Afterwardes on the seconde day of December the lordes taking their places in their Robes, the lordes her maiesties commyssioners went to their place appoincted and the speaker and the Commons of the lower house there present, Then the lorde Chauncellor going firste to the lordes her maiesties commissioners and conferring a while with them went to his accustomed place, and there declared unto both the houses in howe good parte her maiestie did accepte theire labors and travells ymployed this parliament and that she rendred unto them all her moste heartie thanckes for the same, And that for the better satisfaccion of soe loving and faithfull subiectes her highnes was contented to yeald soe farre unto their peticion, That the saide sentence should be divulged presentlye by proclamacion under the greate Seale of Englande.
Then master Speaker yealding most humble thanckes to her maiestye in the names of the knightes Cytizens and Burgesses of the Common house that it pleased her maiestye to condiscende soe farre unto their peticion that proclamacion shoulde presentlye be made, humblie desired the lordes the Commyssioners and other the lordes of the privie counsell to be earnest mediators to her maiestie to graunte alsoe unto them the effect of the residue of their saide peticion, And further that it woulde please them to graunte that aswell the saide peticion as theire whole actes and proceadinges in this present Session of parliament touching the saide greate cause might be entred of recorde in the Rolles of the same parliament, whereunto the lorde chauncellor aunswered that diverse of the lordes had byn and woulde be humble and earnest suitors unto her maiestie for the effectuall acccomplishment of theire desires And that theire lordshipps were well pleased that theire saide peticion and all theire Actes and proceadinges touching the saide cause should be entred of Recorde in the Rolle of the same parliament according as they desired, And thereupon the saide lordes the Commissioners did in her maiesties name adiorne the saide parliament untill the fiitenth daye of Februarie next.
Three Letters on Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685
The following three letters were written by Phineas Pett to Henry Gascoigne, secretary to James Butler, first duke of Ormonde and father of the earl of Ossory. The originals are among the
But nowe for answere unto your peticion, you must take an answere without answere at my handes, for yf I should saie I would nott doe yt I shoulde peradventure saie that which I did nott thinck or otherwise then yt might be. Yf I should saie I would doe yt, yt were nott fytt in this place, nor at this tyme, althoghe I did meane yt. Wherefore I must desyre you to hold your selues satisfied with this answere answereles. I knowe there is none of you but is wise and well affected towardes me, And therefore will consider what it [? is] most fytt for me to doe. They must be deeds and nott wordes which must answere your demaund. I praie you therefore lett this my answer answereles content you for this present. Assuring yourselffes that I am nowe and ever wilbe most carefull to doe thatt which shalbe best for your preservacion, And be nott to earnest to move me to that which maie tend to the losse of that which you all are most desyrous to kepe.'
