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whether they should referr the matter to a Committee
and Carryed it in the Negative by 14 they Locked up
the doors of the house and tis likely they will sett Late

- the Lords yesterday reassumed the debate of calling the
Attorney Generall to their Assistance and appointed a
Committee to search precedents in the Case but a noble peer
said that though it had been practised in former time yet
he could not tell whether the king did it ex gratia they
had power to summon his Attendance and Moreover belie
ved it was done when he was no member of the house
of Commons as he now is and that there is a
precedent in the Like Case upon which tis thought the
matter will drop

19 Ianuary. 1692/3

To
The honorable Sir Richard: Newdigate Baronet
at Arbury
near Coventry
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had power to summon his Attendance and Moreover belie