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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2021
These are inclusive-text transcripts, from BL, Add. MS 70030, of the ‘Vote of Thanks’ and ‘Humble Address of the … Lords to the Queen’ as drafted by Swift, with annotations by Robert Harley.
(Vote of Thanks; BL, Add.MS 70030, fo. 202r )
Ordered that an humble Address be made to Her Majesty to return the Most humble thanks of this House to Her Majesty, for Her most gracious Speech from the Throne, and for Her Majesty's communicating to this House that a Peace is agreed on, and to congratulate Her Majesty upon the Success of her Endeavors for a generall Peace, and for what [letters cancelled] Her Majesty has done to secure the Protestant Succession; [& the Harmony between her & the House of Hannover is interlined in a different hand after the semi-colon] and to [letters cancelled] assure Her Majesty, that as She is pleased to express her Dependence next under God upon [letters cancelled] the Duty and Affection of her People, this House will make all Returns [letters cancelled ] that are due from obedient Subjects to the most indulgent Soverain.
(Humble Address of the House of Lords to the Queen; BL, Add.MS 70030, fos. 200r−v)
WeYour Majesty’smost dutifull and loyall Subjects theLords Spirituall and Temporall in Parlmt assembled, do with the greatest Joy and Satisfaction return our humblest Thanks toYour Majesty forYour most gracious Speech from the Throne, and for communicating to this House, that a Peace is concluded, so honorable to Your Majesty and safe and advantageous to Your Kingdoms; [passage from so honorable to Kingdoms; underlined, presumably by Harley] by which we hope with the Blessing of God, that your People will in a few Years recover themselves after so long and expensive a War, [possibly a full-stop rather than a comma] We likewise beg leave to congratulate with Your Majesty upon the generall Peace you have procured for all Your Allyes, wherein the true Interests and just Pretensions of each are so fully provided for that the Tranquillity and Welfare of Europe will be owing (next to the Divine Providence) to Your Majesty's Wisdom and Goodness. [passage from We likewise to and Goodness.
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