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His Majeſties GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houſes of PARLIAMENT, On Munday the 28th of January, 1677/8.

Publiſhed by His Majeſties Command.

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EDINBƲ •• H, by the Heir of Andrew Anderſon, Printer to the King's moſt Sacred Majeſtie. 1678,

CƲM PRIVILEGIO.
His Majeſties GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houſes of PARLIAMENT, On Munday, the 28th of January, 1677/8. My Lords and Gentlemen,

WHen We parted laſt, I told you, That before We met again, I would do that which ſhould be to your Satiſfaction; I have accordingly made ſuch Alliances with Holland, as are for the Preſervation of Flanders, and which cannot fail of tha • •• d, unleſs prevented either by the want of due Aſſ •••••… es to ſupport thoſe Alliances, or by the ſmall regar • 〈…〉 Spaniards themſelves muſt have to their own preſ ••••• ion.

The firſt of theſe I cannot ſuſpect, by reaſon of your repeated Engagements to maintain them: and I know you are ſo wiſe, as to conſider, That a War, which muſt be the neceſſary Conſequence of them, ought neither to be proſecuted by halves, nor to want ſuch aſſurances of Perſeverance as may give Me encouragement to purſue it; beſides, it will not be leſs neceſſary, to let Our Enemies have ſuch a proſpect of Our Reſolutions, as may let them ſee certainly, That we ſhall not be weary of Our Arms, till Chriſtendom be reſtored to ſuch a Peace, as ſhall not be in the power of any Prince alone to diſturb.

I do acknowledge to you, That I have uſed all the means poſſible, by a Mediation, to have procured an Honourable and Safe Peace for Chriſtendom; knowing how preſerable ſuch a Peace would have been to any War, and eſpecially to this Kingdom, which muſt neceſſarily own the vaſt Benefits it has received by Peace, whilſt its Neighbours onely have yet ſmarted by the War: But finding it no longer to be hoped for by fair means, it ſhall not be My fault if that be not obtained by Force, which cannot be had otherwayes.

For this Reaſon I have recalled My Troops from France, and have conſider'd, That although the Dutch ſhal do their parts, We cannot have leſs on Ours, then Ninety Sail of Capital Ships conſtantly maintained; nor leſs then Thirty or Fourty thouſand Land-men, (with their Dependencies) to be employed upon Our Fleets, and elſewhere. And becauſe there ſhall be no fear of Miſ-employing what you ſhal give to theſe Uſes, I am contented that ſuch Money be appropriated to thoſe Ends, as ſtrictly as you can deſire. I have given Teſtimony enough of My Care in that kind, by the progreſs I have made in Building the New Ships, wherein, for the making them more uſeful, I have Directed ſuch larger Dimenſions, as will coſt Me above one hundred thouſand pounds more then the Act allows. I have gone as far as I could in Repairing the Old Fleet, and in buying of neceſſary ſtores for the Navy, and Ordnance; And in this and other Proviſions, for better Securing both My Forreign Plantations, and the Mands nearer home, I have expended a great deal more then the Two hundred thouſand pounds you enabled me to Borrow upon the Exciſe, although I have not found ſuch a Credit as I expected upon that Security. I have born the Charge both of a Rebellion in Virginia, and a new War with Algiers: I ſtand Engaged to the Prince of Orange for My Nieces Portion; and I ſhall not be able to Maintain My conſtant neceſſary Eſtabliſhments, unleſs the New Impoſt upon Wines, &c. be continued to Me, which would otherwiſe turn only to their Profit, to whom We leaſt intend it.

I hope theſe things will need little Recommendation to you, when you conſider your Promiſes in ſome, and the Neceſſity of the reſt; and to let you ſee that I have not only employed My T •••… and Treaſure for your Safety, but done all I could to remove all ſorts of ••••… uſies, I have married my Niece to the Prince of Orange, by which I hope 〈◊〉 •• ve given full Aſſurances, that I ſhall never ſuffer his Intereſt to be ruined, i •••••… an be aſſiſted, as I ought to be to preſerve them.

Having done all this, I expect from you a plentiful Supply, ſuitable to ſuch great Occaſions, whereon depends not onely the Honour, but (for ought I know) the Beeing of an Engliſh Nation, which will not be ſaved by finding faults afterwards, but may be prevented by avoiding the chief Fault of doing weakly and by halves, what can onely be hoped from a vigorous and through proſecution of what We undertake.

Theſe conſiderations are of the greateſt Importance that ever concerned this Kingdom; and therefore I would have you enter immediately upon them, without ſuffering any other Buſineſs whatſoever to divert you from bringing them to good Reſolutions.

FINIS.