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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78857	The Kings Maiesties letter, sent to the House of Commons, and there read. With a worthy speech spoken by Sir William Wroth, concerning the Parliaments complying with His Majesties propositions contained therein. Desiring that it may be taken into present consideration, and in answer returned to His Majestie, concernng the same.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; Wroth, William, Sir.	1643 (1643)	Wing C2397; Thomason E92_6; ESTC R6039	2,234	9

THE KINGS MAIESTIES LETTER Sent to the House of Commons and there Read With A WORTHY SPEECH SPOKEN by Sir WILLIAM WROTH concerning the Parliaments complying with His Majesties Propositions contained therein Desiring that it may be taken into present Consideration and an Answer returned to His Majestie concerning the same Printed at London for Iohn Wright and are to be sold in the Old Bayly 1643. THE HEADS OF THE PROPOSITIONS IN HIS MAIESTIES LETTER I. He upholding and maintaining of his Majesties just and Regall Authoritie II. The settling of his Revenue III. The establishing of the Liberties of the Subject in the free and quiet enjoying of their Estates and Fortunes IIII. The Liberties of their Persons V. The Securitie of true Religion now professed in the Church of England VI. The settling of Ceremonies in such a manner as may take away all just offence A WORTHY SPEECH Spoken by Sir VVILLIAM WROTH unto the House of Commons Concerning His Majesties Letter THis Letter or Declaration now read from His sacred Maiestie expressing His Princely care and tender affection towards the Parliament and all His Maisties loyall and dutifull Subiects is now to be taken into Our Consideration And I verily beleeve there is none here present but hath as tender care and dutifull affection towards His Royall Maiestie and the preservation of His Honour and Dignity the Lawes and Religion established in His Maiesties Dominions Parliaments and their iust rights and Priviledges as any subiects to any Prince in the whole Christian world No man M. Speaker I thinke doubted or had the least thought of iealousie that are true Protestants and Loyall Subiects of His Maiesties sincerity and integrity towards His Liege People For we have sensibly felt and understood His Cleare Intentions and Gracious meaning to us all not onely these His Princely expressions in this His Gracious Letter and Declaration but also by former Speeches Proclamations and Protestations both Publique and Private His willing and cheerefull granting us from time to time our iust desires and Requests and His cheerefull passing of many wholesome Acts and Lawes for the good of this Kingdome and the redressing of many grievances and oppressions which His good Subiects did suffer by groaning under the burden of them and His willing Complying with His Parliament for the appeasing of the great Differences that was betweene this Kingdome and Scotland and wee hope the setling of Peace and amity amongst our selves which God graunt These have beene sufficient testimonies of His Princely and tender Care over His People and enough to endeare our hearts and affections to His Royall Maiesty and His Posterity forever M. Speaker These Propositions recommended by His Maiesty to the Consideration of the House consists of these Heads The upholding and maintaining of His Maiesties iust and Regall Authority and setling of His Revenue and the establishing of the Liberties of the Subiect in the free and quiet enioying of their estates and fortunes the Liberties of their persons the security of true Religion now professed in the Church of England and the setling of Ceremonies in such a manner as may take away all iust offence 1 For the first of these it hath beene our Principall Care and endeavours hitherto as farre as the present distempers and distractions in the State would give us leave to maintaine the iust Prerogative and Regall Power of His Maiestie and to settle His Revenue But being necessitated to consult and consider of the great and weighty Affaires of this State being so perplexed and distracted through the malice and pernicious endeavours of wicked and dis-affected persons to the Peace and Tranquillity both of His Maiesty and His Kingdomes thereby forced to lay aside the Determinations of His Maiesties Demand till His Maiesties Kingdomes be secured and preserved from fatall destruction which by the malignant Adversaries thereof dayly sought and practised but not leaving the same either as negligent or forgetfull of His Maiesties iust Demands or in any undutifulnesse but that in due time upon the first opportunity to take the same againe into Consideration and proceede therein to the finall conclusion thereof desiring this House that His Maiesty may be informed of our reall intentions therein Secondly for the other Proposition by his Maiestie wee cannot but in dutifull obedience returne our thankfulnesse to his Maiestie in the Name of the whole Parliament for his Princely Care of our Liberties and Priviledges and Pious Resolution to establish our Religion in its Truth and Puritie and his indifferencie in the use and exercise of Ceremonies concerning which wee have received many Petitions from divers Counties and parts of this Kingdome signed with many thousand Hands for the utter abolishment of the same shewing likewise the inconvenience in the use and exercise of the same the great Dammage and many Evils that have succeeded upon the Toleration thereof hitherto which with the continuance of the use thereof is also like to continue the Evils and dayly encrease more and more d●ngerous upon which it hath beene thought fit by this Honourable House to extinguish and abolish the same fr●m being ioyned with the worship of God in the Exercise of Religio● by the generall Vote of the House and divers Orders have issued through the Kingdome for leaving off and laying by the further use thereof These things being thus farre proceeded in by ioynt consent o● Parliaments I humbly desire His Maiestie may be moved by Petition of both Houses for his Royall assent thereunto Thirdly as for the setling of Religion and goo● Discipline in the Church wee have beene much opposed and interrupted in our proceedings therein when wee had the same in Consultation and in Consideration by the Prelaticall Faction in the Lords House it having beene a great part of our Businesse to remove such Impediments as have hindered our Proceedings not onely in that but other the great Affaires of State and to appease the present Distractions and Distempers in this Kingdome To supply with aide and assistance all our afflicted Brethren in Ireland and to preserve and secure our owne persons from the malice and wicked Designes of our malicious and Malignant Adversaries Enemies to our Peace and Safetie and Enemies to the Prosperitie and Tranquilitie of his Maiestie and his good subiects Which Lets and Hinderances which have caused these Stops in our Proceedings in the setling of Religion I likewise desire may be represented to his Maiestie And thus much concerning his Maiesties Propositions which I desire may be taken into present Consideration and Answer returned to his Maiestie concerning the same FINIS