Their Answer. 22. Feb.
[ CXCV] YOur Lordships Papers of the first, third, and tenth of February, whether we had any Instructions concerning his Majesties Propositions, and power to Treat for a Cessa∣tion, as also your Papers of the 14th and 20th of Feb. concerning his Majesties Letter for an addition of time to this Treaty, with your Lordships desire thereupon, have been by us sent up to both Houses of Parliament from time to time as we received them, to∣gether with our Answer given to them; and in our Answers we have from time to time declared to your Lordships, that when the Houses shall be satisfied in the good progress of the Treaty upon their Propositions concerning Religion, Militia, and Ireland, they will give an addition of time for the Treaty: And we do conceive, that if your Lordships An∣swers to our Demands concerning Religion, the Militia, and Ireland, had been such as to have given satisfaction in the good progress of this Treaty, mutually consented to for twen∣ty days upon the said Propositions, we should have before this been enabled with power to continue the Treaty, as well upon his Majesties as the rest of the Propositions. But your Lordships having not given full and satisfactory Answers concerning Religion, the Militia, and Ireland, you cannot, for the Reasons above mentioned, expect an addition of time; neither have we received any Instructions to continue this Treaty longer than the twenty days, of which this is the last. And as for your Lordships Safe-Conduct, we conceive the Three Sundays last past being not accounted any days of the Treaty, so this next Sunday is not to be esteemed one of the two days allowed after the Treaty in your Lordships Safe-Conduct, but your Lordships are to have two days besides this next Lords day.