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His MAJESTIES MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To Both Houses of PARLIAMENT , On Saturday the 30th . of May , 1685.

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Dublin , Reprinted by Benjamin Took , Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty ; And are to be sold by Samuel Helsham at the Colledge-Arms in Castle-Street , 1685.

HIS MAJESTIES MOST Gracious SPEECH To Both Houses of PARLIAMENT , On Saturday the 30th . of May , 1685. My Lords and Gentlemen ,

I Thank You heartily for the Bill You have presented Me this day , And I assure you , the Readiness and Chearfulness that has attended the Dispatch of it , is as acceptable to Me as the Bill it self ; After so happy a beginning , You may believe I would not Call upon you unnecessarily for an extraordinary Supply ; But when I tell You that the Stores of the Navy and Ordnance are extremely Exhausted , that the Anticipations upon several Branches of the Revenue are Great and Burthensome , that the Debts of the KING , My Brother , to His Servants and Family , are such as deserve Compassion , That the Rebellion in Scotland , without putting more Weight upon it than it really deserves , must Oblige Me to a considerable Expence extraordinary : I am sure such Considerations will move You to give Me an Aid to provide for those Things , wherein the Security , the Ease and the Happiness of My Government are so much concerned ; But above all , I must Recommend to You the Care of the Navy , the Strength and Glory of this Nation , That You will put it into such a Condition as may make Us Considered and Respected abroad : I cannot express My Concern upon this Occasion more suitable to My own Thoughts of it , than by assuring You I have a true English Heart , as Jealous of the Honour of the Nation as You can be ; And I please My Self with the Hopes , that by God's Blessing , and Your Assistance , I may carry the Reputation of it yet Higher in the World than ever it has been in the Time of any of My Ancestors ; And as I will not Call upon you for Supplies , but when they are of Use and Advantage ; So I promise you , That what you give Me upon such Occasions , shall be managed with Good Husbandry ; And I will take Care it shall be Employed to the Uses for which I ask them .

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