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Show ... 2 ' A S P E E· C H I Ni PARLIAME·NT, Elizabeth 39. UPON THE MOTION of .SVBSI Dr. ,;r:;::;:;:;:;::::s:;~~=~• N D pleafe you, (Mr. spea~r,) I mufr : confider the Time, whi~h is fpent; yet fo, as I mtifi confider alfo the Matter, which is great. This great Ctmfe was, at the firfr, fo materially, and weighti· ly, propounded; And after, in fuch fort perf waded, and enforced; And by H1m, that lafr fpake, fo much time taken,and . o~oo~..!_~:r~ocuo oo · · yettogoodpurpofe; AsHhallfpeakat · ----- a great diradvantage : But becJufe it hath been al wayes ufed, and t1'Ie Mixture of this Hollfo doth fo require it; That in Caufes of this Nature, there be fume Speech and Opinion, as well from perfons ofGtnerallity, as by perfuns of Authority ; I will fay fomewhat, and not much : wherein i · £hall not be fit for me, to enter into, or to ir;1fifr, upon fecret,, either ofher Jlfajejlies Coffers, or ofher Counc:e11,but my Speech I rnuft ~e, of a more vulg~r Nature. , . . I w1ll not enter (Mr. speak~er) into a laudative speech, oft he · · h1gh and fin gular Benefits, which, by her A1ajefties,mo_fi: politick,~~ and happy Government:> we rc.:ceive, thereby to mcJte you to a B Retri· |