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ease of the people, than to a discursive envy, or scan 

 dal upon the state. 



As for the manner of carriage of parliament busi- 

 ness, ye must know, that ye deal with a king that 

 hath been longer king than any of you have been 

 parliament men ; and a king that is no less sensible 

 of forms than of matter ; and is as far from enduring 

 diminution of majesty, as from regarding flattery or 

 vain-glory ; and a king that understandeth as well 

 the pulse of the hearts of people as his own orb. 

 And therefore, both let your grievances have a decent 

 and reverend form and style ; and to use the words 

 of former parliaments, let them be &quot; tanquam ge- 

 &quot; mitus columbse,&quot; without pique or harshness : and 

 on the other side, in that ye do for the king, let it 

 have a mark of unity, alacrity, and affection ; which 

 will be of this force, that whatsoever ye do in sub 

 stance, will be doubled in reputation abroad, as in a 

 crystal glass. 



For the time, if ever parliament was to be mea 

 sured by the hour-glass, it is this j in regard of the 

 instant occasion flying away irrecoverably. There 

 fore let your speeches in the house be the speeches 

 of counsellors, and not of orators; let your com 

 mittees tend to dispatch, not to dispute ; and so 

 marshal the times as the public business, especially 

 the proper business of the parliament, be put first, 

 and private bills be put last, as time shall give leave, 

 or within the spaces of the public. 



For the four petitions, his majesty is pleased to 



