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ye. Com. beg'd a conference of ye. Lds. upon impositions; who thinking it an affair of consequence ask'd ye. opinion of ye. Judges, deletion who /deletion addition these /addition declin'd giving any, upon which ye. conference was refus'd; ye. Com. highly resented this, & sent a message to ye. Lds. complaining of some undecent words us'd by ye. Bish. of Lincoln against them.

ye. Lds. answer'd yt. they should always resent anything disrespectful deletion yt. was alledg'd /deletion addition spoke /addition against yt. body; but as they look'd on this complaint deletion as only grounded on public /deletion addition only on common /addition deletion fame /deletion addition report; /addition they did not think yt. Sufficient to preceed on; yet if they could prove what they had mention'd, all proper Satisfaction should be made them.

By a Second Message ye. Com. desir'd ye. Lds. would bet them know if ye. Bish. had not us'd ye. words they had heard; & if he had, they hop'd they would keep their promiss.

ye. Lds. acquainted them yt. Bish. had protested yt. he had never meant to sanything disrespectful of them, deletion who /deletion addition whom /addition he greatly honour'd; they farther added yt. tho' in this instance they would have punish'd him if he had intended to cast any aspersion on them, yet for ye. future no Member of their ^ addition house /addition ought to be call'd in question, when common report was ye. only Ground for it; this occasion'd a misunderstanding betwixt ye. two Houses.

On a dispute whether ye. Attorney General should set in ye. House of Com. it was resolv'd yt. he should remain there yt. Parl. but none in yt. office be capable of Setting there for ye. future.