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not present, but busied about a more effectuall worke, which was the dissolving of the House that night, wrought from his then Highness, and the next day in effect executed.
The next day after, being Saturday, the House being dissolved. Sir Hierome, meeting the Dr, said he heard he exspected repairations. The Dr told him he did soe. Hee answered that he had not yett done with him, but would have another bout with him before his Highness and Councill. The Dr told him he would waite his summons. By this time they were both come to my Lady Fleetwoods chamber, where my Lord being present, uppon some occasion given, the Dr bid Sir Hierome picke but two or three of the foulest articles, such as he could most easily prove, telling my Lord Ffleetwood that he would stand to his judgement uppon them, or of any others whom his Lordshipp should appoint. But my Lord said they had all their heads too full at that present, but that hereafter he would doe something. The Dr staid a weeke longer, exspecting the summons Sir Hierome spake of, but, finding none, repaired into Ireland, where news was that himselfe was detained in England prisoner; that, all the ports having been laid to take him, he had been stopt. There were allsoe endeavoures to have him sent backe againe into England as a prisoner, pretendedly for not taking notice of what Sir Hierome talked of. He arrived in Ireland about the twelvth of May, and the 16th of June following was employed to carry to the Parliament the then Lord Lieutenants letter of acquiessence.
Some time before, the Doctor having been well assured that new articles were preparing against him, for the long Parliament, he procured the seven officers who corresponded with Sir Hierome to meet, where he propounded to them that whatever was singular or extraordinary in his assignements of land he would translate into the common way, propounding a satisfactory method to put the same in practise, referring itt to the care off authority to provide him a reward some other way for the service he had done the State and army. This was not hearkned to, without opening any reason why it was not; whereuppon hee went into England, spake with Collonell Sanky, found him externally soe civill as to promise him not to attempt any new exsploit without acquainting him with it. Nevertheless, without any such notice, hee putts in the articles, with an intention to deprive the Dr of the benefitt of the Act of Indempnity then in passing; but herein God did disappoint, allmost miraculously, soe that he
