His Majesty at his first sitting in his Privy-Council, was graciously pleased to express himself in this manner: ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B03853 of text R178833 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing J154). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B03853 Wing J154 ESTC R178833 52211854 ocm 52211854 175707 2240896875

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B03853) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175707) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2747:8) His Majesty at his first sitting in his Privy-Council, was graciously pleased to express himself in this manner: ... England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Re-prinred [sic] by the heir of Andrew Anderson, printer to his most sacred Majesty, Edinburgh : Anno Dom. 1685. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Royal coat of arms at head of text, with initials "J R" on either side. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng James -- II, -- King of England, 1633-1701 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688 -- Sources. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo His Majesty at his first sitting in his Privy-Council, was graciously pleased to express himself in this manner: ... England and Wales. Sovereign 1685 2 328 1 0 0 0 0 0 30.49 C The rate of 30.49 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-02 Sampled and proofread 2009-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

J R

royal blazon or coat of arms
His Majesty at His first Sitting in His Privy-Council , was Graciously pleased to Express Himself in this manner :

My Lords , BEfore I enter upon anie other Business I think fit to say something to you . Since it hath pleased Almightie God to Place me in this Station , and I am now to succeed so Good and Gracious a King , as well as so verie Kind a Brother , I think it fit to Declare to you that I will Endeavour to follow His Example , and most especiallie in that of His Great Clemencie and Tenderness to His People : I have been reported to be a Man for Arbitrarie Power , but that is not the onlie Storie has been made of Me : And I shall make it My Endeavour to Preserve this Government both in Church and State , as it is now by Law Established . I know the Principles of the Church of England are for Monarchie , and the Members of it have shewed themselves Good and Loyal Subjects , therefore I shall always take care to Defend and Support It. I know too that the Laws of England are sufficient to make the King at Great a Monarch as I can Wish ; And as I shall never Depart from the Just Rights and Prerogatives of the Crown , so I shall never Invade any Mans Property . I have often heretofore ventured My Life in Defence of this Nation ; And I shall still go as far as any man in preserving it in all its Just Rights and Liberties .

Whereupon the Lords of the Council were humble Suiters to His Majesty , That these His Gracious Expressions might be made publick , which His Majesty did Order accordingly .

Edinburgh , Re-printed by the Heir of ●●●rew Anderson , Printer to His most Sacred Majesty : Anno DOM. 1685.