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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Hou&s;es of PARLIAMENT, On <DATE><HI>Tue&s;day</HI> the Fifth Day of <HI>July,</HI> 1698,</DATE></HEAD>
<Q><P><HI>My Lords and Gentlemen,</HI><LB>
I Cannot take Leave of &s;o good a Parliament, without Publickly Ac|knowledging the Sen&s;e I have of the Great Things you have done for My Safety and Honour, and for the Support and Welfare of My People.</P>
<P>Every one of your Se&s;&s;ions hath made good this Character: The Happy Uniting of Us in an A&s;&s;ociation for Our Mutual Defence; The Remedying the Corruption of the Coin, which had been &s;o long Growing upon the Nation; The Re&s;toring of Credit; The Giving Supplies in &s;uch a manner for Carrying on the War, as did, by Gods Ble&s;&s;ing, Pro|duce an Honourable Peace; And after that the Making &s;uch Provi&s;ions for Our Common Security, and towards Satisfying the Debts Contracted in &s;o long a War, with as little Burden to the Kingdom as is po&s;&s;ible, are &s;uch things as will give a la&s;ting Reputation to this Parliament, and will be a Sub|ject of Emulation to tho&s;e who &s;hall come after.</P>
<P>Be&s;ide all this, I think My Self Per&s;onally Obliged to Return my Thanks to you, <HI>Gentlemen of the Hou&s;e of Commons,</HI> for the Regard you, have had to My Honour, by the E&s;tabli&s;hment of my Revenue.</P>
<P><HI>My Lords and Gentlemen.</HI>
There is nothing I Value &s;o much as the E&s;teem and Love of My People; And as for their Sakes, <HI>I</HI> avoided no Hazards during the War &s;o My whole Study and Care &s;hall be to Improve and Continue to them the Advantages and Ble&s;&s;ings of Peace.</P>
<P>And <HI>I</HI> earne&s;tly De&s;ire you all, in your &s;everal Stations, to be Vigilant in Pre&s;erving Peace and Good Order; and in a Due and Regular Execution of the Laws, e&s;pecially tho&s;e again&s;t Profanene&s;s and Irreligion.</P></Q>
<P>Then the Lord Chancellor, by His Maje&s;ties Command, &s;aid,<LB>
<Q><HI>My Lords and Gentlemen,</HI><LB>
HIS Maje&s;ties Royal Will and Plea&s;ure is, That this Parliament be Pro|rogued to <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> the &s;econd Day of <HI>August</HI> next, and this Parliament is Prorogued accordingly to <HI>Tue&s;day,</HI> the Second Day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next.</Q></P>
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<P>Printed at <HI>London,</HI> and Re printed at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> 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. 1698.</P>
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