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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>HIS MAIESTIES TWO <HI>SPEECHES:</HI> ONE To the Knights, Gentlemen, and Freeholders of the County of <HI>NOT|TINGHAM</HI> at <HI>NEWARK.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The other</HI> To the Knights, Gentlemen, and Freeholders of the County of <HI>LIN|COLN</HI> at <HI>LINCOLN.</HI></P>
<P>VVhereunto is added Votes concerning the rai&s;ing of an Army for the Northerne parts, in defence of the King and Parliament: under the Command of the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> Generall of the foot, and the Earle of BEDFORD, Ge|nerall of the HORSE.</P>
<P>London printed for <HI>Thomas Bankes.</HI> 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties Speech</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">To the Knights, Gentlemen, and Freeholders of the County of <HI>Not|tingham,</HI> at <HI>Newarke.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_YOur hone&s;t Re&s;olutions and Af|fections to mee and your Coun|try, for the defence of my Per|&s;on, and the Lawes of the Land, have been, and are &s;o notable, that they have drawn me hither only to thank you: I goe to other places to confirm and un|deceive my Subjects, but am come hither only to thank and encourage you: You have made the be&s;t judgemnt of happine&s;&s;e, by relying on that foundaton, which the experience of &s;o many hundred yeares hath give &s;uch proofe of, The A&s;&s;urance and Securiy of the Law: And a&s;&s;ure your &s;elves when Laws &s;hall bee altered by any other Authority, then that by which they were made, your foundations are de&s;troyed; And though it &s;eemes at fir&s;t but
<PB N="2" REF="3">to take away my Power, it will quickly &s;wal|low all your Intere&s;t. I aske nothing of you (though your demeanour gives me good evi|dence that you are not willing to deny) but to pre&s;erve your owne Affections to the Religi|on and Lawes e&s;tabli&s;hed; I will ju&s;tifie and protect tho&s;e Affections, and will live and die with you in that quarrell.</P>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties Speech</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">To the Knights, Gentlemen, and Freeholders of the County of <HI>LIN|COLN</HI> at <HI>LINCOLN.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_IF I could have &s;u&s;pected your affecti|ons, or have cen&s;ured the dutie of this County by &s;ome late Actions in it, I &s;hould not have taken this paines to have given you a Te&s;timony of my Affection to you, and to remove tho&s;e Objections, which being rai&s;ed by a Malignant party, may, by their cunning and indu&s;try, get credit even with ho|ne&s;t mindes, The truth is, I come to you to a&s;&s;ure you of my purpo&s;es and Re&s;olutions for the De|fence of what ever is or &s;hould be deare unto you, your Religion, your Liberty, your Common Inte|re&s;t, and the Law of the Land: and to undeceive you of that Opinion, which I heare hath mi&s;-led ma|ny of you, That the pretended Ordinance of the <HI>Mi|litia</HI> is warranted by my con&s;ent and Authority. As I have already informed you, by my &s;everall De|clarations and Me&s;&s;ages, that the &s;ame is a|gain&s;t the knowne Law, and an Invation of my unque&s;tionable Right, and of your Liberty
<PB N="4" REF="4" MS="y">and Property, &s;o I doe now declare unto you, that the &s;ame is impo&s;ed upon you again&s;t my Expre&s;&s;e Con&s;ent, and in Contempt of my Re|gall Authoritie; And therefore who&s;oever &s;hall henceforth pre&s;ume to Execute o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Obey the &s;ame, I &s;hall proceed again&s;t them, as again&s;t &s;uch who promote Rebellion, and actually leavie Warre again&s;t me: And I doubt not, but you will &s;adly con&s;ider, That if any authoritie with|out and again&s;t my Con&s;ent may lawfully im|po&s;e &s;uch Burthens upon you, it may likewi&s;e take away all that you have from you, and &s;ubject you to their Lawle&s;&s;e Arbitrary Pow|er and Government: And how farre they are like to exerci&s;e that Juri&s;diction towards you, you may gue&s;&s;e by the In&s;olence of Sir <HI>John Hotham</HI> at <HI>Hull,</HI> who (being a Subject) not onely pre&s;umes to keep His Soveraign, by force of Armes, out of His Towne, but murthers his Fellow-Subjects, Impri&s;ons them, burnes their Hou&s;es, drownes their Land, takes them Captives, and commits &s;uch Outrages, and Acts of Ho&s;tilitle, as the mo&s;t equall and outragious Enemies practi&s;e in any Countrey; That you may &s;ee how impo&s;&s;ible it is for your Liberties and Properties to bee pre&s;erved, when your King is Oppre&s;&s;ed, and His ju&s;t Rights taken from Him. Who hath brought the&s;e Cala|mities upon your Neighbours at <HI>Hall,</HI> every Man &s;ees; and they onely can bring the &s;ame upon you. I will not beleeve you to be &s;o in&s;en&s;ible of the be|nifits you have received from me, that I need put you in minde of the Gracious Acts pa&s;&s;ed by mee this Parliament on your behalfes; And if there
<PB N="5" REF="4" MS="y">be any thing wanting, to the ma<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ing you the hap|pie&s;t Subjects in the world, I am &s;ure it is not my fault that you have not that too: Be not deceived with words, and generall Expre&s;&s;ions; It is not in your power to name one particular, which might make you happy, that I have refu&s;ed to Grant, Be not frighted with Apprehen&s;ions, That this Countrey is like to be the Seat of a War; the Seat of a war will be only where per&s;ons ri&s;e in Rebelli|on again&s;t me; that will not, I hope, be here, and then you &s;hall be &s;ure of my protection. I will live and die in your Defence; and that you may bee in a Readine&s;&s;e, and a Po&s;ture to Defend your &s;elves and me, again&s;t any Inva&s;ion or Rebellion, I have Armed &s;everall Per&s;ons of Honour, Qualitie and Reputation among&s;t you, and of your owne Coun|trey, with a Commi&s;&s;ion of Array to that purpo&s;e: There is no hone&s;t end declared in that Ordi|nance, which is not provided for by this Commi&s;|&s;ion, which being according to the old known Law, is fit for your Obedience, and I doubt not will finde it.</P>
<P>In a word, I a&s;&s;ure you, upon the Faith, aad Ho|nour of a Chri&s;tian King, I will be alwayes as ten|der of any thing which may advance the true Pro|te&s;tant Religion, protect and pre&s;erve the Lawes of the Land, and defend the ju&s;t Priviledge and Free|dome of Parliament, as of my Life, or my Crowne: and when I faile in either of the&s;e. I will not looke for your a&s;&s;i&s;tance; till then you are concerned nor to &s;ee me &s;uffer.</P>
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<HEAD>VOTES.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis. 12. July. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion.</HI><LB> That an Army &s;hall be forthwith rai&s;ed for the &s;afety of the Kings per|&s;on, defence of both Hou&s;es of <HI>Parliament,</HI> and of tho&s;e who have obeyed their Orders and Commands, and pro&s;erving of the true Religion, the Laws, liberty and peace of the Kingdome.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion.</HI><LB> That the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> &s;hall be the Generall.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion.</HI><LB> That this Hou&s;e doth declare, that in this cau&s;e for the &s;afety of the Kings per&s;on, defence of both Hou&s;es of <HI>Parliament,</HI> and tho&s;e who have obeyed their Orders and Commands, and pre&s;erving of the true Religion, the Laws, liberty and peace of the Kingdom, they will live and die with the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> whom they have nominated Generall in this Cau&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion.</HI><LB> That a Petition &s;hall be framed, to move. His Maje&s;ty to a good accord with his <HI>Parliament,</HI> to prevent a Civill War.</P>
<P>The Petition being drawn, was agreed unto upon the Que&s;tion: and with the&s;e Votes were pre&s;ented unto the Lords. Who returned An&s;wer, they did concur with the hou&s;e of Commons, <HI>in omnibus.</HI></P>
<P>Whereupon both Hou&s;es ordered, that the Earl of Holland, Sir <HI>John Holland,</HI> and Sir <HI>Philip Stapleton</HI> &s;hould forthwith repaire to <HI>Beverley,</HI> and pre&s;ent the Petition unto His Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>The Me&s;&s;age of the 11. of July came to the Hou&s;e of Peers, after this Pe|tition was agreed on: being &s;o full an An&s;wer thereunto, as both Hou&s;es re|&s;olved to give no other An&s;wer to that Me&s;&s;age, but the &s;aid Petition.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion,</HI> <DATE>14. July. 1642.</DATE><LB> That all the Members of this Hou&s;e that have &s;ub&s;cribed for the bringing in of Hor&s;e, Money, or Plate, doe bring in the &s;ame by Tue&s;day next, and that a Report be made then to the Hou&s;e who are defective herein.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion.</HI><LB> That the Earl of <HI>Bedford</HI> &s;hall be Generall of the Hor&s;e.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ing. Cl. Parl. Dom. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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