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 well made him a friendly viit in the Tower, but till the Houe, intead of dicharging him as he expected, referred the cae back to the Committee : whereupon, our author being informed of their intention to examine him in the Tower, wrote a letter September 18th, to the Lieutenant thereof, declaring his reolution not to ee them if they came with that deign, and abolutely proteting againt the authority of the Houe, and on October the 2d he ent the Speaker a propoition to argue his caue againt the juridiction of the Houe of Lords with any forty lawyers in the kingdom