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A32155
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His Majesties two speeches one to the knights, gentlemen, and freeholders of the county of Nottingham at Newark ; the other to the knights gentlemen and freeholders of the county of Lincoln at Lincoln.
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Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
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1642
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Wing C2866; ESTC R29205
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HIS MAIESTIES TWO SPEECHES ONE To the Knights Gentlemen and Freeholders of the County of Nottingham at NEWARK THE OTHER To the Knights Gentlemen and Freeholders of the County of Lincoln at LINCOLN LONDON Printed by ROBERT BARKER Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie And by the Assignes of IOHN BILL MDCXLII DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE CR His Majesties Speech To the Knights Gentlemen and Freeholders of the County of Nottingham at Newark GENTLEMEN YOur honest Resolutions and Affections to me and your Countrey for the defence of my Person and the Laws of the Land have been and are so notable that they have drawn me hither onely to thank you I go to other places to confirm and undeceive my Subjects but am come hither onely to thank and encourage you You have made the best judgement of happinesse by relying on that foundation which the experience of so many hundred yeers hath given such proofe of The Assurance and Security of the Law And assure your selves when Laws shall be altered by any other Authority then that by which they were made your foundations are destroyed And though it seems at first but to take away my Power it will quickly swallow all your Interest I ask nothing of you though your demeanour gives me good evidence that you are not willing to deny but to preserve your own Affections to the Religion and Laws established I will justifie and protect those Affections and will live and die with you in that quarrell His Majesties Speech To the Knights Gentlemen and Freeholders of the County of Lincoln at Lincoln GENTLEMEN IF I could have suspected your affections or have censured the duety of this County by some late Actions in it I should not have taken this pains to have given you a Testimony of my Affection to you and to remove those Objections which being raised by a Malignant Party may by their cunning and industry get credit even with honest mindes The truth is I come to you to assure you of my purposes and Resolutions for the Defence of what ever is or should be dear unto you your Religion your Liberty your Common Interest and the Law of the Land and to undeceive you of that Opinion which I hear hath mis led many of you That the pretended Ordinance of the Militia is warranted by my Consent and Authority As I have already informed you by my severall Declarations and Messages that the same is against the known Law and an Invasion of my unquestionable Right and of your Libertie and Property so I do now declare unto you that the same is imposed upon you against my Expresse Consent and in Contempt of my Regall Authoritie And therefore whosoever shall henceforth presume to Execute or Obey the same I shall proceed against them as against such who promote Rebellion and actually leavie War against me And I doubt not but you will sadly consider That if any Authoritie without and against my Consent may lawfully impose such Burthens upon you it may likewise take away all that you have from you and subject you to their Lawlesse Arbitrarie Power and Government And how far they are like to exercise that Jurisdiction towards you you may ghesse by the Insolence of Sir John Hotham at Hull who being a Subject not only presumes to keep His Soveraign by force of Arms out of His Town but murthers his Fellow-Subjects imprisons them burns their Houses drowns their Land takes them Captives and commits such Outrages and Acts of Hostilitie as the most equall and outragious Enemies practise in any Countrey That you may see how impossible it is for your Liberties and Properties to be preserved when your King is Oppressed and His just Rights taken from Him Who hath brought these Calamities upon your Neighbours at Hull every Man sees and they onely can bring the same upon you I will not beleeve you to be so insensible of the benefits you have received from me that I need put you in minde of the Gracious Acts passed by me this Parliament on your behalfs And if there be any thing wanting to the making you the happiest Subjects in the world I am sure it is not my fault that you have not that too Be not deceived with words and Generall Expressions It is not in your power to name one Particular which might make you happy that I have refused to Grant Be not frighted with Apprehensions That this Countrey is like to be the Seat of a war the Seat of a war will be onely where persons rise in Rebellion against me that will not I hope be here and then you shall be sure of my Protection I will live and die in your Defence And that you may be in a Readinesse and a Posture to Defend your selves and me against any Invasion or Rebellion I have Armed severall Persons of Honour Quality and Reputation amongst you and of your own Countrey with a Commission of Array to that purpose There is no honest end declared in that Ordinance which is not provided for by this Commission which being according to the old known Law is fit for your Obedience and I doubt not will finde it In a word I assure you upon the Faith and Honour of a Christian King I will be alwayes as tender of any thing which may advance the true Protestant Religion protect and preserve the Lawes of the Land and defend the just Priviledge and Freedom of Parliament as of my Life or my Crown and when I fail in either of these I will not look for your assistance till then you are concerned not to see me suffer FINIS