him coming to London and grant his desire that the old soldiers may goe out of London of which City the Common Council not long after Vote to pay no more taxes without a free Parliament upon which the Parliament imprison some and ordered Monk to pull down the gates Monck his Commission being within a day or two out draws up his forces by Morefields came into the City telling them his intentions and writ a letter to the House about filling them up but they tedious in the qualifications of Members the Members formerly secluded pressing Monk he admitted them to sit who made Monk General released Sir George Booth appointed a Council of State to govern till a new Parliament came as they had provided and so dissolved themselves the Parliament assembled the Lords also sate who as also the General receiv'd letters from the King at Breda about a general pardon and liberty the Parliament invite the King to returne to his Kingdoms ordered General Moùntague to attend his commands Proclaimed him sumptuously in London and sent divers Lords and Commons and of London severall Aldermen and others goe beyond Sea to him the King ariving General Monk met him at Dover who kneeling to kiss the Kings hand the King took him up into his Coach at Canterbury the Majestrates presented the King with a cup of Gold Major General Browne and the Lord Major with divers Citizens with Gold Chaines went to bring him into London where rich Tapestry was hung out with the Companies Streamers and the Conduits run with Wine at White-Hall the Speakers of both Houses congratuled his well coming home to his Throne and the King assuring them that they should not be more ready to ask what is fitting then he to grant it retired to his lodgings The Parliament proceeded on an Act of Indempnity the King makes Proclamation for all those to come in that had a hand in his fathers death at last the Act past to pardon all but the Kings Judges and those that came in upon the Kings Proclamation not be executed without the Parliaments consent after which all in possession was tried Harrison Scot Scroop Peters Jones Carie and others was hang'd and quartred Martin Titchburne Lilburn Penington and others that came in reserved in the Tower Okey Holland Hewson Lile Goffe Whalie was never taken the Parliament having also past an Act for disbanding the Army one for Rolemony and about twenty more the King in his Speech at dissolving them call'd them a healing Parliament In London about seventy persons rose in armes one night to pull down the Monarks of the earth as Antichristian who meeting with resistance fled to a wood yet came two dayes after earlie in the morning when the City guards was five times stronger but was soon scatterd but above twenty kill'd first and last most themselves and those who were taken was tried and hang'd The King sends out writs for another Parliament before they met he was Crown'd making General Monk Duke of Albemarle Mountague Earl of Sandwitch Hollis Sir George Booth others Barons the first day of Coronation besides the Judges the Nobles rod from the Tower before the King in rich gilt embroidered Sutes of apparel hors-trappings with rich Pages and Liveries the second day the Peers went on foot from Westminster-Hall to the Abby Barrons Viscounts Earles Marquesses Dukes with their Robes and distinct Coronets some of the Bishops in rich Copes after assembled the Kings second Parliament who passed an Act to confirm several Acts of the former Parliament who was not summoned by the Kings writts news came of the tryall execution of the Marque of Argile Goutherie a Minister in Scotland The Parliament of England passing an Act for the preservation of the King and another for a free present of monies another for repealing an Act for disabling persons in holy Orders to exercise Temporal jurisdiction several other Acts proceded on an Act about conformity using the common prayer was adjorn'd 3 months about 7 weeks after a Proclamation was made in the Kings name for establishing Bishops in Scotland another for appointing the money Stampt with the Cross and Harp the States Armes in the time of the late Commonwealth to be brought to the Mint for other money allowing for Coinage Collonell Hewson one of the Kings Judges died in Holland In October 1661. Malaga was visited with a raine that swelled to such a height that it carried away whole Bridges of Bâ—ick and Stone whole houses with the people in them and abundance of wood and other materialls were driven into the Sea and a part of the City wall was overthrown the houses spoyld were about twelve hundred the people that perished thirteen hundred the damage of Oyle Wine and Rasons and otherwise to the value of about three millions of Gold About the same time at St. Malo hapned its uncertain how a fire which burnt three dayes and consumed three hundred houses About this same time the Spanish and French Embassadors Coaches skirmishing for precedency at their attendance of a Swede Embassador through London the Spaniard getting the better and about five of the French slaine the King of France sent to the Court of Spaine for satisfaction but receiving little and the Marquess of Cartena being informed of the French Commissioners not proceeding in the limits according to the new peace took Rantie but the Governor of Aras by a small fight many being wounded regained the former post but the King of Spain sending a great present to his Daughter the Queen of France and the new borne Dolphin The King of France resented this gift so kindly as that he declared there should be no war but wrote thanks to his Catholick Majesty for the twelve China dishes and Diamonds sent to the Queen and Dolphin worth 50000 Crownes but the Prince of Spaine now died notwithstanding the body of St. Diego was brought from Lizna to his Chamber who as one wisely or other wisely observes hath done great cures for the Princes of Spaine About this time the Turks pretended to the Emperor of Germany if he beleeve it that he will come no further then Transilvania and is ready to make peace with the Emperor it s supposed only because he finds the Christians gathering so great strength against him that he had better then to come on towards Germany joyn with the confederate rebellious Army of the Popish Subjects against their King and make shure if he can that Kingdome In England King Charles the Second being sure to the Infanta of Portugall she is generally pray'd for in the Churches under the name of Queen Catherine In Spaine there is a Prince borne to Comfort against the loss of the new diseased Prince In England the King appoints several learned persons of the Episcopall and Presbyterian perswasions to reveiw the Liturgie who after long debating about the Common Prayer and Ceremonies come no nearer one another then at the beginning The
a Tinderbox they quickly laid fourteen Deare on the ground and then rested the next day being fogie and the Ice keeping their Ship off the Coast they hauled towards Green-harbor intending to stay aboard a Ship there till their own came in the way they killed eight Deare more but coming laden to Green-harbor they found the Ship departed upon which having but three daies limited for their departure out of the Country they cast much Venison out of the Shallop and hasted towards Bellsound to their Captain but a fog increasing and they having no compasse they wandred till the Ships there was gone which filled them with astonishment knowing none ever inhabited those clymates nor would undertake for any rewards to winter in those parts though allowed great provisions yea they had heard that Malefactors chose rather to returne to satisfie the Law then after they had viewd the desolateness of the place be pardoned to stay there one winter they remembred also that there was nine men formerly left there who was devoured by the Bears they wanted cloaths food and a house to keep themselves from the extremiry of cold they went again towards Green-harbor to kill Venison for winter the first day they killd seaven after twelve more Deare and finding another Shallop left behind there they laded it with graves of Whales and with the food in their own they hasted to their Tent at Bell-sound in their way they were forced to stay at Bottel-Cove where the winde blowing hard and Anchor coming home their Shallop sunk and wet their provision upon which they run into the high wrought Sea to their Shallops to save the rest of their provision and they brought their Shallops to shore and took the Venison swiming and got to Bell-sound the Tent there was built of Timber and boards and covered with Flemish tiles the use of it was for the Coopers to make Casks to put in Traine oyle they took down an other little Tent where the Oyle used to be made to make a Tent within the great one they found also four Hogsheads of Lime which mingled with sand made morter which they had much adoe to keep from freezing they rais'd a wall of one brick thickness against the inward planks of the great Tent but the bricks failing they nayled the other sides with boards their Chimnie whence was their light was four foot high sealing all very close their beds were Deare skins they stowed seaven old Shallops two Coffers breaking them for fire now having scarce any day they spied two Sea horses a sleepe on Ice and with an harping Iron slew them and rosted and eate them but the nights and cold increasing they perceiv'd their provision short and so stinted to one meal a day and to fast a Wensdays only to eat graves or fritters of the Whales a loathsome meat their cloathes torne they made thread of rope yearn and needles of Whale-bone but their Whale-graves grew mouldie and they found that their Bear and Venison could not afford them five meales a week from the fourteenth of October to the second of February they never saw the Sun peepe above the Horizon not knowing day from night but the Moon as in England but they made a Lamp of some Sheet lead they found in the Coopers Tent and some Oyle and rope yearne in January when a duskish light appeared it was so cold as it raised Blisters on their flesh after this they melted the snow with hot Irons for water and with Pickaxes broake the Ice about the beginning of February the days were about seaven hours long but their victuals not like to last them six weeks but they spying a Bare and Cub coming towards their Tent went out with Lances upon whom the great Bare greadily came but was soon tumbled on the ground biting the snow for anger the young one fled this Bare served them twenty daies but eating her liver their skins peel'd of many more Bares came to the Tent seaven of which they kill'd one of them six foot high and the dayes lengthning several fowled resorted to them upon which came the Foxes also before in their burrow under the Rocks for to catch them they devised traps baiting them with fowles skins which fowle they caught by making springs of Whalebone laying them on the fleshie side of Bearskins they rosted and eate fifty Foxes when the weather was warm enough to goe further and oftner out they met with divers Willcoks eggs after came two Hull Ships which sent a Shallop near the shoare knowing men was left there crying haie to which one in the Tent answered hoe and so welcom'd the new comers with long before rosted Venson and cold water and after were entertain'd in the Hull Ships then came the London Fleete with Captain Goodlier who refreshed them with cloathes and victualls with whom they returned safely to the River of Thames Greene-land is very Mountanious which all the year is cover'd with Ice and Snow the planes in part are bare in summer there growing neither Tree or hearbe except Scurvey-grass and Sorrill the Sea is as barren affording no fish but Whales Seales Sea-horses and some few small fish The Turk gets Babylon from the Persian with the loss of 40000 runs his Navie to the Red Sea to the Cawsacks and Hungarie but the Plague about Alepo frighted them back In England the King disavowes the paper the Scotts avouched the Scotts prepare to come towards England the King calls a Parliament and seeing they had little mind to raise money he desolved them but the King gathered contributions of the Clergie went with an Army to the North where was a small skirmish but the Lords on both sides composed the business and the King calls another Parliament 1641 who get an Act not to be disolv'd without their own consent fall to bring such as they judged offenders to tryall perswaded the King to consent to the condemnation of Strafford which he grieved for afterward the Parliament call in Commissioners from Scotland send for Bastwick and Burton who was exild imprison'd the Arch Bishop of Canterbury the Londoners Petition against Bishops twelve of the Bishops leave the house and protest ten of which was imprison'd by the Parliament the King takes a journie towards Scotland The Irish Rebellion broak forth where about 200000 Protestants was murthered Dublin was to have been surprised but discoverd by some discourse of the Lord Mackhoone who was sent into England and hang'd the King returnes sumptuously in London exhibites Articles against six Parliament men and came with some in Armes to Westminster and entred the House himself and demands the six Members who was not there upon this the people came thrunging to Westminster in discontent and the Parliament judged their priviledges broken the King went to Hampton Court people Petition that the Malitia may be put into the hands of the Parliament the King refuses it and went to York sending the Parliament word he would go over Sea
against the Irish and would arme a lifeguard of 220 horse foot but by letters intercepted from the Lord Digbie the Parl. suspected something else and appoint Hotham not to yeeld Hull to the King the K. summond the Country as being in danger of the Parliament the Parliament declared such extraordinary arming of men to be against the Laws many of the Lords and Commons went to the King the Parliament sent propositions to him who not consenting they order money and Plate to be brought in for Religion the King and Laws the King did the like Proclaming against their Warrants for the Malitia they forbid raising armes by the Kings warrant and get an Army under Essex of fourteen thousand the King besieges Hull looses twenty one men in a retreat the King sets up his Standard for men sends for a Composure but the Parliament would not treat till he had revokt his Proclamation calling them Rebels the Armies at Edge-hill fight both sides took prisoners 5000 was slaine most of the Kings and Ruthen his general a prisoner died of his wounds The French gets Tarine from the Spaniards and many Victories the Pirates of Argier take a Spanish Ship valeu'd at about three hundred thousand pound A Countryman killing a hogg before three of his Children one of which being six years old the other two kil'd their brother in their fathers absence and boast of it their Mother threw her selfe for grief in a Well and her husband hang'd himself The Emperor Fard beheads some of his commanders for not fighting makes peace with the Turks for twenty years In England many victories and places are got some by the King some by the Parliament who rais'd excise tried and executed Chalanor for a plot against them About this time was the revolt of Portugall a place of 800 miles Circute 400 miles by the Sea this once belong'd to the King of Casteel and was under an Earle whose Son gaining much from the Moores was made General fought with five Mahomitan Kings their Army being about 400 thousand the King of Casteel made this Earle the first King of Portugal who was confirmed by the Pope at last the King of Casteel and Portugal fell to wars and moreover a Cardinall coming to be King and dying without Issue many pretending right to it the people the Pope also as Doner of Crownes in controversies but the Dutchess of Burgance was supposed the true Heir but the King of Spaine also pretended a title which being supported by armes in two battles assisted by the French he subdues Portugal but ruling of them hardlie by impositions and listing yearly four thousand Portugizes they was weary of the Spanish Government and both Priests and People sought deliverance the King of Spaine sends for the Duke of Burgance Count Oliverz excuses his coming to Court but assures the King of the Dukes affection the K. makes him chief over his Malitia the Nobilty and Arch Bishops meet and tell the Duke of Burgance of their desire to make him King who seem'd to desire time to consider of it but the business was so unanimously carried on that on a set day by the signe of a shot from Lisbone they fell on upon the guards in several places by Land and Sea killing only one Swise and threw the Kings Secretary their great enemy out of a window and sackt his house but in about two hours all the shops was open and all quiet rejoycing in their King John who promis'd to run all hazards for his Countries good the plot took effect at the same time in other places and Castles also in the Indies and elswhere abroad the Spaniards being quietly sent home without blood The Lords spiritual and temporal Commons in Parliament confirmed the King the Marquess of Furara gave the oath of allegian e to the Clergie and others the King was after Crowned by the Arch-bishop of Lisbone attended with the Nobility the King had put into his hand a Chrystall Scepter he altered but very few officers of State the Parliament would have enacted him some monies but he rather chose to accept of the peoples benevolence which amounted to four millions of gold this news astonisht the Court at Madrid that a Kingdome should be lost by lights and fireworks and ever since they have continued in war with Portugal Rome fortified fearing the Spaniard for receiving a Portugall Ambassador The Queen of France upon a vow to the Ladie Lauretta for health restored to the Dolphin sends twelve hundred weight of silver and an Image of Jesus The Emperor redeemes the Image of Marie of the Sweedes with 10000 Florenes after the Sweede fights him for 8 hours took 289 officers after took in eight places Wrangle also beats the Dane but the Dane makes peace with both Sweede Dutch In England the Parliament get assistance of the Scots the King by a cessation in Ireland gets some thence who were quickly broaken but the Scots took in many places weakned Newcastles army in the North with whom at Marston-More the Parliaments army Manchester and Fairfax being now made chief commanders fight the Parliaments left wing was first worsted but Cromwel who commanded under Fairfax broke the Kings left wing Lashly the Scot pursuing and Cromwel coming about again with his horse releev'd the left and got the victory took bag and baggage and 100 Ensignes after the Scots took Newcastle In Cornewal Essex being incompassed the foot submitted to the King the horse forcing their way and escaping as they could Essex flying to Plymouth Propositions was sent by the Parliament to Oxford about Religion Ireland Malitia but nothing done Fairfax is voted General a new Army is modeld foreigne Ambassadors sought to agree the King and Parliament The King Prince Rupert fight the new Army routed their left wing Cromwel did the like by the King and Skippon weakning their foot Cromwel forcing the Ks. horse to flight the foot was taken 4000 brought prisoners through London about 600 on both sides slain most of the Conquerors Fairfax's Army by Crumwels meanes lose not an hour takes in many places and Hopton was spoyled by Waller in the West The Parliament would not accept of the Kings offers made to their Commissioners at Vxbridge the Scots was to hard for Montross though sometimes vexed by him but at last they utterly overthrew him tried and executed him The French take Graveline by a laborious siege the great Vizor presents himself arm'd before the Turke complaining of disaffected persons but he is stab'd the Dutch pass through the Danish Seas whether they will or no but a Tower giving light to Marriners being remov'd fourteen of their ships was dashed against rocks there was burnt at Constantinople 1000 houses 15000 ware houses In July 1647. The Duke of Arots Viseroy of Naples for the King of Spaine imposed taxes among other commodities upon fruits upon which the people gave out mutenous words the Viseroy consulted with the precincts of the
into Flanders 6000 foot which did the French great service in taking Mountmedi St. Venant and the fort of Mardike Now the King of England had 2000 English Scots and Irish unimployed which the King of Spaine with consent sends with some others commanded by the Duke of York to assault Mardike but they after six houres conflict was forc'd to retire upon which the English and French straitly besieged Dunkirk to oppose them the Dukes of Austria and York and Condie assembled 16000 horse and foot 300 English foot gave the first onset who routing the Spanish foot the horse fled and the French pursued them till the Duke of York resisted but he was overpower'd and 2000 of the Spaniards fide was prisoners after which the Governor of Dunkirk the Marquess of Leda being slaine in a sallie Dunkirk was surrendred upon conditions and by the King of France and Cardinal in person put into the hands of the English About this time the Protestants of Piedmont was by their Duke of Savoy through the instigation of the Priests cruely forc'd into the woods the Protestants in many parts especially England contributed largely to them and at last Cromwell Protector of England got the King of France to mediate with the Duke for peace with them The Swede gathers a great Army having made a league with Brandenburgh comes into the Poles Country taking divers places as far as Wsee without a blow the Pole rendezvous 36 miles from Warsow had a hallowed sword sent him but the Swede giving him a great overthrow the King of Poland fled to Cracovia which yeelded to the Swede and the Pole fled towards Hungarie An Envoy came from the King of Polands Standardbarer in his name and other of the Nobility that seeing their King was fled out of his Country they submitted to the King of Swedeland as their Soveraign Elbin yeelded and the King of Swed made his Chancellor Governor of Prussia the Swede followed the King of Poland in Silesia beates him taking seaven Standards and sends to block up Danzick gives the Pole a great overthrow at Warsovia and now when the Pole in a manner lost all the Moscovite comes into Liesland against the Swede besieges Riga and the Emperor of Germany became the Swedes open enemy the Dane also came against him by Sea and Land and besieged Bremerverden from whence the Swede coming quickly drove him to Iutland the Swede goes then to Hulsten also takes Fredericks Ode after by the frost gets Funen Island the Poles now took Lisna destroyed many Protestants went into Prussia to Thorn the Swede and Dane make peace an Envoy came to the Swede from Cromwell Protector of England to assure him the Swedes enemies should be his enemies The pretended Lord Protector of England with fourteen daies sickness died the Ducth demanded of the Portugall the Isle of St. Thomas commerce with Brazeel The Turk demands double custome of the Christians at Ierusalem The French and some English enter Ostend on a surprise but are beaten out The Swede returne upon the Dane get into Zealand and besiege Copenhagen where was the King and Nobles of Denmark Corenburgh Caslte was yeelded to the Swede the Dane in a sally had 1500 disperst the Dutch fought for the Dane near Shoven where they lost eight Ships 100 men with Wittie Wittiens that died of his wounds the Swede only loosing two Ships but attempting to storm Copenhagen lost many valorous Officers and Soldiers in the tedious time of the Legure the King of Swedeland fell sick and died advising his Counsell to peace The K. of France marries the K. of Spains daughter concludes a peace who had been long enemies Embassadors come to the King of England from France Venice Holland to desire Amity Peace is supposed to be between England and Spaine war being made only by Cromwel The Turks with an Army of 80 thousand Tatrars now marches towards Germany subdues Transilvania places Soloni GÃ ber Prince carries away many thousand Christians Captives King Charles the Second of England his Restauration Richard Cromwell immediately after his Fathers death was by the Council Proclaimed the Lord Protector who not long after summond a Parliament which was very ready to settle the Government by a single person but in their proccedings being much for Tythes settling the Church and the Presbyterial Ministrie without the liberty others expected the Officers of the Army in consultation with some others resolve to bring again the Government to a Commonwealth which Richard Collonel Goff and others sought to oppose by drawing forces together who presently instead of fighting with run to Desboroughs and Lamberts party then the Officers of the Army put out the Parliament dethron'd Richard also the Soldiers in Ireland falling in with those in England Henry Cromwell is deprived of his Deputyship then the Army bring in the remaining part of the long Parliament of the year 41 excluding the secluded Members still who preently place all Officers for a Commonwealth put out others but people being now weary of the tossings of Government inclin'd to armes Sir George Booth appeard with an Army of above 6000 but the Parliament sent Lambert who subdued him he endeavouring to escape in womens apparrel was taken prisoner the Parliament upon Lamberts returne gave him 1000 pound not long after Lamberts and Desboroughs friends in the Army Petition to the Parliament for a general for which the Parl. percieving a single person againe aim'd at put out Lambert Desborough and seaven Officers of the Army more Colonell Morlie guarding the Parliament Lambert with a party stops their going to the house Morlie requires their admition they stood one against another with their guns cockt ready to fight but the Counsell of State perceiving that the Soldiers would all be of Lamberts side ordered the guards to goe home the Parliament sitting no more the Officers of the Army at Walingford house make Fleetwood General Lambert Lieftenant General Desborough Major-Generall of the horse and Monk of the foot and erected a Committee of Safety but upon dissatisfaction by letters Monck complain'd of their turning out the Parliament Lambert goes with an Army of 10000 against him Monk sent Commissioners to treat at London but on their returne being not satisfied with what his Commissioners had done he marching towards England desired another Treaty at Newcastle and call'd a convention in Scotland who assisted him in his motion Hazlerig and Morley sease on Portsmouth with whom many of the Soldiers joyn'd for the Parliament and the Navie also declare against Lambert the Soldiers about London fell in also for the Parliament the Parl. now sitting Lamberts Army deserted him Monk marches towards London the Counties and London by Commissioners hinted their desire privately to him the Parliament sent Commissioners to him who satisfied the Parliament in him he gave uncertain hopes by his carriage and letters to all but promis'd he would be for the Parliament and against Lambert the Parliament entertain
Confederate Army in Poland under their Marshall Lurumbskie have sent Articles to the King of Poland that they intend not to imploy their Arms against the King or Country but against the Usurpers of publick liberty and secondly do exhort the King and Gentry to defend themselves Thirdly that the Estates of the Gentry shall be freed from Winter quarters Fourthly the confederates will deliver up to the King those that have administred the Kings revenew who have been nought but theeves Fifthly all taxes agreed on by the Country are not to come to the King but to their use Sixtly They will deprive Prince Radzivill of all his Lands except Beirseâ— and Keidaw and they will have Collonell Bremer and Remer calld to give an account why they delivered Mitow to the Duke of Curland Seaventhly the confederates if their be no necessity will not be oblig'd to keep the Camp longer then Martins Masse Eightly if peace be not concluded according to the confederates wishes then they shall have power to agree upon a cessation of Armes But the King of Poland will rather use all means to subdue the confederates then to condecend to such demands In England on the twentieth of November 1661. the Parliament comes again to Westminster after their three moneths Adjournment when sat with the Lords in their house the Bishops of England as of old who went first into the Painted Chamber and put on lawn sleeves on their black silk Gownes and their scarlet Robes fac'd with rich white fur after that black Capps and so went into the house and took their places several of the Lords congratulating them their coming thither after this his Majesty came by barge with Trumpets sounding from Whitehall to Westminster where being seated with his Impepiall Crown on his head in the house of Peers the Commons coming thither with their Speaker the King presented them with their ensuing Speech My Lords and Gentlemen of the House of Commons I Know the Visit I make you this day is not necessary is not of course yet if there were no more in it it would not be strange that I come to see what you and I have so long desired to see the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons of England met together to Consult for the Peace and safety of Church and State by which Parliaments are restored to their Primitive Lustre and Integrity I do heartily congratulate with you for this day But My Lords and Gentlemen as My coming hither at this time is somewhat extraordinary so the truth is the occasion of My coming is more extraordinary it is to say something to you on My own behalf to ask somewhat of you for My Self which is more then I have done of you or of those who met here before you since My coming into England I needed not have done it Then and upon My Conscience I need not do it Now they did and you do upon all occasions express so great an affection and care of all that concerns Me that I may very well refer both the matter and manner of your doing any thing for Me to your own Wisdoms and Kindness And indeed if I did think that what I am to say to you now did alone or did most concern My self if the Uneasie condition I am in if the Straits and Necessities I am to struggle with did not manifestly relate to the publique Peace and Safety more then to My own particular otherwise then as I am concerned in the Publique I should not give you this trouble this day I can bear My Necessities which meerly relate to My self with Patience enough Mr. Speaker and you Gentlemen of the House of Commons I do not now importune you to make more haste in the settling the constant Revenue of the Crown then is agreeable to the Method you propose to your selves to desire you seriously to consider the insupportable Weight that lyes upon it the Obligations it lyeth under to provide for the Interest Honour and Security of the Nation in another proportion then in any former times it hath been obliged to I know well you have very affectionately and worthily taken all this into your Thoughts and will proceed in it with as much Expedition as I can reasonably wish But I come to put you in minde of the Crying Debts which do every day call upon Me of some necessary Provisions which are to be made without delay for the very Safety of the Kingdom of the great some of Money that should be ready to discharge the several Fleets when they come home and for the necessary preparations that are to be made for the setting out new Fleets to Sea against the Spring that Revenue being already anticipated upon as important Services which should be assigned to those Preparations These are the pressing Occasions which I am forced to recommend to you with all possible Earnestness and do Conjure you to provide for as speedily as is possible and in such a manner as may give Us security at Home and some reputation Abroad I make this Discourse to you with some Confidence because I am very willing and desirous that you should throughly examine whether these necessities I mention be Real or Imaginary or whether they are fallen upon Us by My fault My own ill Managery or Excesses and provide for them accordingly I am very willing that you make a full Inspection into My Revenue as well the Disbursements as Receipts and if you finde it hath been ill managed by any corruption in the Officers I trust or by My own Unthriftiness I shall take the Information and Advice you shall give Me very kindly I say If you finde it For I would not have you believe any loose Discourses how confidently soever urged of giving away Fourscore thousand pounds in a Morning and many other Extravagancies of that kinde I have much more reason to be sorry that I have not to Reward those who have ever faithfully served the King My Father and My Self then ashamed of any Bounty I have exercised towards any man My Lords and Gentlemen I am sorry to finde that the general Temper and Affections of the Nation are not so well composed as I hoped they would have been after so signall blessings from God Almighty upon Us all and after so great Indulgence and Condescensions from Me towards all Interests There are many wicked Instruments still as active as ever who labor night and day to disturb the Publick Peace and to make all People jealous of each other It will be worthy of your Care and Vigilance to provide proper Remedies for the Diseases of that kinde and if you find new Diseases you must study new Remedies Let Us not be discouraged if We help one another We shall with Gods blessing master all Our difficulties Those which concern Matters of Religion I confess to you are too hard for Me and therefore I do commend them to your Care and Deliberation which can best provide for them I