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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44195	Mr. Hollis his speech in Parliament, on Munday the 31. of Januarie 1642. Upon the delivery of a message from the House of Commons, concerning the poore trades-mens petition.; Speech in Parliament: on Munday the 31th of January.	Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.	1642 (1642)	Wing H2469B; ESTC R216412	1,730	7

Mr. HOLLIS HIS SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT On Munday the 31. of Januarie 1642. Upon the delivery of a Message from the House of Commmons concerning the poore Trades-mens Petition London Printed for F. C. T. B 1642. Mr. Hollis HIS Speech to the Lords upon the delivery of a Message from the House of Commons My Lords I Am commanded by the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons House to present your Lordships with a Petition now delivered into their House by divers poor Trades-men in and about the Citie of London containing in the same the great want and necessitie they and their families are fallen into through the decay of trading The means and causes that have produced this decay and the remedies to prevent further miserie and revive trading My Lords it is a common observation and the experience of former Ages hath made it manifest that when the sword of warre is unsheathed famine followes the greatest destruction of all Common-wealths and Kingdomes witnesse the miserable calamities and troubles that have of late yeares befallen upon Italy and Germany If wee call to minde ancient Histories mentioning the fatall destruction of the Easterne Empires wee shall finde that the first step to their desolation hath been● domestick dissention and home-bred mutinies upon which hath followed Nationall warres and the effects of all hath beene famine and pestilence which hath given a full period to the utter confusion of those Kingdomes If wee pry and search into the ancient Histories of Italy and Rome wee shall finde the onely destruction both of that Kingdome and Citie hath happened onely by these occasions the pride and abition of the Popes and Bishops of that See usurping authority to themselves over the Churches in the East produced the warres betweene the East Vandalls and the Romans betweene the East and West Gothes and the Italians which was the utter desolation of the City of Rome First by Allarick Captaine of the West Gothes Secondly by Adolph their Captaine Thirdly by Athila King of the Hunns Fourthly by Genserick King of the Vandalls Fifthly Odasar a German Sixthly Theodericke and East Goth. And lastly Totela Baldevil These Princes by the sword and fire executed the just judgements of God upon proud and wicked Rome the originall whereof was occasioned by the impurity and uncleannesse of the Clergy and what terrible Famines and grievous pestilencies followed these warres is likewise too manifest by History whereas in the beginning when Rome first began to lift up her head against Gods true Religion and his anointed Servants Kings and Emperours she had been dashed and suppressed all those blondy and long warres procured by the Bishops thereof in all parts of the Christian world had bin prevented and avoyded My Lords I have spoken this onely to remember your Lordships of the miseries and calamities that have hapned unto those Nations that have entertained amongst themselves dissension and division about the diversity of worship of God in Religion which alwaies hath proved the root and principall meanes of future destruction that now in time while opportunity doth serve such occasions of difference as doe threaten the same desolations to the state wherein we live and whereof we be a part may by the wisedome of this high Court of Parliament be prevented and avoyded My Lords if Dearth and Famine bee in a Nation there can be nothing expected but confusion as well of the rich as of the poore It is the Common Proverb necessity hath no law There is no delaying of present necessity It is not to be thought that Millions of men women children will starve and perish so long as there is Corn in the Land of Goshen or in the custody of Ioseph It is therefore the desire my Lords of the Commons that as they have compassionately considered among themselves this necessitated Petition of distressed Trades-men and have limited a day certaine for answering the same so your Lordships would bee pleased to take the same Petition into your considerations with them that the petitioners may at the time appointed receive from both Houses of parliament such answer from their demands as may give them full satisfaction My Lords under favour I am to speake a word or two of the meanes that have occasioned the decay in trading the remedies to prevent the same for future time and againe renew Trading the means they conceive is principally want of due ●xecution of Justice upon those persons that have bin the causers and Authors thereof and then the remedies due execution of justice without any further protraction of time and the Enacting of such wholsome and good lawes for the restriction of vice and maintaining of vertue both in goverment of the Church and State as shall be congruent to the Word of God and the peace and prosperity of his Sacred Majesty and all his Kingdoms as shall be thought meet by the wisedome and policie of this great and High Court of Parliament which I further humbly leave to the grave consideration of this Honourable House FINIS