His
Majesties
MOST
GRACIOUS
SPEECH
To
both
Houses
of
PARLIAMENT
On
Thursday
the
31
of
December
,
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
I
Must
not
lose
this
occasion
of
Returning
you
My
hearty
Thanks
,
for
the
great
●roofs
you
continue
to
give
Me
of
your
Zeal
and
Resolution
to
Support
and
Assist
Me
,
in
the
Vigorous
Prosecution
of
the
War
against
France
next
Year
;
and
I
Assure
you
it
shall
be
My
greatest
Care
that
the
Assistances
you
give
Me
may
be
so
Applied
,
as
to
Render
them
most
Effectual
for
the
Ends
you
design
them
:
but
I
must
take
Notice
to
you
at
the
same
time
,
with
some
trouble
,
that
the
New
year
is
already
come
,
while
Our
Preparations●●r
it
are
not
only
more
backward
;
but
those
of
Our
Enemies
,
as
We
have
reason
to
think
,
in
greater
forwardness
then
they
were
the
last
Year
:
I
find
My Self
therefore
Necessitated
from
this
Consideration
,
most
earnestly
to
Recommend
to
you
,
Gentlemen
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
the
Hastning
of
such
further
Supplies
as
you
design
to
Enable
Me
with
,
for
the
Prosecution
of
the
War
.
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
,
The
Season
being
so
far
Advanced
,
this
present
Sessions
cannot
admit
of
a
much
longer
Continuance
;
and
therefore
I
must
Recommend
to
you
the
Dispatch
of
all
such
other
Bills
also
,
as
you
shall
judge
necessary
for
●he
Publick
Good
.