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Mr. Charles Dallison recordr [sic] of Lincoln, his speech to the Kings Majesty
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Dallison, Charles, d. 1669.
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1642
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Mr. CHARLES DALLISON RECORDR OF LINCOLN His Speech TO THE KINGS MAJESTY Most gracious Soveraigne WEE your Majesties most dutifull and obedient Subjects before we were encouraged by the influence of your Majesties presence knew not what to doe being amazed with feares and jealousies rumored and spread abroad whereby divers of your Majesties good Subjects were distracted and the more because we neither knew nor could imagine any cause or feare of jealousie SIR I cannot more properly compare our case then to a man in perfect health yet doth fancie himselfe sicke of a Consumption who if his fortune be to light of a skilfull and honest Physitian is in no danger but if upon an Empricke it is like his body shall be brought into that condition which before he did but fancy himselfe to be in I am doubtfull if those persons who have bin the cause of raising and fomenting these feares and jealousies might chuse their owne Physitian and apply their owne medicine it would hazard the ruine of the Common-wealth by abolishing the ancient and fundamentall Lawes therof But the Subjects of this Nation God be thanked are in a better case It is not in the power of those evill spirits either to make choice of a Physitian or to apply the Medicine your sacred Majesty being our great Physitian and without your Majesties consent and command no medicine can be applied And to the unspeakable joy and comfort of all your Majesties faithfull Subjects it is sufficiently signified to the world by your Majesties most Kingly Declarations expressing your resolution to maintaine and governe by the knowne Lawes of this Realme to defend the true Protestant Religion established by Law By which meanes your loyall Subjects shall be preserved and protected from Arbitrary Government Let the most evill affected person then deny if he can but that we have from our King what is to be wished and that without asking or petitioning for There is onely one Question to be asked and a short Answer thereunto What is now to be done To which every ingenious soule must acknowledge the want is on our parts we owe all we have to be disposed of by your Majesty for the maintenance and preservation of your just rights and prerogative which cannot be maintained but thereby the priviledges of your Subjects will be likewise defended the same Law defending both and under which Law the people of this Nation have bin most happily governed under your Majesty and your most noble Progenitours many hundred yeeres For the continuance of which Government for my owne particular prostrating my selfe at your Majesties feet I humbly offer and render unto your Majesty my selfe estate and fortune And SIR I have warrant from the Major of this Citie and the whole body of this Corporation to beseech your Majesty to accept of the like offer from them So with this short ejaculation I shall conclude beseeching God to blesse and preserve your sacred person and this our most noble and hopeful Prince Charles with all your royall issue and that this Nation and people and all your Dominions may be governed by your Majesty and your posterity to the worlds end Whereas both the Houses of Parliament have Voted a necessity of putting the Kingdome into a posture of Warre for the suppressing of any Insurrection within or Forces from without and have by their example and acceptance of others offers to maintaine Horse and Foot armed for that purpose given us whose names are here underwritten occasion considering the present distractions amongst us to undertake to maintaine and have in readinesse such number of Horse furnished fit for warre as we doe here subscribe to for the maintenance and defence of his Majesties just Prerogative the Protestant Religion as it is now established the Lawes of the Realme the just priviledges of Parliament and the publique Peace against all opposition whatsoever And the said Horse to be disposed of within the County for three moneths after the 20. of this instant July at such time and in such way as his Majesty shall by his Commission direct HORSES F. Fane 4 Perigreene Barty 4 John Mounson 12 Edward Hussey 6 Geo. Henneage 6 John Bolles 5 William Petham 3 William Therold 6 Charles Hussey 2 Daniel Deligne 3 Robert Therold 3 Gervis Scroope 4 Gervis Nevill 2 John Burrill 2 Christopher Berrissord 2 Robert Tredway 2 Ralph Ewere 4 Edmund Ellis 1 Arthur Redhead 1 George Walker 1 Hustwait Wright 1 William Stone 1 William Langton 1 John Formery 4 Charles Dallison 4 Charles Bolles 3 Antho. Meres 1 William Saltmarsh 2 Stephen Anderson 2 Thomas Ogle 2 Thomas Read 1 George Bradley 1 William Quadring 1 William Cony 3 William Tirwhitt 2 Robert Terwhitt 2 Edward Heron. 1 Thomas Monson 1 Robert Markham 4 Robert Bolles 1 Thomas Rands 1 Jo. Collumbell 1 John Stutt 1 Thomas Harrington 2 William Dallison 4 Christopher Berisford 2 N. Smith 1 John Oldfield 2 Adrian May. 3 Edward Tourney 1 Anthony Butler 2 Antho. Topham 4 Hamlett Marshall 3 Robt. Meeres 3 Morgan Winne 2 Thomas Hurst 2 Robt. Sanderson 1 Robert Haslewood 1 Adam Cranwell 1 Stephen Primatt 1 Thomas Hirst 2 Charles Harrington 1 Henry Pigg 1 Davy Williamson 1 John Chappell 1 William Welby 2 Edw Mildemore 1 W Desney 2 Fran Welby 1 John South 3 Henry Fenes 1 Robert Metham 1 Rich Parke 1 Rich. Fancoarts 1 Mount Cholmley 1 London printed for William Gay and are to be sold at his Shop in Hosherlane at the signe of the Axe August the 3. 1642.