The
Address
of
the
honourable
the
House
of
Commons
:
presented
to
His
Majesty
on
Thursday
the
25
day
of
April
,
1689.
with
His
Majesty's
Answer
thereunto
.
To
the
King
's
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
the
Humble
Address
of
the
Knights
,
Citizens
and
Burgesses
in
Parliament
Assembled
.
WE
Your
Majesties
most
Loyal
and
Dutiful
Subjects
,
the
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
Assembled
,
most
humbly
lay
before
your
Majesty
our
earnest
Desire
,
That
Your
Majesty
would
be
pleased
to
take
into
Your
most
serious
Consideration
,
the
Destructive
Methods
taken
of
late
years
by
the
French
King
,
against
the
Trade
,
Quiet
,
and
Interest
of
this
Your
Kingdom
,
and
particularly
the
present
Invasion
of
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
and
Supporting
Your
Majesties
Rebellious
Subjects
there
.
Not
doubting
in
the
least
,
but
that
through
Your
Majesties
Wisdom
,
the
Alliances
already
made
,
with
such
as
may
hereafter
be
Concluded
on
this
Occasion
by
Your
Majesty
,
may
be
effectual
to
Reduce
the
French
King
to
such
a
Condition
,
that
it
may
not
be
in
his
power
hereafter
to
Violate
the
Peace
of
Christendom
,
nor
prejudice
the
Trade
and
Prosperity
of
this
Your
Majesties
Kingdom
.
To
this
End
,
We
most
humbly
beseech
Your
Majesty
to
rest
assured
upon
this
our
Solemn
and
Hearty
Promise
and
Engagement
,
That
when
Your
Majesty
shall
think
fit
to
enter
into
a
War
against
the
French
King
,
we
will
give
Your
Majesty
such
Assistance
in
a
Parliamentary
way
,
as
may
enable
Your
Majest
(
under
that
Protection
and
Blessing
God
Almighty
has
ever
afforded
you
)
to
Support
and
go
through
with
the
same
.
William
R.
I
Receive
this
Address
as
a
Mark
of
the
Confidence
you
have
in
Me
,
which
I
take
very
kindly
,
and
shall
endeavour
by
all
My
Actions
to
Confirm
you
in
it
.
I
Assure
you
,
that
My
Own
Ambition
shall
never
be
an
Argument
to
incline
Me
to
Engage
in
a
War
,
that
may
expose
the
Nation
either
to
Danger
or
Expence
.
But
in
the
present
Case
.
I
look
upon
the
War
so
much
already
Declared
in
effect
by
France
against
England
,
that
it
is
not
so
properly
an
Act
of
Choice
,
as
an
Inevitable
necessity
in
Our
own
Defence
.
I
shall
only
tell
you
,
that
as
I
have
ventured
My
Life
,
and
all
that
is
Dear
to
Me
,
to
Rescue
this
Nation
from
what
it
suffered
,
I
am
ready
still
to
do
the
same
,
in
Order
to
the
preserving
it
from
all
its
Enemies
;
And
as
I
do
not
doubt
of
such
an
Assistance
from
you
,
as
shall
be
suitable
to
your
Advice
to
Me
,
to
Declare
War
against
a
Powerful
Enemy
,
so
you
may
Rely
upon
Me
,
that
no
part
of
that
which
you
shall
give
for
the
carrying
it
on
with
Success
,
shall
be
Diverted
by
Me
to
any
other
Use
.