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DIvers of the Members of the Parliaments in the Reign of the late King Charles the SeLondon, purſuant to His Highneſs the Prince of Orange's Deſire, meeting at St. James's the 26th of December, 1688.
His Highneſs ſpoke to them as followeth.
YO
Ʋ , Gentlemen, that have been Members of the late Parliaments, I have deſired you to meet me here, to adviſe the beſt manner how to purſue the Ends of my Declaration in calling a Free Parliament, for the preſervation of the Proteſtant Religion, and reſtoring of the Rights and Liberties of the Kingdom, and ſetling the ſame, that they may not be in danger of being again ſubverted. And you, the Aldermen and Members of the Common-Council of the City of
London,I deſire the ſame of you; and in regard your Numbers are like to be great, you may, if you think fit, divide your ſelves, and ſit in ſeveral places.
Upon which they immediately agreed to go to the Commons Houſe at Weſtminſter, where being ſet, they choſe Henry Powle
Eſq their Chair-man, and upon Debate they reſolved upon Heads for an Addreſs to be made to his Highneſs, and appointed Perſons to draw up and prepare the ſame, and in the Afternoon it was done accordingly, and read and approved.
And his Highneſs having appointed to receive the ſame, on the 27th Inſtant in the Morning, he was then attended accordingly, and the Addreſs was preſented and read by the ſaid: Mr. Powle to his Highneſs, being as followeth.
WE who have ſerved as Members of the Par
liaments during the Reign of the late King Charlesthe Second, together with the Court of Aldermen, and Members of the Common-Council of the City of London,aſſembled at Your Highneſs's Deſire (in this Extraordinary Conjuncture) do with an unanimous Conſent, tender to Your Highneſs our humble and hearty Thanks for your Coming into this Kingdom, and expoſing Your Perſon to ſo great Ha zards for the Preſervation of our Religion, Laws, and Liberties, and reſcuing us from the Miſeries of PoperyandSlavery:And do deſire Your Highneſs, That (in purſuance of thoſe Ends, and for the Preſervation of the Peace of the Nation) Your Highneſs will take upon You the Adminiſtration of Publick Affairs, both Civil and Military, and the diſpoſal of the Publick Revenue.We do alſo deſire that Your Highneſs will take in
to Your particular Care the preſent Condition of Ireand endeavour, by the moſt ſpeedy and effectual means, to prevent the Dangers threatning that Kingland, dom. All which we do deſire Your Highneſs to undertake and execute until the meeting of the intended Con
vention the 22d day of Januarynext.We do likewiſe deſire Your Highneſs to cauſe Letters to be written, and ſubſcribed by Your Highneſs to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal (being Proteſtants) and to the ſeveral Counties, Univerſities, Cities, Boroughs and Cinque-Ports of
England, Wales,and to the Town ofBerwickuponTweed.The Letters for the Counties to be directed to the Coroners of their reſpective Counties, or any one of them, and in default of Coroners, to the Clerk of the Peace of the reſpective Counties; and the Letters for the Univerſities to be directed to the reſpective Vice-Chan
cellors; and the Letters to the ſeveral Cities, Boroughs and Cinque-Ports to be directed to the chief Magi ſtrate of each reſpective City, Borough and Cinque-Port, containing Directions for the chooſing in all ſuch Counties, Cities, Univerſities, Boroughs and Cinque-Ports, within ten days after the Receipt of the ſaid re ſpective Letters, ſuch a number of Perſons to repreſent them as are of right to be ſent to Parliament. That for ſuch Elections, and the Times and Places thereof, the reſpective Officer ſhall give notice in manner following, (that is to ſay) As to the Elections for the Counties Notice to be publiſhed in all Market-Towns in the reſpective Counties, by the ſpace of Five Days at leaſt before ſuch Election; and notice of the Elections for the Cities, Univerſities, Boroughs, and Cinque-Ports, to be publiſhed in the reſpective Places, by the ſpace of Three days before at the leaſt.
That the ſaid Letters, and the Execution thereof, be returned by ſuch Officer and Officers who ſhall execute the ſame to the Clerk of the Crown in the Court of
Chancery;ſo as the Perſons ſo to be choſen, may meet and fit atWeſtminſter,on the 22d day ofJanuarynext.This we humbly offer Your Highneſs as our beſt Advice in this Exigency of Affairs, for attaining the Ends of Your Highneſs
▪ s Declaration; and as the beſt means tending to ſuch an Eſtabliſhment, as that our Religion, Laws and Liberties may not be in danger of being again ſubverted.Dated at Weſtminſter,the 26th day of December,1688.
Whereupon his Highneſs was pleaſed to declare to this Effect, That (being a Matter of Weight) he would conſider thereof, and give his Anſwer the next day in the Afternoon.
And accordingly his Highneſs did give the Anſwer following, viz.
GENTLEMEN, I
Have conſidered of your Advice, and as far as I am able, I will endeavour to ſecure the Peace of the Nation, until the meeting of the Convention inJanuarynext: For the EleIrelandction whereof, I will forthwith iſſue out Letters according to your Deſire. I will alſo take care to apply the Publick Revenue to the moſt proper Ʋ ſes that the preſent Affairs require. And likewiſe endeavour to put into ſuch a Condition, as that the Proteſtant Religion, and the Engliſh Intereſt may be maintained in that Kingdom. And I further aſſure you, that as I came hither for the preſervation of the Proteſtant Religion, and the Laws and Liberties of theſe Kingdoms, ſo I ſhall always be ready to expoſe my Self to any Hazard for the defence of the ſame.
LONDON, Printed by John Starkey, Awnſham and William Churchill, MDCLXXXVIII.