Majesty could have done more he would have done it Will you know what hath been done by the Lords Justices in order to this truly it is very fit that you should be made acquainted with it and therefore I shall in brief give you an account thereof The Army is now modelled according to the establishment sent by his Majesty out of England and in order thereunto they have in the first place disbanded an entire or whole Regiment of Dragoons and Officers Secondly they have reduced fourty Troops of Horse to thirty Thirdly the Officers of one hundred and six Foot Companies are reduced to sixty six And lastly they have disbanded 1650. private soulders which will be a very great ease to the Country but I must tell you withal that there are twenty three months Arrears due to the Army whereof eight moneths since his Majesties Restauration And now it is time for us to recollect our selves and to consider Quid retribuimus what return shall we make to his Majesty for all this his goodness You know whose saying it is That to whom much is given from them much is expected And now I confess I am at a stand His Majesty hath given us more then I can express and forgiven to us more then I can set forth unto you But whether he hath given or forgiven most I cannot determine with my self Only this That in forgiving he hath given and if he had not forgiven first he could not have given nor were we persons capable to receive Hath he not past by the greatest wrongs that could have been committed against a sacred Majesty even Rebellion of all sides which is as the sin of Witchcraft Nay hath he not rewarded many of his open and known Enemies in a high measure to the amazement of the world and the great regreat of his best and most Loyal Subjects Hath he not forgiven you these great arreares of rent due unto him during his banishment for the payment made by you to usurpers hands could be no discharge unto you of what was justly due to the Lord Paramount as my Lords the Judges will tell you All that you have your Lives and Estates were very lately at the Kings mercy and you could not call any thing your own If you should give him all you have you give him but what was his own before but his Mercy hath triumphed above his Justice and blessed be God for it Therefore let your hearts be enlarged and remember in due time to give to our Royal Caesar the things which are Caesars and be sure to give unto God the things that are Gods Remove all heresies and profanenesse out of the Church for except the Church which is the Pillar of Truth be placed right the whole structure will inevitably come to the ground But I fear that I am entring upon the Province of another man whose proper work is to inlarge himself on this subject and to begin where I leave I mean my Lord Primate of Ardmagh Who is appointed by his Majesty to be Speaker of the House of Peeres pro tempore Which I shall leave with the Dismisse of you to your own House to chuse a Speaker to his Lordship FINIS