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A60125	The substance of Sir Bartholomew Shower's speech at the Guild-Hall, Exon, August 19th, 1698 upon declaring the poll for the burgesses of that city elected to serve in this present Parliament.	Shower, Bartholomew, Sir, 1658-1701.	1698 (1698)	Wing S3659; ESTC R32684	3,684	2

The SUBSTANCE of Sir Bartholomew Shower's SPEECH At the Guild-Hall Exon August 19th 1698. UPON Declaring the Poll for the Burgesses of that City Elected to Serve in this Present Parliament Gentlemen I Am sorry that Sir Edward Seymore my Partner is not here present to excuse me from this trouble of making you a publick Address of Thanks I am sure 't wou'd be then much better perform'd I am never found of speaking any thing in my own business or concerning my self much less in so publick a manner and upon such an occasion However since something of this kind is expected from me I hope you will permit me to thank Mr. Sheriff for his Justice and Patience the Clerks for their Pains and Care and the Triers Inspecters and Managers for their Temper and good Manners I must own I never knew more Civility and less ill Usage in such a troublesom Affair and where each Party is hearty and zealous for its Principle and Interests unless it were from One whom I must publickly take notice of One of my own Profession who intruded himself into the Court with a Lye in his Mouth pretending to be a Free-holder which he was not was busie here beyond the Rules of Decency and afterwards sneak'd out of Court towards the End of the Poll he is I suppose a Gentleman well known and therefore I need not name him but shall ever remember him according to his Deserts Gentlemen I am likewise to take notice of some Reflections maliciously and falsly cast upon me particularly in that scandalous Libel or Queries posted at the Guild-Hall a base mean and unmanly way of injuring a Gentleman's Reputation It hath been insinuated as if I was a Papist whereas I never was present or ever heard Mass in my Life time I was in the Service of the Late King but so far from being a Papist that I constantly was a Communicant in the Church of England and never cou'd nor ever shall believe Pope Pius's Creed It was pretended to my Prejudice as if I had been e●clined to the Eighteen-Penny-Act I thank God the Church of England hath a competent Support and I pray for its Continuance but cannot well in that manner wish 'em more least it encrease the Envy against it which is more than enough already Tho' the Motion was made to Me I thought it very Improper and Vnseasonable and so declar'd especially at a Time when the People labour under such and so great Taxes and Payments as they are hardly able to bear The Report therefore was Malicious and False They have farther Reflected on Me as a Council and as Pleading for Traytors I have done it and with such Manners as never disgusted my Superiors And it has been acknowledg'd to be for the Honour of the King and Government to permit a fair and favourable Hearing of Council in all Cases There is no Reason that the Principles or Actions of Clients should be imputed to the Council that plead for 'em I am sure it is not so esteem'd Above or in other Places 'T is the greatest Commendation that can be of the Present Government that there have been no Reflections or Hardships upon any Council that have appeared in any Criminal Cause whatsoever Those Men have been reckon'd the Greatest and Lest amongst the Romans who undertook to defend Persons under Prosecution Sure I am 't is a much more difficult Province to Defend than 't is to Accuse and I hope the People are by this time satisfied that I was in no Fault upon that Account Again they have said in their Malice that I was Consenting to the taking off the Penal Laws and Test 'T is False and I was never so much as Clossetted to that Purpose I was a Servant to the late Vnhappy King but I hope 't is no Reflection upon any Person to be True to his Trust Had I been in the Service of this King I shou'd have been as True and as I am now to serve My Country and the King I will be True to both and Zealous in their Service to the utmost of my Power As to the other Little Reflections I cannot value 'em so much as to allow 'em an Answer but must despise 'em I cou'd Recriminate but think it better to forbear I can guess who wrote the Queries and from whence they came One of the Candidates of the other side is so Good a Man that He freely gave his Vote for Me to be His and Your Representative and therefore He cou'd not be the Author And now as to my Business you send me about I cou'd wish that you cou'd and wou'd Poll again for the ascertaining Your Opinions and acquainting Me what I am to do I wou'd willingly undergo Three such Days Fatigue more or stay till the beginning of the Session to know your Sentiments And Gentlemen I shall never Vote contrary to your General Inclinations unless I can render you a satisfactory Reason why I do so There are but Three Things that can be of Concernment Religion Government and Trade As to Religion by the little Conversation I have had in This Place of late tho' I was Born and Bred among you and many of you were my School fellows even till my Age of Seventeen Years yet that is some time since Therefore I say by the Conversation I have had with you of late I take it to be your general Sentiment that the National Establish'd Church of England is the best in the World and the most Necessary in respect of Publick Government its Doctrine the most Rational and Primitive its Publick Liturgy the best fram'd to Raise and to Express Devotion and I challenge any Man to shew me any Words so likely to inspire Mens Minds with Fervor and Zeal as the Magnificat and Te Deum In This Church I have been a Constant Communicant ever since the Eighteenth Year of my Age but yet I must declare notwithstanding the false Imputation of it to our Church that my Opinion is against Persecution and if some differ from me whom I do respect and value I hope they will not think it my Fault but my Misfortune I cannot forbear thinking that no Man shou'd suffer for acting according to his Conscience in Matters meerly Religious I am for Liberty of Conscience to those who for Real Conscience cannot comply But I cannot much respect those Men who pretend to such a Scrupulous Conscience and yet can Occasionally Communicate with us on purpose to Qualifie themselves for an Office I tell you therefore that I am not for taking away the Toleration as it is Limited in the Exercise of it by the Laws of the Land tho' that has been industriously Spread Abroad throughout the Town as if nothing were design'd but the Silencing of those Ministers No My Aim is only to Maintain the Church as now supported and fenc'd and I wish and hope that the Dissenters will now be satisfied with This since 't is That and That only which for Twenty or Thirty Years together They have Pray'd for and Desir'd We hope therefore that They will be content with it and that all of us may be Happy As to the Government The best we can do is to serve it by Obedience to the Laws and to prevent Taxes as much as possible unless they are of Publick Necessity to preserve the Whole and in case Taxes are so necessary to take care that they be Laid Equally and with as little Burthen to Trade as can be which puts me in Mind of saying something to That And here I hope I shall agree with You and You with Me That Trade is not to be forc'd or restrain'd but ought to have its Full Liberty That 't is the Interest of this Kingdom in General as well as of this Country that Ireland shou'd be humbled Not that the Country shou'd be Drown'd or the People Massacre'd such Desires are very unsuitable to an English Temper but that a Check be put to their bold Attempts for turning The Woollen Manufacture out of its Old Channel by removing it from Hence Thither It must of necessity Impoverish Us and I wonder our Gentry are not more sensible of the Danger for 't will unavoidably lessen the Value of their Lands Trade and Rents must be Equally Encouraged It is therefore the Interest of Every body to Mind this Matter as well as of Those who are actually concern'd in the Managery of Trade These I presume are Your Thoughts They are Mine I assure You and shall be follow'd unless You contradict it And if at any time any thing material should be communicated from any Body or Number of Men among You in this Place I shall endeavour to advance it or convince You that 't is either not Practicable or Unreasonable Tho' I am to be govern'd by my Own Judgment in my Vote Yet if I can make it comply with the Thoughts of those whom I Represent in the House of Commons I shall always be glad of it for in some respects I take my self to be Your Advocate and I am to do what You wou'd do if Your Opinions were known I have one thing more to take Notice of it 's that which is extremely to my Satisfaction Not only that This Election is so Fair Regular and Free but that I came in by the Interest of The Church of England and by the Chamber of this City as well as by the hearty Endeavours of the good Trading People here and I may add with the General Approbation of the Gentry of Devon as well as the good Will of The Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of this Diocess who is much Your Friend and has us'd his utmost endeavours for the Promotion of the Wool-Bill I was an Eye and Ear witness of it I was present with Him from Nine till One for several days together four or five days a Week for a long time His Labours were great as was his Zeal for Your service and I am morally assur'd that He will repeat His Endeavours the Next Sessions and so will I with all my Heart and shall be very warm as long as I am in Your service to promote the good of this City the Place of my Birth and Education And God preserve King William and the City of Exeter LONDON Printed for M. Baldwin at the Oxford-Arms-Inn in Warwick-Lane