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 Rh  Anno 3. .—In the Parliament Office are preserved 27 separate Acts of this Session, the Titles of which are entered in the Calendar of that Year: Of the Roll of this Session in Chancery a Minute Description is here given; this being the latest Instance in which the ancient Form of the Parliament Roll has been preserved.

The Roll is thus indorsed: de Anno Tercio Caroli Regis. The following is an Abstract of the Contents of the Roll.

“ ten apud West die Lune decimo septimo die Marcii Anno regni serenissimi Di ni Caroli Dei ga Anglie Scotie Francie & Hi Regis fidei defensoris &c. cio.

“ decimo septimo die Marcii Ds n Rex & Di Spales & temporales, robis suis Parliamentarib induti in Caa Parliamentari se congregaverunt, et Militib Civib & Burgensib de Domo Ci ibidem assembla, ie Ds n Rex Solio suo regali sedens, causas Smoniis hujus Parliamenti narrare incepit bis sequentib. videt.

“ dis Thomas Coventry Miles Ds Custos magni Sigi Ang ex mandato di di ni Regis causas Smoniis de lixiore oracione dilatavit, sub forma seque; videt.

“My Lord and you the Knight, &c. “Oracione da finita Ds n Rex ut oib se conqueri volentib justicia posset celerius adhiberi na Recepto & Triato petin in Parliamento do exhibenda legi cepit; videt.”

“ die Mercurii decimo nono die Marcii dic, ii de Domo Ci coram do no Rege in sencia Do suali & temporali assembla Joem Finche Militem Prolocutorem su ecm sentaverunt. “Qui quidem Joes humili a do Rege se excusari petiit. “Ds vero Custos magni Sigilli Ang ex parte Di ni Regis elecem Cmuni & cmendavit & approbavit; ideo im Joem inde excusari noluit. Quamobrem Prolocutor dus Oracione eleganti habita in conclusione ejusdem a do no Rege petiit Q Ds Cmuni antiquis suis privilegiis gaudeant, ut ii & famuli sui tempore Parliamenti iunes sint et in 🇵🇪sonis et in bonis & catallis suis ab oi molestae arresta, ut oracionis litate sua tempore consultan fruant ut litatem eant ad majestatem suam accedendi quavis urgente necessitate. Deni ut benigno sensu oes aces oraciones sue a Regia sua Majestate accipient. Ac geali & lia pardonae seio. “Finita Prolocutoris Oracione da ad singulas partes illius Oracionis, ex mandato Regis, singulari respondebat Ds magni Sigilli Ang Custos Oes suas Peties a do no Rege concessas fore juxta antiquos usus eodem privilegio significabat.”

“ q Di Suales & temporales, et ipsi de Domo ci in hoc senti Parliamento congregati sepius in se consuluerunt de quadam Petie de Ro Do Regi exhibenda. Que quidem Peticio die Mercurii vicesimo octavo die Maii, 🇵🇪 ios Dos & Cmunes do Do Regi exhibita fuit: Eedem Petii Ds n Rex regale su responsum in pleno Parliamento dedit die Sai, septimo die Junii x seque. Cujus quidem Petiis & respon tenor sequit in hec ba; videt: “The Peticion exhibited to his Majestie by the Lord Spirituall and Temporall and Coons in this sent Parliament assembled conning divers Right and Liberties of the Subject: [With the King Majesties Royall Aunswere thereunto in full Parliament.] To the King most Excellent Majestie. “, &c. [The Petition of Right is set forth verbatim as it appears in the Original Petition preserved at the Parliament Office No. 2. in the Bundle of this Year; with the above Title indorsed thereon; the Words in Brackets being there written in a different Ink and Hand-writing from the former Part of the Title. In all printed Editions this is placed as the first Act or Chapter of the Year, though the next Chapter is numbered Chapter. in the earliest Editions; and in the modern Editions—. (.)] “Qua quidem Petie la & plenius intella 🇵🇪 dm Dm Regem tali est responsum in pleno Parliamento videt. “Soit droit fait come est desire.”