Tuesday August 21.
Letters came form Porchmouth that Mr. Meese, who belongs to P. Charles, and
was sent into Ireland with packets to P. Rupert, is taken being desperatately wounded.
The Captain of the prize after he came ashore, gave the woman of the house where he
now lyes, a little box sealed up; which he brought away undiscovered, and desired her to
lay it up for him: But the woman not knowing what it might be, nor of what consequence,
she brought it to Mr. Goodfellow, who with Mr. Hall, opened it before severall witnesses,
and found in it around peece of Gold, with 2 Agat stones, cut like a Seale, when
they had viewed it, they brought it to the Governour; And it was by the Governour [unr]
to be worth 20 s. Cap. Smith who brought it being examined about it said that it was
sent from Prince Charles to his Cousen P. Maurice for a taken.
THis day the house sitting, letters were read from the Lord Lieut. of Ireland dated
at Milford-haven, August 13. of his then being ready to set sale for Ireland,
and offering to the consideration of the house, the removall of penall statutes, that
inforce the Consciences of honest consciencious men, The house appointed some
Committees, to whom it was committed formerly to make reports for the case of
tender Consciences, in which business, (as the Lord Lieut. so ) the house is very
tender, desiring that according to the late Petition from the Army, there may be
provision made for honest godly men, for the relief of tender Consciences; but that
sin, blasphemy, vice, and wickedness, may be not only supprest, but punished.
Divers eminent Persones are lately dead sudanly.
This day the house of Commons passed an Order for the Committee for obstructions
to bring in an Act for Commissioners to be chosen in all Counties, to
make choice of fit and able men to be made Ministers, that cannot conform to the
present Ordinance for Ordination to preach, and that they do present their names
to the House, And the said Committee were ordered to sit this afternoon.
The humble Petition of the Reformado Officers of col. Sandersons Regiment was
this day read.
The humble Petition of 2500 person in Mr. Potters List was also read, and the
House had debates concerning the monies formerly ordered to the persons mentioned
in both the aforesaid Petitions, And upon the whole, passed this following
Order, viz.
Die Martis 21. August, 1649.
ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parl. That it be referred to the Committee of
Goldsmiths Hall, to consider of the business touching 9100 l. and the 42000 l. and
to state the same to the house, and that they call to them the Treasurers of the maimed
Souldiers, and the Committee of Sequestrations at Guild-half, and to advise with them
now so much is is due unto the persons in the respective lists may be paid, and likewise to
examine, and consider whether the 9100 l. ought not to be part of the 42000 l. And that
the same Committee to take into consideration these severall Petitions, and report their opinions
to the House.
Hen. Scobel, Cler. Parl.
Some Ministers were sent to winchester house, to seize the bookes printed for Mr.
Lilburn aforesaid; they had seized on some, he being forth, but being sent for, came
and asked them if they came to rob him, and perswaded them to looke to their liberties,
and to consider who he was, and for what he stood, he said he would answer
in person for the Bookes: But they said, that was not their order; but at