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A51145 A speech made in the House of Peeres by the Right Honourable the Earl of Monmouth on Thursday the 13 of Ianuary 1641 upon the occasion of the present distractions and of His Majesties removall from White- hall. Monmouth, Henry Carey, Earl of, 1596-1661. 1641 (1641) Wing M2425; ESTC R14594 857 8

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A SPEECH MADE IN THE HOUSE OF PEERES By the Right Honourable the Earle of MONMOUTH on Thursday the 13. of Ianuary 1641. Upon the occasion of the present distractions and of his Majesties removall from White-hall Printed at London for I. Benson 1641. A Speech made in the House of Peeres by the Right Honourable Earle of Monmouth on Thursday the 13. of Ianuary 1641. My Lords I Shall desire to bee heard speak a few words which I would much rather have heard spoken by any of your Lordships that so they might have a happier and a more handsome expression though with a better heart and clearer intentions they could not have beene spoken The sad condition wee are now in my Lords is such as is too apparent to any man who hath but halfe an eye the City of London is full of jealousies and apprehensions wee sit not here free from feares the King hath with-drawne himself from hence together with his Queene and Children out of a beliefe as I conceive that his Maiesties Person was not safe here While things continue in this posture my Lords wee may well feare an impairing wee can hardly hope for the bettering of affaires God hath plac'd us my Lords in the Medium betwixt the King and his people let us play our parts my Lords let us doe our duties and discharge our consciences let us really prove what wee are by Name Noblemen let us endevour to work a perfect and a true understanding betweene the King and his people let us freely unbosome our selves to his Maiestie and desire that his Maiestie will bee pleased to doe so to us and to this end my Lords which is the end of my motion if it shall be approved of by your Lordships I do humbly move that by way of conference or any other way wee may desire the house of Commons to ioyne with us first in an humble petition to his Maiestie that hee would be graciously pleased to returne to his good City of London as the safest place we conceive for his sacred Person in these distemper'd times and then that they will likewise ioyne with us in a Profession or Protestation that we will doe what in us lies to free his Maiestie from his feares to take from the Citizens of London and his Maiesties other subiects their jealousies and apprehensions and that we will live and dye his Maiesties faithfull Advisors Counsellors and Loyall Subiects FINIS