The Humble Address of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, presented to Presented to His Majesty On Wednesday the Fifteenth Day of January, 1766. London: Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1766, enclosed in Conway to Gage, 1766 January 18

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Our Deliberations will, we trust, be conducted with that Prudence and Temper
which Your Majesty so graciously recommends. You will find, Sir, that our Senti-
ments correspond with Your Majesty’s gracious lntentions towards all Your Subjects;
and that all Things which may tend to re-establish Tranquility and Order, and to
cement the several Parts of the British Dominions in a close Connection and consti-
tutional Dependance, shall be the first Objects of our Attention; that such a firm Au-
thority may be established, and such a general Satisfaction diffused over every Part of
Your extensive Empire, as ought to distinguish the Government of so wise, so just,
and so beneficent a Prince.
His MAJESTY's most Gracious ANSWER.
My LORDS,
I Thank you for this dutiful and royal Address. Your firm and temperate
Resolution to support the Dignity of My Crown, and the Legislative Au-
thority of this Kingdom over it's Colonies ; your Care, at the same Time, to
re-establish Order and Tranquility in those Colonies ; and your Regard to the
Prosperity and Happiness of all My People, shew Dispositions which are alto-
gether worthy of your Wisdom, and which cannot fail of producing the most
salutary Effects both at Home and Abroad. You will find Me unalterably fix'd
in the same Intentions. Your affectionate Condolance on the Death of My
Brother affords Me some Consolation on that melancholy Occasion.
FINIS.