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Now is the Time.

THE thing that offers it self in this great Conjuncture is , to have a Grand Committee of Lords and Commons ( Forty at least from each House ) to be as a Privy Council , or Council of State , or governing Senate .

It were to be wished , that Twenty of each Forty might be for life ; and the other Twenty Biennial , Ten going off every Year . Or half might be changed Annually .

Each Senator or Counsellor to have for his Salary or Maintenance , a thousand pound a Year . This would be such an Advancement to the Nobility and Gentry , as England never saw . And the Charge is a Trifle . There is more spent in some Monarchies upon Hawks , Hounds , and Whores .

The Prince to preside in this Council or Senate ( or such Person as he shall appoint in his stead ) and to have Ten Votes at least . He must also be General and Admiral ; and must have such further Powers , and such a Maintenance or Revenue , as his infinite Merits require . But withal , such as are consistent with the Government he designs for us . The Prince's Maintenance should equal , or exceed , that of all the Senators put together .

All that are of this Council , and all that hope to be ( that is , all the considerable Men of the Nation ) will by this means be firm to the Prince . And so will those others who have the great Priviledge of Choosing them , whereby they may have confidence in their Administration . And this one thing will give the Prince so strong an Interest , that he needs fear no Pretension that can be against him . It will be better than a Standing Army : the necessity whereof nothing can prevent , but such a Standing Council .

The Parliament to be Chosen Triennially , and to meet Annually .

It is believed that such a Constitution as this , would effectually secure us ( according to the Princes good Intentions ) from Popery and Tyranny . And the Prince will be the glorious Author of the Britannique Liberty , as his Great Grandfather was of the Belgique . The Genoeses to this day adore the Memory of Andrew Doria , who chose rather to make them a Free State , than to be their Prince . Barely to change Our Master , would but revive the Feuds of York and Lancaster , and involve us in the like Calamities .

These things to continue but during the Life of the King , and not to prejudice a Protestant Successor .

LONDON , Printed in the Year 1689.