Hij1ory of thePuritans, examin'd. i91 fober and difpaffionaie Men, exceedingly difpofed to do the King Service ; and yet his Majefty would not eon- defcend to fpeak to them from the Throne, but ordered the Lord -- Keeper Finch to acquaint them, with the undu'r:rtil Behaviour of the Scots, whom he was deter- mined to reduce, and therefore would not admit the Mediation of the two Houfes, but,expecîedtheir imme- diate Agiflance, after which he wouldgive them Time to confider of any juft Grievances to be redrefs'd. * After theKing had fhortly mentioned his De- ' fire to be again acquainted with Parliaments af- ' ter fo long an Intermifirion ; and to receive the ' Advice and Affiftance of his Subje&ts there : 1-le referred the Caufe of the prefent Convention to ' be enlarged upon by the Lord-Keeper, who re- lated the whole Proceedings of Scotland.' 'Tis plain from hence, That his Majefty did condefcend to fpeak to them from the Throne. Neal, p. 34.1. But the Commons, inflead of begin- ning with the Supply, appointed Committees for Reli- gion and Grievances, which difobliged the King fo much, that afterfeveralfruitlefs Attempts toperfuade them to begin with the Sublady Bill, he diolved them in anger, without pang a Jingle 43, after they had fatefix Weeks. Lord Clarendon informs us ;-, That the Houfe of- Peers aelvifed the Commons to begin with the Supply, which was voted a Breach of Privilege by the Commons. Neal, ibid. ''-e Blrme of this ha/ly Dffolution was byforce c '1, by others upon Sir Har- ry Vane ; bu - ng paid it rpon the Houfe of Com- mons, who would aaw,` take his Royal Wordfor Redrefs of Grievances. * Lord Clarendon'sHiftory, p. 104. Kennet, p. 95. Rapins p. 4,00, 409. Lord Clarendon, Vol, I. p. l oGG, His
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