May
it
please
your
Excellency
,
YOur
Excellency
having
been
pleased
to
declare
your
Approbation
of
the
Choice
of
the
Honourable
House
of
Commons
,
and
laid
your
Commands
on
me
to
attend
their
Service
as
their
Speaker
:
I
take
the
Confidence
to
assure
your
Excellency
,
that
the
present
Conunjcture
of
Affairs
in
this
Kingdom
does
seem
to
be
so
happy
,
that
our
Enemies
have
no
ground
to
hope
,
nor
our
Friends
any
reason
to
fear
,
the
least
Breach
or
Disunion
among
us
.
For
I
am
perswaded
that
every
Member
of
both
Houses
has
fully
resolved
to
lay
aside
all
private
Interests
,
and
unanimously
to
endeavour
with
all
possible
Application
and
Integrity
to
promote
the
publick
Welfare
of
their
Country
.
And
nothing
certainly
can
be
a
greater
assurance
to
us
all
of
the
happy
Success
of
this
Parliament
,
than
his
Majesties
Wisdom
,
and
gracious
Pleasure
in
appointing
your
Excellency
the
Chief
Governour
of
this
Kingdom
;
who
inherit
your
Fathers
unparallelled
Loyalty
to
the
Crown
,
and
your
noble
Brother's
Extraordinary
Affection
of
this
Country
.
And
't
is
the
general
Hope
,
and
the
Expectation
of
us
all
,
that
what
the
late
Earl
of
Essex
,
when
he
was
in
this
Government
,
so
obligingly
design'd
,
so
prudently
contriv'd
,
and
so
prosperously
begun
for
the
publick
Good
and
Interest
of
this
Nation
;
your
Excellency
may
have
the
Glory
of
accomplishing
,
and
we
the
Happiness
of
enjoying
.
As
concerning
my self
,
the
Commons
of
Ireland
have
been
pleased
to
make
Choice
of
one
of
their
Country
,
and
of
joint
Interest
with
them
,
to
be
their
Speaker
,
That
by
my
own
Experience
of
His
Majesties
extraordinary
Favours
to
this
Kingdom
,
I
might
the
more
affectionatly
return
their
most
humble
Acknowledgements
for
them
.
And
though
I
am
sensible
of
my
being
unworthy
of
so
great
an
Honour
,
and
insufficient
to
dischare
so
weighty
a
Trust
;
yet
I
shal
make
it
my
business
to
supply
in
some
measure
my
want
of
due
Qualifications
,
by
the
Faithfulness
of
my
Services
,
and
the
Sincerity
and
Heartiness
of
my
Endeavours
for
the
Publick
.
And
I
am
the
less
concerned
for
my
great
and
many
Imperfections
,
when
I
consider
that
this
Honourable
House
of
Commons
is
composed
of
Persons
of
so
publick
Spirits
,
and
of
so
eminent
Abilities
,
as
will
not
need
a
Speaker
of
extraordinary
Wisdom
to
direct
their
Counsels
,
or
of
Experience
to
manage
their
Debates
,
or
of
Eloquence
to
move
their
Affections
to
the
Service
of
His
Majesty
,
and
the
Good
of
their
Country
.
And
now
having
in
Obedience
to
your
Excellency's
Commands
,
and
by
the
Favour
of
the
Commons
of
Ireland
,
taken
upon
me
the
Office
of
their
Speaker
,
I
beg
leave
of
your
Excellency
to
begin
to
discharge
some
part
of
my
Trust
,
by
humbly
Demanding
in
the
Name
of
the
Commons
of
Ireland
,
That
they
may
have
Freedom
of
Speech
and
Debate
.
And
not
be
molested
in
their
Persons
,
Goods
,
or
Attendants
.
His
Excellency
being
with-drawn
,
and
the
Commons
return'd
to
their
House
,
The
Lords
Ordered
,
that
the
Thanks
of
this
House
be
given
to
the
Lord-Deputy
for
his
Excellent
Speech
;
And
a
Committee
having
drawn
up
an
Address
for
that
purpose
,
it
was
agreed
to
by
the
House
,
and
presented
to
his
Excellency
the
31th
of
August
in
the
Morning
.
The
Commons
also
Ordered
a
Committee
to
draw
up
an
Address
of
Thanks
to
his
Excellency
for
his
Speech
on
the
27th
of
August
,
and
having
agreed
to
it
,
presented
the
same
to
his
Excellency
the
31th
in
the
Afternoon
.