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<P>THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD CUTTS His SPEECH TO THE MAYOR and Corporation of <HI>Newport;</HI> AT HIS Maje&s;ties Ca&s;tle of <HI>Carisbrook</HI> In the ISLE of <HI>WIGHT,</HI> Upon the Swearing of Captain THOMAS READ Into the Office of MAYOR, <HI>According to the Ancient Cu&s;tom and Charter of that Corporation.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>William Redmayne</HI> in <HI>Jewen-&s;treet,</HI> 1698.</P>
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<HEAD>THE Right Honourable THE <HI>Lord Cutts's Speech,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Mr. Mayor and You Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IT is with a great deal of Satisfaction that I meet you here to day, there being &s;uch a Union E&s;tabli&s;hed be|tween Me and the Gentlemen, as well as other Inhabi|tants of this I&s;land, as &s;urpa&s;&s;es that of our Predece&s;&s;ors, and will be a ju&s;t cau&s;e of Emulation to tho&s;e that &s;hall come after us; which is to be attributed to the Ble&s;&s;ing of God, and the Serene and Au&s;picious Reign of King <HI>WILLIAM.</HI> I may &s;ay it with Ju&s;tice, and therefore I ought to &s;ay it, no Prince that hath &s;ate upon the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Throne hath been more Succe&s;sful, and no Prince ever u&s;ed his Succe&s;&s;es with greater Moderation.</P>
<P>I have done every thing that is fit for me to do, to &s;ettle Matters upon a la&s;ting Foundation of Peace and Unity with|in this I&s;land; I have examin'd Records and Living Wit|ne&s;&s;es, I have advi&s;ed with &s;ome of His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Ho|nourable Privy Council, with &s;everal of the mo&s;t Experienced and Knowing Members of the Late Parliament, as well as with the prudente&s;t and mo&s;t con&s;iderable Per&s;ons here in the Country; and upon this Advice and Mature Deliberation I have endeavour'd to redre&s;s all Abu&s;es, that either by Violence or any other Methods have been introduced, and I have put all His Maje&s;ties Subjects of the I&s;le of <HI>Wight</HI> upon the &s;ame Bottom, upon which His Maje&s;ty has been graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to put the re&s;t of <HI>England,</HI> in which my Duty and not any private Intere&s;t has been my Motive and Direction. And I am &s;ure in this I have done that which will be plea&s;ing to the King my Ma&s;ter, who has done me the Honour to commit to me the Care of this I&s;land.</P>
<P>To the&s;e endeavours of mine I mu&s;t confe&s;s I have met
<PB REF="4">with &s;uitable Returns from all the Gentlemen, in the greate&s;t Marks of Re&s;pect and Affection that are po&s;&s;ible, accompanied with the deepe&s;t Expre&s;&s;ions of Duty and Loyalty to His Maje&s;ty; and if &s;ome Di&s;contents and Animo&s;ities (which have lately happen'd in Your Corporation) were removed; I could &s;ay, to the great Reputation of this I&s;land, that (as to the Concerns of the Publick) we were all of one Mind, and in Peace and Unity within our &s;elves.</P>
<P>I &s;hall not intermeddle (however) with any Differences that have happen'd about the Affairs of your Corporation (though I have heard &s;omething of it;) But thus much I am obliged to &s;ay, not only as your Governour, but as a Chri&s;tian, and an <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Man, that every good Man, and every hone&s;t Man, &s;hould have his Eyes upon &s;uch Per&s;ons (if any &s;uch &s;hould be found) as Sacrifice the Affairs of the Publick to their own private Intere&s;t or Pa&s;&s;ions, or as love Contention for Con|tention's &s;ake, &s;uch Per&s;ons whenever their Party grows to any &s;trength are more dangerous than publick Enemies.</P>
<P><HI>Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,</HI></P>
<P>There is one thing which I do mo&s;t earne&s;tly recommend to your &s;erious con&s;ideration and diligent care, and that is the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing (as much as po&s;&s;ibly you can) Profane&s;s and Im|morality. The un&s;peakable Di&s;orders and Extravagancies of this Age, and the Impudence with which Men of ill Principles do every day attack the very Foundation of our Religion, have made the KING think it nece&s;&s;ary to recommend the&s;e mat|ters from the Throne to the great Council of the Nation His Parliament; The Parliament have expre&s;&s;ed their Sen&s;e of it in an Humble Addre&s;s to His Maje&s;ty, and by pa&s;&s;ing an Act Pur&s;uant thereunto; and 'tis indi&s;pen&s;ibly your Duty to God and Man, to your King and Country (and of every Member of your Corporation) to be Serious, Vigilant, and Active, on this Occa|&s;ion. It will be no new thing to tell you (and therefore I only put you in mind of it) that the Accounts of all Hi&s;tories, as well as the Experience of all Mankind, agree in the Confirming of this Truth; that Religion and Virtue promote the Happine&s;s and Reputation of every Body-polltick, and that Irreligion and Debauchery are the Cau&s;es of their Misfortune and Di&s;grace. Let us make u&s;e of our Authority; and (every one of us) add the force of our own Example to it; and <HI>I</HI> pray God inable me al|ways to &s;hew you the way.</P>
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