they now are, and where all their thoughts and endea∣vors are wholly taken up, and imployed in those two great and main works, which are the proper and genuine ends of all Parliaments, the Advancement of their Kings service and the discharge of their Coun∣tries trust.
And certainly, Sir, we can speak it with a great deal of Joy, and with no lesse of Truth, that never Parliament made greater demonstrations of Zeal, Affection and Loyalty to any of the Kings of Eng∣land, then this Parliament hath done, and doth, and we hope, and doubt not, nay we know it that it ever will do unto your Majesty, our Liege Lord and King. Their hearts are filled with a Veneration of you, Longings for you, Confidence in you, and De∣sires to see and serve you, and their tongues do upon all occasions expresse it; and in so doing they are (ac∣cording to the Nature of Parliaments) the true Re∣presentative of the whole Nation: for they but do that in a more contracted and regular way, which the Generality of the people of the Land, from the one end of it to another, do in a more confused and disorderly manner, yet as heartily and as affectionate∣ly, all degrees, and ages, and sexes, high and low, rich and poor (as I may say) Men, Women, and Children joyn in sending up this prayer to Heaven, God blesse King Charles, Long live King Charles; So as our English air is not susceptible of any other sound, and ecchoes out nothing else; our Bels, Bone∣fires, peals of Ordinance, Volleys of shot, the shouts and acclamations of the People, bears no other Mo∣ral, have no other Signification, but to triumph,