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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>THE SPEECH Of the Right Honourable Henry Powle, E&s;quire, SPEAKER OF THE Hou&s;e of Commons: Delivered to the KING and QUEEN'S <HI>Maje&s;ties,</HI> at the <HI>Banqueting-Hou&s;e</HI> in <HI>White-Hall,</HI> <DATE><HI>Friday April</HI> 12. 1689.</DATE></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">WITH His <HI>MAJESTYS</HI> An&s;wer thereto.</HEAD>
<P>YOur mo&s;t Loyal and Dutiful Subjects, the Commons of <HI>England</HI> A&s;|&s;embled in this pre&s;ent Parliament, having to their un&s;peakable Joy &s;een Your Maje&s;ties plac'd upon the Imperial Throne of this King|dom, they have de&s;ired Acce&s;s at this time to Your Royal Pre&s;ence, humbly to Congratulate Your Maje&s;ties upon this Occa&s;ion, and to wi&s;h Your Maje|&s;ties a long and pro&s;perous Reign, with all the Ble&s;&s;ings that ever did attend a Crown.</P>
<P>We are all Sen&s;ible, that Your Maje&s;ties Greatne&s;s is the Security of Your Subjects. It is from Your Power, that we derive to our &s;elves an A&s;lurance of being Defended from our Enemies; And from Your Ju&s;tice, that we expect a full enjoyment of our Laws and Liberties: But that which compleats our Hap|pine&s;s, is the Experience we have of Your Maje&s;ties continual Care to main|tain the <HI>Prote&s;tant</HI> Religion; So that we can no longer apprehend any danger of being deprived of that ine&s;timable Ble&s;&s;ing, either by &s;ecret Practices, or open Violence.</P>
<P><STAGE>To the KING.</STAGE> <HI>May the &s;ame Divine Providence which hath hitherto pre|&s;erved Your Maje&s;tie in the greate&s;t Dangers, and &s;o often given You Victory over Your Enemies, &s;till Crown Your &V;ndertakings with Succe&s;s.</HI></P>
<P><STAGE>To the QUEEN.</STAGE> <HI>And may the&s;e &V;nparallelled Vertues, which Adorn Your Maje&s;ties Royal Per&s;on be the Admiration of the Pre|&s;ent Age, and an Example to the Future.</HI></P>
<P>And may the Lu&s;tre of both Your Names &s;o far out-&s;hine the Glory of Your Predece&s;&s;ors, that the Memory of their greate&s;t Actions may be forgotten, and Your People no longer Date the E&s;tabli&s;hment of their Laws and Liberties from St. <HI>Edward's</HI> Days, but from the mo&s;t Au&s;picious Reign of King WIL|LIAM and Queen MARY.</P>
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<HEAD>His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI>'s An&s;wer.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>We return you Our hearty Thanks for the Kindne&s;s and Re&s;pects that you have upon all Occa&s;ions &s;hewed to both of Us; We &s;hall take care to the be&s;t of Our Power of all things that conduce to the good of the Kingdom; and I do not doubt, but by Gods A&s;&s;i&s;tance and yours, We &s;hall be able in a &s;hort time to make you a Flouri&s;hing People.</HI></P>
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