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             Bristols second address, as it was presented to their late members in Parliament, at their return from Oxford to the right worshipful Sir Richard Hart, Knight, Mayor of the city of Bristol, and Thomas Earl, Esquire, our late representatives in Parliament of for the said city and county of Bistol.
             Earle, Thomas.
             Hart, Richard, Sir.
          
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             Printed for Henry Broom,
             London :
             1681.
          
           
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           Bristols
           second
           Address
           ,
           As
           it
           was
           presented
           to
           their
           late
           Members
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           at
           their
           return
           from
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           To
           THE
           RIGHT
           WORSHIPFUL
           Sir
           RICHARD
           HART
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           Mayor
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           and
           THOMAS
           EARL
           ,
           Esquire
           ,
           our
           late
           Representatives
           in
           Parliament
           for
           the
           said
           City
           and
           County
           of
           Bristol
           .
        
         
           I.
           THAT
           you
           may
           see
           the
           short
           life
           of
           the
           late
           Parliament
           hath
           not
           influenced
           
             us
             to
             Change
          
           by
           altering
           our
           Duty
           to
           
             our
             Sovereign
          
           or
           our
           respects
           to
           You
           ;
           We
           now
           receive
           You
           into
           this
           City
           with
           the
           same
           Loyal
           affections
           that
           we
           conducted
           You
           out
           on
           Your
           journey
           to
           
             Oxford
             .
          
        
         
           II.
           We
           are
           neither
           
             Presbyterians
          
           nor
           any
           of
           those
           Sects
           ,
           who
           presuming
           to
           pry
           into
           Gods
           secret
           Counsels
           ,
           are
           the
           less
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           that
           they
           saucily
           canvass
           and
           dispute
           all
           the
           Actions
           of
           his
           Vicegerent
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           enter
           not
           into
           the
           Reasons
           moving
           His
           Majesty
           unto
           this
           sudden
           Dissolution
           ,
           but
           humbly
           acquiesce
           therein
           with
           Duty
           and
           Loyalty
           becoming
           honest
           and
           peaceably
           minded
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           III.
           Whatever
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Vox
             Populi
          
           or
           other
           factious
           and
           seditious
           Scriblers
           have
           with
           very
           ill
           purposes
           and
           designs
           of
           late
           falsely
           insinuated
           into
           the
           People
           :
           We
           are
           sensible
           that
           the
           Power
           of
           
             Calling
          
           and
           
             Dissolving
             Parliaments
          
           at
           pleasure
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           those
           inseparable
           
             Prerogatives
          
           of
           the
           
             Crown
             ,
          
           which
           (
           no
           less
           necessary
           for
           the
           Subjects
           Safety
           than
           the
           Prince's
           Grandeur
           )
           We
           in
           the
           third
           Article
           of
           our
           former
           Address
           assert
           and
           defend
           against
           all
           Opposers
           .
        
         
           IV.
           We
           are
           abundantly
           satisfied
           that
           our
           
             gracious
             King
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           hitherto
           made
           the
           
             Laws
          
           the
           measure
           of
           his
           
             Actions
          
           and
           
             Proceedings
             ,
          
           will
           still
           continue
           to
           us
           the
           same
           just
           practice
           ;
           And
           being
           assured
           by
           our
           former
           experience
           and
           His
           Royal
           promise
           in
           His
           most
           Excellent
           Speech
           at
           the
           Opening
           of
           the
           late
           Session
           ,
           
             That
             he
             himself
             would
             neither
             use
             Arbitrary
             Power
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             it
             in
             others
             ;
          
           We
           therefore
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           That
           he
           saw
           no
           less
           just
           cause
           for
           the
           Dissolving
           this
           than
           the
           preceding
           Parliament
           .
        
         
         
           V.
           Had
           this
           Parliament
           continued
           a
           week
           longer
           ,
           We
           had
           not
           (
           as
           now
           )
           wanted
           an
           opportunity
           of
           vindicating
           our
           Election
           of
           You
           our
           true
           Representatives
           to
           the
           great
           Dishonour
           of
           Your
           Competitors
           ,
           in
           the
           Refutation
           of
           the
           many
           scandalous
           and
           notorious
           falshoods
           contained
           in
           the
           Petition
           presented
           (
           as
           is
           said
           )
           by
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Atkins
             ,
          
           Sir
           
             John
             Knight
             ,
          
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           the
           late
           House
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           VI.
           And
           (
           here
           )
           We
           cannot
           but
           return
           you
           our
           hearty
           thanks
           and
           acknowledgments
           for
           Your
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           shewn
           on
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           and
           doubt
           not
           but
           You
           will
           still
           retain
           the
           same
           constancy
           and
           steadiness
           .
        
         
           VII
           .
           We
           desire
           ,
           That
           You
           will
           be
           ready
           and
           prepared
           with
           Us
           with
           lives
           and
           fortunes
           to
           stand
           by
           His
           Majesty
           and
           the
           established
           Government
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           doing
           in
           Your
           respective
           Stations
           what
           in
           You
           lies
           .
           And
           wherein
           Your
           Power
           shall
           fall
           short
           ,
           praying
           from
           His
           Majesty
           assistance
           and
           encouragement
           ,
           countenance
           and
           protection
           for
           the
           due
           Execution
           of
           the
           Statutes
           in
           being
           ,
           particularly
           that
           of
           the
           35
           
             th
          
           
             Eliz.
          
           made
           upon
           most
           deliberate
           Counsels
           (
           as
           the
           History
           of
           those
           times
           attests
           )
           against
           all
           Recusants
           and
           Dissenters
           whatever
           ,
           their
           Prosecution
           being
           in
           our
           Opinion
           the
           only
           means
           (
           under
           God
           )
           to
           preserve
           the
           Kings
           Person
           ,
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Property
           from
           the
           secret
           machinations
           and
           hellish
           conspiracies
           of
           the
           wicked
           and
           ambitious
           ,
           whether
           Papists
           or
           Fanaticks
           .
        
         
           VIII
           .
           And
           in
           this
           blessed
           Union
           ,
           let
           us
           all
           with
           heart
           and
           hand
           join
           as
           one
           man
           ,
           and
           let
           all
           honest
           people
           heartily
           say
           (
           as
           we
           do
           )
           
             God
             save
             our
             good
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             ;
          
           let
           His
           and
           our
           Enemies
           be
           confounded
           :
           but
           upon
           
             Himself
          
           and
           His
           lawful
           
             Successors
             ,
          
           let
           the
           
             Crown
          
           be
           
             for
             ever
          
           established
           and
           flourish
           ,
           
             Amen
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Bristol
            
             
               the
               first
               of
               
                 April
              
               1681.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             This
             was
             subscribed
             by
             most
             of
             the
             Aldermen
             and
             Common
             Council
             of
             the
             said
             City
             ,
             and
             by
             several
             hundred
             more
             (
             Citizens
             and
             Freeholders
             there
             .
             )
             As
             likewise
             was
             their
             former
             Address
             ,
             notwithstanding
             
               Langley
               Curtis
            
             had
             the
             impudence
             in
             his
             
               Protestant
               Mercury
            
             (
             Number
             24.
             )
             falsly
             to
             affirm
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             former
             Address
             was
             a
             forgery
             ,
             and
             an
             abuse
             put
             upon
             the
             said
             City
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             altogether
             ignorant
             thereof
             :
             And
             thereupon
             took
             occasion
             to
             vilifie
             Mr.
             
               Thompson
            
             (
             a
             reverend
             Minister
             of
             the
             said
             City
             )
             in
             scurrilous
             language
             peculiar
             to
             such
             
               Common-wealth-Protestants
               ;
            
             which
             said
             former
             Address
             (
             with
             this
             now
             presented
             )
             is
             and
             will
             be
             owned
             not
             only
             by
             those
             who
             subscribed
             them
             ,
             but
             by
             all
             other
             his
             Majesties
             truly
             Loyal
             Subjects
             within
             that
             City
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           London
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Henry
           Broom
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
    
  

