The Speech of Mr. Higgons in Parliament at the reading of the bill for the militia the twenty second day of May
Higgons, Thomas, Sir, 1624-1691.
1661
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The Speech of Mr. Higgons in Parliament at the reading of the bill for the militia the twenty second day of May
Higgons, Thomas, Sir, 1624-1691.
6 p.
Printed for Roger Norton,
London :
1661.
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Divine right of kings.
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THE
SPEECH
OF
M
r.
HIGGONS
IN
PARLIAMENT
At
the
Reading
of
the
BILL
FOR
THE
MILITIA
The
Twenty
Second
Day
of
MAY.
LONDON
,
Printed
by
ROGER
NORTON
,
1661.
Mr.
Speaker
,
YOu
have
a
Bill
of
extraordinary
importance
now
before
you
,
and
there
are
many
points
of
Law
in
it
,
which
I
will
not
presume
to
speak
to
.
I
shall
leave
them
to
the
Learned
Gentlemen
of
that
Profession
,
who
have
spent
their
time
in
that
noble
study
.
But
because
all
Laws
either
are
,
or
ought
to
be
grounded
upon
reason
,
and
all
Lawes
are
to
give
place
to
that
supream
Law
of
publique
safety
,
I
will
make
bold
to
speak
something
to
this
Bill
,
though
not
to
the
Law
,
yet
to
the
reasonableness
and
necessity
of
it
.
I
believe
there
is
no
man
but
is
sensible
of
the
mighty
mischiefs
that
the
late
dispute
of
the
Militia
brought
upon
this
Nation
.
For
what
was
the
fruit
of
that
Dispute
,
and
what
liberty
did
the
Contenders
purchase
,
but
a
liberty
to
destroy
themselves
and
ruine
their
Countrey
?
a
liberty
,
Mr.
Speaker
,
worse
than
the
worst
sort
of
servitude
.
If
the
Question
of
the
Militia
had
been
rightly
stated
,
if
it
had
been
declared
to
be
wholly
in
the
King
,
as
without
doubt
in
reason
and
nature
it
was
,
and
been
settled
in
him
with
that
latitude
and
those
powers
as
were
requisite
for
protecting
himself
and
his
people
,
for
ought
I
know
,
the
late
war
had
been
prevented
and
all
the
calamitous
consequences
of
it
.
I
have
ever
been
of
opinion
that
they
who
are
born
under
a
just
,
legitimate
,
and
hereditary
Monarchy
have
the
same
obligations
,
and
owe
the
same
service
to
their
Prince
,
which
the
Antients
who
lived
in
Common-wealths
did
to
their
Countrey
.
It
was
an
ordinary
thing
with
them
to
preferr
the
publick
good
before
their
own
,
and
to
devote
themselves
to
death
,
that
the
place
which
gave
them
being
might
be
happy
.
That
zeal
which
inflamed
them
with
a
love
to
their
Countrey
ought
in
my
judgement
to
operate
in
us
for
the
service
of
our
Prince
.
For
in
a
Monarchy
,
the
Prince
represents
the
Country
;
the
Majesty
of
the
Countrey
is
in
him
,
his
welfare
is
the
welfare
of
the
Countrey
,
and
of
every
particular
person
in
it
:
It
was
a
celebrated
saying
of
Artabanus
Captain
of
the
guard
to
Xerxes
,
when
Themistocles
fled
out
of
Greece
to
the
Court
of
Persia
,
Stranger
,
sayes
he
,
the
Customes
and
manners
of
men
are
different
,
and
that
is
laudable
in
one
Nation
which
is
not
so
in
another
.
You
Greeks
affect
liberty
and
equality
,
and
to
be
one
as
good
as
another
.
But
we
who
are
Persians
think
nothing
so
great
and
so
honourable
as
to
serve
and
obey
our
King
,
who
is
the
image
of
the
living
God.
If
to
serve
our
King
be
to
serve
our
Countrey
,
if
the
interest
of
the
King
be
the
interest
of
the
publique
,
if
all
our
lives
,
safeties
,
and
fortunes
are
bound
up
in
his
,
certainly
we
can
not
make
him
too
great
,
or
be
too
concern'd
for
his
preservation
.
That
which
first
brought
men
into
Societies
was
the
fear
they
had
of
one
another
,
and
a
desire
of
safety
.
This
made
them
content
to
pass
away
that
right
which
by
nature
they
had
to
all
things
,
that
they
might
be
assured
of
something
:
this
made
them
transferr
and
give
up
the
Dominion
of
themselves
to
others
.
And
hence
it
was
that
Government
arose
,
from
hen●●
it
was
,
I
mean
from
the
disposing
of
this
●…inion
,
that
all
Governments
were
denominated
;
for
where
the
Dominion
is
placed
in
many
,
there
it
is
a
Popular
State
,
where
it
is
in
some
of
the
better
sort
,
there
it
is
Aristocracy
;
where
it
is
in
one
alone
,
there
it
is
Monarchy
.
Now
all
these
Governments
may
be
convenient
in
their
proper
places
.
But
certainly
the
most
absolute
,
the
most
noble
,
and
to
use
the
words
of
Plato
,
the
most
divine
form
of
government
is
that
of
Monarchy
.
Under
this
form
of
Government
,
Sir
,
it
is
our
honour
to
be
born
;
to
this
form
of
Government
we
have
the
happiness
to
be
restored
from
one
of
the
vilest
and
miserablest
Anarchies
that
ever
any
Nation
was
under
.
Nor
is
that
all
our
happiness
;
we
are
not
onely
restored
from
the
worst
fort
of
Government
to
the
best
,
but
by
the
great
mercy
of
God
delivered
from
the
worst
men
that
ever
ruled
in
the
worst
kind
of
Government
into
the
hands
of
one
of
the
best
of
Princes
.
Now
Sir
,
the
Question
before
you
is
,
What
power
you
will
allow
this
Prince
for
his
and
your
own
preservation
.
The
power
of
the
Militia
is
a
thing
so
inherent
in
the
King
,
and
so
inseparable
from
his
person
,
that
without
it
he
cannot
perform
the
ends
for
which
he
is
a
King.
He
can
neither
protect
us
●…m
the
attempts
of
Enemies
,
nor
from
the
violences
of
one
another
.
So
that
of
necessity
the
Militia
must
be
in
him
,
and
in
him
alone
:
for
to
divide
it
betwixt
him
and
any
other
is
a
contradiction
in
the
very
nature
of
Government
:
since
where
there
are
two
co-ordinate
powers
in
one
State
,
where
there
are
two
pretending
an
equal
power
to
the
same
thing
,
and
no
Superiour
to
appeal
to
,
the
question
can
not
be
decided
but
by
force
,
this
force
will
introduce
a
war
,
which
must
end
in
the
dissolution
of
the
Government
.
But
the
Question
is
not
so
much
where
the
right
of
the
Militia
is
(
for
I
find
none
expresly
deny
it
to
be
in
his
Majesty
)
as
how
far
the
power
of
it
shall
extend
,
and
what
restraints
and
limitations
shall
be
laid
upon
it
.
The
King
,
it
is
confess'd
hath
power
to
Levy
and
Array
men
,
but
if
he
have
not
power
to
arm
and
appoint
them
as
he
please
when
he
hath
levied
and
arrayed
them
,
to
what
purpose
will
they
be
levied
and
arrayed
?
or
if
he
have
power
to
levie
,
array
,
and
arm
them
,
and
can
not
lead
them
out
of
one
County
into
another
,
as
occasion
shall
require
,
and
danger
call
them
,
to
what
purpose
will
they
be
armed
?
or
if
he
have
power
to
lead
them
where
he
please
,
and
can
not
raise
money
to
maintain
them
,
to
what
end
will
he
lead
them
any
where
?
without
pay
there
will
be
no
Discipline
,
and
Forces
without
Discipline
will
be
worth
nothing
.
It
is
as
good
have
no
Militia
as
an
ineffectual
one
,
as
a
Militia
which
will
onely
trouble
the
people
and
not
secure
them
.
It
is
a
vulgar
error
Sir
,
that
the
power
of
the
King
is
incompetible
with
the
liberty
of
the
people
.
The
restraining
of
the
King
does
not
make
the
people
great
,
but
makes
the
King
and
the
people
both
little
.
It
distracts
and
disunites
the
Soveraign
Power
,
whereas
it
is
in
the
union
of
Power
that
all
Empire
consists
.
And
therefore
it
is
my
opinion
that
this
Bill
as
it
is
penn'd
should
pass
.
If
I
have
said
any
thing
,
Mr.
Speaker
,
contrary
to
the
sense
of
this
House
,
as
soon
as
you
declare
your
opinion
I
shall
retract
mine
.
In
the
mean
time
I
submit
my
opinion
and
the
reasons
of
it
to
your
more
venerable
judgement
.
FINIS
.