TUE

ELOQUENCE

OF THE

BRITISH SENATE;

BEING

A SELECTION OF THE BEST SPEECHES

OY

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED

ENGLISH, IRISH, AND SCOTCH

PARLÌAMENTARY SPEAKERS,

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Page
KING Charles the First, on opening the Session

1

Sir Edward Coke, on a Motion for the Supply

3

on the Safety of England

51

against using the Words « Sovereign Power,"

as applied to the King

60

Sir Robert Cotton, on Public Grievances

5

Villiers (Duke of Buckingham,) on the Spanish War

12

on being accused before the

Lords

Dr. Williams (the Lord Keeper,) Address to Parliament

13

Speech to Parliament, declar-,
ing his Majesty's Pleasure

23

Sir Heneage Finch, on being chosen Speaker

17

Address to the Throne

44

Mr. Selden, on the Trial of the Duke of Buckingham

22

against illegal Arrests

53

Sir Dudley Digges, on the Duke of Buckingham

30

Mr. Pym, on the same

32

his Vincication of himself forma a Charge of High
Treason

106

Jr. Wandesford, on the Prosset given by the Duke of Bucking-

ham to James I. a štue before bis Death -

35

Sir Dudley Charleton, recommending, conciliatory Measures 40

Mr. Creskeid, on the Detention of some Members of the House 46

Sir Robert Philifts, or the State of the Kingdom

49

on the Dissolution of the Parliament

77