The speech of the Right Honourable Henry Powle, Esq., speaker of the House of Commons delivered to the King and Queen's Majesties, at the banqueting-house in White-Hall, Friday, April 12, 1689, with His Majesty's answer thereto.
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- The speech of the Right Honourable Henry Powle, Esq., speaker of the House of Commons delivered to the King and Queen's Majesties, at the banqueting-house in White-Hall, Friday, April 12, 1689, with His Majesty's answer thereto.
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- Powle, Henry, 1630-1692.
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- London :: Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb ...,
- 1689.
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- Kings and rulers -- Succession.
- Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702.
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"The speech of the Right Honourable Henry Powle, Esq., speaker of the House of Commons delivered to the King and Queen's Majesties, at the banqueting-house in White-Hall, Friday, April 12, 1689, with His Majesty's answer thereto." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A55593.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 30, 2025.
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THE SPEECH Of the Right Honourable Henry Powle, Esq SPEAKER of the HOUSE of COMMONS.
YOUR most Loyal and Dutiful Subjects, the Commons of England Assembled in this pre∣sent Parliament, having to their unspeakable Joy seen Your Majesties plac'd upon the Im∣perial Throne of this King∣dom, they have desired Access at this time to Your Royal Presence, humbly to Congratulate Your Majesties upon this Occasion, and to wish Your Majesties a long and prosperous Reign, with all the Blessings that ever did attend a Crown.
We are all Sensible, that Your Majesties Greatness is the Security of Your Subjects. It is from Your Power that we derive to our selves an Assurance of being Defended from our Enemies; And from Your Justice that we expect a full enjoyment of our Laws and Liberties: But that which compleats our Hap∣piness, is the Experience we have of Your Majesties
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continual Care to maintain the Protestant Religion; So that we can no longer apprehend any danger of being deprived of that inestimable Blessing either by secret Practices, or by open Violence.
* 1.1May the same Divine Providence which hath hitherto pre∣served Your Majesty in the greatest Dangers, and so often gi∣ven You Victory over Your Enemies, ••till Crown Your Under∣takings with Success.
* 1.2And may those unparallelled Virtues, which adorn Your Majesties Royal Person, be the Admiration of the Present Age, and an Example to the Future.
And may the Lustre of both Your Names so far out-shine the Glory of Your Predecessors, that the Me∣mory of their greatest Actions may be forgotten, and Your People no longer Date the Establishment of their Laws and Liberties from St. Edward's Days, but from the most Auspicious Reign of King WIL∣LIAM and Queen MARY.
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* 1.1
To the King.
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* 1.2
To the Queen.