Sir John Evelyn his report from the committee appointed to consider of the printing of the Lord Digbyes speech concerning the bill of attainder of the Earl of Strafford whereunto is added the order for the burning of the said speech. Evelyn, John, Sir, 1591-1664. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A38783 of text R593 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E3479). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A38783) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 93628) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 254:E163, no 6) Sir John Evelyn his report from the committee appointed to consider of the printing of the Lord Digbyes speech concerning the bill of attainder of the Earl of Strafford whereunto is added the order for the burning of the said speech. Evelyn, John, Sir, 1591-1664. 6 p. s.n.] [London? : 1641. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Bristol, George Digby, -- Earl of, 1612-1677. -- Lord Digbies speech in the House of Commons, to the Bill of attainder. Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, -- Earl of, 1593-1641. England and Wales. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons. A38783 R593 (Wing E3479). civilwar no Sir John Evelyn his report from the committee, appointed to consider of the printing of the Lord Digbyes speech concerning the bill of attai Evelyn, John, Sir 1641 870 5 0 0 0 0 0 57 D The rate of 57 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2000-00 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2001-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-06 Kirk Davis Sampled and proofread 2002-06 Kirk Davis Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-07 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Sir IOHN EVELYN HIS REPORT FROM THE Committee , Appointed to consider of the Printing of the Lord Digbyes Speech concerning the Bill of Attainder of the Earl of Strafford . Whereunto is added the Order for the burning of the said Speech . Printed , Anno 1641. Die Martis . 13. Iulij . 1641. Resolved upon the Question . THat the matter of my Lord Digbyes Speech shall be first taken into consideration . Resolved , &c. That the Lord Digbyes Speech spoken at the passing of the Bill of Attainder of the Earl of Strafford , containeth in it matters untrue , and scandalous , as they have referrence to the proceedings of the Committees of the Lords House , and to the Committes of this House , and to the evidence of the witnesses produced in that Cause . Resolved , &c. That the publishing of that Speech by the Lord Digby , after a Vote past in this House , upon the said Bill , and offence taken to it , and the same questioned in the House , is scandalous to the proceeding of this House , and a Crime . Resolved , &c. That the publishing and Printing of the Speech spoke by the Lord Digby , at the passing the Bill of Attainder of the Earl of Strafford , is scandalous to the proceeding of his Majesty , and both Houses of Parliament . Resolved , &c. That Sir Lewis Dive , and Iohn Moore , are both delinquents in the publishing , and Printing of the said Speech of the Lord Digbyes . Resolved , &c. That Thomas Purslow , the Printer of the said Speech is a delinquent in Printing of it . Resolved , &c. That this Book thus Printed , deserveth the brand of this House , and shall be burnt publikely by the hands of the common Hangman . Resolved , &c. That those Books shall be burnt on Friday next , some in the new Pallace at Westminster , some in Cheap-side , and some in Smithfield . And order to this purpose are to be sent to the Bail●ff of Westminster , the Sheriffs of London , and M●ddl●sex , respectively to see them burnt accordingly , and the Stationers , and all others are required to bring in the Books , that they m●y be all burnt . Resolved , &c. That a Committee shall be appointed to prepare these Votes that concern the Lord 〈◊〉 , to be transmitted to the Lords , and to present them so prepared , to this House . Die Martis 13th . Julij , 1641. WHereas on the one and twentieth of Aprill last past , there was a Speech spoken in the House of Commons , at the passing of the Bill of Attainder , against Thomas Earle of Strafford , by the Lord Digby , then a Member of the said House : The which Speech contained in it matters untrue , and scandalous , as they have reference to the proceedings of the Committees of the Lords House , and this , and to the evidence of the Witnesses produced in that cause . And wheras the said Speech was published by the Lord Digby , after that the said Bill of Attainder was past by Vote in this House ; and after that , great offence was taken to the said Speech , and the same questioned in this House , to the scandall of the proceedings in this House ; and is since come forth in Print , to the scandall of the proceedings of his Majestie and both Houses of Parliament . It is therefore this day ordered by the said House that all the sayd Books so Printed , shall be publikely Burnt on Friday next at Ten of the Clock in the Morning ; part of them in the new Pallace yard at We●●minster , and the other part of them in Chea●side , and the rest in 〈◊〉 , by the hands of the common Hangman . And to this purpose the Bailiffs of Westminster , the Sheriffes of London and Middlesex , respectively are hereby required , to be assistant to the effectuall execution of this Order , and see the sayd Books burnt accordingly . And it is also ordered by the said House , that the Master and Wardens of the company of Stationers do their uttermost endeavours to collect all the said Books into their hands , remaining now dispersed amongst their Companie , or with others , and forthwith deliver them to one of the Sheriffs of London to be Burnt , according to this Order . And all others who have any of the said Books in their hands , are hereby required forthwith to deliver them to one of the Sheriffs of London , or Bailiff of Westminster ( as they will undergo the displeasure of this House in doing the contrary ) for to be Burnt according to this Order . H. Elsyng Cler. dominus Com. FINIS .