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         Ford, Richard, Sir, d. 1678.
      
       
         
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             The speech of Sr. Richard Ford, Knight, and alderman of London made at Guild-hall to the liveries of the several companies of that city, on Michaelmass day, 1670, upon their election of him to be lord mayor of the same city for the year ensuing / taken in short-hand writing by a person then present.
             Ford, Richard, Sir, d. 1678.
          
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           Elections -- England -- London.
           Mayors -- England -- London.
           London (England) -- History -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           THE
           SPEECH
           OF
           S
           
             R
          
           Richard
           Ford
           Knight
           ,
           and
           Alderman
           of
           
             London
             :
             MADE
             AT
          
           GUILD-HALL
           TO
           THE
           
             Liveries
          
           of
           the
           several
           
             COMPANIES
          
           of
           that
           CITY
           ,
           on
           
             Michaelmass
          
           day
           ,
           1670.
           
        
         
           Upon
           their
           Election
           of
           Him
           to
           be
           LORD
           MAYOR
           of
           the
           same
           CITY
           for
           the
           Year
           ensuing
           .
        
         
           
             Taken
             in
             Short-Hand
             Writing
             by
             a
             Person
             then
             present
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             N.
             B.
          
           1670.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           SPEECH
           OF
           Sir
           
             RICHARD
             FORD
          
           Knight
           ,
           and
           Alderman
           of
           
             LONDON
             :
             Made
             at
          
           Guildhall
           
             to
             the
             Liveries
             of
             the
             several
             Companies
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             GENTLEMEN
             ,
          
        
         
           IF
           I
           should
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           this
           Election
           of
           me
           to
           this
           great
           
             Office
          
           was
           to
           me
           very
           much
           unexpected
           ,
           I
           should
           tell
           you
           nothing
           but
           a
           very
           great
           Truth
           ,
           and
           (
           if
           you
           believe
           that
           )
           then
           you
           
           will
           easily
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           the
           Work
           of
           this
           day
           hath
           put
           me
           to
           a
           great
           surprize
           ;
           therefore
           you
           cannot
           reasonably
           expect
           that
           I
           should
           entertain
           you
           ,
           either
           with
           a
           long
           ,
           or
           well
           concocted
           discourse
           ;
           I
           know
           according
           to
           custom
           (
           and
           custom
           prescribed
           by
           book
           )
           I
           am
           (
           to
           do
           that
           which
           I
           own
           to
           be
           my
           Duty
           too
           ,
           that
           is
           )
           to
           give
           you
           thanks
           ,
           which
           I
           do
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           every
           individual
           person
           ;
           and
           first
           to
           those
           that
           have
           had
           the
           charity
           for
           me
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           me
           in
           some
           degree
           capable
           for
           the
           manage
           of
           this
           great
           Trust
           ;
           and
           for
           those
           that
           had
           the
           charity
           to
           have
           prevented
           me
           from
           an
           Office
           of
           so
           great
           burthen
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           go
           away
           without
           a
           share
           of
           my
           thanks
           ,
           I
           do
           also
           thank
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           be
           very
           
           heartily
           glad
           ,
           that
           this
           little
           beginning
           of
           Union
           of
           you
           in
           my
           Thanks
           ,
           may
           be
           the
           introduction
           to
           a
           perfect
           reconciliation
           of
           all
           those
           unhappy
           differences
           which
           have
           of
           late
           so
           much
           distracted
           both
           the
           Councils
           and
           Actions
           among
           all
           the
           degrees
           of
           
             Citizens
             .
          
        
         
           You
           have
           been
           pleased
           to
           call
           me
           to
           an
           Office
           ,
           the
           burthen
           of
           which
           I
           always
           apprehended
           (
           even
           in
           the
           most
           peaceable
           Times
           ,
           and
           greatest
           Union
           of
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           
             Citizens
             )
          
           did
           require
           a
           person
           of
           the
           greatest
           abilities
           that
           ever
           this
           City
           bred
           ,
           but
           I
           tremble
           to
           think
           what
           an
           insupportable
           Burthen
           (
           and
           how
           impossible
           )
           it
           will
           be
           for
           you
           and
           me
           to
           render
           our
           Duties
           either
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           this
           great
           City
           ,
           unless
           it
           please
           God
           to
           make
           up
           those
           breaches
           and
           animosities
           ,
           
           which
           Gods
           just
           judgments
           (
           for
           our
           sins
           )
           have
           lately
           laid
           upon
           us
           ;
           I
           do
           readily
           submit
           to
           the
           Call
           of
           God
           by
           you
           ,
           and
           will
           endevour
           by
           my
           Councils
           and
           Actings
           ,
           to
           leave
           you
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           my
           Year
           ,
           in
           a
           more
           perfect
           Knot
           of
           Unity
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           more
           conscious
           to
           my self
           of
           my
           own
           weakness
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           an
           Undertaker
           ;
           and
           I
           would
           not
           put
           my self
           under
           a
           promise
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           have
           not
           a
           very
           near
           prospect
           of
           abilities
           to
           perform
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           promise
           you
           much
           of
           my self
           ,
           only
           thus
           much
           I
           do
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           ,
           engage
           my self
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           Execution
           of
           this
           Office
           ,
           I
           shall
           endevour
           so
           to
           comport
           my self
           ,
           as
           that
           I
           may
           prove
           an
           
             Instrument
             of
             Peace
          
           amongst
           all
           the
           Citizens
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           as
           far
           as
           I
           
           can
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           neither
           sharpen
           the
           edge
           of
           the
           Sword
           (
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           my
           hand
           )
           to
           chastise
           any
           man
           beyond
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           for
           any
           disrespect
           that
           I
           may
           have
           for
           his
           person
           ,
           or
           his
           Principles
           ;
           nor
           blunt
           the
           edge
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           fear
           or
           favour
           of
           any
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           (
           as
           far
           as
           he
           shall
           enable
           me
           )
           I
           shall
           in
           all
           things
           endevour
           ,
           to
           perform
           my
           Duty
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           this
           City
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           ,
           give
           you
           a
           real
           Thanks
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

