Speech Delivered at the Guild Hall
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Logan West
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www.puritansearch.org
THE SPEECH Of the right Honorable EDWARD EARL of MANCHESTER, Lord Chamberlain of His MAJESTIES HOUSHOLD.
Delivered at the Guild-Hall London, on Thursday, being the first day of December, 1664. at a Common Hall there held.
Where were also present
- The Earl of Bridgewater.
- Lord Bishop of London.
- Lord Berkley of Berkley.
- Lord Moon.
- Lord Ashley
- Mr. Vice-Chamberlain.
- Mr. Secretary Bennet.
- Viscount Cornebury.
- Sir Thomas Clifford.
- Colonel Popham.
- Mr. Waller.
- Colonel Fretzvile.
- Sir Philip Warwick.
- Sir John Berkenhead.
- Mr. Ashburnham.
- Sir George Reeve.
- Sir William Lowther.
Members of the honorable Houses of Parliament.
EDINBURGH, Re-printed, 1664.
THE SPEECH Of the Right Honorable, EDWARD, Earl of MANCHESTER, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household. Delivered at the Guild-Hall, London, on Thursday the first of December, 1664. at the Common Hall there held, &c.
My Lord Mayor, and Aldermen, and you the worth Citizens of this great and famous City of London.
I Hope our coming hither this day, and upon this occasion, will be as satisfactory to you, as it is grateful to us: Some of us have formerly addressed ourselves unto you, by His Majesty's Command, for the Loan of several and great sums of Money, and we found such a ready compliance with His Majesty's desires, as we can give testimony to the Nation, that in your duty and affection to your King, you have out-done all other Cities, even the greatest Cities of the Christian World; and let this honor remain with you, and be entailed to your posterities forever.
But we come not now to ask, but to give a return of thanks, hearty thanks, from the Lord's and Commons assembled in Parliament, for your forwardness in assisting the King.
What you intended as a private and personal duty and kindness to your King, the Parliament owns as a public service to the Kingdom; and that upon a just account: For His Majesty borrowed not these sums to convert them to His private expenses, but to employ them for public use, to prepare and set forth a Fleet, able to contest for victory against all the naval powers of His insulting and injurious Neighbors: And in order to this design, His Majesty hath impaired His own Stock, by exhausting His own Stores; He hath improved his own Industry, and not spared His own Personal Labor and Diligence: and to complete and perfect this Design, His Royal Highness, His Majesty's dear and only Brother, hath exposed Himself to hazard and danger. And this Prince is of such an accomplished Gallantry, that, through the blessing of God, you need not question a happy Success under so good a Conduct.
All this His Majesty hath done as the Father of His Country, not consulting His own Interest, but for the Honor of the Nation, and to secure and advance the Trade and Commerce of His Kingdoms, in which this City hath so eminent a concernment and advantage, as probably we may conclude this Prophesy will not only be fitly applied, but truly fulfilled in your days, unto the City of London; The Harvest of the Rivers is Her Revenue, and she is become a Mart of Nations.
Thus you see the happiness and advantage of living under such a King, whose generous nature prompts Him to remember and to acknowledge benefits, as well as to receive them.
His Majesty declares to the Parliament what the City of London had done for Him, and what He had done for the Safety and Honor of the Kingdom, by their kind and cheerful assistance; and expresses Himself in such a phrase, as makes you partners with Him in all the happy consequences of this great Expedition.
The Parliament having received this account from the mouth of their King, return you their Thanks, with the full consent and the unanimous Votes of both Houses, the Lord's and Commons, which I here deliver to you as a Record of their acknowledgements of your Services done to the King.
And now give me leave to offer our Well-wishes to you, That this City may never want the Favor, Countenance, and Protection of such a King; and that His Majesty may always find the Fidelity, Affection, and Assistance of such a City.
And after a great Shout of GOD SAVE THE KING, the Lord Chamberlain having presented to the Right Honorable the LORD MAIOR an order of both Houses of Parliament, the same was delivered to Mr. Avery, Deputy Town-Clerk, who then publicly read the same, and follows in these words, viz.
Die Veneris, 25 Novemb. 1664.
ORDERED by the Lord's Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Thanks of both Houses of Parliament be given unto the City of LONDON for their forwardness in assisting His Majesty; and in particular, by furnishing Him with several great sums of Money toward His Preparations for the Honor, Safety, and Trade of this Nation.
Jo. Brown, Cleric. Parliament.
Edinburgh, Reprinted, 1664.