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<HEAD>HIS MAIESTIES MESSAGE Sent the twentieth of May, MDCXL III.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_SInce His Maje&s;ties Me&s;&s;age of the twelfth of April, (in which He conceived He had made &s;uch an overture for the immediate disban|ding of all Armies, and compo&s;ure of the&s;e mi&s;erable and pre&s;ent Di&s;tra|ctions by a full and free convention of Parliament, that a perfect and &s;et|led Peace would have en&s;ued:) Hath in all this time, above a full Month, procured no an&s;wer from both Hou&s;es; His Maje&s;ty might well believe Him&s;elfe ab&s;olved both before God and man, from the lea&s;t po&s;&s;ible charge of not having u&s;ed His uttermo&s;t endeavours for Peace. Yet when He con&s;iders that the &s;en&s;e of all this Calamity is in the bowels of His owne Kingdome, that all the blood which is &s;pilt of his owne &s;ubjects, and that what victory &s;oever (it &s;hall plea&s;e God to give him) mu&s;t bee over tho&s;e, who ought not to have lifted up their hands again&s;t him, when he considers that the&s;e de&s;perate civill di&s;&s;entions may incourage and invite a forreigne Enemy, to make a prey of the whole Nation: That Ireland is in pre&s;ent danger to be totally lo&s;t: That the heavy judgements of God, plague, pe&s;tilence, and famine, will be the inevi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">able attendants of this unnaturall contention: And that in a &s;hort time, there will be &s;o generall a habit of uncharitablene&s;&s;e and cruelty contracted through the whole Kingdome, That even Peace it &s;elfe will not re&s;tore his people to their old temper and &s;ecurity; His Maje&s;ty cannot but againe call for an An&s;wer to that His Gracious Me&s;&s;age, which gives &s;o faire a ri&s;e to end the&s;e unnaturall di&s;tractions: And His Maje&s;ty doth this with the more earne&s;tne&s;&s;e, becau&s;e he doubts not the condition of His Armies in &s;everall parts, the &s;trength of Hor&s;e, Foot, Artillery, His plenty of Ammunition, (when &s;ome men lately might conceive He wanted) is &s;o well knowne and understood, that it mu&s;t be confe&s;t, nothing but the ten|derne&s;&s;e and love to His People, and tho&s;e Chri&s;tian impre&s;&s;ions, which alwaies live, and He hopes alwayes &s;hall dwell in His heart, could move Him once more to haza<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d a refu&s;all: And He requires them as they will an&s;wer to God, to Him&s;elfe, and all the World, that they will no longer &s;uffer their fellow Subjects to welter in each others bloud, that they would remember by who&s;e authority and to what end they met in the Coun|cell; and &s;end &s;uch an An&s;wer to His Maje&s;ty, as may open a doore to let in a firme peace and &s;ecurity to the whole Kingdome. If His Maje&s;ty &s;hall againe be di&s;appointed of His intentions therein, the bloud, rapine, and de&s;truction, which may follow in England and Ireland, will be ca&s;t upon the account of tho&s;e, who are deafe to the motive of Peace and Accommodation.</P>
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