His Majesty's MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH IN THE HOUSE of LORDS, TO THE LORDS AND COMMONS Assembled at Westminster the Eighteenth Day of February, 1688/9.

LONDON: Printed by John Starkey and Awnsham Churchill, Printers to the King and Queens Most Excellent Majesties. MDCLXXXIX.

His MAJESTIES MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

I Have lately told you how sensible I am of your Kind­ness, and how much I value the Confidence you have re­posed in Me.

And I am come hither to Assure you, That I shall never do any thing that may justly lessen your Good Opinion of Me.

I think it necessary to acquaint you, That the Condition of Our Allies Abroad, and particularly that of Holland, is such, that unless some speedy Care be taken of [Page 4] them, they will run a greater Hazard than you would have them Exposed to.

You your selves must be sensible, That the Posture of Affairs Here require your serious Consideration; and that a Good Settlement at Home is necessary, not only for your own Peace, but for the Support of the Protestant Interest both Here and Abroad.

And particularly the State of Ireland is such, that the Dangers are grown too great to be obviated by any slow Methods.

I must leave it to you to consider of the most Effectual Ways of preventing the In­conveniencies which may arise by Delay, and to judge what Forms may be most proper to bring those things to pass for the good of the Nation; which I am con­fident are in all your Minds; and which on My part shall be always ready to pro­mote.

FINIS.

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