The Judge Advocate of the Army and some other Officers
of the Army complayned to the Lord Major of London and the
Justices of peace for London and Middlesex, that many lewd people
had lately committed severall roberies, and outrages in and about
the City of London, which pretended that they were souldiers,
and were harboured in many suspicions houses about the
Subburbs of the City of London, in one of which a Souldier of
the Army was lately killed by an unknowne hand, whereupon
it was ordered by the Lord Major and the Justices of Peace that
severall suspected victualling houses should be suppressed, and that
which was built for a suttling-house at the draw bridge neere
Finsbury, and some other places should be pulled down.
From the Hague, some write that there is an Ambassadour
preparing to come over into England in behalfe of the King, his
Message is from the States of Holland, by the procuration of the
Prince of Orange, as is reported, but they heare not that all the
united Provinces joyne in i[nl]t.
The King was againe this day at his Tryall but did still refuse
to plead guslty or not guilty questioning the power of the Court,
and offering reasons to mayntaine his allegation which were refus[nl]ed,
and the Lord, President told him, that if hee pleaded not
not the Court, had power to proceed against him, but the King
shewing a resolution not to acknowledge their power, as if no
power on earth was able to call him in question, hee was conducted
from the Barre to Sr. Ralf Cottons house where hee remayned
the last night, but refused to goe into bed.
Monday, January 22.
THe Commissioners for the Kingdome of Scotland did this day
send in some papers, and Declaration from the house of Commons
from the Parliament of Scotland, the substance of the Declaration
was, that the Kingdome of Scotland had an undoubted Interest
in the Person of the King, who was not delivered tot he English
Commissioners at Newcastle for the Ruine of his Person, but for
a more speedy settlement of the Peace of his Kingdomes; They declare
that they extreamly dissent and declare against this Tryall of
him, in which Diffent not onely the whole Parliament of Scotland,
but all the Subjects under their jurisdiction in that Kingdome are generally