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SIR,
IN our last Letter we gave you an Accompt of our first and se∣cond waiting on the King, we writ to you then, that his Majesty commanded us to attend him yesterday being Thursday, to heare what he said to the Gentlemen, Which a little before the meeting, he seconded by a particular Message. Being come thither, his Majesty caused the severall Messages be∣tween him, and the Parliament, mentioned in this enclosed prin∣ted Paper to be read.
This was done with much humming, and applause of the Kings Messages by some persons who had placed themselues neere about where the King stood. But when any thing from the Parliament came to be read, with so much hissing, and reviling rhe Parliament, that though in respect, and duty to the Kings Person, wc could not present it, as otherwise we should have done, yet have since expo∣stulated, and complained of it to his Majesty. Some were so bold as to say openly, That the Parliament men should set their Houses in order, for many of them should shortly have their heads off; One of which (as since we are credibly informed) was one Hurst, a servant to one Master William Crofts. In this which was said by the King, you will see what reason we had to vindicate our selves, and therefore we immediatly repayred to the Deanes house with all the other Gentlemen, and there we tooke notice of the rough u∣sage we had received; We told them that it was neither indifere∣tion nor disobedience in us (as his Majesty was pleased to call it) to deliver the Parliaments Message, or to stay here though com∣manded to the contrary since we conceived no man needed to be satisfied in so cleare a case as this; That every Member of each House ought to obey their Commands, when they were pleased to employ them. But since his Majesty thought fit to bid them, take heed of us, not knowing what doctrine of disobedience we might preach to them under colour of obeying the Parliament, we appealed to every man whether we had in word or deed, in pub∣lick or in private done any thing that became not hon••st m••n and