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THE SPEECH OF Sir George Pudſey Kt. (Serjeant at Law, and Recorder of Oxon) TO THE KING, UPON His MAJESTY's Coming to OXFORD, Sept. 3. 1687.

OXON: Printed by HENRY CRUTTENDEN, One of His MAJESTY'S Printers, and Printer to His ARMY. MDCLXXXVII.
Sir George Pudſey's Speech to the KING. Dread Sovereign,

SO vaſt an Awe and Deference is due to the Majeſty of a Crowned Head, that the moſt polite Wit ought to have a great preſence of mind, that ſpeaks before Him; therefore one ſo unworthy of this Honour as my ſelf, humbly implores Your Majeſties patience, and pardon for his failings. Great SIR, No ſooner Your Majeſty aſcended the Throne of Your Royal Anceſtors, but You were proclaimed a Favourite of Heaven, the Wicked were taken in their own Nets, mighty Rebels fell before You, and Your Loyal Subjects rejoiced in Peace: Anſwerable to theſe glorious beginnings hath been Your Majeſties Character to this moment. Thus Virtuous Princes bleſs their people; Hezekiah's Holineſs ſaved his Kingdom, when David's Sin coſt him 70000 Men. The great Cyrus was promiſed by Name, long before his Birth, to give eaſe and deliverance to the poor Captive Jews; and my Information fails me, if Your Majeſty was not mentioned more than One Hundred Years ago, by one of Your Royal Predeceſſors, to be given us (moſt unworthy of You) to raiſe theſe Nations once again to Glory; For You, Great Sir, even againſt our Wills will make us Happy: Your Royal Breaſt having treaſured up ſuch a Magazine of all Princely Virtues, that were Your Kingdoms Elective, the Suffrages and Votes of all men of Honor, Senſe and Goodneſs, would be given You, with humble Supplications to accept the Royal Diadem. What are not our very Wiſhes indulged in, under Your moſt auſpicious Reign? All Fears, but ſuch as attend Women and Children, are removed: Property and Liberty, thoſe darling Concerns, are ſo far from being invaded by You, that common Aids and Supplies to the King are almoſt forgot by us. Have not we of the Church of England your Sacred Word (which never failed any yet that relyed on it) to protect her in her Rites and Priviledges? As for thoſe of Your Majeſties Communion, Truth will defend me, If I ſay, their Sufferings and Loyalties have been great and eminent, and of late, the firſt highly injur'd by the Oaths of perjured Villains (too much incouraged); They have your Favour, and deſerve a publick Reparation. As Your Majeſty is, ſo is Your Mercy, for are not other Diſſenters too as well as them (contrary to the meaſures of another Prince) by Your unparallel'd Clemency freed from the Snares of Penal Laws relating to Religion, made purely for the Prince's Safety, and concerns no one elſe. This high flight of Royal Grace, ſo like your Great Maſter's Example, after ſo much Diſloyalty to the Crown, is ſuch a wonder to the preſent Age, that future times will call Romantick. Therefore what Subject, either concerned, or as a Chriſtian (whoſe chiefeſt virtue is Charity) will not give his humble Thanks?

Thus far Your Majeſty hath gone by Your undoubted Prerogative; and indeed what is not the Prerogative of an Abſolute Monarch, let the Learned determine. Many of them ſay, His Condeſcention to Laws is rather a politick Mercy, than any Obligation: But to avoid too nice an Inquiry, common Reaſon, and the Kingdoms Intereſt, obliges me to believe the concurrence of a Parliament to ſo National a Good; And that were it moved by them, and the Royal Aſſent denyed, the Writ de Heretico Comburendo would be feared again. Theſe Scars in Government once perfectly healed, no more Families will be ruined, Priſons filled, or Pockets emptied for Conſciences ſake (the Almighty's Province only.) Then will every Subject according to Nature's Laws, which no human act can reſtrain, by the moſt ignorant be allowed capable to ſerve Your Majeſty according to his merit. Then all hands will be at work like Bees carrying to the common Hive; Trade, the life of every Iſland, flouriſh, Your Majeſties Treaſure and Your Subjects Talents increaſe, whilſt You, Great Sir, the common Parent of your Country, watches for us all. We ſhall then contract the ſullen Brows of other Nations, who will hate the Lands of their Nativities. Your Majeſty, the Great Monopoliſt of Wiſdom and Experience, knows what meaſures beſt to take to attain theſe mighty Ends: Your Power is like Your Courage, both invincible; A Princes beſt Security. For Sir, as Love and Fear ſends Souls to Heaven, ſo both together make Monarchs Safe, and Subjects Loyal. Now all Welcome to Caeſar to his ever Loyal City; and all Joy to us, who moſt humbly and chearfully offer up our Hearts and Acclamations to Your Majeſty, for this undeſerved Honour, in eſteeming us worthy of Your Royal Preſence. Our Addreſſes too for Your Gracious Promiſes and Favours lately made, and ſhewed to all Your Subjects, would no doubt have rendred us more grateful: But Your Majeſty, that is not to learn the Conſtitution of the meaneſt Borough within your Empire, underſtands what influences this Place. Forgive, Dread Sir, this Stop and loſs of time to Your Sacred Majeſty. I am ſilent when I have ſaid, All Greatneſs attend the KING, and long live JAMES the Second.

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