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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>His Maje&s;ties MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH To both Hou&s;es of PARLIAMENT, <HI>Saturday March</HI> 8. 1672/3.</P>
<P>In An&s;wer to their <HI>Humble Petition and Addre&s;s.</HI></P>
<P>By His Maje&s;ties &s;pecial Command.</P>
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<Q LANG="frm">HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<FIGDESC>royal blazon surmounted by a crown and flanked by the English lion and Tudor rose on one side and the Scottish unicorn and thistle on the other</FIGDESC>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by the A&s;&s;igns of <HI>John Bill</HI> and <HI>Christopher Barker,</HI> Printers to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty. 1672/3.</P>
<P>C&V;M PRIVILEGIO.</P>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties Mo&s;t Gracious SPEECH <HI>To Both Hou&s;es of Parliament,</HI> <DATE>Saturday March 8. 1672/3.</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>My Lords and Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_YE&s;terday you pre&s;ented Me an Addre&s;s, as the be&s;t means for the &s;atis|fying and compo&s;ing the minds of My Sub|jects, to which I freely and readily agreed, and &s;hall take care to &s;ee it per|formed accordingly.</P>
<P>I hope on the other &s;ide, you Gen|tlemen of the Hou&s;e of Commons, will do your part: for I mu&s;t put you in mind, it is near Five weeks &s;ince I de|manded a Supply, and what you then Voted unanimou&s;ly, did both give life to My Affairs at home, and di&s;hearten My Enemies abroad; but the &s;eeming Delay it hath met withall &s;ince, hath made them take new Courage, and
<PB N="4" REF="3">they are now preparing for this next Summer a greater Fleet (as they &s;ay) then ever they had yet; So that if the Supply be not very &s;peedily di&s;patch|ed, it will be altogether ineffectual, and the Safety, Honour, and Intere&s;t of <HI>England</HI> mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;ity be expo&s;ed. Pray lay this to heart, and let not the Fears and Jealou&s;ies of &s;ome, draw an inevitable Ruine upon us all.</P>
<P><HI>My Lords and Gentlemen,</HI></P>
<P>If there be any Scruple yet remaining with you concerning the Su&s;pen&s;ion of Penal Laws, I here faithfully promi&s;e you, That what hath been done in that particular, &s;hall not for the future be drawn either into con&s;equence or ex|ample.</P>
<P>And as I daily expect from You a Bill for My Supply, &s;o I a&s;&s;ure You I &s;hall as willingly receive, and pa&s;s any other you &s;hall offer Me, that may tend to the giving you Satisfaction in all your ju&s;t Grievances.</P>
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