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Show A Speech, in the Parliatnent, to t!Je Speah.ers Excu.fe. they do but enfnare, and fntangle the People. I wilh rather, th::1t ye {bould either revive good Lawes, that are fall~n, anti oifcont1· , nued; Or provide, againfi the flack execntio~, of Lmves, which are already in Force; Or meet, with the fu?ule Evafion~, from Lawu, which Time, and craft, hath undermined; then to make, Novas Creatura-s Legum, Ltt1fCS rtpon 1t nerP .ll1on!d. The other i'~int, touching Lawes, is; That ye bnfie not your felvcs too much, in private Bills; except it be in Crfes, whe.rein the H~lp, and Arm:, of ordinary Jufl~ce, 1s too fhort. . . For GritwVtmcu,his .llfajejtyl hath: Wlth great Grace, and Bentgm ty,opened himfelf. Nev-erthdcfie, the Li~itations, which may make up your Grievtmccs, not to beat the Atr only, but to forr,to a defired effefr,are, principally, tWCi>. The one, (to ufe his .iJ,fPje-ies tenn,) that }'e do not Hunt after Grievances;Such a5 may feem=rather, to be flirred 'here, when yeare met, then to have fprunr-~ from the defires of the Country: Ye are to reprrfent the People; ye are not to perfondte them. The other, that le do not, heap up Grie11ance.r> as if J\~1tmbers; fhould make afbew, where the Weight is fm~ll; 0 r as if; all things amifs, (like Plato's Common wealtiJ.) ihould be rem~died at once:. It is certain, that the befi Governments, yea and the belt fifen, are like the befi preci01ts Stoner, wherein every Flaw,or Hickle, or Grain, are feeo,and noted more, then in thofe,that are,generally ;I fou1, and corrupted. Therefore, contain, your felves,with.jn that Moderation, as may appear to bend, rather to the Effd1:uall Eafe of the People, then to aDifcurfive Envy, or fcandall upon the State. As for the Manner, of Carriage, of Parliament P1tjinejfe, ye rnnft kmow, that ye deal with a King, that hath been longer King, then any of you, have been Parliament Men; And a Kiug, that is no ldk [e~li?le,. ?fFormes, ~hen ofJUatter; J\n_d is as far, from induring Dtmmutton, of Mryefty, as from regardmg f lll'fer;', or 'l)ain Glory; And a King,tbat underfiandeth, as welJ)the Pulfe, of(he Hearts of People, as his own Orb. And therefore, both let your Griev Jn: ces, have a·drcent, and Reverent Form, and Stile; And (to ufc the wotds of former !'arliame11ts,) let them be, Tanquam Gemitm €olumbc:e, Wlthout Ptque, or H~rfhneife; And on the other fide, inthatyedofortheKing, LetithaveaMark, ofVnity, Alacrity~ . and_AjfelJion; whi~h will be ofthi_s Force; T~at whatfoever y~ do, 1n fubfiance, wlll be doubled m ReputatiOn abroad, a5 in a Cryfiall GJafs. For the Tin~e,_ if e_ver Parliament was ~o be meafured by the Hour~·glafs, tt IS this; In regard of the 1~frant OccaGon, flying · awaylrrecoverably. Therefore let your Sfeeches, in the F-Io1eje, be the spuches of Counfellors, and not of OratoHrs: Let your Cb11J.mitteu. tendtod~fpatch,nottodifpute; And fdmarfl1all theTimes, a~ the .publtque Bufineffe, efpeciall.Y the proper Bufinefie, of the Parlza1n.ent be put firfr; And prtvate Bills be put 1*, as time .. :.-------.:--..-------------------~f11al! _ A Speech1 in the Parliament, toihe SpeakersE~cufo. fhall give leave, or~_ithin t.hefp~ces,_ofthe pubtique. . ~or the Foure Pettlto!ls, hts hfa;efly IS pleafed to grant thetri alJ, as liberally, as t~e Ancient, ~nd true Cullom, of Parliament, doth watra.nt; And With the cautiOns, that have ever gon with them~ That.ts to_ fay; That the.priviledge,.be not uf~d,for Defrauding of Creditouts, an~ Defe.atmg of ordinary JMfbc~: That Liberty 0~ .Speech:>. turn ~ot tnto Licenfe; but be joyned, with that Gravity, and Dtfcretton, a.s may tall ofDuty,and Love to your soveraign Reverence to your own -'!-f!embly:> and Refped to the hlatters y~ handle. That your Accefles, be at fuch fit Times as may frand befl: with his fifajejiiet pleaf ure, and Occalions. Th~t Miflakjngs and ll£trimderftanding,, be rather avoided:> and prevented, (as :nuch as may be,) then falved, or cleared. 02 CERTAIN ~--------------------~-· |