amunic'on, &c. as yo' Matie by ye order inclosed may perceave. I heare that these Com'ittees have written to ye Com'ittees in Scotland, that if by their next lets they shall certefy them that there is noe more busines for them in Scotland, then they will consider of calling them home.

By a coppy herewth sent, yo' Matie will perceave ye course that is here taken for paym' & discharge of ye garrison of Carlile, & accordingly the Paymaster hath alreddy receaved £4000, & is toomorrow to have ye rest of the monny, for y° p'sent carriage, whereof he hath taken order, soe as it shal be there by ye 3d or 4th of 8ber, wch is ye soonest it can possibly be carried thither by cart.

The Declarac'on of ye Com'ons House' was Sunday last read in ye parishe church here in Westminster, & is sent to ye sheriffs of all counties to be published. There is noe man prayeth more fervently for yo Maties prosperous dispatch of yo' affaires there, & safe & speedy returne, than

Yor Maties

Most humble and most obedient servaunt,
EDW. NICHOLAS.

I heare ye Com'ittees here have taken order for monnyes for paymt & discharge of yo' Maties garrison at Berwick, & that it is to be sent downe att 3 severall sendings, wch will require some longer tyme. WESTMINSTER, 15o Sepbris, 1641.

Sir Edward Nicholas to the King.

May it please yo' most excellat Matie,

According to my advertisem yesterday, both Houses of Parliam* have this day adiourned till 20°

'This was against all superstitious rites and observances in public worship; amongst which were enumerated crucifixes, images of the Virgin Mary, bowing at the name of Jesus, &c. They also ordered the Communion Tables to be moved from the east end of all churches and chapels; and all sports and pastimes to be prevented on Sunday.

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Octor next. They have appoynted Comittees to meete during the recesse, & their first day of meeting is to be Tuesday next, & then they are to adiourne from tyme to tyme as they shall thinke good. Their principall busines is to receave & annsweare all les from Scotland, according to instrucc❜ons alreddy given to the Comittees there, whom they have power to call home if they see cause. They have also power to send downe monny to ye army, & to doe what they shall think requisite for ye disbanding of it, & to dispose of ye cannons and artillery in ye North, & they are to make report of the whole busines att ye next meeting of both Houses.

There was not att parting a very p'fect agreem (as I heare) betwene the 2 Houses in all things, for the Peers declyning to ioyne wth the Com❜ons in orders touching innovac'ons in ye Church, the Com'ons notwithstanding ordered ye same to be printed, the particulars of wch orders are here inclosed. I heare that the Lods & Com'ons have intimated that none of the disbanded soldiers, either horse & foote, Englishe or Irishe, shalbe p'mitted to serve either the ffrench or Spanishe King, but that they may serve the States. Upon a report that the Spanish and ffrench Amb'dors had treated wth diverse of the horse & foote to serve their masters,

1 Lists of those Committees may be found in the ninth volume of the Parliamentary History, p. 536.

2 The Lords did not quarrel with the spirit of the resolutions of the House of Commons: but they made some slight alterations in the details. The Commons, however, went further on the day before adjournment than they had previously done; for it was ordered that a lecture might be set up, and an orthodox minister maintained, at the expense of any parishioners, to preach on various occasions throughout the week, and also on the Sabbath where there was no sermon.

3 This leave to serve the States does not appear on the Parliamentary Records.

4 Popular prejudice had arisen to a great height against these diplomatic personages; the House of Lords having found it necessary on the 30th of August to issue an order for the punishment of some rioters who had insulted the French Ambassador and his servants.

the Co'mons House sent 2 of their members to each of their Amb'dors, to know by what warr' they did goe about to levy any soldiers here, & by whose procurement they obteyned such warr's, but (it seemes) they could discover nothing att all.

I receaued

my Wife,

them, there

from her.

As soone this day as the Lds House was adiourned, yours of the 8: yesterday, I receaved from Withering's deputy 2 packetts of this, this les, ye one directed to yor Matie and ye whole P'liam', day, but tell the other to ye Lds in P'liam'; both wch I have sent that in now to Mr. Th'rer' for yo Matie. I humbly beseech nether of yo Matie that this le' may be seene by noe other eye was anie than yo' owne, for I assure you the houses are very inquisitive after these that advertise yo' Matie of any If you would parliament busines. I hope yo' Matie will now hasten sure of for England, to put yo' affaires here in good order, secrecie, you the armies being all disbanded but 4 regim. I inclosed humbly beg your Maties pardon for this tedies dis- them under course from,

Yo' Maties

Most humble and obedient servaunt,
EDW. NICHOLAS.

It was almost nine o'clock at night before ye Com'ons did adiourne; but ye Lods adiourned at 3 in ye afternoone.

WESTMINSTER, 9° Sepbris, 1641.

EDEN. 13.

"For yo' sacred Matie"

"Yours apostyled."

In Sir E. N.'s handwriting: "9° Sep bris, 1641. apostil. 13o."

Sir Edward Nicholas to the King.

May it please yo' Ma'tie,

The le' inclosed from my Lo. Marshall will give yor Matie an accompt of ye Q. Mothers landing & recepc'on in ye Low Countries, by ye care of ye Prince of Orange. The Houses of Parliam* here begin to be att some difference one wth another; the Peers take it not well that ye Com'ons comanded

Sir Henry Vane.

haue beene

should haue

my couer.

Be confident I will as soone as I

may.

I am not

for it.

to be printed an order for abolishing of innovamuch sorie c'ons, &c. wthout their approbac'on, & thereupon their LOPPS caused to be printed a former order made for observing ye Booke of Com'on Prayer, whereupon (I heare) ye Com'ons made (on thursday night a little before their adiournem') a Declarac'on against ye Lords said former order, & some of ye Ldds have also made a protestac'on against ye same & entred it in their house, as yo' Matie may perceave by y protestacc'on herewth sent, & by the Declarac❜on of ye Com'ons House, wch (I am tould) is sent to Mr. Th'rer by his sonne, but I cannot here procure a coppy it. I have herewth sent yo' Matic a coppy of an ordinance of both Houses concerning ye raysing & transporting of forces out of England and Irland. By a le wch is sent in this packet from St John Colepeper to Marq. Hamilton, & by another sent by young Sr H. Vane to his father, yo' Matie (if you call for the ye same) may see all the passages of ye Com'ons House since Munday morning, weh have I am glad of beene soe various & dissonant, as may be worthy yo Maties observac'on & informac❜on.

that.

You may now say

There hath beene nothing spoken hitherto in Parliament concerning yor Maties Generall Pardon. confidentlie If yo' Matie overcome all difficulties there, & make that they ar. firme to you yo' good people of that kingdome, I

in my name

1 This is the order formerly alluded to. Previous to adjournment, on the 9th, the Lords desired a conference on the subject of orders respecting Divine Service: but the Commons, without noticing that desire, instantly passed a resolution "that this House doth not consent to these orders, or to any of them." The Lords who protested against the proceedings of the Upper House were Bedford, Warwick, Clare, Newport, Wharton, and Kimbolton.

2 Copies of these Declarations may be found in Rushworth's Collections; also in Nalson's.

3 He was Chancellor of the Exchequer.

4 The elder Vane continued to hold the office of Treasurer only until the 26th of November, when, immediately after the King's return, he was succeeded by Lord Falkland. Nicholas seems to desire to convey to the King in a very marked way the continued relations of intimacy and correspondence existing between the elder and the younger Vane.