His Majesties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houses of PARLIAMENT, On Tuesday the Twenty fifth of November, 1690.

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LONDON, Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, Prin­ters to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties. M.DC.XC.

His Majesties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houses of PARLIAMENT.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

I Take this Occasion with great willingness to As­sure you, that I am ex­treamly sensible of the Zeal and Cheerfulness of all your Proceedings in this Sessions of Parlia­ment, and of the Readiness which you, Gentlemen of the House of Commons, have shown, in Granting such large Sup­plies towards the pressing Occasions of the Navy and Army.

And I do farther Assure you, that I shall not be wanting on My Part to see them carefully Apply'd to those Uses for which you intend them.

[Page 4] At the same time I must observe to you, that the Posture of Affairs abroad does necessarily require My Presence at the Hague before the end of this Year; and by consequence I must Desire you to lose no Time in the Dispatching and Perfect­ing of such further Supplies as are still necessary for the Navy and Army: And not for them only, but it is high time also to put you in mind of making some Provision for the Expence of the Civil Government, which has no Fonds for its Support, since the Excise, which was de­sign'd for that Service, as also the other Branches of the Revenue, have been Apply'd to other Publick Uses; And therefore I earnestly Recommend it to your speedy Consideration.

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