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Show 94 A Speech, in the Parliainent, to the Spra~rJ Excufo. Mediing in Titles; And froip Serving of Turns 1 Be they, of Great Ones, or Small Ones. . · ' . · , . , 1 o. That you con tai~; the ]urifdiCiion qf the court, within the ancient Meere.ftottCI, wit~out R.em·oving the Jl.!atk._. 11. Lafily, that you carry fuch a Hand, over your MiniflerJ,and clarlv, as that they may rather be in awe of you, then pre fume upon you. · Thefe, and the like Points, of the Duty, of a Judge; I forbear to enlarge; For the longer, 1 have lived with you, the fhorter fhall my fpeech he to you; ]{no wing, that you . come fo Furniilied, and Prepared, with thefe Good VertueJ, as what(oever I fhall fay, cannot be New unto you. And therefore, I will fay no more un. to you, at this time, but deliver, you your Patent. , . , HiJ. Lordfhips Speech, in the Parli;.}ment, Char celler, To the Speakers Excufe. Mr. Serjea1zt lf..ichardfon; T. He King hath heard, and obferved, your grave, and decent, speech; Tending, to the Excufe, and Difablement, of yolilr felf, for the place of Speak._er. In anfwer whereof, his Majtfty,hath commanded me~ to fay ~o you; That he doth, in no fort~ admit of the fame. Firfr, becaufe, if the Parties own ]uJgeme~tt=>fuould be admitte61, in c;Ife ofEle&ions, Touching hirolelf, it would follow~ that the molt confident, and over-weening, Perfons, would be received; A.nd the mofi confidetate Men, and thofe that underfiand themfelves heft, fhould be rejected... , Secondly, his Majefty, doth f<;>_much rely,Ypon the Wifdomes, and Difcretions, of thofe, of the Houfe of C ommonJ, that have chofen you, with an unanimous confent, that his Majefly thinks not good, to f werve, from their Opinion) in that, wherein them-felvts, ate princip.~lly intereffcd~ . Thirdly, you have difabled your Self, info good., a.nd decent, ·a Failiion; As the Manne'r,of yo\l~ speech,hath ddl:royed,the 11fattcr of it. And therefore, the King, dot hallow of the Ele&ion, a dad· : mits you for Speak.,er. . , . . 1 ,'. t.:.1 • • . t .9ri T P.the spef!.i<!f'.S Oration. r , Mr. Speal{fr; ' . · . · . THe King hath heard~ aqd obferved ,· your eloquent Difcourfe~ cont~ining, m}lch good Matter, and Jnucb goqd. . ':Vill :, _ A Speech, in th1 Parliament, to the Speake-rs Excufe. will:. Whe~ein; you mull: expect from me, fuch an Anfwer, onely, a~lsperttnenttotheoccaftonJ and compaifed, bydQerefpecr ofTzme. I may divide, that which you have faid, into four parts. . The firll: wa9, a Co'!lmendation, or Laudative, of hfonarchy. The fecond was, 1nde~d, a l~r~e Field; Containing, a thankfull Ack,_nowledgement, ofhts Ma;ejtres, Benifits, Attributes, and A{}1 of Government. The third was~ fame 1' affi.ges, touching the l11}itution and Vfe ofPar!iamentJ. . ' The fourth0 and lafi was_, certain Petitions, to his Majefly; on the behal~ of the Ho1tfe> and your felf. ~For your C ~mmendation of Monarchy, and p referring it, before OLher_Fflater, It need.s no Anfwcr. The Schools may difpute it; But Ttme hath tryed 1t; And we find it to be the Befr. Other States, have curious FramesJ fodn put out of order ; And they that are made fit to lafr.,are not, commonly,fit to grow or fpread.~ And contrarywife, ~hofe tbat are made fit 'to fpread, a~d enlarge, are not fit, to continue, and endure. But JVJonarchy, is like a WorftofNature, well compofed b oth to grow and to continue. From this I paffe. ' ' For the fecond part, ~f your speech, wherein you did, with no le~e Truth, ~hen Aff~ton.' ~cknowledge, the great Felicity, whtch we en1oy,by hts Ma;eftzes Reign,and Governme~tt; His Majrfiie, hat~ ~ommanded me :J to fay unto you: That Praife.r, and 1hanl{f-givrngs, he knoweth, to be the true Oblations of Hearts and loving Affections: But that, which you offer hi:n he will joyn with you, in offering it up to God, who is · the A11tho11r of all Good; whoknowethalfo, the11prightnejf, ofhisHeaPt; who He h~peth, will c.ontinu~, and el?creafe> his Bleffi.ngs, both ~pon Hzmfelf, and hts Poflerrty; And hkewtfe, upon hts ICingdo!JteJ and the Generations of them. ' But I,for my part, mufl: fay unto you, as the Grecian Orator faid long fince,in the like cafe : solus dignm h~t,rum rerunt Laudtttor Tem~ pm. Time, is the onely commender, and Encomiaftique worthy of his A1ajejiy, and his Government. J Why Time f For that, in the Revolution,of fo many years, and Ages, as have palfed over this King dome:, N otwithfranding, rna~ ny Noble) and excellent, Effect~, were never produced, untill ~is Majaftyr dayes; But have been referved,as proper, and pecu .. , har, unto them. And becaufe, this is no part of a T'a1zegyrick..., but meerly Story, and that they be, fo many .Articles of Honour~ fit to be recorded, I will on ely mention them; extracting part of them, out of that0 you, Mr. Spe,tfter, have faid. They be, in Number, Eight. 1. His Majefly, is the firfr, (as you noted it well,) tha~ hath laid L~tph Angularis, the Corner Stone'! of thefe two mighty Kingdomes, of England) and Scotland; And taken away, the WaO of-Separation:· .- - Whereby ___9_ , _I i. Part. 2. Part. |