When God they out-brav'd, - Bat funely they rav'd And thought to renounce him the way to be fav'd; And with Lyes in their Mouth go t' Heav'n in a String; Concordat cum Recordo, Cl. Par. The SPEECH of the Right Honourable Sir PATIENCE WARDE, Lord-Mayor Elect, at Guild-Hall, LONDON, September 29, 1680, being the Day of his Election. Together with the SPEECH of the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT CLAYTON, Knight, the prefent Lord-Mayor of London. I Gentlemen, The SPEECH of the Lord-Mayor Elect. Cannot but be fenfible of the Honour you have been pleased to confer upon me in calling me by your free Choice to the Place of Chief Magiftrate of this populous and famous City, and therefore am obliged to return you, as I do, my humble Acknowledgment. Although when I reflect on the Meannefs of my Abilities, for the difcharge of fo great and difficult a Service, especially under the prefent Circumstances of Affairs, when Fears and Cares prefs on us, I might heartily wifhed to have been excufed: Yet, in confidence of (and imploring) the Divine Affiftance, and hopes of your favourable Acceptance of my fincere Endeavours, I fubmit to the fame. I do not prefume to think that I fhall be able to come up to the Pattern my worthy Predeceffor hath fet before me, whofe excellent Conduct hath contribut ed much to our peaceable and fafe meeting this Day, and well deferves our Praife and Thanks; but I fhall labour to imitate it the best I can. I fhall, according to the best of my Understanding, make the Laws of the Land, and the Conftitutions, Ufages and Cuftoms of this renowned City my Rule; the Glory of God, the Honour of the King, the upholding of the Proteftant Religion, and maintaining the Peace, Liberties, and Profperity of this City, my End in all my Adminiftrations: And if at any time I fhall feem to any of you to deviate from thefe, I entreat you to make candid Construction, and forbear fudden and fevere cenfuring my Actions, waiting for better Information. For if through human Frailty, I may fail in a Circumftance, I affure you, in the main and fubftance I fhall never fwerve from this my propofed End. Out 2 Our indefatigable Enemies the Church of Rome (who in former times did lay and carry on Designs for Subverfion of the Proteftant Religion, and Government established in these Kingdoms) have of late been more active than ever. And to pass over the Burning the City, and frequent Attempts of that kind ; and the many other Plots and Confpiracies at our remoter Parts, came to thofe horrid Refolutions of aifaffinating his Majefty's Royal Perfon, and to menace even Juftice itself in the Inquiries after them, by that barbarous Murder of (the never to be forgotten) Sir Edmund-Bury Godfrey, and Attempts on others, in order to an introducing their false Religion: All which carry their own Evidences fo full and great, that fuch who will inot shut their Eyes, have Demonftration; and calls aloud upon us to watch againft fuch a People, whofe Religion (according to their Cafuifts) allows, if not engagerb them in fuch Practices. But befides thefe, wherein God hath wonderfully difappointed them (and I hope ever will) there is juft Caufe to apprehend they are more fecretly undermining us, and amongst other ways, by being the Occafion of, or at leaft taking Occafion from the great Impiety, Prophaneness and Atheism of late crept in amongst us; and the raising and fomenting Divisions and Animofities between ourfelves; and therefore, as much as in me lies, to obviate these their wicked Purposes, I have propounded; First, To endeavour the Advancement of the Glory of God; and in order thereunto, I am refolved to be impartial in the Punishment of Wickedness and Debauchery, and in countenancing Piety and Virtue; and entreat by your good Admonitions and Examples to make my Work the more eafy in this Secondly, To promote the Honour of the King, our Religion obligeth us to be good and loyal Subjects, and to give Cæfar the Things that are Cafar's; and therefore as I fhall ftudy to evidence my own unfeigned Loyalty to the King's Majefty, fo I fhall be careful, according to Law, to punish all Disloyalty in any whom foever. Thirdly, To uphold the Proteftant Religion, as to which nothing will more conduce than an Union in Affection of all thofe who profefs the fame Faith, and agree in the effential Doctrine of it, however they may differ touching fome Circumftantials, that we may, as honeft Men, and good Chriftians, maintain Love and Good-will, as thofe who mind the fame Thing, and intend the fame.common Good of all, and this to be the only Measure of our Actions, all private and particular Apprehenfions being made fubject thereto... Fourthly, To the particular Concerns of this City, I fhall make it my Bufinefs to preferve it in Peace, and advance its Profperity in all things, and in order thereto fhall from time to time defire the Advice and Affistance of my worthy Brethren the Aldermen, and as often of the Common-Council as Occafion fhall require. And if we are careful to discharge our Duty to God, in a fober and pious Converfation; to the King, in a dutiful and loyal Comportment; to the Religion we profefs, by Union and Charity among ourselves; to this City, in promoting its Peace and Welfare, we need not fear but God will diffipate and disappoint all the Defigns of his and our Enemies, and continue his Bleffings to us. And fo let us pray, that his Majefty may be bleffed with a long and happy Reign, and this City and Kingdom with Peace and Profperity. The Speech of the prefent Lord Mayor. of "Gentlemen,200 A mun and almost an end of my own troublesome Year, in which I can truly affirm I have used my hearty Endeavours, for the carrying on and promoting the common Business, and Advantage of the City, with the fame Integrity and Industry I ever did in my own private Concerns, as far as my Health and Strength of Body would permit and I wish I could fay, they had had the defired Effects. And as for what concerns the Publick, though lown myself fubject to many human Frailties, and pretend not, in that Hurry of Affairs that attend my Office, to be exempted from Surprize; yet I can with Safety fay, that in what I have done therein, 1 have acted according to the Dictates of my own Confcience, and the Rule of Law: And if whilst I have followed thofe Guides, in any think I have been misled, my Satisfaction is, I have them to appeal to for my Vindication! And now, Gentlemen, being almoft out of Office, and not likely to have any other Opportunity of fpeaking to you before I take my leave of it, I must fay one Thing more to you. It is not to tell you how troublesome it hath been to me, nor what hourly Cares, for the Peace and Safety of this City, I have laboured under, nor how I have impaired my Health and Estate in this Service; for all these every sober Man's own Thoughts will eafily fuggeft to him. But it is to beg a Favour of you, and that not for myself alone, but for you, for us all, and for this great City, (whofe Members we all are ;) and it is, that all of us, who profess ourselves to be Chriftians, would fo far bear Teftimony to the Truth of that Profeffion, as heartily in Meekness and Forbearance to love one another. And though there be Differences in Opinions, and the outward Modes and Forms of Divine Worship; yet let not these have that Effect, as in the least to divide us, or divert us from that common Defence, which all good Proteftants are engaged in to ftand together. The due Regard of which, in my poor Opinion, next under God, is the only probable Way left for our Deliverance. I beg your Pardon for the Freedom I have ufed, and am well affured, all my Defects will be liberally supplied by my worthy Succeffor. And I fhall pray, that God of his Goodness will difperfe thofe Clouds, that seem so much to threaten this City and Nation, and to defeat all Counfels that tend thereto; to bless his Majefty with a long and happy Reign, and this City and Kingdom with Peace and Tranquillity: 282 A A Second Collection of The CHARACTER of a TORY. TORY is a Monster with an English Face, a French Heart, and an Irish Confcience. A Creature of a large Forehead, prodigious Mouth, fupple Hams, and no Brains. The Countryman's Defcription of him, was both Rhyme and Reafon; Roary, Whorey, Sworey, Scorey, that is aTOREY; For Noife and Debauchery, Oaths and Beggary, are the four Elements that compofe him: His Arms are thofe of Iffacher, an Afs Coucbant; and his Mark is a Red Ribbon in his Cap, to fhew, that he belongs to the Scarlet Whore, by her bloody Livery; or elfe, you may take it for a Wedding-Favour, that whenever Popery and Tyranny fhall make a Match he would fain be a Brideman. He feems defcended from Efau, fince is is fo ready to truck away an invaluable Birthright for a French Kickshaw, and a naufeous Mefs of Italian Pottage. Or if you will run his Pedigree higher, you may call him a Noddite, one of the Race of Cain the Murderer, that would fain be perfecuting his Brother, meerly because he is more righteous than himself. Take our TORIES in the State, and they are Caterpillers that devour every green Thing in a flourishing Kingdom, and would ftab Liberty and Property to the Heart, that they themselves, like Beafts of Prey, might live wholly upon Spoil and Rapine, fit only to be Subjects to Nebuchadnezzar, when bereaved of buman Senfe, he herded with the Wild Affes of the Defert. Though they boast themselves Englishmen, yet they act in all Things as Antipodes to their Native Country; and feem rather Bog-trotters tranfplanted, the Spawn of fome Redfbanks, of the By-blows of the old Lazy Lord Danes, that once domineered over our Ancestors: They are a fort of Wild Boars, that would root out the Constitution, and break the Ballance of our happy Government; and render that Defpotick, which hitherto has been both established and bounded by Law. Vauxes in Masquerade, that with Dark-lanthorn Policies, would at once blow up the two Bulwarks of our Freedom, PARLIAMENTS and JURIES; making the First, only a Parliament of Paris: and the Latter, but meer Tools to eccho back the Pleafure of a Judge. They are fo certain, that Monarchy is Jure Divino; that they look upon all People living under Ariftocracys, or Democracys, to be in a State of Damnation; and fancy, that the Grand Seignior, the Czar of Mofcovy, and the French King dropt down from Heaven with Crowns on their Heads, and that all their Subjects were born with Saddles on their Backs. Your true TORY is as fond of Slavery, as others are of Liberty, and will be at as much Pains and Charge to obtain it; for he envies the Happiness of Canvas Breeches and Wooden Shoes; and extremely admires the Mercy of the Inquifition. He rails at Magna Charta as the Seed-plor of Sedition; fwears, that it was firft obtained by Rebellion, and that all our Fore-fathers were Rogues and Fools, and did not understand Prerogative. He wonders, why People fhould fquander away their Time at the Inns of Courts, or what need there is either of the Common Law, or the Statute-Book, fince the King might at any Time, with quicker Dispatch, declare his Pleafure in any Point or Controverfy, and each loyal Subject were bound to acquiefce, on Pain of of Damnation. Yet after all, his boafted Loyalty extends no further than a drunken Health; he roars and fwaggers, but does not ferve the King: he promises Mountains, and by Lyes and Mifreprefentations, gives falfe Meafures: But performs nothing: Nor is it the Caufe, but the Cruft, that he barks for. Then in Relation to the Church; -TORY is either a Crab-Proteftant, that erawls backwards ás faft as he can to Rome; or at beft, but the Cat's-foot wherewith the Romish Monkeys claw the Proteftant Religion till the Blood comes: One that does their Drudgery, though he has not always the Wit to fee it; and all the Wages he muft expect, is Polypheme's Courtefy, to be devoured laft. He is a Flambeau kindled by the Jefuits, and flung in, to make a Combuftion amongst us. Whilst we were hunting down their Plot with a full Cry, they flipt in their deep-mouthed Hound, who fpending on a falfe Scent diverted the Chafe, and fo the Popish Pufs fquats safe in her Form: And now quitting the Pursuit of the Foxes, he begins to worry the Sheep. He pretends high for the Church of England; but as he understands not her Doctrine, fo he dishonours her by his lewd Converfation: What a pretty pious Confeffion of Faith is it, to hear a Bully cry, God-Damn. Me, I am of the Church of England, and all the Prefbyterians are Sons of Whores. Indeed, the only Proof both of his Religion and Courage, is, that he fwears moft frequently by that tremendous Name, at which, leffer Devils tremble, and his Chriftianity confifts in Curfing all thofe that he is pleased to call Fanaticks; and Fanaticks he calls all those, that are not content to be either Papifts or Atheists. His Tongue is always tipt with Dam-me, and Forty-one; and fo bat, (being fet on Fire of Hell) that he is fain to drink Healths, (fometimes to the Pope, and fometimes to the Devil) fixty Times in an Hour to quench it, and then belches out Hszza's as faft, as Mount Strombulo does Fire and Brimftone. Whilst he Clamours at Diffenters for not coming to Church, he thinks it is Canonical enough to Sleep over the Lord's-day to digeft the Fumes of Saturday's Debauch, or take a Walk in Guildhall-Yard, peep in at the Preacher, and prefently retire to the Tavern for a Whet to Dinner, or elfe to meet the Club of Witty Good-mockers by Fleet-Ditch Side, and droll away the Day in Blafphe my, ridiculing religious Duties, or inventing Jack Pudding Lyes of fome pretended Nonconformiji's Preaching. If he be fomewhat of a more ferious Temper, he is as very a fuperftitious Bigot, as any in the Papacy; he would rather have no preaching than that the Surplice fhould be left off, and thinks his Child not christened, if it be not done with the Sign of the Cross; he counts Opus operatum fufficient, and if he have but been at Common-Prayer, and made his ReSponfes loud enough to drown the Clerk, and had the Parfon's Bleffing, his Talk is done and all is fafe. Flefh on a Friday is more Abomination to him, than his Neighbour's Bed; and he abhors more not to bow at the Syllables of the Word Jefus, than to fwear by the Name of God. He has got a New English Dictionary framed by the indefatigable Skill of Heraclitus and the Obfervator, whereby he traverflies the most loyal honest Senfe into Blafphemy and Treafon. Talk foberly of Religion, and he flaps you over the Face with Herefy, Schifm, Fanaticifm and Faction, or roundly calls you Confounded Whig, and fo you are confuted. 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