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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2021
[VOTE OF THANKS]
Ordered by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled, That an humbleAddress be presented to Her Majesty to Return the Thanks of this House for Her Most Gracious Speech from the Throne; and for Her Majesties Communicating to this House that a Peace is Concluded; and to Congratulate Her Majesty upon the Success of Her Endeavours for a General Peace; and for what Her Majesty has done to Secure the Protestant Succession; and to assure Her Matie that as She is pleased to express her Dependance next under God upon the Affection of Her People, This House will make all Returns due from obedient Subjects to an Indulgent Sovereign.
THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED
Die Veneris 10 Aprilis, 1713.
Most Gracious Sovereign,
We your Majesties most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled, Do, with the greatest Joy and Satisfaction, Return our humble Thanks to Your Majesty for Your most Gracious Speech from the Throne, and for Communicating to Your Parliament that a Peace is Concluded; by which we hope, with the Blessing of God, that Your People will, in few Years, Recover themselves after so Long and Expensive aWar; And also do Congratulate Your Majesty upon the Success of Your Endeavours for a General Peace.
We never had the least Doubt, but that Your Majesty, who is the great Support and Ornament of theProtestant Religion, would Continue to take, as You have always done, theWisest Measures for Securing the Protestant Succession, towards which nothing can be moreNecessary than the perfect Friendship there is between Your Majesty and the House of Hanover.
And we do humbly Assure Your Majesty, That as You Express Your Dependence, next under God, upon theDuty and Affection ofYourPeople, we think our selves Bound, by the strictest Tyes of Religion, Loyalty, and Gratitude, to make all the Dutiful Returns that can be paid, by the most Obedient Subjects to the most Indulgent Sovereign.
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