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A44958 The humble address of the corporation of Trinity-House Trinity House (London, England); Berkeley, George Berkeley, Earl of, 1627-1698.; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. 1681 (1681) Wing H3379B; ESTC R213220 1,303 2

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The Humble ADDRESS OF THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY-HOUSE Windsor May 15. 1681. This day the Right Honourable George Earl of Berkeley Master of the Corporation of the Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond in company with the Wardens Assistants and Elder-Brethren of the said Corporation attended His MAJESTY here with an ADDRESS Introduced by his Lordship with a Speech to the Effect following May it please Your Majesty WE Your MAJESTIES most Loyal and Dutiful Subjects do in all Humility acknowledge that Your Majesty has been most Gracious to all Your Subjects very particularly to Traders and to those who have had the Honour to be employed in Your Maritime affairs None of Your Predecessors SIR have ever been pleased to give us so much Countenance and Encouragement as Your Majesty has done and therefore we hope you will please to pardon us if we put some value upon our selves for having received such Signal marks of Your Grace and Favour to us SIR Your great Goodness gives us the presumption of making this Humble Address to Your Majesty which we beg may be now Read The Address was by His Majesties Command accordingly Read in the Terms following viz. To the King 's most Excellent MAJESTY THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE Master Wardens Assistants and Elder Brethren of the Corporation of the Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond SHEWETH THAT We Your Majestie 's most Loyal and Dutiful Subjects the Body Corporate of the Seamen and Mariners of this Your Kingdom of England having taken into serious consideration Your Majestie 's most Gracious Declaration wherein You have been lately pleased to give to all Your good Subjects an assurance of Your Royal Purposes of calling frequent Parliaments and employing Your utmost Endeavours both in and out of Parliament towards the Extirpation of Popery Redressing and Prevention of Grievances and Governing in all things according to the Laws of this Your Kingdom Do with all Humility return Our most humble Thanks to Your most Sacred Majesty for this Your so Gracious Condescention to the just and ample satisfaction of all Your Loyal Subjects acknowledging it likewise the especial Duty of this Corporation to declare to the World Your Majestie 's Royal and unwearied Care both in the general promotion of all Matters conducing to the Prosperity and Improvement of the Navigation and Trade of this Your Kingdom and in the particular instance lately given thereof by Your Majesty in Your Royal Endeavours for the preservation of Your City and Port of TANGIER in the midst of so many Difficulties and at so great Expence AND We do most Humbly beseech Your Majesty to accept of the Assurances which we here in all Duty tender You of the utmost Effects of Our constant and sincere Allegiance to Your Majesty under Your most Gracious Government both in Church and State as it is now by Law Established Adding in all Humility That as it has already been the Honour of very many Your Faithful Subjects Members of this Corporation to have hazarded their Lives in Your Majestie 's Service on the Seas so do we according to Our Oaths unanimously Tender to Your most Excellent Majesty as to the best of PRINCES the future Command of Our Lives and Fortunes in the defence of Your most Sacred Majesty Your Heirs and Successors Zealously praying to Almighty God to grant Your Majesty a Long and Prosperous Reign over Us with a Lasting Peaceable and Right Succession to Your Royal Throne according to Law His Majesty was pleased to express His Gracious acceptance thereof to this effect My LORD I Thank you kindly and heartily for This Address and shall not be wanting to perform My part And as I have always been a Friend to the Navigation and Seamen of England you may assure your selves I shall ever be so LONDON Printed for Rich. Royston Bookseller to His Most Sacred Majesty 1681.