The
Humble
ADDRESS
Of
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lords
Spiritual
&
Temporal
In
Parliament
Assembled
,
Presented
to
HIS
MAJESTY
On
Wednesday
the
Twenty
Eighth
day
of
October
,
1696.
AND
His
Majesties
MOST
GRACIOUS
ANSWER
THEREUNTO
.
LONDON
,
Printed
by
Charles
Bill
and
the
Executrix
of
Thomas
Newcomb
,
deceas'd
;
Printers
to
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
.
1696.
Die
Mercurij
28.
Octob'
1696.
IT
is
Ordered
by
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
in
Parliament
Assembled
,
That
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lord
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
do
give
Order
,
That
the
Address
of
this
House
,
presented
to
His
Majesty
this
Day
,
and
His
Majesties
most
Gracious
Answer
thereunto
,
be
forthwith
Printed
and
Published
▪
Matth.
Johnson
,
Cleric'
Parliamentor
'
The
Humble
ADDRESS
Of
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
In
PARLIAMENT
Assembled
.
Dei
Martis
27.
Octob'
1696.
May
it
please
Your
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
WE
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
in
Parliament
Assembled
,
Do
conceive
We
cannot
enter
upon
the
Business
of
this
Session
any
way
so
well
,
as
by
an
Address
to
Your
Majesty
,
Testifying
Our
Zeal
to
Your
Service
,
and
Our
Forwardness
to
Apply
Our Selves
to
what
Your
Majesty
has
lately
Proposed
from
the
Throne
.
And
being
Entirely
satisfied
that
the
Liberty
of
Europe
is
concerned
in
the
Resolutions
of
this
Parliament
,
and
that
the
Welfare
of
your
Majesties
Subjects
does
depend
upon
Your
Safety
,
and
the
Success
of
Your
Arms
:
We
beg
leave
to
Assure
Your
Majesty
,
We
do
and
ever
shall
consider
all
the
Disappointments
You
meet
with
,
and
the
Obstructions
laid
in
Your
way
as
Our
greatest
Misfortunes
,
and
those
that
Create
and
Promote
them
as
Enemies
to
the
Publick
.
And
as
with
the
utmost
Sincerity
We
give
Your
Majesty
these
Assurances
,
so
We
think
it
becomes
Us
to
deal
as
plainly
with
Your
Enemies
;
and
therefore
that
they
may
not
believe
your
Majesties
Loyal
Subjects
can
ever
Wish
for
Peace
,
or
Think
of
it
,
but
upon
those
Safe
and
Honourable
Terms
,
which
may
make
it
Lasting
and
Secure
:
We
further
Assure
Your
Majesty
,
We
shall
Endeavour
to
overcome
all
Difficulties
to
Support
You
at
the
Head
of
so
Just
and
Glorious
a
Cause
,
and
shall
never
be
Wanting
or
Backward
on
Our
Part
,
in
what
may
be
Necessary
to
Your
Majesties
Honour
,
the
Good
of
these
Kingdoms
,
and
the
Quiet
of
Christendom
.
Matth.
Johnson
,
Cleric'
Parliamentor
'
His
Majesties
most
Gracious
Answer
to
the
Address
.
I
Am
Extreamly
Pleased
with
an
Address
so
full
of
Affection
to
Me
,
and
Zeal
for
the
Cause
in
which
We
are
all
Engaged
;
and
I
shall
always
Think
that
the
best
Security
against
Our
Enemies
of
all
sorts
,
is
to
be
thus
happily
United
and
Resolved
amongst
Our Selves
.