A speech made before the King's most Excellent Majesty Charles the Second, on the shore where he landed at Dover. By Mr. John Reading B.D. who presented his Majesty with a Bible, the gift of the inhabitants there, May 25th. 1660. Reading, John, 1588-1667. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09840 of text R182395 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing R453). 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. 6 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 B09840 80923455 Wing R453 ESTC R182395 80923455 ocm 80923455 191976 2240864069

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A Speech made before the King 's most Excellent Majesty CHARLES the Second , on the Shore where he Landed at Dover . By Mr. John Reading B. D. who presented his Majesty with a Bible , the Gift of the Inhabitants there , May 25 th . 1660. Dread Soveraign !

1. BE pleased to know that your Majesties loyal Subjects , the Mayor , Jurates , and Commons of this your Town and Port of Dover , seriously minding the admirable work of God's Mercy in your Majesties Deliverances , Preservations and restitution unto your long afflicted People , cannot but enquire for some Remonstrance of their due thankfulnesse to God , and Declaration of their Joy of your Majesties peaceable , and safe Return into your Kingdomes .

2. Nor can they find any means in their power here so to accommodate , As the presentation of your Majesty with this holy Book , commanding our Allegiance and faithful Obedience to our Soveraigne Lord , God's immediate Vice-gerent over us on Earth .

3. And if we may light our Taper to this Sun , we must say it is God's eternal will , in the fulnesse of time revealed for Mans salvation : The golden Pot of Heavenly Manna fitting every age , and palate , wherewith God having fed his Israell for a time , said of this selected Homer , of the same ( sufficient for every man to salvation ) recondatur posteris .

4. Nor may we be diffident of your Majesties gracious acceptance hereof , considering your invincible love of truth ( according to the estimate thereof , by the Prince after God's own heart ) better then thousands of gold and silver ; 't is the Treasure hid in the Lord's field , the inestimable riches of his mercy in Christ our Life , and that through which we shall prolong our dayes in the Land ; the royal Ornament of holy Princes , which they carry as the Symbolum of God's presence with them and blessing on them .

5. No more shall we add concerning this tabernacle of God's testimony , whose beauty , and riches are within , but our hearty prayer to the Almighty , that it may be our happy auspicium Regni to your sacred Majesty , and as the Arke at Obed Edom's house , a blessing , causing all to prosper , and the good Lord God say Amen , and let all God's people present say Amen , Amen .

In reditum exoptatissimum Regiae Majestatis Sacratissimae apud Dubrenses .

Votum pro Rege , Lege , & Grege .

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vocat Aristoteles . Carolus secundus Vivat Rex ; Rediviva jam tandem currat Lex . Exultent verè Protestantes , Exulent nec non veri Recusantes . Exurgat Deus , & dissipentur inimici Regis . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Rex viva Lex . Vivida Lex noster Rex , nostri Spiritus oris , Luminibus lux , cujus & est absentia morte , Pejor . Juda Leo juvenis sit , simus & Agni ; Dumque lupi , & Vulpes stupidi metuunt , fugiuntque Pastor adest noster : Deus en mirand● peregit , Fit caput Angelli summum lapis ipse r●●●ctus : Nam sua sceptra tenet Rex noster , legifer Ille , Cujus & Herculei scymni ira rebellibus est par: Sed sua conspicuum comitas sibi ducet honorem ; Vnde timete Deum verum Regemque coletis . VIVAT REX . Sic obtestatur Majestatis vestrae perenni . servorum humilimus , R. B. Regis ad exemplum totis componitur orbis . Qualis Rex , talis Grex.

Englished . Upon the most desired return of the Kings most Sacred Majesty at Dover .

An humble Sute , or Supplication , For King , and Law , and the whole Nation . The King is Law 's life Aristotle cries . Stopt be that mouth which Royal Law defies . May Charles the second King , live long and Raign ; The Lawes concur at length reviv'd again : Let Protestants rejoyce from bondage free , Let non-conformists each Exiled be . Let God Arise , and the King's Enemies Scatter'd shall be with their Hyprocrisies . The King is a living Law . Our King 's a lively Law , our Nostrils breath , Light of our Eyes , whose absence worse then death . Judah's a Lyons Whelp , let us Lambes be ; Since Wolves , and Foxes shamed , Fear , and Flee ; Our Shepheard's come , great wonders God hath done , What was dispis'd is now th' head Corner stone : For He the Scepter beareth our Law-giver , Whose wrath 's a Lyon fell to the bad liver : Yet his free Mercy will Him Glory bring , Hence fear ye God , and honour ye the King . GOD SAVE THE KING . So prayeth the most humble of your Majesties continual Subjects , Rich. Bradshaw .

Printed in the year 1660.