APPENDIX. 223 which occur the following notices in the Journal of the House of Com- mons :- (2.) "Die Veneris, 8° Julii, 1642. Post meridiem. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE ON THE RESOLUTION OR DECLARATION OF THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD. "Resolved, 'c.-That the printed Paper intituled, ' The Declaration or Resolution of the County of Hereforde,' shall be referred to the Committee for Printing : Who are to sit To-morrow at Two o'clock, in the Exchequer Chamber. " Resolved, .'c.-That Hammon the Printer shall be forth- with summoned to attend this House, and be brought up in safe Custody. "Mr. Maddison was called in, and did aver that he, being at a Stationer's Shop, and reading a Pamphlet intituled, "TheDeclaration or Resolution of the County of Hereford," and saying, that this was a foul Scandal upon the Parliament, and that the Author of it deserved to be whipt; one Sir Will. Boteler told him, that he deserved to be whipt for saying so ; and that he would justify every Word in it : and that, by God he would slash him ; and while he was talking with him, one Mr. Dutton, a Minister, came to him, and likewise said, that he deserved to be whipt ; and he asked, Wherefore? And he replied, For speaking Nonsense, and for saying it was a Libel. " Resolved, That Mr. Dutton, the minister, shall be forthwith com- mitted a Prisoner to the Gatehouse, there to remain during the Pleasure of the House, for carrying himself in a scornful Manner in the House, and for as much as in him lay, justifying the foulest and most scandalous Pamphlet that ever was raised or published against the Parliament. Mr. Dutton was again called in ; and Mr. Speaker told him, that, by his carriage here towards the House, one might well judge of his Behaviour towards the Parliament out of the House : and that, as much as in him lay, he had justified one of the foulest and most scandalous libels that ever was raised or published against the Parliament : and then the Speaker pro- nounced the sentence against him aforesaid. " Ordered,-That Sir William Boteler's bail shall be required to bring him in to- morrow morning.
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