The Kings Maiesties speeches in this great and happy Parliament Novemb. 3, 1640.

His Majesties Speech to both Houses of Parliament in the Lords House, at the passing of the Bill for a Trie∣niall Parliament, the sixteenth of November, 1640.

MY Lords, and you the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of the House of Commons; you may remember when both Houses were with Me at the Banquetting House at Whitehall, I did declare unto you two Rocks I wished you to eschew, this is the one of them, and of that consequence, that I think never Bill passed here in this House of more favour to the Subjects then this is, and if the other Rock be as happily passed over as this shall be at this time, I do not know what you can ask, for ought I can see at this time, that I can make any question to yeeld unto: Therefore I mention this to shew unto you the sence that I have of this Bill, and ob∣ligation, as I may say, that you have to me for it, for hi∣therto, to speak freely, I have had no great incouragement to do it; if I should look to the outward face of your actions or proceedings, and not look to the inward intentions of your hearts, I might make question of do∣ing it.

Hitherto you have gone on in that which concernes your selves to amend, and yet those things that meerly

concernes the strength of this Kingdom, neither for the State, nor my own particular.

This I mention, not to reproach you, but to shew you the state of things as they are, you have taken the Govern∣ment almost in peeces, and I may say, it is almost off the hinges.

A skilfull Watchmaker to make clean his Watch, he will take it a sunder, and when it is put together, it will go the better, so that he leave not forth then one pin in it.

Now as I have done all this on my part, you know what to do on your parts, and I hope you shall see cleerly that I have performed really what I expressed to you at the beginning of this Parliament, of the great trust I have of your affections to me, and this is the great expression of trust, that before you do any thing for me, that I do put such a confidence in you.