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THE SPEECH OF Sir EDWARD TVRNER KNIGHT ,

SPEAKER of the Honourable House of COMMONS , TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY ,

On Monday the eleventh day of April , 1670. Upon the Adjournment of the Parliament .

EDINBURGH , Re-printed by Evan Tyler , Printer to the King 's most Excellent Majesty , 1670.

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THE SPEECH OF Sir EDWARD TVRNER KNIGHT , SPEAKER of the Honourable HOUSE of COMMONS , To the KINGS most Excellent MAJESTY , On Monday the eleventh day of April , 1670. Upon the Adjournment of the Parliament . May it please Your most Excellent Majesty ,

AT the opening of this Session of Parliament , your Majesty was pleased to speak to your two Houses , and recommended three things especially to us ; Unity amongst our selves , the Union of your Majesties two Kingdoms of England and Scotland , and the supply of your Majesties present and urgent Occasions . In obedience to your Majesties Commands , we have industriously applyed our selves to the consideration of these Matters .

By the blessing of God , all differences are buried in oblivion ; Your Majesties happy Expedient , hath like a strong gale of Wind , blown up the Rouling Sands , and filled up all impressions , Vestigia nulla retrorsum : And as your People will universally enjoy the fruit of this happy Union , So our united prayers to God shall be , that your Majesty may be Crowned with the promised Blessing , Beati Patifici .

In order to the Union of your Majesties two Kingdoms , both your Houses of Parliament have humbly besought your Majesty to name Commissioners for this your Kingdom of England , and we have prepared a Bill to Authorize them to Treat with Commissioners to be appointed for your Kingdom of Scotland , upon such Grounds as shall be thought conducing to that end , and to report them to your Majesty , and to both Houses of Parliament of this your Kingdom of England , reserving alwayes to your Majesty and the two Houses of Parliament , the entire consideration of the whole , and the allowing or disallowing thereof , or any part thereof , as they shall think fit .

We have also considered of a Supply for your Majesties Occasions ; and I am commanded by the Knights , Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Commons , to present your Majesty with this Bill , whereby we have given to your Majesty an Imposition upon all Wines and Vinegar imported , after the rate of 8 l. per Tun for all French Wines and Vinegar , and 12 l. per Tun for all other Wines ; and have granted this unto your Majesty for eight years , to commence from Midsummer next . And I am further commanded to acquaint your Majesty , that we apprehended the Revenue arising by the power of granting Wine Licences , settled upon his Royal Highness by Act of Parliament , hath been prejudiced by the last Imposition upon Wines , and will be much more impaired by this present Imposition : we therefore added the last year unto this Bill of Supply , with this Vote , That your Majesty be humbly desired therewith to recompence his Royal Highness the Duke of York , for the damage he hath received , and shall receive in his Revenue of Wine Licences , by this and the last Imposition .

Having thus in the first place with all dutifulness obeyed your Majesties Commands , we held it necessary to remember those that sent us hither , and to present unto your Majesty some Bills that will be of publick use for all the People of the Nation .

There is first a Bill for the prevention of Seditious Conventicles , whereby no man is hindred the use of his own Judgement , in the exercise of Religion by himself , or in his own Family , or in the presence of four Strangers ; but because the Peace of the Nation may be endangered by more populous Meetings , contrary to the Liturgy and Practice of the Church of England , we have imposed a Penalty of 5 s. for the first offence , and 10 s. for the second , and every other offence upon all such offenders , to be levyed by distress and sale of the offenders Goods .

We are informed that your Majesty suffers much by the stealing and imbezilling of your Ordnance , Ammunition , Sail Cloaths and Stores ; and likewise your good People are much damnified by a wicked sort of people , who make it their practice in the night-time to steal woollen Cloaths and Stuffs from off the Racks , and they are much encouraged in this their wickedness , by reason they have their Clergy : We have therefore prepared a Bill for the taking away the benefit of Clergy , upon the conviction of all such offenders .

We have likewise prepared an additional Bill for the rebuilding the City of London , wherein we have revived the Judicatory of your Majesties twelve Judges , impowering them to hear and determine the remainder of Causes and Controversies , which have not already received a settlement by them . We have also made provision for the widening many more Streets than were mentioned in the former Act , and to enable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London , to give satisfaction to those whose Grounds shall be taken from them . And also for laying the foundation at least of the famous Cathedral of St. Paul , and towards the rebuilding of fifty one Parish Churches , we have added an Imposition of 2 s. for every Chaldron of Coals that shall be brought into the Port of London , for the space of seventeen years to come .

We have likewise prepared a Bill for the ascertaining the Measures of Corn and Salt , and provided that one Measure shall be used in all the Market-Towns of this Kingdom .

We have found great inconveniences by the want of due repairing the Highwayes of this Kingdom , and have therefore taken care for time to come both to amend them , and to prevent the spoiling of them again , by carrying excessive Loads , and drawing them with extraordinary number of Horses and other Cattel .

Experience tells us , when the consumption of Forreign Commodities exceeds the use and exportation of our Native Commodities , the Nation must insensibly grow poor , and our Treasure will be exhausted : We have therefore prepared a Bill for the encouragement of Tillage , by permitting the exporting of Corn , and also for the encouragement of other sorts of good Husbandry , by exporting of Horses , Swine and other Cattel , and of Butter and Cheese , and have made them all free Merchandize , paying certain Duties to your Majesty upon the exportation .

There be some other Bills of a publick nature , and divers private Bills , all which are ready to be presented to your Majesty for your Royal Assent , the which I shall forbear to enumerate , for fear it may prove tedious to your Majesty .

Having given your Majesty this Account of our proceedings since our last meeting , in this our short , but happy Session , it is evident we have not mispent our time , but with the good Servant in the Gospel , have gained many Talents ; So that we may with comfort and satisfaction return to our Houses , and we hope we shall carry our Masters Blessing with us .

HIS MAJESTIES GRACIOUS SPEECH . My Lords and Gentlemen ,

I Am unwilling to let you go away without telling you , that I am very well satisfied with the success of this Meeting ; and that you have so well complyed with My desires , both in the correspondence between the two Houses , and in the progress you have made towards an Union between the two Kingdoms . I heartily thank you for the Supply you have given Me ; and I assure you , I will make it go as far as I can , towards the satisfying of My Debts . And because you have been long from home , I am content you Adjourn your selves till the 24. of October next .

FINIS .