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the Bills left depending in the last Session,

& tho' they did not directly oppose the note Oct 26th. /note Bill of Indemnity they promoted a Counter Bill for inflicting pains & penaltys upon those who had occasion'd the violating the Laws during the two last Reigns, which deflated His Majesty's intentions in the first Bill.

In the next place they insisted upon note Nov. 1st. /note appointing a Committee to examine is to the Means the Enemy had taken to come at the knowledge of our Councils; to enquire into all the miscarriages of the War; this was aim'd at the Torys, but they eluded the blow by joining in the Vote, which produc'd the punishment of some inferior persons, while those chiefly aim'd at, deletion found unclear /deletion addition could never be /addition reach'd; however according to the Common practice upon such occasions, every trifling deletion fault /deletion detected was greatly magnify'd