Lunæ, 2 die Decembris, 1678.
Prayers.
Members take Oaths.
THE House being set, several of the Members did
take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and
make and subscribe the Declaration, according to the
Direction of the Act, intituled, An Act for the more
effectual Preserving of the King's Person and Government, by disabling Papists from sitting in either House
of Parliament.
Oates to attend.
Ordered, That Mr. Oates be forthwith sent for, to
attend at the Bar of this House.
Answer to Address concerning him
Mr. Secretary Coventry delivered in a Message from
his Majesty, in Answer to the Address of this House,
concerning Mr. Oates: Which Mr. Speaker read to the
House; and is as followeth;
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HIS Majesty, having received an Address from the
House of Commons, dated the Eight-and-twentieth
of November last past, hath thought fit to return this
Answer;
That his Majesty will give a Pardon to Mr. Oates, for
Misprision of Treason, from the Beginning of the World,
till the said Eight-and-twentieth of November last past:
That he shall have Liberty to walk where he pleaseth in
Whitehall and St. James's Park; and enjoy all other Liberties of Writing and Conversing, which he had in
Whitehall, before Sunday the Four-and-twentieth of the
said November.
He shall have a convenient Allowance for all Things
necessary for him. But the Guards his Majesty doth
not think fitting to remove, in respect of the Safety of
Mr. Oates his Person.
Oates' Examinations.
Mr. Oates being called in, delivered in Copies of his
Examinations taken at the Council Board.
Ordered, That Copies thereof be made by the Clerk,
and delivered to Mr. Oates.
Address on Dangers of the Nation.
Resolved, That an humble Address be made to his
Majesty, containing a Representation of the present
State and Dangers of the Nation.
Resolved, That the House will proceed to vote the
Heads for the said Address, in the House.
Resolved, That the Misrepresentations of the Proceedings of this House to his Majesty, be One Head for the
said Address.
The Question being propounded, That a Representation be therein made to his Majesty, of the Dangers
that have and may arise from private Advices, contrary
to the Advice of this Parliament;
The Question being put, That this Question be now
put;
The House divide.
The Noes go forth.
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Lord Ancram, |
for the Noes, |
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| Sir John Talbott, |
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Sir Francis Drake, |
for the Yeas, |
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And so it was resolved in the Affirmative.
Resolved, That a Representation be therein made to his
Majesty, of the Dangers that have and may arise from private Advices, contrary to the Advice of his Parliament.
Resolved, That a Representation be therein made to
his Majesty, of the great Danger the Nation lies under
from the Growth of Popery.
Resolved, That a Representation be therein made to
his Majesty, of the Danger that may arise to his Majesty
and the Kingdom, by the Non-observance of the Laws
that have been made for Preservation of the Peace, and
Safety of the King and Kingdom.
And it is referred to Sir John Hotham, Mr. Williams,
Colonel Birch, Sir Henry Capell, Sir Thomas Littleton,
Sir Joseph Tredenham, Sir John Knight, Sir Thomas
Meeres, Sir Wm. Hickman, Sir John Trevor, Mr. Solicitor
General, Lord Cavendish, Sir Francis Rolles, Mr. Hamden, * Jennings, Sir Francis Drake, Mr. Sachaverell, Sir
Edward Deering, Mr. Finch, Mr. Powle, Sir John Mallett,
Sir Francis Russell, Sir Nich. Carew, Sir Robert Howard,
Sir John Talbott, Sir Richard Temple, Sir Thomas Clarges,
Serjeant Gregory, Mr. Swinfen; or any Three of them:
And they are to meet To-morrow at Two of the Clock
in the Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber, to prepare
the said Address: And are impowered to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Eight a Clock.