The
Humble
ADDRESS
of
the
House
of
Commons
to
the
KING
;
With
His
Majesty's
most
Gracious
ANSWER
thereunto
.
Most
Gracious
Sovereign
,
WE
Your
Majesty's
most
Dutiful
and
Loyal
Subjects
,
the
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
Assembled
,
do
with
Unfeigned
Zeal
to
Your
Majesty's
Person
and
Government
,
(
which
GOD
long
Preserve
,
)
most
Humbly
Represent
to
Your
Majesty
.
That
the
Passing
the
late
Act
for
Disbanding
the
Army
gave
great
Satisfaction
to
Your
Subjects
;
and
the
Readiness
Your
Majesty
has
expressed
by
Your
Message
,
to
Comply
with
the
Punctual
Execution
thereof
,
will
prevent
all
Occasions
of
Distrust
or
Jealousie
between
Your
Majesty
and
Your
People
.
It
is
,
Sir
,
to
Your
Loyal
Commons
an
Unspeakable
Grief
,
That
Your
Majesty
should
be
Advised
to
propose
any
thing
in
Your
Message
,
to
which
they
cannot
Consent
with
due
Regard
to
that
Constitution
Your
Majesty
came
over
to
Restore
,
and
have
so
often
Expos'd
Your
Royal
Person
to
Preserve
;
and
did
in
Your
Gracious
Declaration
Promise
,
That
all
those
Foreign
Forces
which
came
over
with
You
,
should
be
sent
back
.
In
Duty
therefore
to
Your
Majesty
,
and
to
discharge
the
Trust
reposed
in
us
,
we
crave
Leave
to
lay
before
You
,
That
nothing
conduceth
more
to
the
Happiness
and
Welfare
of
this
Kingdom
,
than
an
Intire
Confidence
between
Your
Majesty
and
Your
People
:
which
can
no
way
be
so
firmly
Established
,
as
by
Intrusting
Your
Sacred
Person
with
Your
own
Subjects
,
who
have
so
eminently
Signaliz'd
themselves
on
all
Occasions
,
during
the
late
Long
and
Expensive
War
.
His
Majesty's
Most
Gracious
ANSWER
.
Gentlemen
,
I
Came
hither
to
Restore
the
Ancient
Constitution
of
this
Government
;
I
have
had
all
possible
Regard
to
it
since
my
coming
;
and
I
am
resolved
,
through
the
Course
of
my
Reign
,
to
endeavour
to
Preserve
it
entire
in
all
the
Parts
of
it
.
I
have
a
full
Confidence
in
the
Affections
of
My
People
,
and
I
am
Well
assur'd
they
have
the
same
in
Me
,
and
I
will
Never
give
them
Just
Cause
to
alter
this
Opinion
.
As
to
My
Subjects
who
Serv'd
during
the
War
,
I
am
an
Eye-witness
of
their
Bravery
,
and
of
their
Zeal
for
My
Person
and
Government
;
and
I
have
not
been
wanting
to
express
My
Sense
of
This
to
My
Parliaments
,
as
well
as
upon
other
Occasions
.
I
have
all
the
Reason
to
Trust
and
Rely
upon
them
that
a
Prince
can
have
,
and
I
am
satisfied
,
there
is
not
One
Man
among
them
capable
of
entertaining
a
Thought
,
that
what
was
propos'd
in
My
Message
,
proceeded
from
any
Distrust
of
them
.
It
shall
be
My
Study
to
the
Utmost
of
My
Power
to
Perform
the
Part
of
a
Just
and
Good
King
,
and
as
I
will
ever
be
Strictly
and
Nicely
Careful
of
Observing
My
Promises
to
My
Subjects
,
so
I
will
not
doubt
of
their
Tender
Regards
to
Me.
BY
Virtue
of
an
Order
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
I
do
Appoint
Edward
Jones
,
and
Timothy
Goodwin
,
to
Print
this
Address
;
and
that
no
other
Person
presume
to
Print
the
same
THO.
LITTLETON
,
Speaker