His
Majesties
MOST
GRACIOUS
SPEECH
To
both
HOUSES
of
PARLIAMENT
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
I
Have
no
Doubt
but
you
are
Met
together
,
with
Hearts
fully
disposed
to
do
what
is
Necessary
for
the
Safety
,
Honour
and
Happiness
of
the
Kingdom
;
and
that
is
all
I
have
to
Ask
of
you
.
In
order
to
this
,
Two
things
seem
Principally
to
Require
your
Consideration
.
The
One
is
,
What
Strength
ought
to
be
Maintain'd
at
Sea
,
and
what
Force
kept
up
at
Land
for
this
Year
;
all
I
shall
Observe
to
you
upon
this
Head
,
is
,
That
the
Flourishing
of
Trade
,
The
Supporting
of
Credit
,
and
the
Quiet
of
Peoples
Minds
at
Home
,
will
Depend
upon
the
Opinion
they
have
of
their
Security
;
and
to
Preserve
to
England
the
Weight
and
Influence
it
has
at
present
on
the
Councels
and
Affairs
Abroad
,
it
will
be
Requisite
,
Europe
should
see
,
you
will
not
be
Wanting
to
your selves
.
The
Second
thing
I
shall
mention
to
you
as
of
great
Consequence
,
is
the
making
some
further
Progress
towards
Discharging
the
Debts
,
which
the
Nation
has
Contracted
by
reason
of
the
Long
and
Expensive
War
.
In
this
the
Publick
Interest
,
as
well
as
Justice
is
Concerned
;
and
I
think
an
English
Parliament
can
never
make
such
a
Mistake
,
as
not
to
hold
Sacred
all
Parliamentary
Engagements
.
Gentlemen
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
I
do
Earnestly
Recommend
these
things
to
you
,
that
you
may
Provide
such
Supplies
,
as
you
shall
Judge
Necessary
for
these
several
Occasions
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
I
think
it
would
be
Happy
,
if
some
effectual
Expedient
could
be
found
for
Employing
the
Poor
,
which
might
tend
to
the
great
Increase
of
Our
Manufactures
,
as
well
as
remove
a
heavy
Burden
from
the
People
.
I
hope
also
you
will
Employ
your
Thoughts
about
some
good
Bills
for
the
Advancement
of
Trade
,
and
for
the
further
Discouraging
of
Vice
and
Prophaneness
.
The
things
I
have
mentioned
to
you
being
of
common
Concern
,
I
cannot
but
hope
for
Unanimity
and
Dispatch
.
FINIS
.