Answer.He did not in any of the three, or all.Question.Do you know the truth of these Articles, or anie of them, or by In∣formation?Answer.He knows nothing of the truth, nor was informed, but by his Master
the King.Question.Will you make good these Articles, if required by course of Law?Answer.He cannot otherwise, than the King shall command, and enable him.Question.From whom had you these Articles? and by whose advice did you ex∣hibit
them?Answer.It was the Kings express command, from whose hand he received
them.Question.Whether had you any Testimonie or Proof of these Article before the
exhibiting of them?Answer.For the exhibiting, he had the Kings command.To which Answer Serjeant Wilde replied.The House of Commons desires to know whether you had any Proof or
Testimonie, or any Information of any Proof of them?Answer.To this he desired time to consider, in regard of a Trust between a Ma∣ster
and Servant.This not yet satisfactory, because so general, the House of Com∣mons
resolve,That he hath broken the Privilege of Parliament, in preferring the
Articles, illegal, and he is criminous, and that a Charge be sent up to the
Lords against him for satisfaction of this great Scandal, unless by
Thursday next he prove the Articles against any of them, Jan. 15.0
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