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ia parliament to assist the protector in his adfliinistratioo ; and their
coDCurrence was made necessary to the removal and appointment of
officers, except some inferior patronage specifically reserved to the
protector. In all important business that should pass by order of
council, the whole, or major part, were to be present ; ^* but if it wer^
such matter that the king hath been accustomed to be counselled of,
that then the said lords proceed not therein without the advice of my
lords of Bedford or Glocester (1)." A few more counsellors were
added by the next parliament, and divers regulations established for
their observance (2).
