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thereof this house therefore desire the Lower house to give his
Lordship Satisfaction in that Particular—
Signed p^r Order p^r John LLewellin Cl of Assembly—

Upper house Aug^t the 29th 1681
The Upper house being Informed that Richard Hall a
Member of the Lower house hath Commanded the Accounts
of the Expences of those Members of this house that Lodge
and Dyett at M^r Garrat Vansweringens, Desire to know by
what Authority he hath done it as being an Affront to the
Upper house and Breach of their Priviledge, the said Hall
Peremptorily calling to two other Members of the Lower House
to take Notice of his Demand
Signed p^r Order p^r Iohn LLewellin Cl of Assembly—

Both the above Messages Sent to the Lower house by Col
Lowe together with the Transcript of the County Court Record
Concerning Cap^t Coode, Col Lowe hath in Charge to tell them
as for the first Crime whereof Cap^t Coode was therein Con-
victed it had been remitted by those who had no power so to
do and would be called to an Account therefore as well as
Coode, and for the other Coode Peremptorily Disobeyed their
Order and Positively refused to give Security—

U. H. Journal
1659-98

Col Lowe having Delivered his Message returns again into
this house
A Message from the Lower house by M^r Cheseldyne and
Col Burgess with the Clerk of their house who by his Iournal
makes appear that their house having had Information of the
Complaint of this house against Richard Hall had taken the
Same before into Examination and had received Halls Answer
thereunto which was that being told by the Honourable the
Secretary that they were fine People, had Spent the Country
100000^Lib Tobacco and had done no good made him out of
Curiosity ask Vansweringen what had been Spent at his house
thereby to Calculate what had been the Publick Expences this
Session without any Reflection upon the Members of this
house Several of the Members of that house having had Some
Expence there, having also to Witness two of their own
Members—
This house reply that those two Members are parties and
could not be Evidences Did therefore Desire them to Consider
further of the Nature of the Affront, the said Hall having had
other Base Expressions for and cast Aspersions upon this
house in Saying there were weather cocks upon the house and
Such Like idle words he had used they return again into their
own house—

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