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A47695	The speech of Master Speaker 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 : also relating the present distempers of England and Ireland : wherennto [sic] is annexed His Majesties speech in Parliament.	Lenthall, William, 1591-1662.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.	1641 (1641)	Wing L1082; ESTC R34517	2,469	10

THE SPEECH OF MASTER SPEAKER BEFORE HIS Majestie AND BOTH THE HOVSES OF Parliament after his returne from Scotland upon passing the Bill for Tunnage and Poundage on Thursday the 2. of December Also relating the present distempers of England and Ireland Whereunto is annexed his Majesties Speech in Parliament LONDON Printed by A. N. for Henry Twyford at the three Daggers in Fleet-street 1641. MOST DREAD SOVERAIGNE 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 cause to observe to admire these blessed effects from such contrary causes Wee 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 discords The Story of these times will seeme paradoxes in following generations when they shall heare of Peace sprung from the Root of dissention of union planted upon the Stocke of divisions 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 Iustice who hath accomplisht these acts of wonder by goodnesse and gentlenesse without force and violence This way of conquest this bellum incruentum hath beene the Rule of the most valiant and puissant Monarchs advancing your glory in safegard of one subject more then 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 wisdome 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 heale the diseases of that Nation The one from whence you returned hath with Abell though the elder brother offered an acceprable Sacrifice The other with Cain hath erected altars of bloud and revenge the old Immolations of Iesuiticall priesthood which invokes the necessitie of your Iustice The one to a naturall hath added a politicke brotherhood The other of brothers I am sorry to say it are become strangers The fidelity of the one hath written a Story of admiration to the world The disloyalty 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 Vnity and Peace was tying the knot of Religion and safety In the Discoverie a moment of time prevented the execution In the actors Iesuits 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 Ioyes we receive by your happy 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 happy Reigne hath also defended your Sacred throne from all rheir Machinations Thus we see Religion is the greatest policy the never-failing support of King and kingdome that which Firmes you 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 hazard of life and fortune and to reduce all into this Conclusion he Endevours of your Commons assembled guided by your pious 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 wee have already voted to raise moneis for the other this Bill in some measure will accomplish for a little time and to that end I 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 I have been so long absent from you It is no way in answer to the Learned Speech of Master Speaker But yet I shall touch one point of it concerning Ireland But first I must tell you though I have been absent longer then indeed I did expect or could have been expected by you yet I stayed no longer in Scotland then the necessity of those affaires would absolutely permit and indeed I have therein done so much good that I will boldly affirme unto you that I have left the people a most contented and happy Nation So that if I did misreckon a little in time I doe not misreckon in the end Now though I have deceived you a little of your expectation in point of time I confesse you have deceived my expectation in finding of businesse here for I had thought to have found things in quietnesse and settled both for Religion and peace of this Kingdome But I found distractions such as I could not expect In 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 I came here as you all see I found the affection of my people unto me to my great comfort Now I assure you I 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 I have done hitherto that if it were to doe againe in the favour and good of my people that I protest I 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 do not doubt but you have had a great care yet me thinks things go on slowly and I mention this more reasonably because a couple of Noblemen are come out of Scotland according to the Petition and Instructions which it pleased both Houses to send unto mee at Barwicke which I instantly dispatched to the Chancellor who now have the disposing of all things I spoke to them this morning and I decreed both Houses to appoint a select Committee and make and 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