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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Hou&s;es of PARLIAMENT On <DATE><HI>Thur&s;day</HI> the 31 of <HI>December,</HI></DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords and Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_I Mu&s;t not lo&s;e this occa&s;ion of Returning you My hearty Thanks, for the great <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">roofs you continue to give Me of your Zeal and Re&s;olution to Support and A&s;&s;i&s;t Me, in the Vigorous Pro&s;ecution of the War again&s;t <HI>France</HI> next Year; and I A&s;&s;ure you it &s;hall be My greate&s;t Care that the A&s;&s;i&s;tances you give Me may be &s;o Applied, as to Render them mo&s;t Effectual for the Ends you de&s;ign them: but I mu&s;t take Notice to you at the &s;ame time, with &s;ome trouble, that the New year is already come, while Our Preparations<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">r it are not only more backward; but tho&s;e of Our Enemies, as We have rea&s;on to think, in greater forwardne&s;s then they were the la&s;t Year: I find My Self therefore Nece&s;&s;itated from this Con&s;idera|tion, mo&s;t earne&s;tly to Recommend to you, Gentlemen of the Hou&s;e of Commons, the Ha&s;tning of &s;uch further Supplies as you de&s;ign to Enable Me with, for the Pro&s;ecution of the War.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords and Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>The Sea&s;on being &s;o far Advanced, this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ions cannot admit of a much longer Continuance; and therefore I mu&s;t Recommend to you the Di&s;patch of all &s;uch other Bills al&s;o, as you &s;hall judge nece&s;&s;ary for <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">he Publick Good.</P>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh, Re</HI>-Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to Their mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ties, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1692.</P>
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