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Show i I 1 1: ~ A Speech in f arliament, ----, Rerribution;partly:~becaufeno breath ofMan,c.an fe~ them forth thil · and partly becaufe I know her .JYJa;ejiy, In her Magwo~ m.ttyy, doth befi~w her benefits, like her free'ft Pattcnts, ab- ~nuaem a liquo' indereddendo; Notlookt. ng 1C' 0r any t h"m g agd.t n, c·I t I· t ~ere in ref pea: only of her particular,) but Love, an. Loyalty. Neither, will I now, at this ti~e, put the. c~fe of this R.ealm ~f England, too, precifely; How It ft.tndeth wtth the S~bJ<:Ct, 1n point ofpaytnents to the Crow~ ;.Though.I.could m <t~e It 1ppear by Dcmonfrration, (what opiniOn fotver be conceiv .. d,) that never Subjects were partakers of grea :er F reedome, and Eafe ; And that, whether you look ~broad, Into ?the~ Co':ntu es, at this prefent time ;or look back to f<;nmer !I~es,In t~I s our own Countrey; we £hall find an exceedt~g Difference, . 1n t?latter of Taxes; which now I refe~ve to me!ltton ;. not fo mu.ch m doubt to acquaint your Ears wtth forra1n S· rams,. or to dt&ge ~p th.e Sepukhers cfBuried and ~orgott.e~ ImpoG ~ Ion s, which In this cafe,( as by way of~ompanfon, ).tt ~s neceffary you underftand; But becaufe Speech m the Ho":fe, Is ht to perf wade the generall point; And pa1.ticulari~y ls m re proper an ~ fe~fonable for the committee. Nt-11her will I make any Obfetvat10ns, upon her M cqejfies manner oft> xpe~ding nd ifi_uing Treafure; being not upon excdfive and ~xorb 1tant .D~nat1ves? nor upo~ f~mptuous and unntcelfary T nutn ph s,Buildmgs:~ or hke Magnificence; but upon the Prefcrvation, Protecti?n~ and ~oncu r ~f t~e Realm. For I dare nor fcan upon her Ma]eji1es Ach ons; whtch It becom_ meth me rather to admire in fiknce, then to glofs, or difcourfe upon the~ though with never fo good a meaning. Sure I am, that the T;eafure that commeth from you to her Majefty, is but as a· Vapour which 1ifeth from the Earth, and gathereth into a Cloud, anl fiayeth not the;e long; but upon t.he fame Earth it falleth again ; and what If fome d.tops of thts, do fall upon France or F lAunder J? It is like a f weet Odosr of Honour, and· ltep~t~tion, to our Natien throughout t~e World. But I will oncly infifl: upon the Naturall, and lnlrioJate, Law of Prefer-vation. · It is a Truth, (Mr. ~peai{_er,) and a familiar Truth, that fafety, and prefervation, is to be prt~erred,before Bentfit, or Encreafe: In as much as thofe Counf els which tend to prefervation, feem to be attended with nec.eility; whereas thofe Deliberations, which tend to Benefit, feem onelyaccompanied with perf waft ... on. And it is ever gain, and no lofs/when at the foot .of the account, the!e remains the purchafe of fafety. ~~e Prints oft~is are, every where, to be found: The Patient, wtll ever part, with feme of his Bloud3 to fave and clear the reft. The Sea-faring Man will, in a Storm, cafi over forne of his Goods, to fave and af· fure the reft. The Husband-man will afford fome Foot of Grmmd, for his Hedge and Ditch, to fortifie and defend the refr. Why (Mr. spea/zer ) the DiJPuter will, _if he be wife, and cunning, grant Elizabethx 3 9· grant fomewhat, that feemeth to make againfi him~ becaufe he will keep himfelf within the firength of his opinion, and the oettcr maintain the reft. But this Place adverti1eth me, not to· handle t r.e Matter, in a ,Common Place, I will now deliver unto you that, which upon a probatum efl, hath wrought upon my fclf, knowing your Affections to be like mine own. There hath fallen out, fince the lafr Parliament, four Accidents or Ocurren ts 'of State; Things publiihed and kno~n to you all, by every one whereof, it feerneth to me, in my vulgar underlhmding, rhat the danger of this Realm is encreafed: vVhich I fpeak nor, by way of apprehending fear ; For I know, I [peak to Englifh {ourages; But by way of preffing Provifion; For I do find, (Mr. Spea/zer,) that when Kingdomes and Stater areentred into Tearms and Rdolu ti0n s ofHofiiJity! one againfi the other, yet they arc-) many times, rtlhained from their Attempts, by four Impedi-ments. . The firfi is by this fame Alittd agere; when they have their Hands full of other Matters, which they haveembraced,and fer• veth for a diverfion of their Hoftile purpofes. ' The next i ~, when they w:tnt the Commodity, or opportunity, of fonie places of near Approach. T.h~ third, when they have conceived an apprehenfton of the Difficulty, and churliibnefs of the enterprife, and that it is not prepared to r heir Hand. . And the fourth is, when a State, through the Age of the Mo- 11arch, groweth heavy, and indifpofed, to actions of great PerilJ, and Motion, and this dull Humour, is not fharpened, nor inflamed; by any provocations, or fcorns. Now if it pleafe you to examin, whither by removing the Impediments in thefe four· kinds, the Danger be not grown, fo mahy degrees nearer us, by accidents (as I faid) frelb, and all dated fince the lafl: Parliament. Soon after the lafi ParliAment, you may be plea fed to remeni: ber, how the French King revolted from his Religion; whereby every Man of common underfianding, may infer, that the Qitarrell, between France, and Spain, is more reconcileable; And a greater inclination of affairs to a peace than bt:fore: . which fuppofcd, it followetb,SpAin fhall be more free,to intend his Malice, ag~infi this R('alm. · Since the Jafl: Parlitf.ment, it is alfo notorious, in every mans l{nowledge, and remembrance; That the spaniardj· have polfeffed themfelvcs, of that Avenue, and place of approach~ for England) which was never in the Hands of any King of Spain before; And that is c aUaii; which, in true Reafon, and ConGderation of efiate, of what value or fervice it is, I know not; b\lt in cGmmon underfl-anding, it is a knocking at our Doors. Since the latt Parliament a]fo, that Ulcer of Irela,td, which indeed brake forth before, hath run on, and raged more : which can1not but be a great Attractive, to the Ambition, of the Cou~tcel B 2 of |