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and a session every year the Lord president
made an extraordinary speech that we should
take that prerogative from the king that we
need not doubt all his predecessors enioyed &c

It was Carryed as aforesaid but the point
of time deferred to be considered on Wednesday
next =

Yesterday the House of Com
mons Went through the Million proiect
Bill but a clause being offered to give
14^li per Centum upon any mans Life they
deferred it to this day - the Bill Com
mences in March and the people have to the
ffirst of May to bring in their Money
as 10^li per Centum for ffive years with Ad
vantage of Survivorship and if the
same be not compleated to fill it up upon
Life till the 24^th of June with Liberty that
if the ffirst lender Like the Lat proiect bet
ter of 14^liper Centum he shall have Liberty to
Transfer it to the other

The king being acquainted that
the House of peers haue appointed Saturday
come 7 night for Tryall of the Lord Mohun
his Maiestie has returned Answer he will
provide Scaffolds accordingly and appoint
a high Steward by that Time

My Last told you that King: James
hath sent over another declaracion which
I am told is of a Contrary Tenor to the
Last for now he pardons all and the ffrench
king promiseth that he will not Exact his
Charge for the Expedicion thinking we haue
paid enough for a dutch but we are not
to be Caioled by the French Artifices

= Captain I Killigrew Cruising Northward hath Lately reprised 2 Danish ships
where the ffrench had taken coming from England = This morning a Bill was brought into
the house to prevent Lotteries = a peticion is Lodged in the house by sir Elias Harvey complaining of
an undue Eleccion for the County of Essex & M^r Honeywood not being duely Elected - the pinnmakers Bill was
was and 2d time & committed - a Bill was read the 3d time & passed the House for taking speciall
Bail of the Countrey