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Part  2


Keeper,  to  return  ftch  an  Anfwcr,  as  aflury  them  of  his  RoyalPcr-
formance;  yet  at  this  Meeting  they  founds  thai  on  the  12  oijidy
laft^his  Majefty  granted  a  pardon  unto  AUxandfr  Baker  z  ]t^mt^Si^  '-
unco  un  cthtrPupiftj^y^hkh^jiS  ihcCoRHnons  have  been  fnform*d3v^ras
;otcen  by  the  Imfonnnity  oi fome  forrei^n  Ambaflidor^  aud  pafs'd
>y  Immediate  Warfant^  and  Was  recomnendedby  the  P  find  fat  Sfrr#-
tary  of  State,  without  the  payment  of  the  Ordinary  Fees,  -^nd
further  that  iW^ry  Efimonds  in  Dor fet- Shire  made  her  efcape  >

from  the  Confbable,  and  compUinM'to  the  King.    The  principal  ^
Secretary  did  write  to  two  Juftices  in  her  favor.
^    Upon  ehefe  PaflTjges,  the  Commons  made  Obfervatiors,  i.Upon
the  Dace  of  the  pardon,  which  was  the  NEXT  DAY  AFTER-
HI«*MAJESrrS  ANSWER  BY   the  Lord  Keeper  to  ffc«r  ?^.
Mien  Concerning  Religion,    ily^  That  the  pardon  difpens'd  with  ie«
veralL^ws,  as  the  if,  and  27.'   of^  EUz^^eth^MA  id.  of  King
Jamesi  provide  to  keep  the  Subjeds  io  due  Obedience.  jZ/y   That
the  Pardon  was  fign'd  by  the  Principal  Secretary  of  State,     ^nd  «
therefore  the  Common$decl^M  that  thefe  Adings  te/tdei/  t(ythc

Prtjudke  oftrHoltelipon^  his  Majefty's  Difhonor^  th%  DiJ count  ionm
ting  the  Mintfl^rsofjuftlce,  the^n'r/of  the  good  People;    the  nni-^
mating  of  the  Popifii  Party , who  by  fuch  Examples  grcwmore  proud  '
and  Infolent,  and  to  the  Difcouragem$nt  of  the  High^Cowreoi  Par«
Hameqt.
