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A47691	Mr. Speakers speech before His Majestie and both Houses of Parliament, after his returne from Scotland, upon passing the Bill for Tunnage and Poundage, on Thursday the 2. of December, relating the present distempers of England and Ireland also, the King's most excellent Majestie's speech to the honourable House of Parliament the same Thursday Deceb. 2, 1641.	Lenthall, William, 1591-1662.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1641 (1641)	Wing L1078; ESTC R30932	2,473	10

Mr. Speakers Speech BEFORE HIS MAJESTIE And both the Houses of Parliament after his Returne from SCOTLAND upon passing the Bill for Tunnage and Poundage on Thursday the 2. of December Relating the present distempers of England and Ireland ALSO The Kings most excellent Majestie's SPEECH To the Honourable House of PARLIAMENT the same Thursday Decemb. 2. 1641. LONDON Printed for Iohn Greensmith 1641. Most Dread Soveraign● THe observation taken from the unlike Compositions and various motions of the world made the Philosopher conclude Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordibus constat The happy conjuncture of both these Nations in the Triumph and Ioy of your Sacred presence extracted from the different and divided dispositions and opinions gives us c●use to observe and to admire these blessed effects from such contrary causes We may without flattery commend your Sacred Majesty the glorious Instrument of this happy change whose piety and prudence directed by the hand of God hath contracted this union from these various discord The Story of these times will seeme paradox●● in following generations when they shall he●re of Peace sprung from the Root of dissention of union planted upon the Stocke of divisio●s two Armies in the field both ready to strike the first blow and both united without a stroke Nothing can reduce these truths into a beliefe but the knowledge of your piety and justice who hath accomplisht these acts of wonder by goodnesse and gentlenesse without force and violence This way of conquest this bellum in cruentum hath been the Rule of the most valiant and puissant Monarchs advancing your glory in safe guard of one Subject more in the death of a thousand enemies Thus have you erected a Monument of glory to your Sacred memory for all generations And as your care and piety for the welfare of your Northerne Kingdome called you to that worke for the great comfort of your people which your wisnome hath so happily consummated So now the distemper of your other Kingdome Fomented by the same spirits whose presence admits no peace in Israel Calls on your providence to h●ale the diseases of that Nation The one from whence you returned hath with Abell though the elder brother offered an acceptable Sacrifice The other with Cam hath erected altars of blood and revenge the old Jmmolations of ●esuiticall Priesthood which invokes the necessity of your Justice The one to a naturall hath added a politieke brotherhood The other of brothers J am sorry to say it are become strangers The fidelity of the one hath written a Story of admiration to the world The disloyaltie of the other hath paralell'd that horrid Designe matchlesse before amongst all generations First in their intention the destruction of a Kingdome even then when Unity and Peace was tying the knot of Religion and safety In the Discoverie a moment of time prevented the execution In the actors Jesuites and Priests without whom the malice of the Devill could not have found a party in the world fitted to act over the like bloudy tragedy But this amongst our many Joyes we receive by Your happie returne is not the least nay the greatest That that providence which protected that gracious King your most religious Father from that bloudy Attempt and increased the blessing of a long and happie Raigne hath also defended your Sacred throne from all their Machinations Thus we see Religion is the greatest policie the never-failing support of King and Kingdome that which Firmes your and your Posterity to your Throne and our duty and obedience to it Give me leave here most gracious Soveraigne to summe up the sense of eleven Moneths observation without intermission scarce of a day nay an houre in that day to the hazzard of life and fortune and to reduce all into this Conclusion The Endeavours of your Commons assembled guided by Your pious and religious example is to preserve Religion in its purity without mixture or composition against these subtile invadors and with our lives and fortunes to establish these Thrones to your Sacred person and those beames of Majestie your Royall Progeny against treason and rebellion The wayes that conduce to this end are the defence of the Land and Sea for the one we have already voted to raise monies for the other this Bill in some measure will accomplish for a little time and to that end J by the Command of the Commons humbly beseech your Royall assent His Majesties SPEECH the 2. of December I Am to speake a word unto you since J have bin so long absent from you It is no way in answer to the Learned Speech of Mr. Speaker But yet J shall touch one point of it-concerning Ireland But first I must tell you though J have been absent longer then indeed J did expect or could have bin expected by you yet J stayed no longer in Scotland then the necessity of those affayres would absolutely permit and indeed I have therein done so much good that J will boldly affirme vnto you that J have left the people a most contented and happy Nation That if J did misreckon a little in time J doe not misreckon in the end Now though J have deceived you a little of your expectation in point of time J confesse you have deceived my expectation in finding of businesse here for J had thought to have found things in quietnesse and settled both for Religion and peace of this Kingdome but I found distractions such as J could not expect Jn so much as the Parliament was thought fit to be guarded this I speake not any way to seeke out a fault or to have any distrust of the hearty affections of my Subjects but on the contrary when J came here as you all see J found the affection of my people vnto me to my great comfort Now I assure you J come with the same affection that you or any good people of the world could wish for I am so farre from disliking any thing that J have done hitherto that if it were to doe againe in the favour and good of my people that I protest J would doe it againe And whatsoever may be justly expected of me for the securing of Religion and Liberty of my people I shall not faile to doe it and therefore I shall mention no particular at this time but onely that great particular of Ireland which Mr. Speaker did mention of which I doe not doubt but you have had a great care yet me thinkes things goe on slowly and J mention this more reasonably because a couple of Noble men are come out of Scotland according to the Petition and Jnstructions which it pleased both Houses to send vnto me at Barwicke which I instantly dispatched to the Chancelor who now have the disposing of all things J spoke to them this morning and I decreed both Houses to appoynt a select Committee and make an end of that businesse with them I have but this word more to say that I assure you I have no other end but the happinesse of my People for their flourishing is my greatest Glory and their affection my greatest strength FINIS