DIE Lunæ, videlicet, 21 die Martii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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REX.
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PRAYERS.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
sat Speaker this Day.
King present.
His Majesty was present this Day, sitting in His Royal
Throne, adorned with His Crown and Regal Robes;
the Peers being likewise in their Robes.
The King gave Order to the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod, to let the House of Commons know, His
Pleasure was, "That they should presently come up,
and attend His Majesty with their Speaker;" who
being come, His Majesty made this Speech following:
King's Speech.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"You see, GOD be thanked, you have met together
again at the Time appointed: And I do assure you, I
have been so far from ever intending it should be
otherwise, that I do not know One Person who ever
wished it should be otherwise. Think, therefore, I
pray, what good Meaning those Men could have,
who, from the Time of the Prorogation to the Day
of your Meeting, have continually whispered, and
industriously infused into the Minds of the People,
that the Parliament should meet no more; that it
should be presently dissolved; or so continued by
Prorogation, that they should be kept without a Parliament. I pray, watch these Whisperers all you
can, as Men who use their utmost Endeavours to
sow Jealousies between you and Me. And I do promise you, they shall not prevail with Me; and I do
promise Myself, they shall not prevail with you. And
the Truth is, we are both concerned they should
not; and we shall then, with GOD's Blessing, prevent
all the Mischief they intend.
"You may judge by the late Treason in the North,
for which so many Men have been executed, how
active the Spirits of many of our old Enemies still
are, notwithstanding all our Mercy. I do assure
you, we are not yet at the Bottom of that Business.
This much appears manifestly, that this Conspiracy
was but a Branch of that which I discovered as
well as I could to you about Two Years since, and
had been then executed nearer-hand, if I had not,
by GOD's Goodness, come to the Knowledge of
some of the principal Contrivers, and so secured
them from doing the Mischief they intended. And
if I had not, by the like Providence, had timely
Notice of the very Hour and several Places of their
Rendezvous in the North, and provided for them
accordingly, by sending some of My own Troops, as
well as by drawing the Trained Bands together,
their Conjunction would have been in greater Numbers than had been convenient.
"You will wonder (but I tell true); they are now
even in those Parts, and at this Time, when they see
their Friends under Trial and Execution, still pursuing the same Consultations. And it is evident
they have Correspondence with desperate Persons in
most Counties, and a standing Council in this Town,
from which they receive their Directions, and by
whom they were advised to defer their last intended
Insurrection; but those Orders served only to distract
them, and came too late to prevent their Destruction.
I know more of their Intrigues than they think I do,
and hope I shall shortly discover the Bottom; in the
mean Time, I pray, let us all be as watchful to prevent, as they are to contrive, their Mischief.
"I cannot omit, upon this Occasion, to tell you, that
these desperate Men in their Counsels (as appears by
several Examinations) have not been all of one Mind
in the Ways of carrying on their wicked Resolutions.
Some would still insist upon the Authority of the
Long Parliament, of which, they say, they have
Members enough willing to meet; others have fancied
to themselves, by some Computation of their own
upon some Clause in the Triennial Bill, that this
present Parliament was at an End some Months since;
and that, for Want of new Writs, they may assemble
themselves and choose Members of Parliament; and
that this is the best Expedient to bring themselves
together for their other Purposes.
"For the Long Parliament, you and I can do no more
than we have done, to inform and compose the Minds
of all Men. Let them proceed upon their Peril.
But methinks there is nothing done to disabuse them
in respect of the Triennial Bill. I confess to you,
My Lords and Gentlemen, I have often Myself read
over that Bill; and though there is no Colour for
the Fancy of the Determination of this Parliament,
yet I will not deny to you, that I have always expected that you would, and even wondered that you
have not considered the wonderful Clauses in that
Bill, which passed in a Time very uncareful for the
Dignity of the Crown, or the Security of the People.
"I pray, Mr. Speaker, and you Gentlemen of the
House of Commons, give that Triennial Bill Once a
Reading in your House; and then, in GOD's Name,
do what you think fit for Me, and yourselves, and
the whole Kingdom. I need not tell you how much
I love Parliaments. Never King was so much beholding to Parliaments as I have been; nor do I think
the Crown can ever be happy without frequent Parliaments. But, assure yourselves, if I should think
otherwise, I would never suffer a Parliament to come
together by the Means prescribed by that Bill.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"I must renew My Thanks to you, for the free
Supply you gave Me this last Session, of Four Subsidies: Yet I cannot but tell you, that that Supply is
fallen much short of what I expected, or you intended.
It will hardly be believed, yet you know it to be true,
that very many Persons, who have Estates of Three
and Four Thousand Pounds a Year, do not pay for
these Four Subsidies Sixteen Pounds; so that,
whereas you intended and declared that they should
be collected according to former Precedents, they
do not now arise to Half the Proportion they did in
the Time of Queen Elizabeth; and yet sure the
Crown wants more now than it did then, and the
Subject is at least as well able to give.
"The Truth is, by the License of the late ill Time,
and Ill-humour of this, too many of the People,
and even of those who make fair Professions, believe
it to be no Sin to defraud the Crown of any Thing that
is due to it. You no sooner give Me Tonnage and
Poundage, than Men are devising all the Ways they
can to steal Custom; nor can the Farmers be so vigilant for the Collection, as others are to steal the Duties.
"You give Me the Excise, which all People abroad
believe to be the most insensible Imposition that can
be laid upon a People. What Conspiracies and Combinations are entered into against it by the Brewers,
who, I am sure, bear not that Burden themselves, even
to bring that Revenue to nothing, you will hear in
Westminster Hall.
"You have given me the Chimney-money, which you
have Reason to believe is a growing Revenue, for Men
build at least fast enough; and you will therefore
wonder that it is already declined, and that this Half
Year brings in less than the former did. I pray,
therefore, review that Bill; and since I am sure you
would have Me receive whatsoever you give, let Me
have the Collecting and Husbanding of it by My
own Officers; and then I doubt not but to improve
that Receipt, and will be cozened of as little as I
can.
"I will conclude with desiring and conjuring you,
My Lords and Gentlemen, to keep a very good Correspondence together, that it may not be in the
Power of any seditious or factious Spirits to make
you jealous of Me, till you see Me pretend One
Thing and do another, which I am sure you never
have yet done. Trust Me, it shall be in nobody's
Power to make Me jealous of you.
"I pray, contrive any good short Bills which may
improve the Industry of the Nation. And, since the
Season of the Year will invite us all shortly to take
the Country Air, I desire you would be ready for a
Session within Two Months or thereabouts; and we
will meet next earlier in the Year. And so GOD bless
your Councils."
His Majesty, having ended His Speech, departed;
and the Commons, with their Speaker, went to their
House.
Committee of Privileges.
Lords Committees appointed to take Consideration
of the Customs and Orders of the House, and
Privileges of the Peers of the Kingdom and
Lords of Parliament; videlicet,
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Ds. Wotton.
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Their Lordships, or any Seven of them, are to
meet on Monday next, being the 28th of March,
at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon; and
so from Monday to Monday, as their Lordships
shall think fit.
Committee for the Journal.
Lords Sub-committees appointed to consider of the
Customs and Orders of the House, and Privileges of the Peers of the Kingdom and Lords of
Parliament, and perfect the Journal Book:
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Their Lordships, or any Three; to meet on Saturday next, being the 26th of March, at Three
of the Clock in the Afternoon; and so from
Saturday to Saturday, as their Lordships shall
think fit.
Writs of Error Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, "An Act for preventing
of Abatement of Writs of Error upon Judgements
in the Exchequer."
Roberts versus Wynn & al.
Upon reading the Petition of Robert Robertes Esquire
(Son and Heir Apparent of John Lord Robertes), and
Sarah his Wife, sole Daughter and Heir of John Bodvile Esquire, deceased, and Charles Bodvile Robertes an
Infant, Second Son of the said Robert and Sarah, Plaintiffs, complaining against Thomas Wynn, for combining
with Tymothy Pollard, Thomas Pugh, Edward Griffith,
and others, Defendants, concerning a Writing purporting
to be the Will of the said John Bodvile, whereby a great
Estate of Inheritance is conveyed away from the Petitioners, or some of them:
It is therefore ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Wynn
and so many of the said other Defendants as are in Town,
shall be summoned to appear forthwith before their
Lordships; and afterwards a short Day shall be appointed, for the Hearing of the Cause at this Bar, and considering of the Order of Chancery annexed to the said
Petition concerning the same; and that the said Parties,
being served with this Order, do speedily make their
Appearance, as they will answer the contrary to this
House.
Thanks to the King, for His Speech.
ORDERED, That the Lord Chamberlain and the Earl
of Dorsett are appointed to wait upon the King, and to
present His Majesty the Thanks of this House for His
Gracious Speech this Day; and to desire that His Majesty would please to give Way that the same may be
printed and published.
Adjourn.
Dominus Capitalis Justiciarius de Com. Placit. declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in
diem Martis, videlicet, 22um diem instantis Martii, hora
decima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.