The Earl's Answer.
That the Deputy Falkland had set out the same Proclamation. That the same restraint was contained in the Statute of 25 of Hen. 6. upon which the Proclamation was founded. That he had the King's express Warrant for the Procla∣mation. That he had also power to do it by the Commission granted him; and that the Lords of the Council, and three Justices, not only yielded, but pressed him unto it. That it was done upon just cause; for, had the Ports been o∣pen, divers would have taken liberty to go to Spain, to Doway, Rhemes, or St. Omers, which might have proved of mischievous consequence to the State. That the Earl of D'Esmond stood, at the time of his restraint, charged with Trea∣son before the Council of Ireland, for practising against the life of one Sir Valentine Coke. That the Lord Roch was then a Prisoner for Debt in the Castle of Dublin, and therefore incapable of a li∣cence. That Parry was not fined for coming o∣ver without licence▪ but for several Contempts against the Council-Board in Ireland, and that in his Sentence he had but only a casting voice, as the Lord Keeper in the Star-Chamber.
The XVII. and XVIII. Articles were not in∣sisted upon.