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short Limitation of time that they may prepare themselves the
better to appear & give Answer to that which his Honour
pleaseth to Communicate to them
Ordered by the whole House that Mr WmCoursey present
the same to the Upper House
Wm Bretton Clk.
Whereupon ordered by this House that the Answer to the
two papers sent yesterday from the Lower House be sent to
the Lower House & that it be signifyed to them by a Copy of
this Order that the reason for the Governours sending for the
Speaker & that House is to receive their personal Answer to
the said Paper which he suddenly expects they should Perform
It being now one of the Clock the House
Adjourned till three
The House met again Present as before
Ordered that a Messenger be sent to the Lower house to
desire them to perform their Promise to the Governour this
Morning to come & attend him there he having sent them the
reason why he called for them & Answer returned they were
preparing to give Answer
Then came a member from the Lower house with this Paper
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Wednesday 25th April 1666
To the Rt honourable the Upper House of Assembly
The Lower House humbly desires that there may be a right
Understanding between both houses Which they hope for the
future will be & as to the Words, (shall not debate) was never
intended by this house to disgust the Upper House, but shall
for the future avoid such Expressions, This House humbly
desires that the Upper House would be pleased to lett them
understand their reasons to suspect that Businesses are not
carryed on in a due Way in this House but managed by the
Artifice of a few, This House being altogether ignorant that
Affairs are so managed and further that if any Person hath
informed the Upper House that Businesses are so carryed on
as afd this House desires that the Upper House would be
pleased to signify Who they are that thereby they may be
the better able to vindicate themselves
Wm Bretton Clk
To which was Answered
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