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L.c.2128

London Ianuary 19^th 1692

Sir

a detachment of ffoot guards
Marched yesterday home in order to recruit
the Regiments in fflanders

The Duke of Ormond on
Tuesday was at the head of his Troop of
guards and drew out the Gray Bay &
other Coloured horses designing to put black
in there room they being all to be of one
Colour and the men will be suddenly
richly Cloathed

One Monsieur Le ffort who
was some daies ago recommended to the
king is taken into Custody of a Messenger
being said to be a ffrench Spy

The Earl of Devonshire hath
brought a Bill into the house of peers to
[serue] the kings person and Government
which was read the ffirst time yesterday

The House of peers were
all day yesterday on the Trienniall Bill
& went through the same agreeing the time
that the parliament be dissolved the first
of January next.

The Lords Appointed a Committee
to draw up reasons to be offered the Commons
at a Conference to Iustify the Clause to the grand
Supply Bill.

The Dutchess of Norfolk has
published her Vindicacion and his Grace has
ordered the printer to be taken up.

a Scurrilous pamphlett hath
stole

up upon the ffrench = this day the Committee of the whole house finished the Aulnage Bill and they
are to report it on saturday - They also fflung out a Bill of the Woollen Manufacturey but
Retained another which was ordered to be Engrossed - The Lords haue been all this
day and were sitting at 7 at night debating the Commons reasons delivered at a
Conference whether they should recede or Adhoere they put a previous question