HIS
MAJESTIES
SPEECH
to
the
Lords
and
Commons
of
Parliament
assembled
at
Oxford
,
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
.
I
Am
now
brought
to
you
by
your selves
:
for
I
should
not
so
soone
have
parted
with
you
,
if
you
had
not
desired
it
;
and
I
believe
that
the
same
zeale
and
affection
to
Me
and
your
Country
,
which
hath
brought
and
staid
you
here
,
hath
caused
you
to
seeke
this
Recesse
,
that
so
by
distributing
your selves
into
your
severall
Countryes
,
We
may
all
the
better
reap
the
fruites
of
Our
Consultations
;
wherefore
in
Gods
name
dispose
of
your selves
as
you
thinke
fit
.
I
heartily
thanke
you
for
what
you
have
done
,
and
fully
approve
of
what
you
desire
.
I
thinke
most
(
if
not
all
)
of
you
are
engaged
in
my
service
,
either
in
a
Civile
or
a
Martiall
way
;
To
you
that
have
charge
in
my
Armyes
,
I
recommend
the
diligent
attendance
on
your
Commands
,
that
so
by
your
good
example
and
discipline
,
you
suppresse
that
licence
and
disorder
,
which
will
discredit
,
and
may
destroy
the
best
cause
.
And
to
you
who
are
en●aged
in
the
Civile
affaires
,
I
must
r●commend
these
few
particulars
;
That
you
expedite
those
supplies
of
Moneyes
,
which
by
your
advice
I
have
sent
for
,
whether
by
subscription
,
or
Excise
,
remembring
that
Moneys
are
the
Nerves
of
Warre
.
Likewise
that
you
use
your
best
diligence
for
the
Pressing
of
Men
,
and
encouragement
of
Volunteers
,
by
shewing
them
,
that
now
the
only
way
to
preserve
themselves
from
slavery
,
and
their
Countrey
from
Ruine
,
is
freely
to
engage
their
persons
.
But
chiefely
,
and
with
al
possible
care
to
informe
all
my
Subjects
of
the
barbaritie
and
odiousnesse
of
this
Rebellion
,
how
sollicitous
I
have
bin
for
Peace
,
and
how
insolently
,
and
scornfully
rejected
;
assuring
them
,
that
my
Armes
are
raysed
and
kept
only
for
the
defence
of
their
Religion
,
Lawes
and
Liberties
,
which
being
once
secured
and
vindicated
,
I
shall
most
cheerfully
lay
them
downe
,
I
having
(
God
knowes
)
with
much
unwillingnesse
taken
them
up
.
Lastly
,
assure
them
that
these
extraordinary
wayes
which
necessitie
hath
produced
(
and
most
of
them
not
without
your
consent
or
advice
)
for
my
supply
,
shall
not
hereafter
be
brought
in
example
to
their
prejudice
,
and
I
shall
in
the
meane
time
do
my
best
to
prevent
,
and
punish
all
exorbitances
and
disorders
.
To
conclude
(
My
Lords
and
Gentlemen
)
I
doe
now
againe
(
yet
never
enough
)
thanke
you
for
your
great
and
unanimous
expressions
of
your
affections
to
me
,
which
hath
laid
an
unexpressible
Obligation
upon
me
;
and
be
assured
that
there
is
no
profession
which
J
have
made
for
the
defence
,
and
maintenance
of
our
Religion
,
Lawes
,
and
Liberties
,
which
I
will
not
inviolably
observe
.
Now
God
who
hath
blessed
this
meeting
with
an
unexpested
unanimitie
,
(
which
I
esteeme
as
one
not
of
his
least
blessings
)
will
,
I
hope
,
bring
us
all
safe
together
againe
the
eigth
day
of
October
next
.
In
the
meane
time
I
shall
be
ready
to
receive
any
thing
from
your
Committees
that
shall
be
desired
.