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<P>A
CONTINUATION
OF THE
ACTS
AND
Monuments
Of our late
PARLIAMENT:
OR,
A Collection of the <HI>Acts, Orders, Votes,</HI>
and <HI>Re&s;olves</HI> that hath pa&s;&s;ed in
the <HI>HO&V;SE.</HI></P>
<P>From <HI>June</HI> 9 to <HI>July</HI> 7. 1659.</P>
<P>By <HI>J. Canne</HI> Intelligencer Generall.</P>
<P>LONDON: Printed according to Order, 1659.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="to the reader">
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<HEAD>To the Reader.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Courteous Reader,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>LEa&s;t the famous and noble Atcheivments of
our late renowned Parliament &s;hould be
buried in oblivion, as &s;urely as the Authors of
them will be with infamy, it was thought fit and
much conducing to the publick benifit to conti|nue
this &s;econd part of their Acts and Monu|ments,
that po&s;terity may not be ignorant of
their hone&s;ty, and good intentions, to have pro|moted
their own intere&s;ts, and confounded that
of the Common-wealth; If further opportu|nity,
and true intelligence &s;hall offer them&s;elves,
it is not improbable that their exploits, till their
&s;econd crack, may be expo&s;ed to publick view.
In the mean time, give the Authors leave to
doe &s;omething el&s;e, and follow his old calling of
&s;cribing Diurnalls.</P>
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<HEAD><PB N="1" REF="2">A
CONTINUATION
OF THE
ACTS and MON&V;MENTS
of our late Parliament.</HEAD>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>Thur&s;day June 9.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>_THis day the hou&s;e receiv'd a letter from
<HI>John Brad&s;haw</HI> one of the keepers of
the great &s;eale, wherein he de&s;ir'd that
the Hou&s;e would plea&s;e to di&s;pen&s;e
with the weakne&s;&s;e of their Brother's
body now, who&s;e &s;oule had been at
their &s;ervice many yeares &s;ince, where|upon
it was ordered, that the Petitioner have the thanks
of the Hou&s;e, and be Pre&s;ident of the next high Court
of Ju&s;tice, before which any King what&s;oever &s;hall be
called. Ordered al&s;o that during this indi&s;po&s;ition of his
body, <HI>Harry Martin</HI> attend upon him daily to admini&s;ter
unto him Gho&s;tly comfort; and in his ab&s;ence that the
other Sir <HI>Harry</HI> &s;upply that office.</P>
<P><PB N="2" REF="3">
This day al&s;o &s;everall of the Officers of the Army re+ceiv'd
their Commi&s;&s;ions from Mr. Speaker, among&s;t
which was Mr. <HI>Moore</HI> of Grayes Inne E&s;quire who re|ceived
a Commi&s;&s;ion to be Comptroller of the hou&s;e:
Sir <HI>Henry Martin</HI> was Commi&s;&s;ionated Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ter
Generall of all the Whores in the Common-wealth, and
the Lord <HI>Mun&s;on</HI> his Corporall.</P>
<P>A Petition from &s;everall well-affected per&s;ons inhabi|tants
of the Town of <HI>Ail&s;bury</HI> was read, wherein they de|&s;ired
a Statute of Bra&s;&s;e to be erected for Mr. <HI>Scot,</HI> but one
of the hou&s;e &s;tanding up, and &s;wearing a Gibbet would
become him better, the Petitioners were di&s;mi&s;&s;ed in|&s;atisfied,</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 10.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>It was this day re&s;olved that Colonell <HI>Bark&s;tead</HI> be no
longer Lievtennant of the Tower, becau&s;e the Parliament
hate blood-thir&s;ty men.</P>
<P>The Quallification of per&s;ons for places of
tru&s;t (formerly omitted) was as follows.</P>
<P>The Parliament doth declare that all &s;uch as &s;hall be
in any place of tru&s;t or power within this Common-wealth
be per&s;ons of a very fair carriage, thrice perjur'd,
and the newe&s;t Sectaries.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 11,</DATE></HEAD>
<P>After a long debate concerning the interpretation of
(the good old Cau&s;e) &s;ome of the members calling it,
the Saints Watchword, others the Cavalier's Purgatory,
&s;ome one thing, &s;ome another, it was re&s;olved that the
<HI>Good Old Cau&s;e is in truth a going on in the great worke of
making up the Parliament-men's E&s;tates, where they left off at
their la&s;t interruption;</HI> and this definition was recorded
by the Clerk of the Parliament accordingly.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<PB N="3" REF="3">
<HEAD><DATE>Munday June 13.</DATE></HEAD>
<P><HI>Ordered.</HI> That the Gentry of <HI>Northumberland</HI> who
pre&s;ented a petition this day to the hou&s;e, have a Letter
of thanks &s;ent them, and that <HI>Jack Adams</HI> of the Pari&s;h
of <HI>Clarken-well</HI> write the &s;ame.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved.</HI> That the Bill of Union between <HI>England
and Scotland</HI> be referred to Generall <HI>Monk</HI> to be brought
in by him the day immediately before he intend's to dye.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 14.</DATE></HEAD>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved.</HI> That Colonell <HI>Hew&s;on</HI> be <HI>tran&s;lated</HI> from the
Government of <HI>Dublin</HI> to be a Colonell of a Regiment
of Foot.</P>
<P>This afternoon, the hou&s;e voted Baron <HI>Tomlins</HI> to keep
his place in the Exchequer till they can find or procure
a wi&s;er.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 15.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>Colonell <HI>Fitz</HI> having this day received his Commi&s;&s;ion
to be Lievtenant of the Tower, Mr. Speaker told him
the &s;ence of the hou&s;e (as to the performance of his tru&s;t)
in this manner.</P>
<P>Colonell <HI>Fitz,</HI> you have now received a &s;peciall token
of the Parliament's favour, you are committed to the
Tower, pray be diligent and vigilant, and in requitall of
of the&s;e high obligations, the hou&s;e de&s;ires you that if it
happen at any time that any of their members &s;hould
(which God forbid) come under your cu&s;tody, you will u&s;e
them with a brotherly fellow-feelingne&s;&s;e, and not as
<HI>Bark&s;tead</HI> &s;erved <HI>Sindercombe,</HI> and Mr. <HI>Armiger,</HI> Sir you
have heard what their plea&s;ure is: be good in your office.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 16.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>The Circuit-judges having this day been voted, Mr.
Speaker propo&s;ed what in&s;tructions were fitting to be
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given to them, and it was agreed that it be referred to
prai&s;e God Barbone, to direct them in a way that &s;hould
con&s;i&s;t mo&s;t with the Parliament's &s;afety.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 17. 18.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>The&s;e two dayes the hou&s;e having much wa&s;t-paper in
&s;tore, and more then the Alderman needed, they imploy'd
it in writing Commi&s;&s;ions, which were delivered in abun|dance
to &s;undry offices that made their obei&s;ance for them
very mannerly.</P>
<P>Major <HI>Overton's</HI> petition being read, it was immediate|ly
voted, <HI>nemine contradicente,</HI> that the late Generall was a
Tyrant, and the petition a per&s;ecuted Saint, whereupon
he was referr'd to the con&s;ideration of the <HI>Colche&s;ter</HI>
Commitee.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 19.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>This day (according to former order) prai&s;e God Bar|bone
made a &s;peech to the Judges appointed for this Sum|mer
Circuit, there was little in it: but the cheife thing he
pre&s;&s;ed was to de&s;ire them not &s;o much to re&s;pect the let|ter
of the Law, as that of the Go&s;pell, for (&s;aid he) one is
a killing letter, and you &s;hould be milde, and mercifull:
the &s;trictne&s;&s;e and rigour of the Law (&s;aid he) is like the
<HI>skin of a Bea&s;t, rough,</HI> and <HI>hairy,</HI> but when by mercifulne&s;&s;e
the <HI>hairs</HI> and <HI>bri&s;les</HI> are <HI>&s;hav'd off,</HI> and when by indulgency
the <HI>Hide is tann'd</HI> and <HI>dre&s;&s;'d</HI> and made <HI>&s;mooth,</HI> that which
before was profitable for nothing, &s;erveth for many u&s;es:
the re&s;t of the &s;peech continues yet in Brachygraphy at the
Citty-Remembrancer's hou&s;e.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 20.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>It was this day re&s;olv'd by the Councill of State that
the people &s;hould not be wrong'd by Lawyers exactions:
and pre&s;ently after the Parliament voted that all <HI>England</HI>
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&s;hould be lawle&s;&s;e, and <HI>free</HI> to what they plea&s;ed; and that
was voted, the <HI>liberty of the &s;ubject.</HI></P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 21.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>The bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of Tithes having been long in con&s;idera|tion,
it was now re&s;olv'd upon, that all the good people of
this Common wealth &s;hould pay their Tithes to the
hou&s;e, and &s;ome of the officers of the Army, whereupon
&s;everall receivers were appointed, Mr. Speaker was ap|pointed
to receive all the Poultry for the enlargement of
his hou&s;hold provi&s;ions, excepting Cocks, and Sparrowes,
which were received for <HI>Henry Martins,</HI> and the Lord
<HI>Mun&s;on.</HI> The Lord <HI>Disbrow</HI> was to receive all the Tithe
Corne, &amp;c.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 22.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>This day was wholly &s;pent in receiving and reading &s;eve|rall
Addre&s;&s;es and Petitions, one being more remarkable
then the re&s;t I have thought fit to in&s;ert; it was intituled.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="petition">
<HEAD><DATE>The humble Petition of divers Madmen and
others inhabitants of Bedlam in the
County of Middle&s;ex,</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Mr. Speaker.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>Your Petitioners being very &s;en&s;ible of the great perills
our Nation is di&s;tracted with; knowing al&s;o that from
this hou&s;e come all tho&s;e taxes, and &s;eque&s;trations, and
many other things which make men <HI>mad,</HI> we out of a ten|derne&s;s,
and &s;en&s;e of our own condition, and your forward|ne&s;&s;e
to be our benefactors, are heer a&s;&s;embled, to de&s;ire
you that an Act be immediately di&s;patched to remove, ei|ther
the Parliament-hou&s;e to Moor-fields, or our Palace
to your meeting-hou&s;e, your Petitioners (with &s;ubmi&s;&s;i|on)
<PB N="6" REF="5">
thinking, that there is like to be no diffrence betwixt
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">s, it being al&s;o clear upon our &s;pirits that Madmen and
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ooles may &s;hake hands without breaking the peace; and
truly Gentlemen when the reckoning comes to be paid,
you'l find, that which will make you mad, if you were not
&s;o before: Therefore (my Ma&s;ters) learne to &s;wim for
fear of drowning; learne to &s;wing for fear of hanging;
make one another rich; give the divell his due; live as
long as you can; and when you come to dye, goe to hea|ven
and if you can tell how.</P>
<CLOSER>And your Petitioners &s;hall ever pray him
to pro&s;per you, that &s;et you on worke.</CLOSER>
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</TEXT></Q>
<P>At the bottome of the Petition in&s;tead of names &s;ub|&s;cribed,
one had &s;owed a &s;traw on it; another made 3 or 4
pinholes, a third made a great &s;crawle, every of the &s;ocie|ty
according to his fancy.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 23.</DATE></HEAD>
<P><HI>This day were read in the hou&s;e the letters from.</HI> Don Plu|to's
<HI>Court, directed thus,</HI> to our good &s;ervants, tru&s;ty and well-beloved
drudges, promoters of our intere&s;t, the &s;upream autho|rity
&s;iting in Parliament at We&s;tmin&s;ter, &s;o long as our &s;elf,
and the Army plea&s;eth. <HI>Dated thus,</HI> June 20. 1659. Given
at our Palace upon the banks of Acheron.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 24.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>The great work of this day was to indempnify all per|&s;ons
from the guilt of innocent blood who had an hand in
cutting off the late King's head.</P>
<P>After that pa&s;&s;ed, they re&s;olv'd on an <HI>Oath</HI> to be taken by
the Judges and Other officers&punc; the Oath was as followeth.
<PB N="7" REF="5">
<HI>You &s;hall &s;wear to be true, faithfull and con&s;tant to this
Common-wealth (that is) us and our heires without a
&s;ingle Per&s;on, King-&s;hip, or hou&s;e of Peers, till &s;uch
as a &s;ingle Per&s;on &s;hall Govern again, and no longer.</HI></P>
<P>Which was accordingly mini&s;hed, and (I beleive) will
be kept.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 25.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>This day <HI>Brad&s;haw</HI> and Sir <HI>Henry Mildmay</HI> petition'd
the Hou&s;e to call in the King that one might condemn
him, and the other have the Crown Jewell.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 26. 27.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>Upon a Petition again&s;t Tithes it was re&s;olved that the
Judges in their Circuits tell the Mini&s;ters that they &s;hall
have their Tithes paid them &s;till as formerly, till the Par|liament
&s;hall find it &s;afer to take them away, and the com|panyes
of Schi&s;maticks, and Hereticks, augmented to
&s;uch a con&s;iderable number, as may &s;econd &s;uch their pro|ceedings
again&s;t all gain&s;ayers.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 28. 29.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>A letter was this la&s;t day read from <HI>H. Cromwell</HI> late Leive|tenant
of <HI>Ireland,</HI> together with the letter was a pacquet
which being open'd was found to be filled with Iri&s;h Birch,
bound up in the fa&s;hion of rodds, and a paper which was
fa&s;tned to one of them, with this in&s;cription <HI>You may cha|&s;ti&s;e
me, if it &s;eem good in your eyes.</HI></P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>June 30.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>The Hou&s;e being idely di&s;po&s;ed, &s;pent the greate&s;t part
<PB N="8" REF="6">
of this day in giving Commi&s;&s;ions to &s;everall Souldiers;
and receiving their Complements.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>July 1.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>This very day the Hou&s;e made two Serjeants at Law,
<HI>William Steele</HI> and <HI>Miles Corbet,</HI> and that was work e|nough
for one day.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>July 2.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>Letters of Credence from <HI>Frederick</HI> King of <HI>Denmark</HI>
directed <HI>In&s;igni&s;&s;imis Reipub. Angl. Rebellibus in Parlia|mento
We&s;tmona&s;terii.</HI> Dated in the Tower of <HI>Hafnae</HI>
28 <HI>May,</HI> 1659, were this day read.</P>
</DIV1>
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<HEAD><DATE>July 3.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>This day the Hou&s;e took into con&s;ideration the Citty
Charter, and finding the pre&s;ent Major not to corre&s;pond
with it in regard of his want of a few haires on his face;
pre&s;ently ordred the Lord <HI>Tichborn</HI> and one of the She|riffs
to be Plenipotentiaries to truck with the King of
<HI>Spaine</HI> for as many pair of Whiskers as &s;hall be re|qui&s;ite
for &s;ome of the Cittizens, and other well affected
Engli&s;hmen of the Lord Major's religion who are defi|cient
in that particular.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>July 4.</DATE></HEAD>
<P><HI>Re&s;olv'd.</HI> That the Exci&s;e-men are <HI>Publicans,</HI> and all
but the Parliament-members, <HI>&s;inners.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olv'd.</HI> That the Farmers of the Exci&s;e, and cu&s;tomes
have deceived the people, and are un&s;ufferable Extortio|ners,
for which cau&s;e, the Parliament doth declare that,
they &s;hall be outed, it being found by experience to be true
that, &s;o many of one trade, as the Hou&s;e and they, cannot
thrive by one another.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<PB N="9" REF="6">
<HEAD><DATE>July 5.</DATE> At the Councill of State.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Ordered.</HI> That Whitehall be emptied in &s;ix days time&punc;
and that within two dayes after, tagg, ragg and longtaile
take po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="day">
<HEAD><DATE>July 6.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>An Amba&s;&s;adour extraordinary from the Emperour of
the Antipodes arriving this day at We&s;tmin&s;ter was con|ducted
from the Court of Wards by Sir <HI>Oliver Fleming</HI>
Ma&s;ter of the Ceremonies: his bu&s;ine&s;&s;e was to bring
the hou&s;e tidings of the good amity, and league which his
Ma&s;ter de&s;ireth may be continued with <HI>England</HI> &s;o long as
the hou&s;e &s;hall &s;it.</P>
<P>Hampton Court being ordered to be &s;old, &s;everall
Chapmen came this day to the Hou&s;e to bargain for par|cells
thereof, and the Cittizens in the fir&s;t place paid
500<ABBR>lb</ABBR> for the inheritance of the Horne-Gallery, other
cu&s;tomers onely ask't the rates, but bought nothing of it
be&s;ides for that time.</P>
<P><HI>Henry Cromwell</HI> being come to the door the hou&s;e have|ing
intelligence of it &s;ent the Serjeant at Armes with his
Mace to attend on him to the Speaker's Chaire, where
being come, he kneel'd down, and ask't the Speaker ble&s;|&s;ing;
whereupon the Hou&s;e acquie&s;cing in his good affe|ctions
di&s;mi&s;&s;ed him.</P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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