Stair-case to fall, but (God be blessed) no great hurt ensued to any. It
was a very slight stair-case that had been erected about six years agoe
upon a particular occasion, and stood ever since exposed to the Weather.
January 24:
Proclamation was made of the Peace between this Commonwealth
and Portugal. first in the Court before the Council Chamber have at
Whitehal (the members of his highness Council being present) afterwards
as Temple barr, in Cheapside, and the Old-Exchange London,
by the sound of Trumpet, the Heralds attending in their formalities &c.
By the Protector. A Proclamation of the Peace made betwixt this
Common-wealth and Portugal.
OLiver Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland
and Ireland, &c. Whereas we have (by the blessing of God)
with the advice of our Council, made and concluded a good, true
and firm Peace, betwixt this Common-wealth on the one part, and
Portugal on the other, their Lands, Countries, Dominions, Territories,
Places, and the People, Subjects and Inhabitants thereof by Sea
and Land, Rivers, Fresh-waters, and elsewhere. By the which
Peace, and the Preliminary Articles thereof, It is, among other things,
agreed, That all War and Acts of Hostility betwixt the two Nations
shall cease, and that the People and Inhabitants of each party respectively,
shall treat each other with mutual Friendship and affection,
and that neither of them, their Subjects or People, shall do, or attempt
anything, in any Place, by Sea or Land, or in the Ports or Rivers
of either, to the prejudice of the other, nor adhere to, or
entertain the Rebels or Fugitives of either, in any their Lands or
Dominions. And that betwixt this Common-wealth and Portugal
and their People; Subjects and Inhabitants, there shall be had and enjoyed
free Trade and Commerce, by Land and Sea, in all and singular
the Countrie, Lands, Dominions, Territories, Provinces Islands, Colonies,
Cities, Towns and Ports of either, with freedom into the same to
enter, and there to aside, and from thence to depart without interruption
they observing the Laws and Customs of each Place respectively)
as by the Articles of the said Peace is more fully declared and
expressed. We do therefore strickly Charge and Require all and every
Person or Persons, belonging to this Common-wealth, of what degree,
quality and condition soever they, or any of them be, to take
notice thereof, and to conform themselves accordingly.
Given at Whitehall this 23. January, 1656.
James Naylor being returned from Bristol to London, was this day
conveyed to Bridewell, where he it to remaine in custody, without being
visited or relieved by any neither is he to have the use of Pen, Ink,
or Paper; or to be allowed any thing but what he gets by his own
labor; and this to continue till he shall be Released by Parliament.