The
Speech
of
Sir
Edward
Turner
Knight
,
Speaker
of
the
Honorable
House
of
Commons
,
to
the
KING'S
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
delivered
on
Monday
the
Eighth
day
of
July
,
1661.
at
the
Passing
the
Bill
for
Confirmation
of
the
Act
of
Oblivion
,
&c.
May
it
please
Your
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
THe
Writ
of
Summons
whereby
Your
Majesty
was
pleased
to
call
together
the
Knights
,
Citizens
,
and
Burgesses
of
the
Commons
House
of
Parliament
,
gave
us
to
understand
that
Your
Majesty
had
divers
weighty
and
urgent
matters
to
communicate
to
us
:
Such
as
did
concern
Your
Royal
Person
,
Your
State
and
Dignity
,
the
Defence
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
the
Church
of
England
:
And
in
the
same
method
propounded
to
us
by
Your
Majesty
,
we
have
applied
our selves
to
offer
You
our
best
counsel
and
advice
.
We
found
Your
Majesty
miraculously
preserved
by
the
hand
of
God
,
from
the
hands
of
Your
Enemies
;
we
found
You
peaceably
seated
in
the
Throne
of
Your
Ancestors
;
we
found
the
Hereditary
Imperial
Crown
of
these
Nations
auspitiously
set
upon
Your
Royal
Head
,
and
all
this
after
a
sharp
and
a
bloody
Civil
War
;
We
held
it
our
duties
in
the
first
place
to
endeavor
the
safety
and
preservation
of
Your
Majesties
Person
and
Government
,
and
to
that
purpose
have
prepared
a
Bill
.
Next
to
the
safety
of
Your
Majesty
,
we
took
into
consideration
the
state
and
power
that
is
necessary
for
so
great
a
Prince
;
and
do
hope
ere
long
,
to
settle
Your
Militia
so
,
that
by
the
blessing
of
God
,
You
need
not
fear
Storms
from
abroad
,
or
Earthquakes
here
at
home
.
Your
Majesty
was
pleased
at
the
opening
of
the
Parliament
,
to
recommend
unto
us
two
Bills
;
one
for
confirmation
of
publick
Acts
,
another
for
the
private
Acts
that
passed
the
last
Parliament
;
they
were
so
many
in
number
,
and
great
in
weight
,
that
hitherto
we
could
not
consider
of
them
all
,
but
some
we
have
perused
.
The
Act
for
confirmation
of
Judicial
proceedings
,
for
taking
away
the
Court
of
Wards
,
and
Liveries
,
and
Purveyance
,
and
also
all
those
that
do
relate
to
Your
Majesties
Customs
and
Excise
.
And
that
we
might
with
some
chearfulness
see
Your
Majesties
face
,
we
have
brought
our
Brother
Benjamin
with
us
,
I
mean
Your
Act
of
Oblivion
:
I
take
the
boldness
to
call
it
Yours
,
for
so
it
is
by
many
Titles
;
Your
Majesty
first
conceived
it
at
Breda
,
You
helped
to
contrive
and
form
it
here
in
England
,
and
we
must
all
bear
You
witness
,
You
labored
and
travelled
till
it
was
brought
forth
:
And
since
it
had
a
being
,
some
question
being
made
of
its
legitimation
,
Your
Royal
Heart
is
not
at
ease
until
it
be
confirmed
.
And
now
Sir
give
me
leave
to
say
,
by
the
suffrage
of
a
full
,
a
free
,
and
a
legal
Parliament
it
is
presented
to
Your
Majesty
to
be
naturalized
.
Your
Majesties
desires
are
fully
answered
by
all
the
Representatives
of
the
People
;
and
their
hearty
prayer
to
God
is
,
that
all
Your
Subjects
may
be
truly
thankful
to
You
;
and
that
Your
Majesty
may
long
live
to
enjoy
the
fruits
of
this
unparallel'd
mercy
.
Your
Majesty
was
pleased
to
intimate
to
us
on
Saturday
last
,
that
You
so
valued
the
quiet
and
satisfaction
of
your
people
,
and
the
keeping
of
Your
Royal
word
with
them
,
that
although
divers
other
Bills
were
made
ready
for
You
,
You
would
vouchsafe
the
honor
to
this
Bill
alone
,
Your
Favorite
,
to
come
and
pass
it
.
Sir
,
hereby
You
have
made
this
a
great
Holiday
,
and
we
shall
observe
it
with
Joy
and
Thank●giving
.
Upon
such
solemn
Festivals
,
there
useth
to
be
a
second
Service
,
an
Antheme
,
and
a
Collect
,
or
at
least
an
Offering
;
my
Antheme
shall
be
,
Quid
tibi
retribuam
Domine
?
and
my
Collect
a
short
report
of
Your
Revenue
.
We
know
great
Sir
,
that
money
is
both
the
Sinews
of
War
,
and
Bond
of
Peace
;
we
have
therefore
taken
care
of
Your
Majesties
Revenue
,
and
do
desire
to
make
it
in
some
good
proportion
suitable
both
to
Your
Grandure
and
Your
Merit
.
We
do
believe
the
state
of
our
King
,
is
the
honor
of
our
State
;
and
the
best
way
to
preserve
our
Peace
,
is
to
be
well
provided
for
War
:
Our
time
hath
not
permitted
us
to
finish
this
work
,
but
as
an
earnest
of
our
good
affections
we
desire
Your
Majesty
to
accept
an
offering
from
us
.
We
cannot
enough
admire
Your
Majesties
Patience
,
Providence
,
and
Frugality
abroad
;
You
did
not
bring
home
a
debt
for
us
to
pay
,
great
as
a
Princes
Ransom
.
And
since
your
return
,
You
have
not
with
King
Edward
the
Third
after
His
Wars
in
France
,
or
Henry
the
Fourth
,
Henry
the
Seventh
,
or
Henry
the
Eighth
,
desired
new
and
great
Aids
and
heavy
Subsidies
from
Your
People
for
Your
Supplies
.
No
Sir
,
You
have
b●en
so
far
from
asking
that
part
of
the
Money
which
was
given
You
last
Parliament
for
Your
Houshold
Provision
,
You
have
issued
out
towards
payment
of
our
Debts
,
You
have
robbed
Your
own
Table
(
I
had
almost
said
given
the
meat
out
of
your
own
belly
)
to
feed
the
hungry
Seamen
.
Dear
Sir
,
these
things
have
a
just
influence
upon
the
people
,
they
fill
our
hearts
with
joy
and
affection
to
your
Majesty
.
I
do
not
pretend
much
to
Physiognomy
,
but
if
I
mistake
not
greatly
,
the
faces
of
the
people
do
promise
great
frankness
and
chearfulness
in
your
present
Supplies
.
What
would
not
your
Majesties
Friends
have
given
within
these
Eighteen
moneths
,
to
have
seen
your
Majesty
thus
happily
setled
?
and
what
can
be
too
much
for
those
to
return
,
who
have
received
all
they
enjoy
from
your
Majesties
mercy
?
Great
Sir
,
to
conclude
this
s●●emn
Service
,
The
Commons
of
England
do
by
me
their
Servant
,
humbly
present
you
with
this
Bill
,
entituled
,
An
Act
for
a
free
and
voluntary
Present
,
and
wish
it
a
suceess
answerable
to
your
Royal
Hearts
desire
.
FINIS
.