His
Majesties
MOST
GRACIOUS
SPEECH
To
both
Houses
of
PARLIAMENT
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
WHEN
I
Consider
how
far
the
Year
is
advanced
,
what
Preparations
our
Enemies
make
to
be
Early
in
the
Field
,
and
how
necessary
it
is
,
that
We
should
be
Ready
to
Meet
them
,
both
by
Sea
and
Land
,
I
must
earnestly
Recommend
to
you
the
Dispatch
of
those
Important
Affairs
,
which
you
have
under
your
Deliberation
.
I
am
very
sensible
of
the
good
Affection
,
which
you
have
shewn
in
this
,
as
well
as
former
Sessions
,
by
Enabling
Me
to
Carry
on
the
War
We
are
Engaged
in
,
for
Our
Common
Safety
.
There
is
nothing
I
have
so
much
at
My
Heart
;
as
the
Ease
and
Happiness
of
My
People
;
and
it
is
with
great
Reluctance
that
I
am
forced
to
Ask
such
large
Supplies
;
But
since
Our
present
Circumstances
make
this
unavoidable
,
It
shall
be
My
Endeavour
,
That
the
Sums
which
are
Given
,
shall
be
laid
out
in
the
best
manner
,
to
the
Uses
for
which
they
are
designed
.
Gentlemen
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
I
take
this
Occasion
to
Mention
to
you
the
Debt
for
the
Transport-Ships
,
which
were
used
in
the
Reducing
of
Ireland
.
It
grieves
Me
exceedingly
to
see
such
a
Number
of
Persons
,
who
came
so
freely
in
for
so
good
a
Service
,
brought
to
the
last
Extremities
for
want
of
what
is
Due
to
them
.
It
is
not
possible
for
Me
to
Discharge
this
Debt
,
without
your
Help
;
And
as
I
doubt
not
but
you
have
a
Just
Commiseration
of
their
Case
so
I
hope
you
will
Find
out
some
Way
for
their
Relief
.
FINIS
.