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Show --~----A- Spe-ech~ in P~arl~iame~nt t~ouc~hing~ ---~ 0 The like may be faid, of the States ofF terence, and Pifa: vy hich Git ofPifa, being united unto Florence, .but not end~ed wtth the Ben~fit of Naturalization,upon the ~rfr hght of forr~lD AfiifiaQc.e, b th E Pedition of charles the eJghth, of France, Into Italy, dtd reYv olet ; Tx hough it' be fince, ~gai· n reuni· te d 'and ln corpo· rated . . The famtt Effell:, we fee, tn the moft Barba_rous Govern~ent, which fhewes it, the rather, to be an effefr of Na~ure. For tt w~s thought, a fit. Pollicy, by the ~~u1ncel~ of co1nflha~tznopdle, Mto Ueta~n the three Provinces, of Tr""JY vama, Va a~ ta, an. o avra, (which. were, as the very Nurfes of Conftanttnople, In refpefr of their p rovifions, ) to the end, they mought be the lefs ~afted~ onel y under v ayvods, as V alfals a.nd Hoi?agers ; . And n~t under Bttf]a's and Provinces of the TurbJJh Emptre; Which Polhcy, we fee, by late Experience, proved un~onunate; As appeared, by the Revolt ot the fame three Provinces, under the Arms and Condutl: ofsigifnnmd, P.rince ofTra~jjlvania; A Lea<:ler, very famous, for a time; which Revolt IS) no~ yet, fully .re_cover~d. Whereas we feldome, or never hear, of Revolts ofPnnces, to-corporate, to the TurbJ.fh Empire. • . . On the other part, (Mr. spea~er:)) becau~e It ts true, whtch the L ot,icians fay; opptfita, ju~ta Je pojita, mttgn eluc~unt; let us take a view and we fhall find ; That wherefoever~ Ktogdomes, and States 'have been united; And that union Corroborate, by the . Bond ~f mutuall NaturA-lization; you fhall never obferv~ them, afterwards upon any Occafion of Trouble, or otherwtfe, to break and fever again : As we fee, mofr evidently, before our eyes, in divers Provinc.es of Franc~; That i~ to fay,G~ien,~ro~ence, Normandy, Brittaiu; whtch, notwnhftandmg, the tnfioite.Infefiing Troubles, of that Kinr,dom, neve~ offered to br~a~ agam •. We fee the like Effect, tn all the Ktngdoms, of sparn, wht~h are mutually Qaturalized; As Leon, C aflile~ Valencia, .Anda!uzza. Granada, and the refi : Except Aragon, w htch held the c~ntrary · Courfe and therefore had the contrary fucceffe, as we fatd: And Portug~U, of which, there .is not yet,, fufficient Trial!· . And lafily we fee the hke effect, tn our own Ntdt~n, whtch ne .. ver rent afi~nder, after it was once united; fo as we now fcarce know, whether the Heptarchy, wereaStory,ora'F•ble. And ther.fore, (Mr. speak_er,)when I revolve with my Self, thefe Exa~ples, and othe~s, fo lively.exprefiiag th: necdlity of a Naturalt z.ation, to avoy d a rclapfe Into a Separation; And do hear fo many Arguments, and Scruples, ~ade'on the oth~:r fide? It m~k~s me think on the old Bifht~p ; whtch upon a pubhck Dtfputattos> of certain Diviner,chriflianl, with fome learned Men of the Heathen, did extremely preffe to be heard ; And they were loath to fuffer him, becau{e they knew he was unlearned, th~ugh otherwife an Holy and well-meaning Man; But, at lafr, wtthmuch ado, he got to be heard. And when he came to fpeak, ~nf!ea~ of ufingArgument, he did only fay over his Belief: Butdtd 1t wtth fucb ~be.'N aturalicx,ation of the Scottijb Nation. fuch Aifur .. mce, and Con franc as it did ftrike the Minds, of thofe that heard him, more then any Argument had done. And fo, (Mr. Spea4!r;) againft all thefe witty and fubtile Arguments, I fay, that I do believe, and I would be forry to be found a Prophetin it; That except we proceed, with this Ntt.turalization; ( Though not perhaps in his JUajeftiu time, who hath fuch Interefi in both Nations,) yet in the time of his Defcendants, thefe Realms will be in continuall Danger, to divide) and break again. Now if any Man, beofthatcareleifemind, --Maneat noftros ea Cur a NeptJtes; Or of that hard Mind, to leave things, to be tried, by the fhar ·peft Sword; fure I am; he is not of Saint rauls Opinion; who af. firmeth; Thatwhofoever, ufethnotFore-ldght, andProvifion for his Family, is worfe then an unbeliever: Much more, . if we fhall not ufe fore-fight for thefe two KingdomJ',that comprehend fo many Families: But leave things open, to theperill of future Divifions. And thus have I expreffed unto you the Inconvenitnce, which, of all other, finketh deepefi with me, as the mofr weighty. Neither do there want:~ other Inconveniences, (Mr. speafter,) the Effefr:; and Influence whereof, I fear, will not be adjourned to fo long a Day, as th.i-1, that I have fpoken o£ For I leave it, to your wifdom,to confider; whether you do not think, in cafe, by the deniaH of this Naturalization, any Pike of Alienation, or un .. k;indnefs ;(I do not fay,)fhould be, thought to be,or noifed to be, between thcfe two Nations; whether it will not quicken, and excite, all the Envious, and Malicious, Humours, wherefoever . (which are now covered,) againfr us, either forraign,or at home; And fo open the way to pracrifes, and other Engines, and Ma· chinations, to the Di(turbance, of this State. As for that other Inconvenience, ofhis .Majefliu Engagement, into this Action, it is too binding, and preffing, to be fpoken of; And may do better, .a great deal, in your Minds, then in my Mouth; Orin the mout~ of any man elfe; becaufe, as I fay, it doth prefs, our Liberty, too far. · And therefore, (Mr. speak...er,) I come now, to the third generall part, of my Divifion, concerning the Benefits, w hie h we fhall purchate, by this knitting of the knot, f urer, and fireighter, between thde two Kingdoms, by the Communicating ofN atur alization. The /Jenejits may appear to be two ; The one surery; the o. ther Greatneft. Touching Surety, ( Mr. speak...er) it was well faid by TitHs .ff<!!iutiui, the Roman, touching the fiate ofPeloponnefos; · •Jhat the Tortois i1 fafe within her foell: Te:ftudo intra Tegumen tuta eft. But if there be any Parts, that lye open, they endanger all the refr. We know well, that although the State, at this time )be in aha pp~ peace; Yet, for the time pafr, the more .Anc~ent Enemy, to th1s Kingdome!l hath been the French ; and the more late, the spaniard: And both thefe, had, as it were, their feverall po- : a~ ~ !:11 |