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<HEAD>The Humble ADDRESS Of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, pre&s;ented to His Maje&s;ty on <DATE>Wedne&s;day the Twenty eighth day of October, 1696.</DATE> And His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Gracious An&s;wer thereunto.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Martis</HI> 27. <HI>October,</HI> 1696.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>May it plea&s;e Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>WE the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, Do conceive We cannot enter upon the Bu&s;ine&s;s of this Se&s;&s;i|on any way &s;o well as by an Addre&s;s to Your Maje&s;ty, Te&s;ti|fying Our Zeal to Your Service, and Our Forwardne&s;s to ap|ply Our &s;elves to what Your Maje&s;ty has lately propo&s;ed from the Throne.</P>
<P>And being Entirely Satisfied, That the Liberty of <HI>Europe</HI> is concern'd in the Re&s;olutions of this Parliament, and that the Welfare of Your Maje&s;ties Subjects does depend upon Your Safety, and the Succe&s;s of Your Arms: We beg leave to A&s;&s;ure Your Maje&s;ty, We do, and ever &s;hall Con&s;ider all the Di&s;appointments You meet with, and the Ob&s;tructions laid in Your way, as Our greate&s;t Misfortunes, and tho&s;e that Create and Promote them, as Ene|mies to the Publick.</P>
<P>And as with the utmo&s;t Sincerity We give Your Maje&s;ty the&s;e A&s;&s;urances, &s;o We think it becomes Us to deal as plainly with Your Enemies; and there|fore that they may not believe Your Maje&s;ties Loyal Subjects can ever Wi&s;h for Peace, or Think of it, but upon tho&s;e Safe and Honourable Terms, which may make it La&s;ting and Secure: We further A&s;&s;ure Your Maje&s;ty, We &s;hall Endeavour to overcome all Difficulties to Support You at the Head of &s;o Ju&s;t and Glorious a Cau&s;e; and &s;hall never be Wanting or Backward on Our Part, in what may be Nece&s;&s;ary to Your Maje&s;ties Honour, the Good of the&s;e Kingdoms, and the Quiet of Chri&s;tendom.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Matth. John&s;on, <HI>Cleric' Parliamentor'</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Gracious An&s;wer to the Addre&s;s.</HEAD>
<P>I <HI>Am extreamly Plea&s;ed with an Addre&s;s &s;o full of Affection to Me, and Zeal for the Cau&s;e in which We are all Engaged; and I &s;hall always think that the be&s;t Security again&s;t Our Enemies of all Sorts, is to be thus happily &V;nited and Re&s;olved among&s;t Our Selves.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-printed by the Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>Anno DOM.</HI> 1696.</P>
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