Thursday, the 29th of January 1651.
Prayers.
Carmen.
ORDERED, That the Business of the Carmen be
taken into Consideration This-day-sevennight.
Report deferred.
Ordered, That Colonel Downes do make his Report
from Goldsmith's-Hall on Thursday next.
Soldiers Widows.
Ordered, That the Committee of the Army do give
Warrant to the Treasurers at War, to make Payment of
the Monies ordered by the Parliament to be paid to the
poor Widows, whose Husbands were slain at Worcester.
Col. Lilburne.
Ordered, That the Amendments to the Act for Banishment of Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburne, be reported
To-morrow Morning, the first Business.
Act of Oblivion.
The House this Day resumed the Debate upon the
Act of General Pardon and Oblivion.
The Question being put, That these Words, viz. "as
also, all Monies imprested since the 25th of March One
thousand Six hundred Twenty-and-five, whereupon there
hath been any Installment or just and lawful Seizure,
before the First Day of December One thousand Six
hundred Fifty-and-one, upon which Installment or Seizure, any thing is, or, at any time since the said 25th Day
of March 1625, hath been, answered or paid," be Part
of the Bill;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Sir Wm. Brereton, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
33. |
| Sir Wm. Masham, |
With the Yeas, |
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Sir John Bourchier, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
27. |
| Mr. Ralegh, |
With the Noes, |
So it was Resolved, That these Words, viz. " as also,
all Monies imprested since the 25th Day of March One
thousand Six hundred Twenty-and-five, whereupon there
hath been any Installment, or just and lawful Seizure, before the First Day of December One thousand Six hundred
Fifty-and-one, upon which Installment, or Seizure, any
thing is, or, at any time since the said 25th Day of
March One thousand Six hundred Twenty-and-five, hath
been, answered or paid," be Part of the Bill.
A Clause was tendered to this Act, in these Words;
viz. " And also excepted out of this Act, all and every
Person and Persons, who had any Hand, or was any ways
privy, or at any time consenting, unto the acting, plotting,
contriving, or assisting the horrid, detestable, and barbarous Murthers and Assassination of Doctor Dorislaus and
Mr. Anthony Ascham, or either of them, being Ministers of
State, sent from the Parliament of England unto the States
of the United Provinces, and the King of Spain:" Which
was this Day read the First and Second time; and, upon
the Question, assented unto; and ordered to be Part of
the Bill.
A Proviso was tendered to this Act in these Words;
" Provided always, that this Act, nor any Thing therein
contained, doth or shall extend to free or discharge the
real or personal Estate of any Delinquent omitted out of
his Composition, which ought to have been compounded
for; nor to any undervalued Composition, where the Undervalues, in such Composition, amount unto a full Fourth
Part of the Estate compounded for; provided always, that
a Discovery be made of such Omissions, and undervalued
Compositions, within one Year from the Day
of, in the Year of our Lord God:" Which
was this Day read the First time.
The Question being put, That this Proviso be read the
Second time;
The House was divided:
The Yeas went forth.
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Lord General, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
37. |
| Sir Hen. Vane, |
With the Noes, |
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Sir Wm. Masham, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
34. |
| Sir Wm. Brereton, |
With the Yeas, |
So it passed with the Negative.
The Question being put, That this Proviso be rejected;
The House was divided:
The Yeas went forth.
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Lord General, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
45. |
| Sir Hen. Vane, |
With the Yeas, |
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Mr. Holland, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
33. |
| Mr. Leman, |
With the Noes, |
So it passed with the Affirmative.
Resolved, That this Proviso be rejected.-
Business deferred.
Ordered, That the Business appointed for this Day,
be taken into Consideration on Wednesday next.-
Act of Oblivion.
The Question being propounded, That this Bill, so
amended, be ingrossed;
And the Question being put, That this Question be
now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put;
It was Resolved, That this Bill, so amended, be ingrossed, and brought in this Day Sevennight.