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His Majesties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houses of PARLIAMENT , On Munday the Fifth day of January , 1690.

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LONDON , Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb , Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties . 1690.

His Majesties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houses of PARLIAMENT . My Lords and Gentlemen ,

HAVING lately told you , That it would be Necessary for Me to go into Holland much about this time , I am very glad to find , that the Success of your Endeavours to bring this Session to a happy Conclusion has been such , that I am now at Liberty to do it . And I return you My hearty Thanks for the great Dispatch you have made , in Finishing the Supplies you have Design'd for Carrying on the War ; which it shall be My Care to see Duly and Punctually Applied to that Service for which you have Given them . And I do likewise think it proper to Assure you , That I shall not make any Grant of the Forfeited Lands in England or Ireland , till there be another Opportunity of Settling that Matter in Parliament , in such Manner as shall be thought most Expedient .

My Lords and Gentlemen ; As I have Reason to be very well Satisfied with the Proofs you have given Me of your good Affections in this Session of Parliament , so I promise My Self the Continuance of the same at your Return into your several Countries . And as every Day produces still fresh Instances of the Restlesness of Our Enemies , both at Home and Abroad , in Designing against the Prosperity of this Nation and the Government Established ; So I do not doubt , but that the Union and good Correspondence between Me and My Parliament , and My Earnest and Constant Endeavours for your Preservation on the one hand , joyned with the Continuance of your Zeal and Affection to Support Me on the other , will , by the Blessing of God , be at all times too strong for the utmost Malice and Contrivance of Our Common Enemies .

Then the Speaker , by His Majesties Command , said , My Lords and Gentlemen , It is His Majesties Pleasure , That you Adjourn your selves unto the One and thirtieth day of March next . And I am further . Commanded by His Majesty to acquaint you , That it is not His Majesties Intention that you should then Sit ; but if there shall be Occasion , He will give you timely Notice by His Proclamation .

Then His Majesty Withdrew , and the Speaker , by Consent of the House , Adjourned the House to the One and thirtieth day of March next .

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