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Show ----------~~----~~~~~L.7- 3 , A Report,in the Houfe ofCommonJ, of the Earl ofSalisburies• 3 _I . dd b . And for prejudice, thatmi~h~ co~e,ofhandltng,an e atmg, Matterof War, andPeace, tnP.trltamen!; Hed~ubtednot, but that the Wifedom, of this H_?ufe, dtd c~ncetye, l:lpon what fecret Confideration and Motives, t.hat pmnt dtd depend. For that, thero i£ no Kin,;, which will providently, and Maturely,en_t~r into a war· But will firfi: ballance,his own Forces; S~ek to antlclpate, Confederacies, and Allian~es ; l\evoake hts Merch~nts ~ Fin de an opportunity ,of the firfr Brf_ach; And. many othe~ pom ts. which if they once, do but take wmde, will. pr?ve. va10c~and fruftrate. And therefore, that this l.Vlatter, whtch ts Arcanum. Im· perij,one of the high.efi: My~eries of~frate? mufi: be fuffered,to be kept, within the Valle. Hts Lordjlnp addw~. ' that he knew not wel, whether in that, which he had already fatd~out ~fan extreme Defire,to give us fatisfaction ; He ~ad not commum~ated, r.nor~ particulars, then perhaps was reqmfite. Neverthele~e,, he con~effed that fometimes Ptlrliaments have been made acquainted, wnh Ma~ter of Warr,andPeace,in a generallity; But it was) upon. one of thefe Two Motives: When the Ki11g, and counfell,concer~ed; That either it was Materiall to have f01ne Declaration, ot the zeaJ, and AffeCtion, of the P;ople: Or elfe,when the King needed, to demand Moneys ,a nd .Aides, for the Charge, of the Warr s:Whe.rin, ifThings did fort to Warrt, we were fure t;nough,. to hear of It. His Lordjbip hoping, that his Majefty, 'Yould find, tn us, no ldfe · readinefs, to fupport'it, then to pe1jwade lt. . . . Now, (Mr. spea~r,) for.the laft part; Whereto, his Lordfhrp, confidered the Petition, As 1t wa~, recommended from us, to t~e upper H oufe; His Lordfhip delivered, thus m~ch, ~rom thetr Lorcjhips; That they would make, a good .Con~.hucho!-1, .of our Deines· As thofe which they conceived) dtdrather fprmg, out ofaFeeling, oftl~eKingsStrength; An?outof aFeelingofthe SllbjeCit Wrongs; Nay more, out of a W Jfdome, a~d De.pt~, to declare our forwardnefs, if need were , to affill: h1s Mt1Je.fhes future! Refolutions; (which Declaration, might be of good ufe, for his kfajefties Service, when it fbould be blo~n abroad?) R~ther, I fay:> then that we did) in any fort) determtne, by thts theu Overrure, to do that wrong to his Highnefs Supreme Power; Which happily,might beinferred,by thofe, that ~ere rather apt to make evill, t1en good Illations:> of our proceed mg. And yet:> that their Lord{hips:Jor the reafons, before made, mo~ platnly tell us; That they neither could, nor would, concur Wl~h u~,nor approve the courfe. And therefore concluded; That It wou)d not be am if·· for us for our better Contentment, to behold the Conditions,~£ the lafr Peace with Spait~, which.were:>of a frrange nature, to him that duely obferves them; No Force.r-recalled_,out of the Low-Comttries; No new Forces, (as to Voluntaries) refrnuned to go thither: So as the King, may be in peace, ap~ never a s~bject in England, but may be in Wttr: And then, to thmk thus Wl~h our felves; That that King> which would give no ground~ In maktng and the Earl iif_Northan,pton SpeecheJl . . ~--~-9~ I n:takirtg his Peace:, will t1ot loofe any Ground, upon jJJfi provoca-t: on) to tnter Jnto an HonoHrab!e ifttr. And that, in the meane ume, we fhould know thos much; that there could not be more· forcible Negotiation, on the Kings part, but Blowes) to pr~cure Rer~1edy,of thofe ~ront<;s; Nor more fair pro~ifes, on the King of Spames part, to gtve contentment; concerl!mg the fame: And therefore, that the Event, mufi:·be expected .. And thus (Mr. Speak!r,J have I palled over3 the speech of this ~orthy Lord; whofe speeches (as I ha~e ofte~ faid,) in r~gard of his phce,and Judgeme~r, a:e extraordinary l,tghts, to this Houfe ·And ha:ve both the properties of Light ; That is CondJJGii11g, and Comfor-tmg. And although (Mr. Spea/zer) a Man would have thought, nothing had been left, to be faid; Yet I fhall now give you account, of another Speech, full of excellent M;nrc/ and Ornaments; And without Iteration. Which, neverrhel:ffe 1 fball report, more compendioufly; Becaufe, I will Jlot offer t'he· Speech, that wrong, as to report it at hrge, when your minds percafe, and Attentions0 are already wearied. The other Earl, who, ufually, doth btar a principall part upon all important ~ccafions; uf~d a speech, fir([ of Preface, then of Argument. In bt5.Preface,he dtd d~hver, that he was perf waded, that both Houfes·dJd differ, rather In Crei1tlity, and Belief, then in Int~ntion,and Defir~. For it tnought be?. their Lorfhips:>d.id not believe, the Information fo far, but yet dehred, the Rdormation as much. His Lordjhip faid further:that the Merchant wets a State,and De·· gree of perfons; Not only to be refpefred, but to be prayed for 1 And graced them,with the befi Additions: That chey were the Convoyes, of our fl!.lpplies; The Vents of our Abunda'nce; Neptunes Almefme.n; an~ Fort~es A~ venturers. His Lordfhip., proceeded)and fa1d; Thts f!2!!eflton:> was new to us, but an tien t to them : Afliuing us, that the ICing, did not beare, in vaine the Devife of the "Ihiflle, :vit~ the w~·nd; Nemo me lafcefcit impune ; And that, as the Multtplymg ofh1s K1ngdomes, maketh him feel his own Power; So the Multiplying ot our Loves, and Affections made him to feel our Griefs. ' For the Arguments,or R.eafons, they were Five in number, which his Lordjhip ufed, for fatisfying us, why their Lord !hips, might not concur with us, in this Petition~ The fi rfi was, the Compofition of our Houfe ; which he took, in the f1rft foundation thereof, to be meerly Democratical!; Confifiing, ofKnights.ofshire!, and Burgejfes of Townes; And intended 'to be of thofe:> that have their Refi~ence, Vocation~ and Empfoyrnent,in theplaces,forwhich they ferve: And therefore, tohave·a pri.vate;·and loeall wifedom, according to that Compaife; And fo, not fit, to examine, or determine, secrets ofEflate; which depend, upon fuch Variety, of Circumftances; And therefore, added~ to the Prefident,formerly vouched, of the 17 o of King Richard the 2d ; When the Common1 difclaimed |