His Majesties most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on February first, 1699. England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B06620 of text R186681 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing W2418). 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 B06620 Wing W2418 ESTC R186681 52529374 ocm 52529374 179261 2240862264

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B06620) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 179261) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2781:28) His Majesties most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on February first, 1699. England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II) William III, King of England, 1650-1702. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Re-printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the King's most excellent Majesty, Edinburgh : Anno Dom. 1699. Caption title. Royal arms at head of text. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng England and Wales. -- Army -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1689-1702 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. eebo His Majesties most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on February first, 1699. England and Wales. Sovereign 1699 1 316 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-02 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-03 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-04 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2009-07 Sampled and proofread 2009-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
W R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms
His Majesties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT , On February First , 1699. My Lords and Gentlemen ,

I Came to Pass the Bill for Disbanding the Army , as soon as I understood it was ready for Me.

Though in our Present Circumstances there appears great Hazard in breaking such a Number of the Troops ; and though I might think MySelf unkindly used , That those Guards , who came over with Me to your Assistance , and have constantly Attended Me in all the Actions wherein I have been Engaged , should be Removed from Me ; yet it is My fix'd Opinion , That nothing can be so Fatal to Us , as that any Distrust or Jealousy should arise betwen Me , and My People , which I must own would have been very Unexpected after what I have Undertaken , Ventured , and Acted , for the Restoring and Securing of their Liberties .

I have thus Plainly told you the only Reason , which has induced Me to Pass this Bill ; And now I think Myself Obliged , in Discharge of the Trust reposed in Me , and for My own Justification , that no Ill Consequences may lie at My Door , to tell you as plainly My Judgment , That the Nation is left too much Exposed .

It is therefore Incumbent upon you , to take this Matter into your Serious Consideration , and effectually to Provide such a Strength , as is necessary for the Safety of the Kingdom , and the Preservation of the Peace which GOD hath given Us.

EDINBURGH , Re-printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson , Printer to the King 's most Excellent Majesty , Anno Dom. 1699.