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the 21st. for the examination of both Bills, which by the instructions of the Committee were to be incorporated into one; deletion unclear /deletion

The Whigs supposing themselves now Masters, were for punishing all the Instruments of harsh proceedings in the two former note Jan. 20th. /note Reigns; they + expell'd Sir Rbt. Soyler, formerly Attorney General, by a Majority 131. to 71.

The next day they brought in a Motion that it be an instruction to a Committee of the whole House that they proceed on the same Bills by nominating particular persons, but here success deserted them, for they were beat by 190. against 173.

This was a sudden reverse, but when we consider how allarming it is to punish past offences by the construction of a new Law, & how odious Bills of Pains & penaltys are at any rate