Assembly Proceedings, August—September 1681. 129

M^r Carvile and Captain Sibrey came to request his Lord-
ship and this house that the Answer of this house to their last
Message almost in terminis with their own Paper might be
Endorsed on the backside of their Paper and Sent them with
his Lordships Answer—
An Answer to be sent them by a Member of
this house
Col Lowe is desired to go and understand of them whether
they intended the Concurrence of this house last sent them p^r
Cap^t Digges should be Endorsed on the Backside of their
Paper and sent them or only his Lordships Answer to their
request—
Col Lowe returns with the Answer of the Lower house that
the Concurrence of this house in the Same Words as was last
Sent them may be Endorsed on the back of their Message and
returned them it being the Common Custom where both
houses Concurr to have the Concurrence, Endorsed on the
back of the Same Paper and returned again to the Lower
house to be kept there—
Col Lowe is again sent to the Lower house to acquaint them
that this House knows no Such Custom but think it most
proper to keep the Messages of the Lower house for Iustifica-
tion of their Journal, and not desiring any of the papers of this
house to be returned them again from the Lower house.
Col Lowe returns again and for Answer Says they Urge it
a Custom to have the Concurrence of this house Endorsed on
the back of their Message
Col Taillor is Sent to the Lower house with Col Lowe to
Satisfy the Lower house that this house think not fit to part
with those Papers which they have to Iustifie their Journal but
for their Satisfaction they desire to have the Concurrence of
this house Endorsed on the Back of their Message for their
perusall and after that to be again Remitted to this house it
may be granted to them—
They return again into this house: The Lower house will
Explain themselves p^r a Member of their Own.
M^r Carvile and M^r Sibrey came from the Lower house and
Said that the intent of the Lower house was only to request
the Concurrence of this House to their last Message may be
Endorsed on the back side of their Paper and Sent down to be
Recorded in their Iournal and then returned again to this house
(Viz^t) not the words of the last Answer sent them but only his
Lordships and this Houses Concurrence to their Message—
The Secretary is Ordered to go with the Clerk of this house
to the Lower House and to read unto them the Message
received first from their house p^r M^r Carvile and Cap^t Sibrey
on the other Side which was done and they return again having

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