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Show A Speech in f arliament, ot spain, who by former experi_ence know) ?fhow tough a Complexion this f(ealm of England ts, to be afiatled: And therefore (as Rhe~mes, and ~luxes, of Humours,) is like to refon to that part, which is weak, and di£tempered. . · And lafily, it is famous now, and fo will be many ~ges hence,. bow by thefe two Sea-Journey's, we have braved h1m, and ob .. jeered him to fcorn: Co that no Blqud, can be fo frozen, or.~or .. tified, But mufi needs take Flames of R.evenge, upon fo m1ghty Djfgrace. So as this Concurrence ofOccurents, all fince our lafl: Aifembly; fometodeliver, andfree, ourenemies; fometoad vance, and bring him~on his way; fome to tempt, and allure him ; f; me . to fpur on, and provoke him; cannot but threaten, an encreafe of o_pr Perill, in great Proportion. .Lafily, (Mr. speak._er,) I will but reduce to the Mem'?rr of this Houje,oneother Arglilment, fo~ ample and large provtdmg,.and fi.1 pply· ng Treafure; And this it is. I ftc, Men do with great Alacrity, and Spirit, proceed, when they have obtained a courfe, they long wifhed for, and were re ~ ihained from. My felf can remember, both in this Honourflble . <lfi:mb!y, and in all other places of this Realm, how forward) and atf~Ctionate, men were, to have an Invafive War. T hen we would fay ; A Defenfive War, was like eating, and con fuming Interefl:; And needs we vvrould be Adventurers, and Aifailants. fl~tbes quod tot a mente petifli. Shall we not now make it good? efptcially, when we have tailed, fo profperous Fruit, of our De· fires? The firfi of thefe Expeditions Invafive, was atcbieved with · great Felicity ; ravifhed a (hong and famous Port, in-the Lap, and Hofome, of their high Countrie~ :: Brought them to fuch Def pair, as they fired themfel ves, and their Indian Fleet; in Sa~ crifice,as a good Odour unto God, for the great and Barbarous Cruelties, which they have c:ommitted, upon the poor Indians,_ whither that Fleet was fay ling; Difor~red their Reckonings;. fo as the next News we heard of, was nothing but protefiing of Bills, and Breaking credit~ - The fecond Journey, was, with notable Refolution, born up againfi Weather, and all Difficulties; And bdides tbe fuccefs> in amufing him, and putting him to infinite charge, fure I am:, it was like a Tartars, or Parthians Bow, which fhooteth hac.\<. ward; And h.1d, a moll: llrong, and violent effect, and Operation, both !n France' and Flaunder.r, fo that our Neighbours, and Confederates, have reaped the Harvefi of it;. And while the Life Bloud ofS£ai1t, went in_ ward to the Heart, the outward Limmes, and Members trembled, and could not refifr. And lafily, we have a ~elftfr account, of all ·the Noble~ and good Bloud, that was carned forth;. And of all our Sea·wal1s, and good Shipping without Mortahry ofPerfons~ wreck ofV dfels,or any manner ofDi-minutioo. . ' Elizabeth~ 39, minution . And thefe have been the ha-p-py E_ffc-et-ts - o- f our £ lon~, and fo much delired, Invafiv~ War. ' ., 0 To ~onclude (Mr. Spea~r) therefore I doubt not. but every Man wtll conf~nt, that our Gift muft bear, thefe two Marks · and Badges=. The one, of the Danger, of the Realm by fo g:eat a Pro p o~tton~ fince the la_fi: Pa~fi,tment, encreafed: 'The other, of the fausfdttton we reeetve, In having obtained, our fo earnefr and ardent Defire, of an Iuvaftve "YVar. ' ---------------. --l------..--- A Spe,ech nr4d~ by Sir FRANCIS B A C 0 N Knight, . chofen by the C~mmons, to prefent a Petition, touching PurveyorJ, deltvered to his Majefiy, in the with-draw~ ing Cbamber, at ff'bite-Hall, in the ParliaQ\ent held 1 o. & 2 ". Jd.cobi, the .ftrft Sejfion. ' T is well known, to your. M~jtfty, (excellent King) th~t the E"!ferott~s of~ome, for thetr_ b_etter Glory, and Orn~ment, did ufe Ill · theu T1t/e.f, the Addtttons of the Countr1es and Nations where they had obtained victories: As GcrntaHicui BritannjcHt &. the like: But afte~. all thofe N_ames, as in the higher place, followed the Name of l'ater I'atnt£, as the greatefi Name of all hu~ man Honour, immediatly preceding that Name of Ai~,~ujltu; ~hereby t~ey took themf~lves ~ to expreife fome Affinity, that Lhey had) (m refpe0=ofthetr OfficeJwtth Divine Honour. Your MaJeftY motJght, ·wtth good reafon, affiune to your (elf, many of thofe other Names; As, Germanicus SaxoniC11f Britann1·cui FraNcr-c1tt, Dam.c us; Got h"u ;u"s , and others,' as apperta'i ning to you;' 5 No~ by Bloud~fbed, (as they_ bare them,) but by Bloud: your Ma;ejt;eJ Royall Per[on, bemg a noble confluence offFreams and veynes, wherein the Royall Bloud of many Ki;gdomJ of Eu: rope, are mer, and united. _But no Name is more worthy of you, nor may more truly be. afcnbed unto you:- then that Name, of Fatl~er ofyour peo~le, wht~h you bear, and exprefs, not in the Formality of your lhle,but In the reall Courfe of your Government. We ought not ro fay unto you, as was faid to Cejar julius· ~~ miremur, habemu.r, qut£laudem1u, expet1am1u: That we hav:already, wherefo:e to admire you, And that now we expect fomew~ a.t'!,,for whtch to commend you. For we may, (without fufpi~ lOn ofFlattery) acknowledge,. th~t we have found in your MaJefty, gre:tt Caufe, both of Ac(miratton, and <lommendation. For gre~t is t~e Admiratio~, where~ ith you have poffdfed us, fince thts ParlTament began,m thofe two Caufes, wherein w~ave h!d acce'ife unto you, and heard your Voice: That of the return of Sr. Francis Goodwme; And that of the Union: Whereby it :I. , feemeth unto us~ The one of thefe, being fo fubtile a Qyefiion --~----~------------------------------~~of _________ ~ |