Painted Chamber.
The Court according to their former Adjourn∣ment from Westminster-Hall, came together from thence into the Painted Chamber, where they sate pri∣vately; and Ordered as followeth,
Ordered, That no Commissioner ought, or shall depart from the Court, without the special leave of the said Court.
This Court took into consideration the managing of the Business of the Court this day, in the Hall, and the King's Refusal to Answer, notwithstanding he had been three several times demanded and requi∣red thereunto, and have thereupon fully approved of what on the Courts part had then passed, and Re∣solved,
That, Notwithstanding the said Contumacy of the King, and refusal to plead, which in Law amounts to a standing mute, and tacit Confession of the Charge, and notwithstanding the Notoriety of the Fact charged, the Court would neverthe∣less however examine Witnesses, for the further and clearer satisfaction of their own Judgments and Consciences; the manner of whose Examination was referred to further Con∣sideration the next Sitting, and Warrants were accordingly issued forth for summoning of Witnesses.
Mr. Peters moveth the Court as a Messenger from the King, viz. That the King desires he might speak with his Chaplains that came unto him privately; but the House of Commons having taken that into