Mr. Alsop's speech to King James the II. at the presenting the Presbyterians address, in April, 1687. See London Gazette, no. 2238. Humbly inscribed to B.B.B.--- as a specimen of sincerity. Alsop, Vincent, 1629 or 30-1703. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A25219 of text R214857 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A2922). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A25219 Wing A2922 ESTC R214857 99826913 99826913 31324 2240885757

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A25219) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 31324) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1881:16) Mr. Alsop's speech to King James the II. at the presenting the Presbyterians address, in April, 1687. See London Gazette, no. 2238. Humbly inscribed to B.B.B.--- as a specimen of sincerity. Alsop, Vincent, 1629 or 30-1703. 4 p. s.n., [London : 1687] Possibly the same speech as his: Mr. Alsop's speech to the King upon the presenting of an address. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng James -- II, -- King of England, 1633-1701 -- Early works to 1800. Dissenters, Religious -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688 -- Early works to 1800. eebo Mr. Alsop's speech to King James the II. at the presenting the Presbyterians address, in April, 1687. See London Gazette, no. 2238. Humbly inscribed t Alsop, Vincent, 1687 8 470 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2003-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2003-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-05 Sampled and proofread 2003-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

Mr. ALSOP's SPEECH TO King JAMES the II.

At the presenting the Presbyterians Address , in April , 1687.

See London Gazette , No. 2238.

Humbly Inscribed

To B. B. B. —

As a Specimen of SINCERITY .

A COPY of a SPEECH To King James the II. by Mr. Alsop , upon the presenting of an Address , as in the London Gazette , No. 2238. Great Sir ,

WE could wish your Majesty had a Window in our Breasts , through which you might discern how our Souls Embrace your Royal Clemency with the highest Admiration , and yet with the profoundest Veneration .

For we look upon our selves truly transplanted from a hotter Climate , and happily seated under the temperate Zone of your Majesty's most mild and gentle Government , where instead of the scorching Beams of Severity , which had almost calcined us to Ashes , we now feel the cool Breezes of your Majesty's Favour to revive and refresh us .

Really Sir , though we pretend not to any refin'd Intellectuals , nor presume to Philosophise upon the Mysteries of Government , neither to pry into the Mysteries of State ; which things as they are far above , so they belong not to us at all , yet we make some small Pretence to the Sense of Feeling ; whatever our Dullness may be , yet we can easily distinguish between a Wound and a Plaister ; and know the difference between the smart Lashes of some of our Fellow-Subjects , and the healing Clemency of our Sovereign .

We now , ( Dear Sir ) silently wait for some happy juncture to give your Majesty such essential Proofs of our Loyalty , and the Sincerity of this our humble Address ; as may demonstrate that the greatest things , we have been able to express or promise in this poor Paper is the least thing we shall chearfully perform for your Majesty's service and satisfaction .

Go on ( Great Sir ) in this your Royal Line , ( that is ) your own proper Way and Method of Grace and Clemency , that the World may be more fully and further convinced , that you are the best as well as the greatest , and therefore the greatest , because the best of Princes , that so if there should remain any Seeds of Disloyalty in any of your Subjects , this transcendent Goodness of yours may mortifie and kill them , or if any Sparks of Duty should be almost smother'd in well-meaning , though mistaken Minds , such sovereign Grace may awaken and revive them , which above all Regalia's , will most gloriously adorn your Majesty's Imperial Throne and Diadem .

FINIS .