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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… of this House that ever was; such news has not been of a long time; a high breach of trust. It is against a great … done it but in confidence to make it good. Many of the Long Robe were against the receiving of it, till it was …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… to turn the people of England into wild beasts. It is too long time to keep the commoners out, 12 years, till the woods … it was the rule held forth in our Commonwealth. In the Long Parliament, this Act of Oblivion was highly debated. For … no reason why you should defer this business, to make so long a debate. Colonel Hewitson. You are not laying a tax …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… in the other House on Wednesday last, which was very long reading; for which see the book of speeches. 5 Mr. … his Highness accordingly, when his Highness made a very long, plain, and serious speech, relating to the state of our … Mr. Rushworth, that we might confer notes; but it was so long that we could not get it ready to report it next …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… faithfulness, are now capable. Lord Lambert made a long speech against the clause. The question being put, upon …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… that Milton, so far from lending his pen to vilify the Long Parliament ( supra, p. 383, note †) could not have …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… but that this comes in regularly, and I challenge all the Long Robe to answer me. If any person offer me a Petition at … taken up in their way, and sold. Sir William Morton, a long-robe man, 11 writ a book. I would have it examined. I … soon. I defended them with my weapon. The remainder of the Long Parliament, without hearing, voted me 14 to be no …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… hope, do. Sir John Reynolds. Seeing these gentlemen of the long robe are silent, I shall venture my opinion. I gave my … Instrument of Government. I observe the gentlemen of the long robe divided in their opinions, and well may we be …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… wonder to see the difference amongst the gentlemen of the Long Robe, in their opinions. I cannot say that the … (Query if Colonel Freeman be not one.) The debate held a long time about wording the question; but at last it was … Mr. Robinson, on the now approaching restoration of the Long Parliament, of which he was a member, was joined with …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the Bill for Marriages might be read; which has laid a long time by you. Colonel Sydenham moved, that the petitions … the majority of that House, who ought to have discovered, long before this time, that the case of this self-deluded but … apprehend, detained in prison till the restoration of the Long Parliament; when, " the 8th of September, 1659," it was …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… not suspended. Per Major-General Whalley and Sir Lislebone Long, Resolved, that Mr. Edward Nevil have leave for a month. …