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His Majesties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Houses of PARLIAMENT , On Thursday the 31th day of December , 1691.

LONDON , Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb , deceas'd ; Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties . 1691.

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

I Must not lose this Occasion of Returning you My hearty Thanks , for the Great Proofs you continue to give Me of your Zeal and Resolution to Support and Assist Me , in the Vigorous Prosecution of the War against France next Year ; And I Assure you , it shall be My greatest Care ; That the Assistances you give Me , may be so Applied , as to Render them most Effectual for the Ends you Design them ; But I must take Notice to you at the same time , with some Trouble ; That the New Year is already come , while Our Preparations for it are not only more Backward , but those of Our Enemies , as We have reason to think , in greater Forwardness then they were the last Year ; I find My self therefore Necessitated from this Consideration most Earnestly to Recommend to you , Gentlemen of the House of Commons , the Hastning of such farther Supplies , as you Design to Enable Me with , for the Prosecution of the War .

My Lords and Gentlemen ,

The Season being so far Advanced , this present Sessions cannot Admit of a much longer Continuance ; And therefore I must Recommend to you the Dispatch of all such other Bills also , as you shall judge necessary for the Publick Good .

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