Martis, 17 die Maii, 16° Car. IIdi.
Prayers.
Conventicles.
THE House then resumed the Debate upon the
Proviso, sent from the Lords, against Quakers,
and other Sectaries.
And, having considered the former Precedents, that
Bills have been amended, after they had passed both
Houses; and fully debated the Matter;
The Question being put, That the Proviso, sent from
the Lords, against Quakers, and other Sectaries, be read;
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
And the Proviso was read the First time.
The Proviso and Amendments, agreed to by both
Houses, were read the Second time.
The Amendments, agreed to by both Houses, were
again read.
Resolved, That the Amendments be affixed, and
added to the Proviso.
Which was done accordingly.
And the Proviso, with the Amendments, were read
the Third time.
Resolved, &c. That this House is satisfied, That this
Proviso, with the Amendments, is a true Transcript of
the Proviso and Amendments agreed by both Houses.
Resolved, That this Proviso, with the Amendments,
be made Part of the Bill against Conventicles.
Conference with Lords.
Ordered, That a free Conference be desired with the
Lords, upon the Subject Matter of the last free Conference upon the Proviso against Quakers, and other
Sectaries.
Sir Job Charleton reports from the free Conference,
That the Lords had fully concurred with this House, in
the Matter of the Proviso and Amendments to the Bill
against Conventicles.
Message to attend the King.
A Message from the Lords, by Sir John Eyton, Usher
of the Black Rod;
Mr. Speaker,
His Majesty commands this honourable House to
attend Him, presently, in His House of Peers.
Parliament prorogued.
And, accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the House, went
up to the Lords, to attend his Majesty: Who was pleased
to prorogue the Parliament to the Twentieth Day of
August next ensuing.