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         Essex, Arthur Capel, Earl of, 1631-1683.
      
       
         
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             The Earl of Essex his speech, at the delivering the following petition to His Most Sacred Majesty, Jan. 25, 80 [i.e. 1681]
             Essex, Arthur Capel, Earl of, 1631-1683.
          
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             Printed for Benj. Harris ...,
             London :
             1681.
          
           
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             Includes also the petition against holding the Parliament at Oxford, signed: Monmouth, Kent, Hunting [and 13 others].
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           The
           EARL
           of
           Essex
           his
           SPEECH
           ,
           at
           the
           Delivering
           the
           following
           Petition
           to
           His
           most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           
             
               Jan.
            
             25.
             80.
             
          
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             Your
             Majesty
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Lords
           here
           present
           ,
           together
           with
           divers
           other
           Peers
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           taking
           notice
           that
           by
           your
           late
           Proclamation
           ,
           your
           Majesty
           has
           declared
           an
           intention
           of
           calling
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           at
           
             Oxford
             ;
          
           and
           observing
           from
           History
           and
           Records
           how
           unfortunate
           many
           such
           assemblies
           have
           bin
           ,
           when
           called
           at
           a
           Place
           remote
           from
           the
           Capital
           City
           ;
           as
           particularly
           the
           Congress
           in
           Henry
           the
           Seconds
           time
           at
           
             Clarindon
             ;
          
           Three
           several
           Parliaments
           at
           
             Oxford
          
           in
           Henry
           the
           thirds
           time
           ;
           and
           at
           
             Coventry
          
           in
           Henry
           the
           Sixths
           time
           ;
           With
           divers
           others
           which
           have
           proved
           very
           fatal
           to
           those
           Kings
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           followed
           with
           great
           mischief
           on
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           :
           and
           considering
           the
           present
           posture
           of
           affairs
           ,
           the
           many
           jealousies
           and
           discontents
           ,
           which
           are
           amongst
           the
           People
           ,
           we
           have
           great
           cause
           to
           apprehend
           that
           the
           consequences
           of
           the
           sitting
           of
           a
           Parliament
           now
           at
           
             Oxford
          
           may
           be
           as
           fatal
           to
           your
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           those
           others
           mentioned
           have
           bin
           to
           the
           then
           Reigning
           Kings
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           do
           conceive
           that
           we
           cannot
           answer
           it
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           If
           we
           ,
           being
           Peers
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           should
           not
           on
           so
           Important
           an
           Occasion
           humbly
           offer
           our
           advice
           to
           your
           Majesty
           ;
           that
           if
           possible
           .
           Your
           Majesty
           may
           be
           prevailed
           with
           ,
           to
           alter
           this
           (
           as
           we
           apprehend
           )
           unseasonable
           Resolution
           .
           The
           Grounds
           and
           Reasons
           of
           our
           Opinion
           ,
           are
           contained
           in
           this
           our
           Petition
           ,
           which
           We
           humbly
           Present
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           
             To
             the
             
             KING
             's
             most
             Excellent
             Majesty
             .
             The
             Humble
             Petition
             and
             Advice
             of
             the
             Lords
             under-named
             ,
             PEERS
             of
             the
             REALM
             .
          
           
             
               Humbly
               Sheweth
               ,
            
             
             THat
             whereas
             Your
             Majesty
             hath
             been
             pleased
             ,
             by
             divers
             Speeches
             ,
             and
             Messages
             to
             Your
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             rightly
             to
             represent
             to
             them
             the
             Dangers
             that
             Threatned
             Your
             Majesties
             Person
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             from
             the
             Mischievous
             ,
             and
             wicked
             Plots
             of
             the
             
               Papists
               ,
            
             and
             the
             suddain
             Growth
             of
             a
             Forreign-Power
             ,
             unto
             which
             ,
             no
             Stop
             or
             Remedy
             could
             be
             Provided
             ,
             unless
             it
             were
             by
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             an
             Union
             of
             Your
             Majesties
             
               Protestant
            
             Subjects
             ,
             in
             one
             Mind
             ,
             and
             one
             Interest
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Lord
             
               Chancellor
               ,
            
             in
             Pursuance
             of
             Your
             Majesties
             Commands
             ,
             having
             more
             at
             large
             Demonstrated
             the
             said
             Dangers
             to
             be
             as
             great
             ,
             as
             we
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             our
             Fears
             could
             Imagine
             them
             :
             And
             so
             pressing
             ,
             that
             our
             Liberties
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             Lives
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             would
             be
             certainly
             Lost
             ,
             if
             a
             speedy
             Provision
             were
             not
             made
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             on
             the
             21.
             of
             
               April
               ,
            
             1679
             ,
             Having
             called
             unto
             your
             Council
             ,
             many
             Honorable
             and
             Worthy
             Persons
             ,
             and
             declared
             to
             them
             and
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             ,
             That
             being
             sensible
             of
             the
             evil
             Effects
             of
             a
             single
             Ministry
             ,
             or
             private
             Advice
             ,
             or
             Forreign
             Committee
             ,
             for
             the
             General
             Direction
             of
             your
             Affaires
             ;
             Your
             Majesty
             would
             for
             the
             Future
             Refer
             all
             things
             unto
             that
             Council
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             constant
             Advice
             of
             them
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             your
             great
             Council
             ,
             the
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             Your
             Majesty
             was
             hereafter
             Resolved
             to
             Govern
             the
             Kingdoms
             ;
             We
             began
             to
             hope
             we
             should
             see
             an
             end
             of
             our
             Miseryes
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             our
             Unspeakable
             Grief
             and
             Sorrow
             ,
             we
             soon
             found
             our
             Expectations
             Frustrated
             .
             The
             
               Parliament
               ,
            
             then
             subsisting
             ,
             was
             Prorogued
             and
             Dissolved
             before
             it
             could
             perfect
             what
             was
             intended
             for
             our
             Relief
             and
             Security
             :
             and
             though
             another
             was
             thereupon
             called
             ,
             yet
             by
             many
             Prorogations
             it
             was
             put
             off
             ,
             till
             the
             21.
             of
             
             
               Octob.
            
             past
             ;
             and
             notwithstanding
             your
             Majesty
             was
             then
             again
             pleased
             to
             acknowledge
             ,
             that
             neither
             Your
             Person
             ,
             nor
             Your
             Kingdom
             could
             be
             safe
             ,
             till
             the
             matter
             of
             the
             Plot
             was
             gone
             thorow
             ,
             It
             was
             unexpectedly
             Prorogued
             on
             the
             10th
             .
             of
             this
             
               Month
               ,
            
             before
             any
             sufficient
             Order
             could
             be
             taken
             therein
             :
             All
             their
             Just
             and
             Pious
             Endeavors
             to
             save
             the
             Nation
             were
             overthrown
             ;
             the
             good
             Bills
             they
             had
             been
             Industriously
             preparing
             to
             Unite
             all
             Your
             Majesties
             
               Protestant
            
             Subjects
             brought
             to
             nought
             ;
             The
             discovery
             of
             the
             
               Irish
            
             Plot
             stifled
             ;
             The
             witnesses
             that
             came
             in
             frequently
             more
             fully
             to
             declare
             that
             ,
             both
             of
             
               England
            
             and
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             discouraged
             ▪
             Those
             Forreign
             Kingdoms
             and
             States
             ,
             who
             by
             a
             happy
             conjunction
             ▪
             with
             us
             might
             give
             a
             Check
             to
             the
             French
             Powers
             ,
             Disheartned
             ,
             even
             to
             such
             a
             Despair
             of
             their
             own
             Security
             against
             the
             growing
             greatness
             of
             that
             Monarch
             ,
             As
             we
             fear
             may
             induce
             them
             to
             take
             new
             Resolutions
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             such
             as
             may
             be
             fatal
             to
             us
             :
             The
             Strength
             and
             Courage
             of
             our
             Enemyes
             both
             at
             Home
             and
             Abroad
             increased
             ▪
             And
             our selves
             left
             in
             the
             utmost
             danger
             of
             seeing
             our
             Countrey
             brought
             into
             utter
             Desolation
             .
          
           
             In
             these
             Extremities
             ,
             we
             had
             nothing
             under
             
               God
            
             to
             Comfort
             us
             ,
             but
             the
             Hopes
             ▪
             that
             Your
             Majesty
             (
             being
             touched
             with
             the
             Groans
             of
             Your
             Perishing
             People
             )
             would
             have
             suffered
             Your
             Parliament
             to
             Meet
             at
             the
             Day
             unto
             which
             it
             was
             Prorogued
             :
             and
             that
             no
             further
             Interruption
             should
             have
             been
             given
             to
             their
             Proceedings
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             their
             Saving
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
             But
             that
             failed
             us
             too
             ;
             so
             then
             we
             heard
             that
             Your
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             the
             private
             Suggestion
             of
             some
             Wicked
             Persons
             ,
             Favourers
             of
             Popery
             ,
             Promoters
             of
             French
             Designs
             ,
             and
             Enemies
             to
             Your
             M●jesty
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             (
             without
             the
             Advice
             ,
             and
             as
             we
             have
             good
             Reason
             to
             believe
             ,
             against
             the
             Opinion
             ,
             even
             of
             Your
             
               Privy-Councel
               )
            
             had
             been
             prevailed
             with
             to
             Dissolve
             it
             ,
             &
             to
             call
             another
             to
             Meet
             at
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             where
             neither
             Lords
             nor
             Commons
             can
             be
             in
             Safety
             ;
             but
             will
             be
             dayly
             exposed
             to
             the
             Swords
             of
             the
             
               Papists
               ,
            
             and
             their
             Adherents
             of
             whom
             too
             many
             are
             crept
             into
             Your
             Majesties
             Guards
             .
             The
             Liberty
             of
             speaking
             according
             to
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             will
             be
             thereby
             Destroyed
             ,
             and
             the
             Validity
             of
             all
             their
             Acts
             ,
             and
             Proceedings
             consisting
             in
             it
             ,
             left
             Disputable
             .
             The
             Straitness
             of
             the
             Place
             ,
             no
             way
             admits
             of
             such
             a
             concourse
             of
             Persons
             ,
             as
             now
             follows
             every
             Parliament
             ;
             the
             Witnesses
             which
             are
             necessary
             to
             give
             Evidence
             against
             the
             Popish
             Lords
             ;
             such
             Judges
             ,
             or
             others
             whom
             the
             Commons
             have
             Impeached
             ,
             or
             had
             Resolved
             to
             Impeach
             ,
             can
             neither
             bear
             the
             Charge
             of
             going
             thither
             ,
             nor
             trust
             themselves
             under
             the
             Protection
             of
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             is
             it self
             Evidently
             under
             the
             Power
             of
             Guards
             and
             Souldiers
             .
          
           
             The
             Premises
             considered
             ,
             We
             Your
             Majesties
             Petitioners
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             Just
             Abhorrence
             of
             such
             a
             dangerous
             and
             pernicious
             Council
             (
             which
             the
             Authors
             have
             not
             dared
             to
             avow
             )
             and
             the
             direful
             Apprehensions
             of
             the
             Calamities
             &
             Miseries
             ,
             that
             may
             ensue
             thereupon
             ;
             do
             make
             it
             our
             most
             Humble
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             Advice
             ,
             That
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             may
             not
             Sit
             at
             a
             Place
             ,
             where
             it
             will
             not
             be
             able
             to
             Act
             with
             that
             Freedom
             ▪
             which
             is
             necessary
             ;
             and
             especially
             ,
             to
             Give
             unto
             their
             Acts
             and
             Proceedings
             ,
             that
             Authority
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             amongst
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             have
             ever
             had
             ,
             unless
             Impaired
             by
             some
             Awe
             upon
             them
             ,
             (
             of
             which
             there
             wants
             not
             Precedents
             )
             and
             that
             Your
             Majesty
             would
             be
             graciously
             pleased
             ,
             to
             Order
             
               It
            
             to
             Sit
             at
             
               Westminster
               ,
            
             (
             it
             being
             the
             usual
             Place
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             may
             Consult
             and
             Act
             with
             Safety
             and
             Freedom
             )
          
           
             And
             Your
             Petitioners
             shall
             ever
             Pray
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               
                 
                   Monmouth
                   ,
                
                 
                   Kent
                   ,
                
                 
                   Huntington
                   ,
                
                 
                   Bedford
                   ,
                
                 
                   Salisbury
                   ,
                
                 
                   Clara
                   ,
                
                 
                   Standford
                   ,
                
                 
                   Essex
                   ▪
                
                 
                   Shaftsbury
                   ,
                
                 
                   Mordant
                   ,
                
                 
                   Evers
                   ,
                
                 
                   Paget
                   ,
                
                 
                   Grey
                   ,
                
                 
                   Herbert
                   ,
                
                 
                   Howard
                   ,
                
                 
                   Delamer
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Benj.
             Harris
             ▪
          
           at
           the
           
             Stationers-Arms
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Piazza
          
           under
           the
           
             Royal-Exchange
             ,
          
           1681.
           
        
      
    
  

