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lord_n	alderman_n	john_n	sir_n	12,371	5	7.2040	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47679	A coppy of the speech made by Sir Iohn Lenthall to the Lord-Mayor & aldermen in the Guild-Hall, London, the of 1659 for the satisfying of such as, either by mis-report or mis-understanding of some passages in it, have excepted against it.	Lenthall, John, Sir, 1625-1681.	1659 (1659)	Wing L1065; ESTC R13239	1,806	8

A COPPY Of The SPEECH Made By Sir Iohn Lenthall To The LORD-MAYOR ALDERMEN In The GUILD-HALL LONDON The of _____ 1659. For the satisfying of such as either by mis-report or mis understanding of some passages in it have excepted against it LONDON Printed by Tho. Leach 1659 My Lord Mayor I Am very happy that you have given this Committee of Parliament such satisfaction and also that we have given this Court the knowledge of our Intentions How farre the Parliament is from giving you any just occasions I have already given you Assurances of and I hope this Conference will give us a better and more firm Confidence one in the other that so we may walk together in a mutual and happy Compliance It was hinted by the worthy Alderman that spoke last how that the Posts and Chains were set up for the Security of the City and to prevent such Dangers as they were so lately threatned with This I must confesse was a just occasion to secure your selves from hazards of this nature but why it should now be done when your dangers are past and when that Authority is in being which you pretended to have so ardent desires too and which I may say you cannot fear when you consider how tender they have been to the People how great Friends they have been to the Commerce and Trade of this place and how desirous they formerly have been to preserve the Privileges and Rights of it against all Danger and Invasion And me thinks 't is no small happiness that from a Confusion so lately here there should be this Calm and this Tranquility In the several discourses I apprehend there has been a little glance at the form of Government and though we have no instructions as to that yet since the opportunity is given I will let you understand what I perceive the intentions of the Parliament are Their whole design is a Common-Wealth Government that is that the Nation shall be Governed by successive Parliaments freely chosen by the People I must confesse I know not how this may agree with the inclinations of the English Nation for it has been my misfortune never to have known a quiet or an established Government amongst us so that I can speak but of such a one as I have been informed of and such a part of one as I a little time lived under The first is determined by the hand of warr the other disturb'd before t' was brought to perfection yet under that little glimpse we had of what we should have it might easily be discovered that was not likely to be an unproffitable one And I am of opinion that most of this Honorable number will affirme the same it being a season wherein Trade so flourished and the Merchant made so successefull returns that I believe most of you can date the begetings of your wealth from the time you were under that Authority And if any of you have had losses you must derive them from succeeding times which have been very unfortunate to this Nation and most unhappy to this City There are in Europe several formes of Governmernt some under Monarchies others under Free-States the first may be good the other we are certain are very beneficial to the people that live under them as there are many of you can witnesse from what you have observed in some parts of Italy Germany France and from our rich and near Neighbours the Free-States of Holland who have now master'd the Trade of this part of the world and swallowed the English glory and wealth And I am of opinion this proceeds from the very form of Government which is amongst them but yet I do not like it so well as that I could wish an imitation of it here for it will neither agree with the interest nor the people of this Nation it not being generous enough for so magnanimous a people I have spoke all this my Lord brokenly because 't is only to answer objections that have been made and I am very sensible of the trouble I have detaind you with I shall therefore conclude with this advice that this City would be carefull how they make causeless jealousies and by making preparations against them you may create real dangers For 't is not my observation only but of the best Historians That when too much mistrust of their dangers have been infused into the multitude they make their resorts to numbers and very quickly increase and commonly the most indigent are the most luxurious when having their oportunity they become their own Carvers and if under-hand this be composed for the bringing in of the King as that is the opinion of many why then certainly if he found the indigent did his businesse 't is his interest to enrich them with the wealth of those that were lesse active though not less desirous to have the thing done Thus my Lord I have given you my opinion and my advice must be That your Lordship with the rest of this Honorable number would make it your endeavours to appease the distractions not to inflame them the one relishes much of prudence the other of Precipitancy FINIS