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<P>THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT UPON THE Petition and Appeal OF <HI>Jo&s;iah Primat</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> Leather&s;eller.</P>
<P><HI>Saturday</HI> the Seventeenth of <HI>January,</HI> 1651.</P>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Parliament, That the &s;everal</HI> Proceedings <HI>and</HI> Votes <HI>be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<P>Hen. Scobell, Cleric. Parliament.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI> 1651.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="proceedings">
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<PB N="1527" REF="2" MS="y">
<HEAD><HI>Tue&s;day</HI> the Three and twentitth of <HI>December. 1651.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_THe humble Petition and Appeal of <HI>Jo&s;iah Pri|mat</HI> of <HI>London</HI> Leather&s;eller, was this day read.</P>
<P>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion,</P>
<P><HI>That the Petitioner</HI> Jo&s;iah Pri|mat <HI>be called in to avow his Pe|tition.</HI></P>
<P>The Petitioner was called in accordingly, and being come to the Bar, Mr. Speaker demanded his name: He an&s;wered, <HI>Jo|&s;iah Primat;</HI> and being &s;hewed the Petition it &s;elf, and demand|ed whether that were his Petition, and that he did avow it: He an&s;wered, The name &s;ub&s;cribed thereunto was his hand, and that was his Petition, and that he did avow it in the maner as it is therein expre&s;&s;ed; and then the Petitioner withdrew.</P>
<P>The Petitioner was again by Order of the Hou&s;e called in, and Mr. Speaker demanded of him whether he did give order for this Petition to be printed: To which he an&s;wered, Yes. And being asked who printed it: He &s;aith, It was a Printer at <HI>Pauls-wharf,</HI> he &s;aith his name was Mr. <HI>Newcomb:</HI> And that he the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Pri|mat</HI> gave order for the printing of Five hundred, and that he gave &s;uch order about three days &s;ince. And being &s;hewed a printed Pa|per entituled thus, <HI>To the Supream Authority of this Nation, The Parliament of the Commonwealth of</HI> England, <HI>The humble Petition and Appeal of</HI> Jo&s;iah Primat <HI>of</HI> London, <HI>Leather&s;eller:</HI> He doth acknowledge that the &s;ame is one of the Copies he cau&s;ed to be, printed, and that he did deliver diver&s;e of them to diver&s;e Mem|bers of the Hou&s;e, and likewi&s;e to divers other per&s;ons not Mem|bers of the Hou&s;e; and that he delivered divers printed Copies of them to other per&s;ons to be delivered, and in particular to Lieute|nant Colonel <HI>Iohn Lilborn,</HI> to deliver them to &s;everal per&s;ons.</P>
<PB N="1528" REF="3">
<P>Lieutenant Colonel <HI>John Lilborn</HI> was by Order of the Hou&s;e called in, and being come to the Bar, was demanded by Mr. Speaker, whether he did deliver any of the printed Copies of Ma&s;ter <HI>Pri|mat</HI>'s Petition, one whereof was &s;hewed him: He an&s;wered, He did deliver divers to Mr. Speaker, Sir <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrige,</HI> Colonel <HI>Fen|wick,</HI> and as many other Members of the Hou&s;e as he could. And being asked whether he did not deliver it to divers others that were not Members: He &s;aith, He did deliver it to divers who de&s;ired to read it; And being asked whether he gave direction for the print|ing of it, He &s;aith, He was employed from the beginning in man|aging this Bu&s;ine&s;s by Mr. <HI>Primat</HI> and his Uncle <HI>George Lilborn;</HI> that he believed Mr. <HI>Primat</HI> will tell the Hou&s;e he gave direction for the printing of it, and will avow it.</P>
<P>And being asked whether he did pen the Petition: He &s;aith, He did not, but he was by when it was penned, and liked it well.</P>
<P>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion by the Parliament, <HI>That this Petition of</HI> Jo&s;iah Primat <HI>be committed.</HI></P>
<P>A Committee was accordingly appointed, and power given them to examine upon Oath, and to &s;end for Per&s;ons, Parties, Wit|ne&s;&s;es, Records and Papers, and to report forthwith.</P>
<P>The Committee having &s;ate Twelve days upon this Bu&s;ine&s;s, and examined Witne&s;&s;es produced on both &s;ides, and heard what|&s;oever could be &s;aid:</P>
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<HEAD>Thur&s;day <HI>the Fifteenth of</HI> January, 1651.</HEAD>
<P>A Report was made from the &s;aid Committee of their Pro|ceedings therein, and of the matter of Fact appearing to them, and the Evidence given them.</P>
<P>The Petition which was committed, was as followeth; <HI>viz.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="petition">
<HEAD>To the Supream Authority of this Nation, The Parliament of the Commonwealth of <HI>England;</HI> The humble Petition of <HI>Jo&s;iah Pri|mat</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> Leather&s;eller;</HEAD>
<OPENER>SHEVVETH,</OPENER>
<P>THat your Petitioner by his Under-Tenants, <HI>George Lilborn</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> and <HI>George Gray</HI> the yonger, Gent. both of the county of <HI>Dure&s;m,</HI> being in the years 1647, 1648, and 1649. in a ju&s;t and quiet Po&s;&s;e&s;sion of the Collieries or Seams of Coal in <HI>Harraton,</HI> in the County afore&s;aid, called the <HI>Five-quarter</HI> and <HI>Nine-quarter Coal</HI> (and having &s;pent near 2000 l. to win the &s;ame) which lay drowned and lo&s;t from 1642, to 1647. Sir <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrige</HI> in <HI>Sep|tember</HI> 1649. procuring Colonel <HI>Francis Wren,</HI> one of the Com|mittee of that County, and Colonel <HI>George Fenwick,</HI> to joyn with
<PB N="1529" REF="3">him, made an Order (again&s;t which the re&s;t of the &s;aid Committee pre&s;ent prote&s;ted) to &s;eque&s;ter the &s;aid Collieries, under colour of an untrue &s;ugge&s;tion: That Sir <HI>William Armyn</HI> had &s;eque&s;tred the &s;ame in 1644. as belonging to one <HI>Thomas Wray</HI> a Papi&s;t Delin|quent; and thereupon the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur</HI> violently di&s;po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed your Petitioners Tenants, and &s;eized their Goods, and let the &s;aid Collieries to Colonel <HI>Francis Hacker,</HI> and &s;everal of the Officers of his own Regiment.</P>
<P>That your Petitioner hath petitioned to the Commi&s;&s;ioners for Compounding for relief, but by the power and influence of the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur</HI> upon mo&s;t of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, your Peti|tioner hath been delayed and denied the ordinary cour&s;e of Pro|ceeding in all Courts of Ju&s;tice; and at la&s;t coming to Hearing, the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur</HI> appeared every day of the Hearing, and took upon him, not onely to plead again&s;t your Petitioner (which is hum|bly conceived to be contrary to Law, he being a Member of the Supream Authority) but al&s;o authoritatively to prejudge your Pe|titioners Ca&s;e, and to direct the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners what to judge therein, and by his power and influence upon the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion|ers, he over-awed mo&s;t of them; and after full Hearing, Judge|ment being re&s;pited from day to day, the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur</HI> kept private Corre&s;pondence with &s;ome of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners about finding &s;ome new colour or pretences to detain your Petiti|oners Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion from him: Whereupon he produced new pretend|ed Evidence after full hearing; and thereupon the major part of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners not daring (as is humbly conceived) to oppo&s;e the will and plea&s;ure of the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur,</HI> have contrary to clear Evidence before them for your Petitioner, refu&s;ed to re|lieve him, and have punctually pur&s;ued in their Judgement, the Di|rection publiquely given by the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur.</HI></P>
<P>That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners being the onely per&s;ons authorized by the Parliament, to hear and determine all Ca&s;es about Se|que&s;tred E&s;tates, Your Petitioner cannot be relieved from the Op|pre&s;&s;ion and Tyranny of the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur,</HI> &s;ave by the Parlia|ment, or their &s;pecial Order and Direction. And your Petitioner hath been kept from his Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion above Two years; and the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur</HI> hath declared the &s;aid Collieries to be worth at lea&s;t 5000 l.<HI>per annum.</HI></P>
<P><HI>May it therefore plea&s;e the Parliament, in re&s;pect to the Publique Ju&s;tice of the Commonwealth, to cau&s;e the Truth of the Premi&s;es to be &s;peedily examined, and to provide for your Petitioners relief from the Oppre&s;sion and Tyranny of the &s;aid Sir</HI> Arthur He&s;ilrige; <HI>and for the Di&s;pen&s;ation of Ju&s;tice, without Fear or Favor, as to your Wi&s;doms &s;hall &s;eem mo&s;t ju&s;t.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>And your Petitioner &s;hall pray, <HI>&amp;c. Jo&s;iah Primat.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<PB N="1530" REF="4">
<P>The Judgement and Re&s;olution of the Commi&s;&s;ioners for Compounding, again&s;t which this Petition and Appeal was made, is as followeth:</P>
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<HEAD>By the commi&s;sioners for Compounding, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> 12. <HI>December.</HI> 1651.</HEAD>
<P>IN the Ca&s;e depending before us, touching the Colliery of <HI>Harraton,</HI> having heard the Depo&s;itions and Proofs taken there|in, and peru&s;ed the Deeds and other Writings offered to us, on the behalf of <HI>Jo&s;iah Primat</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> Leather-&s;eller, who claims an Intere&s;t in the &s;aid Colliery by Lea&s;e thereof from <HI>Robert Coni|ers,</HI> who pretends a Right therein by Grant from Sir <HI>John Hed|worth;</HI> And upon hearing of Coun&s;el, as well on the Part and be|half of the &s;aid <HI>Jo&s;iah Primat,</HI> as on the behalf of the Common|wealth, in who&s;e Right the &s;ame is Seque&s;tred, as belonging to Colonel <HI>Thomas Wray,</HI> a Papi&s;t and Delinquent; And having had &s;everal Debates upon the &s;aid Proofs and Writings, and what hath been offered by the Coun&s;el on either &s;ide, Do Re&s;olve,</P>
<P>That it doth appear that the whole Colliery of <HI>Harraton</HI> was under Seque&s;tration in the year 1644. without di&s;tinction of Seams.</P>
<P>That it doth not appear that the &s;aid Colliery, or any part thereof, was di&s;charged from Seque&s;tration from the year 1644. to this time.</P>
<P>That upon Con&s;ideration of the whole Matter, there doth not appear to us &s;ufficient cau&s;e to take off the Seque&s;tration of the &s;aid Colliery, or any part thereof, upon the Petition of the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Primat.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved,</HI></P>
<P>That we do leave all Parties claiming any Intere&s;t in the &s;aid Colliery to their cour&s;e in Law; and do think it fit that the Po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ion be e&s;tabli&s;hed accordingly.</P>
<P>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion,</P>
<P><HI>That the Hou&s;e do proceed fir&s;t with the Civil part.</HI></P>
<P>The Hou&s;e after long and &s;erious Debate of the Matter,</P>
<P>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion,</P>
<P><HI>That the Parliament doth approve of and affirm the Judgement and Re&s;olutions of the Commi&s;sioners for Compounding, in the Ca&s;e of</HI> Jo&s;iah Primat.</P>
<P>In the next place the Hou&s;e proceeded with the Matter of Crime charged by the &s;aid Petition; and</P>
<PB N="1531" REF="4">
<P><HI>The Que&s;tion being put,</HI></P>
<P>Whether this part of the Petition [<HI>viz.</HI> That Sir <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrige</HI> in <HI>September,</HI> 1649. procuring Colonel <HI>Francis Wren,</HI> one of the Committee of that County, and Colonel <HI>George Fen|wiek,</HI> to joyn with him, made an Order (again&s;t which the re&s;t of the &s;aid Committee pre&s;ent prote&s;ted) to Seque&s;ter the &s;aid Col|lieries under colour of an untrue Sugge&s;tion, That Sir <HI>William Armyn</HI> had &s;eque&s;tred the &s;ame in 1644. as belonging to one <HI>Thomas Wray</HI> a Papi&s;t Delinquent] appears to the Hou&s;e to be proved to be true.</P>
<P>It pa&s;&s;ed in the Negative.</P>
<P><HI>The Que&s;tion being put,</HI></P>
<P>Whether this part of the Petition [<HI>viz.</HI> That Sir <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrige</HI> did therupon violently di&s;po&s;&s;e&s;s the Petitioners Tenants, and &s;eized their Goods, and let the &s;aid Collieries to Colonel <HI>Francis Hacker,</HI> and &s;everal of the Officers of his own Regiment] appears to the Hou&s;e to be proved to be true.</P>
<P>It pa&s;&s;ed in the Negative.</P>
<P><HI>The Que&s;tion being put,</HI></P>
<P>Whether this part of the Petition [<HI>viz.</HI> That the Petitioner (having petitioned the Commi&s;&s;ioners for Compounding for relief) by the power and influence of the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur</HI> upon mo&s;t of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, the Petitioner hath been delayed and de|nied the ordinary cour&s;e of proceedings in Courts of Ju&s;tice] appears to the Hou&s;e to be proved to be true.</P>
<P>It pa&s;&s;ed in the Negative.</P>
<P><HI>The Que&s;tion being put,</HI></P>
<P>Whether Sir <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrige</HI> hath committed any Crime in appearing every day at the hearing of the &s;aid Cau&s;e, and &s;peaking there on behalf of the Commonwealth.</P>
<P>It pa&s;&s;ed in the Negative.</P>
<P><HI>The Que&s;tion being put,</HI></P>
<P>Whether that part of the Petition [<HI>viz.</HI> That Sir <HI>Arthur</HI> did Authoritatively prejudge the Petitioners Ca&s;e, and direct the Commi&s;&s;ioners what to judge therein; and by his power and in|fluence upon the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners he overawed mo&s;t of them] appears to the hou&s;e to be proved to be true.</P>
<P>It pa&s;&s;ed in the Negative.</P>
<P><HI>The Que&s;tion being put,</HI></P>
<P>Whether this part of the Petition [<HI>viz.</HI> That after full hear|ing, Judgement being re&s;pited from day to day, the &s;aid Sir <HI>Ar|thur</HI> kept private Corre&s;pondence with &s;ome of the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners, about finding &s;ome new colour or pretences to detain the Petitioners Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion from him; Whereupon he produced new
<PB N="1532" REF="5">pretended Evidence after full hearing] appears to be proved true.</P>
<P>It pa&s;&s;ed in the Negative.</P>
<P><HI>The Que&s;tion being put,</HI></P>
<P>Whether this part of the Petition [<HI>viz.</HI> That thereupon the major part of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners not daring to oppo&s;e the will and plea&s;ure of the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur,</HI> have contrary to clear Evidence before them for the Petitioner, refu&s;ed to relieve him, and have punctually pur&s;ued in their Judgement, the direction pub|liquely given by the &s;aid Sir <HI>Arthur</HI>] appears to this Hou&s;e to have been proved to be true.</P>
<P>It pa&s;&s;ed in the Negative.</P>
<P><HI>The Que&s;tion being put,</HI></P>
<P>Whether it doth appear that Sir <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrige</HI> is guilty either of Oppre&s;&s;ion or Tyranny in the Carriage and Pro&s;ecution of this Bu&s;ine&s;s.</P>
<P>It pa&s;&s;ed in the Negative.</P>
<P>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion,</P>
<P><HI>That this Petition is fal&s;e, malicious and &s;candalous.</HI></P>
<P>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>That the printing, publi&s;hing and di&s;per&s;ing of this Petition, both before and &s;ince it was preferred to the Parliament, is an high Breach of the Priviledge of Parliament.</HI></P>
<P>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>That all the printed Copies of the Petition, en|tituled,</HI> The humble Petition and Appeal of <HI>Io&s;iah Primat</HI> of <HI>London</HI> Leather&s;eller, <HI>be burnt by the hand of the common Hangman, at the</HI> Old Exchange London, <HI>and in the</HI> Old Pallace, <HI>on Tue&s;day and Wedne&s;day next; and that the Sheriffs of</HI> Lon|don <HI>and</HI> Middle&s;ex <HI>do take care that the &s;ame be done accordingly.</HI></P>
<P>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>That the Fine of Three thou&s;and pounds be impo&s;ed upon</HI> Jo&s;iah Primat <HI>of</HI> London, <HI>Leather|&s;eller, to be paid to the u&s;e of the Common|wealth.</HI></P>
<PB N="1533" REF="5">
<P><HI>Two thou&s;and pounds to &s;ir</HI> Arthur He&s;ilrige <HI>for his Damages.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Two thou&s;and pounds to</HI> James Ru&s;&s;el, Ed|ward Win&s;low, William Molins <HI>and</HI> Arthur Squib, <HI><ABBR>E&s;qs</ABBR> four of the Commi&s;&s;ioners for Com|pounding; that is to &s;ay, To each of them Five hundred pounds for their Damages.</HI></P>
<P>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>That the &s;aid</HI> Jo&s;iah Primat <HI>be committed to the Fleet, there to remain a Pri&s;oner, until the &s;everal Fines afore&s;aid be paid.</HI></P>
<P>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>That the Sergeant at Arms attending the Parliament, do apprehend the &s;aid</HI> Jo&s;iah Primat, <HI>and bring him to the Bar of this Hou&s;e upon Tue&s;day next, to receive the Iudgement a|fore&s;aid, and that Mr. Speaker do direct a Warrant to the Sergeant at Arms accord|ingly.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="proceeding">
<HEAD>The Parliament did in the next place proceed again&s;t Lieutenant Colonel <HI>Iohn Lilborn.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>THat the Fine of Three thou&s;and pounds be impo&s;ed upon Lieutenant Colonel <HI>John Lilborn,</HI> to be paid to the u&s;e of the Common|wealth.</P>
<P>That he be Fined Two thou&s;and pounds more to be paid to Sir <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrige</HI> for his Damages; and Two thou&s;and pounds more to be paid to <HI>James Ru&s;&s;el, Edward Win&s;low, Wil|liam Molins</HI> and <HI>Arthur Squib,</HI><ABBR>E&s;qs</ABBR> four of the Commi&s;sioners for Compounding; that is to &s;ay, To each of them Five hundred pounds for their Damages.</P>
<PB N="1534" REF="6">
<P><HI>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>That Lieutenant Colonel <HI>John Lilborn</HI> be Ba|ni&s;hed out of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the I&s;lands and Territories thereunto be|longing, and not to return into any of them, upon pain of being proceeded again&s;t as a Fe|lon; and in ca&s;e of &s;uch return, &s;hall &s;uffer Death accordingly.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>That Lieutenant Colonel <HI>John Lilborn</HI> do de|part out of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the I&s;lands and Territories thereof, within thirty days now next coming; and in ca&s;e the &s;aid <HI>John Lilborn</HI> &s;hall after the &s;aid Thirty days be found within <HI>England, Scotland</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> or the I&s;lands and Territories thereunto be|longing, or ally of them; The &s;aid Lieute|nant Colonel <HI>John Lilborn</HI> &s;hall be proceeded a|gain&s;t as a Felon, and &s;hall &s;uffer the pains of Death accordingly.</P>
<P><HI>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>That the Sergeant at Arms attending the Parliament, do Apprehend the &s;aid Lieutenant Colonel <HI>John Lilborn</HI> and bring him to the Bar of this Hou&s;e upon Tue&s;day morning next, to receive the Iudgement of Parliament afore|&s;aid; and that Mr. Speaker do direct a War|rant to the Sergeant at Arms accordingly.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="proceeding">
<HEAD>Friday the <HI>16^t^h</HI> of Ianuary, <HI>1651.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Hou&s;e re&s;umed the Debate upon the Report made by Mr. <HI>Hill</HI> ye&s;terday.</P>
<P>Several Pa&s;&s;ages in a Printed Book [Entituled, <HI>A ju&s;t Reproof to Haberda&s;hers hall: Or, An Epi&s;tle written by Lieutenant Colonel</HI> John Lilborn, July 30. 1651. <HI>to four of the Commi&s;sioners at Haberda&s;hers-hall;</HI> viz. <HI>Mr.</HI> James
<PB N="1535" REF="6">Ru&s;&s;el, <HI>Mr.</HI> Edward Win&s;low, <HI>Mr.</HI> William Molins, <HI>and Mr.</HI> Arthur Squib; <HI>wherein is &s;et forth their unju&s;t and unrighteous dealings in &s;everal Ca&s;es: with the Relations of the &s;aid</HI> John Lilborn, <HI>and their Captiving their understanding to the Tyrannical will of Sir</HI> Arthur He&s;ilrige, <HI>who hath mo&s;t unju&s;tly endeavored a long time together, the extirpation of the Family of the &s;aid</HI> John Lilborn] were now read; which Book was proved before the &s;aid Committee to have been delivered to a Member of Parliament by Lieute|nant Colonel <HI>Iohn Lilborn,</HI> and was by the &s;aid Lieute|nant Colonel <HI>Iohn Lilborn</HI> confe&s;&s;ed before the &s;aid Committee to be his Book, as was now Reported to the Hou&s;e from the Committee.</P>
<P>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion by the Parliament, <HI>That this Book doth contain matter, fal&s;e, &s;candalous and malicious.</HI></P>
<P>Re&s;olved, &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>That this Book, and all the Printed Copies of the &s;ame, be burnt by the hand of the com|mon Hangman, at the &s;ame place and time when the printed Copies of the Petition of</HI> Jo|&s;iah Primat <HI>of</HI> London <HI>Leather&s;eller, are appoint|ed to be burnt.</HI></P>
<P>Ordered by the Parliament,</P>
<P><HI>That all Printers, Stationers, Book&s;ellers and others, who have any of the printed Co|pies of the Book, Entituled,</HI> A ju&s;t Reproof to Haberda&s;hers-hall, &amp;c. <HI>or any of the printed Co|pies of the Petition and Appeal of</HI> Jo&s;iah Pri|mat <HI>of</HI> London <HI>Leather&s;eller, be enjoyned and required forthwith to deliver in to the She|riffs of</HI> London <HI>and</HI> Middle&s;ex, <HI>or to the next Iu|&s;tice of the Peace, all the &s;aid printed Copies of the &s;aid Book and Petition; and that the &s;aid Sheriffs of</HI> London <HI>and</HI> Middle&s;ex, <HI>and the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace re&s;pectively, be required
<PB N="1536" REF="7">to cau&s;e all the &s;ame printed Copies to be burnt by the hand of the common Hangman.</HI></P>
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<HEAD><HI>Saturday the Seventeenth of Ianuary,</HI> 1651.</HEAD>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That the &s;everal Pro|ceedings and Votes upon this Report, be forth|with Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<P><HI>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</HI></P>
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