THE SUR-REJOINDER OF Mr. Attorney General TO THE REJOINDER Made on the behalf of the CHARTER Of the CITY of LONDON.  
LONDON Printed for S. Mearne, 1682.  
City aforesaid, as to the making and publishing of the Law for the levying of moneys of the persons coming to the public Markets held within the said City with Victuals and Provisions there to be sold, and the exacting and levying of such moneys above supposed to be made by them the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens above, by rejoining, pleaded for our said Lord the King that now is, says, that for any thing by them therein alleged the Liberties, Privileges, and Franchises, to be of themselves one Body Corporate and Politic in Matter, Fact, and Name, by the name of the Mayor and Commonalty, and Citizens of the City of London, and by the same name to plead and be impleaded, to answer and to be answered by them above as aforesaid claimed, ought not to be allowed to the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens, because that by protesting that they the said Mayor and Commonalty & Citizens of the City of London, the aforesaid seventeenth day of September in the six and twentieth year abovesaid in the aforesaid Replication mentioned, as also continually afterwards and from the time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary, were not seized, or as yet are seized of, and in the public Markets aforesaid in their Demesne as of Fee, nor by the whole time aforesaid at their own charges, have provided, or have been accustomed, or aught to provide Market-places, or places where such Markets were to be held, as often as need should be, and Stalls, Stand, and other conveniences for persons coming to the said Markets with Victuals and Provisions there to be sold, for the better and more convenient exposing of the same to sale, as the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens above by rejoining have alleged, and protesting also that the aforesaid Rates by the Act or Ordinance aforesaid, so as abovesaid, ordered to be paid at the aforesaid time of the making of that Order, and from thence hitherto were not reasonable, nor as yet are reasonable, as they the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens have likewise above alleged. Notwithstanding for Plea, the said Attorney General of our said Lord the now King, says, that by a certain Act in Parliament of our said Lord the now King, held at Westminster, by several Prorogations the Fourteenth day of February, in the Two and twentieth Year of the Reign of our said Lord the now King (amongst other things) it was enacted, to the end that fit and commodious places within the said City and Liberties thereof, might be set out and appointed for the rebuilding and keeping Markets with greater conveniency than before they had been; so that the principal Streets might not be pestered and obstructed thereby as before they had been accustomed, and that the Royal Exchange, Guildhall, the Session's House in the Old-baily and the common Goals and Prisons within the said City might be enlarged and made more commodious for the public use and ornament of the City, and be better secured from the danger and casualty of Fire; and that some convenient distance, interval, and circuit of ground might be left between the Royal Exchange, and other Houses to be built within the said City. That the Mayor, aldermans, and Commons of the said City, in Common-Council assembled, should and might employ, and by the aforesaid Act they were authorized to employ such places and portions of Ground within the said City and Liberties thereof, as by and with the approbation of our said Lord the King, then were, or before the tenth day of March 1669. should be set out and adjudged necesary and convenient, as well for the public Market-places there, as also for the ornament, enlargement, and conveniency of the said Royal Exchange, and other places before mentioned, and every, or any of them respectively; And to the intent that a reasonable satisfaction might be given to the Proprietors, and others, having any Estate or Interest in the grounds and places which had been, or should be set out, taken, and used for public Market-places; the aforesaid Mayor, aldermans, and Commons, by themselves, or others in that behalf to be appointed and authorized, were to treat, and agree with the Owners, and others interessed in the same: and in case of a wilful refusal, or of any such disability or impediment, as in a certain other Act of Parliament, in the said Act specified for the rebuilding of the City of London (lately before made) were mentioned, or of any other incapacity whatsoever in the Owners thereof, or others interessed in the same, to treat and agree. The said Mayor and Court of Aldermen should, and were by the foresaid Act authorized and required to cause Juries to be impanelled in such manner and form as by the aforesaid Act it was directed and appointed, so as no two Jurors so to be impanelled, should come out of one and the same Ward to adjudge and assess what recompense and satisfaction in every of the Cases aforesaid ought to be awarded and given to the respective Owners, and others interesfed in the Grounds and Places so set out, to be taken and employed for any the uses or purposes as aforesaid, in pursuance of the said Act, according to such their respective Estates and Interests. And it was further Enacted, that for all sorts of Coals which from and after the first day of May, One thousand six hundred and seventy, and before the Nine and twentieth day of September, which should be in the Year of our Lord, One thousand six hundred eighty seven, should be imported and brought into the said Port of the City of London, or the River of Thames within the Liberties of the said City, upon the same River, there should be paid by way of Imposition thereupon, according to the Rates hereafter mentioned (that is to say) for all such Coals as should be there imported and brought in from and after the said first day of May, One thousand six hundred and seventy, and before the Four and twentieth day of June, One thousand six hundred seventy seven, there should be paid for every Cauldron or Tun thereof, two shillings over and above the Imposition of twelve pence the Cauldron or Tun, by the said Act for the Rebuilding the City of London appointed to be paid. And for all such Coals which should be there imported, and brought in, from and after the said Four and twentieth day of June, One thousand six hundred seventy seven, and before the said Nine and twentieth day of September, One thousand six hundred and eighty seven, there should be paid for every Cauldron or Tun thereof three shillings, and the same should by virtue of the said Act be collected, levied, and paid in such sort and manner, in all and every respect, as in and by the said former Act was limited and appointed for the collecting and levying the duty of twelve pence the Cauldron or Tun of Coals imposed by the said former Act, and all and every the Powers, Authorities, Directions, and Provisions, in or by the said former Act mentioned or provided for the levying and collecting thereof; all which moneys so to be received upon account of the said respective Impositions, or either of them, should from time to time be paid into the Receipt of the Chamber of the City of London, and from thence should be issued out & paid according to the directions and appointment of the aforesaid Act of the Two and twentieth year abovesaid, and not otherwise; and the said Chamber of the City of London should stand and be charged with all the residue of the said moneys there paid in, which should not be issued out and paid accordingly. And it was further enacted, that all and every sum and sums of money which should be raised upon the receipt of the several and respective Impositions aforesaid or by such additional duty in case of concealment thereof, as by the aforesaid former Act was appointed, should be employed and disposed in manner and form following, (that is to say) one fourth part of all the moneys which from and after the said first day of May, One thousand six hundred seventy, and before the said four and twentieth day of June, One thousand six hundred seventy seven, should be raised and payable upon the receipt of the aforesaid Imposition of two shillings for every Cauldron or Tun of Coals, or in case of concealment thereof as aforesaid, should be employed and disposed of, for and towards the satisfaction for the Grounds set out and employed for enlarging of the Streets, making of Wharves and Keys, public Market Places, and other public Uses, as well in that Act as in the Act afore-recited, mentioned, and appointed, and that one moiety of all the moneys which from and after the said Four and twentieth day of June, One thousand six hundred seventy seven, should be raised or payable upon the aforesaid Imposition of three shillings the Cauldron or Tun of Coals from time to time should be employed and disposed for satisfaction for the Ground set out and employed as aforesaid, and for such other public uses and purposes as in that Act and in the Act before recited, were mentioned and appointed, as by the same Act of the Two and twentieth year abovesaid, amongst other things more at large is manifest', and doth appear. And the said Attorney General of our said Lord the now King, Who, etc. for our said Lord the now King, further says that by virtue of that Act, they the said Major and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforesaid, before the making and publishing of the aforesaid Law, (to wit) the first day of September, in the six and twentieth year of the reign of our said Lord the now King aforesaid, at London aforesaid, in the Parish and Ward aforesaid, had and receivid for Duty and Tax aforesaid, of two shillings every Cauldron or Tun of Coals brought into the City of London, or the Port thereof, a great sum of money to the purposes aforesaid. And further the said Attorney General of our said Lord the now King, Who, etc. for our said Lord the now King, says that the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, without any right, title, or authority whatsoever, (the aforesaid premises notwithstanding) the aforesaid Thursday (to wit) the said seventeenth day of September in the six and twentieth year of the reign of our said Lord the now King aforesaid, and in their Common Council then held in the Chamber of the Guild-hall of the City of London aforesaid, (to wit) in the Parish of St. Michael Bassishaw London, being assembled together, made, established, and published the aforesaid Law by themselves in fact enacted for the levying the aforesaid several sums of money of all the Subjects and Liege People of our Lord the now King, as well Free men as not Free men of the City of London, and of other Foreigners coming to the said public Markets held within the said City, with their Victuals and Provisions there to be sold, and have raised and levied, and have made to be raised and levied the said several sums of money, under the sole colour and pretence of the Law aforesaid, so illegally made by themselves for their private gain and profit, and without any other right, title, or authority whatsoever, by the aforesaid space of seven years (after the said seventeenth day of September in the six and twentieth year a foresaid) next following and upwards, at London aforesaid, in the Parish aforesaid, of all the Liege People and Subjects of our said Lord the King, coming to the said public Markets (by the whole time aforesaid) held within the said City, with Victuals and Provisions, there to be sold, and converted and disposed of these moneys to their own uses, in subversion of the good Rule and Government of the aforesaid City, and to the great oppression and impoverishing of all the Liege People of our said Lord the now King, resorting and coming to the said Markets with their Victuals and Provisions, to the great damage and hurt of all the Liege People and Subjects of our said Lord the King, to the increasing of the Prices of all Victuals and Provisions sold in the aforesaid Markets, and to the manifest disheriting of our said Lord the now King, and his Royal Crown, and against the Trust in them reposed (as in a Body Corporate and Politic) by our said Lord the King, and the Laws of this Kingdom of England, as the said Attorney General of our said Lord the now King, for our said Lord the now King above, by replying, hath alleged. Without that that the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, from the time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary, have had, or have been accustomed to have Tolls, Rates, or Sums of money by them the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City aforesaid above supposed to be assessed by the aforesaid Law or Ordinance, and reduced to a certainty, as by the Plea of them the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforesaid above, by rejoining is supposed; and this the said Attorney General of our said Lord the now King is ready to aver; Whereupon for that the said Major and Commonalty and Citizens for the cause aforesaid, have forfeited the Liberties, Privileges, and Franchises, to be of themselves a Body Corporate and Politic; the said Attorney General as formerly for our said Lord the King, prayeth Judgement, and that the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforesaid, may be convicted of the premises aforesaid, and be forejudged and excluded from their Liberties, Privileges, and Franchises. etc.  
And as to the Plea of the aforesaid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City aforesaid above by rejoining, pleaded as to the residue of the said Plea of the said Attorney General in assigning the Forfeitures as aforesaid above, by replying pleaded, the said Attorney General of our said Lord the now King, protesting that the said Prorogation of the said Parliament by our said Lord the King, was for divers necessary and urgent causes concerning the good and profit of our said Lord the King and his Kingdom, and according to the true and undoubted Prerogative and power of our said Lord the now King, and by the same Prorogation the prosecution of public Justice of the Kingdom, and the making necessary provisions for the preservation of our said Lord the King and his Protestant Subjects had not received interruption, as by the aforesaid Petition by the Votes and Suffrages of the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the said City in their said Com. Council assembled so as aforesaid ordained, falsely and maliciously is alleged, notwithstanding for Plea the said Attorney General for our said Lord the now King, says that the Plea of the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforesaid above, by rejoining in that behalf pleaded, and the matter therein contained, is not sufficient in Law for them the Mayor and Com and Citizens of the City aforesaid, to claim the Liberties, Privileges and Franchises aforesaid, to be of themselves a Body Corporate & Politic, in Matter, Fact, and Name, by the name of the Mayor & Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforesaid, and by the same name to plead and be impleaded to answer and be answered, to be to them allowed or adjudged, or maintained: And that he the said Attorney General (to that! Plea in manner and form aforesaid pleaded) is not necessitated, nor by the Law of the Land bound in any wise to answer for our said Lord the now King; and this the said Attorney General of our said now Lord the King is ready to aver. Whereupon for want of a sufficient Plea of them the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City aforesaid in this behalf, the said Attor. General of our said Lord the now King for our said Lord the now King, as formerly, prays Judgement, and that the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London aforesaid, may be convicted of the premises, and be forejudged and excluded from their Liberties, Privileges, and Franchises.   

ctionem & publicationem legis pro levatione denariorum de personis ad publica Mercata infra Civitat' praedict' tent' cum victualibus & provisionibus ibidem vendend'acceden' ac exactionem & levationem hujusmodi denar' superius fieri supposit' per ipsos Majorem & Communit' ac Cives superius rejungendo placitat' pro eodem Domino Rege nunc dicit quod per aliqua per ipsos superius inde allegat' libertat' privileg' & Franches. fore de seipsis unum corpus corporat' & politicum in re facto & nomine per nomen Majoris & Communitat' ac Civium Civitat' London ac per idem nomen placitare & implacitari respondere ae responderi per ipsos superius ut prefertur clamat' eisdem Majori & Communitat' ac Civibus allocari non debent quia protestando quod ipsi praedict' Major & Communit' ac Cives Civitat' London praedict' decimo septimo die Septembris, anno vicesimo sexto supradicto in Replicatione praedict' mentionat' necnon continue postea & à tempore cujus contrar' memoria hominum non existit minime seisit' fuer' seu adhuc seisit' existunt de & in publicis Mercatis praedict' in dominico suo ut de feodo, nec per totum idem tempus sumptibus suis propriis providerunt seu providere consuever' & debuerunt fora Mercatoria sive loca ubi hujusmodi Mercata tent' fuer' quotiescunque necesse fuit & Stallas, Stationes, & alias accommodationes pro personis ad eadem Mercata venien' cum victualibus & provisionibus ibidem vendend' pro meliori & magis convenien' vendicon' exposicon' eorundem prout praedict' Major & Communitat' ac Cives superius rejungendo allegaver' protestandoque etiam quod Rat' praedict' per actum sive ordination' praedict' ut praefertur solvi ordinat' praedict' tempore confectionis ordinationis illius & extunc hucusque non fuer' rationabiles, nec adhuc rationabiles existunt, prout iidem Major & Communitas ac Cives superius similiter allegaverunt. Pro placito tamen idem dict' Attorn' dict' Domin' Regis nunc Generalis dicit quod per quendam actum in Parliamento dict' Dom' Regis nunc tent' apud Westmonaster' per seperales Prorogationes decimo quarto die Februarii, Anno Regni dict' Dom' Regis nunc vicesimo secundo, inter alia inactitat' fuit ad finem quod apti & commodi loci infra dictam Civitat' & Libertat' ejusdem, extra posit' & appunctuat' forent pro reedificand' & custodiend' Mercata ampliori convenientia quam antea fuer' ita quod principales stratae non forent impedit' Anglice pestred' & obstruct' perinde prout antea consuet' fuit. Et quod Regale Excambium, Guihald', le Sessions House in le Old-baily & commun' Gaole & Prisone infra praedict' Civitat' forent amplificat' & fact' magis commodi pro publicis usu & ornament' Civitatis, & melius securitat' à periculo & casualitate conflagrationis. Et quod alique convenien' distantiae, intervall' & circuitus fundi forent relict' inter Regal' Excambium, & alias domos edificand'infra Civitat' praedict' quod Major, Aldermanni, & Commun' Civitat' praedict' in Commun' Concilio assemblat' impenderent, Anglice, should and might employ, & per Actum praedict' Authoritat' fuer' impendere talia loca & portion' Fundi infra Civitat' praedict' & Libertat' ejusdem prout per & cum dicti Domini Regis nunc approbation' tunc suer' vel ante decimum diem Martii, Millesimo Sexcentesimo Sexagesimo Nono, forent extraposit' & adjudicat' necessar' & convenien' tam pro publicis Mercatis ibidem, quam etiam pro ornamento amplificatione & convenien' praedict' Regal' Excambii, & aliorum locorum praementionat' & cujuslibet vel alicujus eorundem respective & ad intention' quod rationabilis satisfactio dat' soret Proprietar' & alior' habent' aliquem statum sive interesse in fundis & locis quae fuissent vel sorent extraposit', capiend', & occupand' pro publicis locis Mercatoriis praedict' Major, Alderman' & Commun' per ipsos vel alios in ea parte fore appunctuat' & authorizat' tractarent & agrearent cum Proprietor' & al'interessat' in eisdem & in casu voluntarie recusationis sive alicujus talis inhabilitatis sive impediment' qual'in quodam al' Actu Parliamenti in eodem Actu specificat' pro re-edificatione Civitat' London, nuper antea fact' mentionat' fuer' seu alius incapacitat' cujuscunque inde Proprietar' inde vel alias interessat' in eisdem ad tractand' & agreand' praedict' Major & Cur' Alderman' forent & fuer' per Actum praedict' authorizat' & requisit' causare Jur' fore impannellat' in tal' modo & forma prout per Actum praedict' direct' & appunctuat' fuit, ita quod null' duo Jur' praedict' sic fore impannellat' venirent ex una & eadem Warda adjudicare & assidere qual' compensation' & satisfaction' in quibuslibet casibus praedict' forent adjudicat' & dat' respectivis Proprietor' & aliis interessat' in fundis & locis sic extraposit' capiend' & occupand' pro aliquibus usubus vel propositis ut prefertur in prosecutione ejusdent Actus secundum tal'eorum respectivos status & interess'. Et ulterius inactitat' fuit quod pro omnimodis Carbonibus quae ab & post primum diem Maii, Millesimo Sexcentesimo & Septuagesimo, & ante vicesimum nonum diem Septembris, qui foret in Anno Dom' Millesimo Sexcentesimo Octogesimo Septimo, forent importat' & abduct' in praedict' Portum Civitat' London, seu Rivum Thamesis, infrae Libertat' Civit' praedict' super eundem Rivum solut' foret per viam Impositionis, superinde secund' ratas postea mentionat' (videl') pro omnibus tal' Carbonibus qual ibi importat' & induct' forent ab & post primum diem Maii, Millesimo Sexcentesimo & Septuagesimo, & ante vicesimum quartum diem Junii, Millesimo Sexcentesimo Septuagesimo Septimo, solut' foret pro qualibet Celdar' seu Tonna inde duos solidos ultra Imposition' duodecim denar' pro Celdar' seu Tonna per praedict' Actum pro re-edificatione Civitat' London, appunctuat' solvend'. Et pro omnibus tal' Carbonibus quae ibidem importat' & induct' forent ab & post praedict' vicesimum quartum diem Junii, Millesimo Sexcentesimo Septuagesimo Septimo, & ante praedict' Vicesimum Nonum diem Septembris, Millesimo Sexcentesimo Octogesimo Septimo, solut' forent pro qualibet Celdar' sive Tonna inde tres solides, & iidem Vigore Actus praedict' forent collect' levat' & solut' in tali forma & modo in omni & quolibet respectu, prout in & per praedict' priorem Actum fuit limitat' & appunctuat' pro collectione & levatione debit' duodecim denar' pro Celdar' sive Tonna Carbonum imposit' per priorem Actum praedict' & omnes & quaslibet potestat' Authoritat', Directiones, & Provision' in vel per praedict' priorem Actum mentionat' vel provis. pro levatione & collectione inde. Omnesque quidem denar' sic recipiend' super comput' praedict' respectivarum Imposition' seu earum alterius de tempore in tempus forent solut' in receptu Camerae Civitat' London, & abinde forent emanat' & solut' secundum directionem & appunctuation' praedict' Actus de Anno Vicesimo Secundo supradicto & non aliter. Et praedict' Camera Civitat' London, staret & onerat' fuit cum toto resid' denar' praedict' ibidem solut' qui non sic emanat' forent & solut'. Et ulterius inactitat' fuit quod omnes & quaelibet summa & summae monet' quae levat' foret super reception' seperal' & respectivarum Imposition' praedict' sive per tal'additional' debit' in casu concelament' inde prout per praedict' priorem Actum appunctuat' fuit foret' occupat' & disposit' modo & forma sequen' (videl') una quarta pars omnium denarior' quae ab & post praedict' primum diem Maii, Millesimo Sexcentesimo & Septuagesimo & ante praedict' Vicesimum Quartum diem Junii, Millesimo Sexcentesimo Septuagesimo Septimo forent levat' sive solubil' super reception' praedict' Imposition' duorum solid' pro qualibet Celdar' vel Tonna Carbonum sen in casu concelament' inde ut prefertur foret' occupat' & disposit' pro & erga satisfaction' pro fundis extraposit' & occupat' pro amplificatione, Stratarum confection' Wharfarum & Portuum publicorum Mercatorum locorum & aliorum publicum usuum tam in Actu ill' quam in Actu praecitat' mentionat' & appunctuat' & quod una medietas omnium denar' qui ab & post Vicesimum quartum diem Junii, Millesimo Sexcentesimo Septuagesimo Septimo forent levation' seu solubil', super praed' Imposit' trium solid pro Celdar' vel Tonna Carbonum de tempore in tempus foret, occupat' & disposit' pro satisfactione pro fundo extraposit', & occupat' ut prefertur, & tal'al' publicis usibus & proposit' qual'in actu ill' & in Actu praerecitat' fuer' mentionat' & appunctuat' prout per eundem Actum de anno Vicesimo Secundo supradicto inter al' plenius liquet & apparet. Et praedict' Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc general' qui etc. pro eodem Dom' Rege nunc ulterius dicit quod virtute actus illius iidem Major & Communitas ac Cives Civitat' London praedict', ante confectionem & publicationem legis praedict', scilicet primo die Septembris, anno Regni dicti Dom' Regis nunc Vicesimo Sexto supradicto apud London praedict' in Parochia & Warda praedict' habuer' & receper' pro debito & vecligali praedict' de duobus solidis pro qualibet Celdar' sive Tonna Carbonum in Civitat' London, sive Portum ejusdem importat' vigint' denariorum summam ad proposita praedict'. Et ulterius idem Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc General', qui, etc. pro eodem D. Rege nunc dicit quod Major & Communitas ac Cives Civitat' London, absque aliquo jure, titulo, sive authoritat' quibuscunque premissis praedict' non obstantibus praedict' die Jovis scilicet praedict' Decimo Septimo die Septembris, anno regni dict' Dom' Regis nunc Vicesimo Sexto supra dict' in eorum Commun' Concilio adtunc tent' in Camera Guildhall Civitat' London praedict', videlicet, in Parochia Sancti Michaelis Bassishaw London, insimul assemblat' fecer' condider' & publicaver' praedict' legem per ipsos de facto inactitat' pro levatione seperal' denar' summarum praedict' de omnibus Subditis ac Ligeis Domin' Regis nunc tam liberis quam non liberis hominibus Civitat' praedict' & aliis extraneis ad publica Mercat' infra Civit' praedict' tent' acceden' cum Viclual' & Provisiombus suis ibidem vendend'ac easdem seperal' denar' summas sub solo colore & praetextu legis praedict' sic per ipsos pro eorum privato lucro & commodo illegaliter fact' & absque aliquo alio Jure, Titulo, sive Authoritat' quibuseunque per praedict' spatium Septem Annorum post praedict' Decimum Septimum diem Septembris, Anno Vicesimo Sexto supradicto prox' sequen' & amplius apud London praedict', in Parochia praedict' de omnibus dict' Domin' Regis Ligeis & Subditis ad praedict' publica Mercata per totum tempus praedict' infra Civitat' praedict' tent' cum Victual' & Provisionibus ibidem vendend'accedentibus exeger' & levaver' & exigi & levari fecer' & denar' ill'ad eorum proprios usus converterunt & disposuerunt in subversion' boni regiminis & Gubernation' Civitatis praedict' & in magnam oppressien' & depauperation' omnium dicti Domini Regis nunc Ligeorum ad Mercata praedict' cum Victualibus & provisionibus suis acceden' & venien' ad grave dampnum & nocumentum omnium Ligeorum & Subditorum dicti Domini Regis in augmentation' preciorum omnium Victual' & Provision' in Mercata praedict' vendit' ac in dicti Domin' Regis nunc & Coronae suae Regiae exheredationem manifestam ac contra fiduc' in ipsis ut Corpore Corporat' & Politic' per Domin' Regem ac Leges hujus Regni Angliae reposit' prout praedict' Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc Generalis pro eodem Domin' Rege nunc superius replicando allegavit, absque hoc quod praedict' Major & Communitas ac Cives Civitatis London à tempore cujus contraria memoria hominum non existit habuer' seu habere consuever' toluet', rats, sive denar' summas per ipsos Majorem & Civitat' ac Cives Civitat' praedict' superius supposit' fore per praesat' Legem sive Ordination' praedict' assess' & in certitudinem reduct' prout placitum ipsorum Majoris & Communitat' ac Civium Civitat' London, praedict' superius rejungendo supponitur. Et hoc idem Attorn' General' pro eodem Domin' Rege nunc parat' est verificare unde ex quo ' iidem Major & Communitas ac Cives Libertat', Privileg', & Franches. praedict' fore de seipsis Corpus Corporat' & Politicum ex causa praedict' for is fecer' idem Attorn' General'ut prius pro eodem Domin' Rege nunc pet' Judicium, & quod praedict' Major & Communitas ac Cives Citat' London praedict', de praemissis convincantur ac de Libertat', Privileg', & Franches. ill'abjudicentur & excludentur, etc.  
Et quoad placitum praefat' Majoris & Communitat' ac Civium Civitat' praedict' superius rejungendo placitat' quoad resid' praedict' placiti praefat' Attorn' General'in assign' forisfactur' ut prefertur superius replicando placitat' idem' Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc General' protestando quod praedict' Prorogatio dicti Parliamenti per praefat' Dom' Regem fuit pro diversis necessar' & urgentibus causis bonum & utilitatem dicti Domin' Regis & Regni sui concern', & secundum veram & indubitat' Prerogativam & potestatem dicti Domin' Regis nunc, Et per eandem. Prorogationem prosecutio publicae Justitiae Regni & preparationis, Anglice the making provisions necessar' pro preservatian' dict' Domin' Regis & ejus Subditorum Protestantium non recepissent obstructionem Ang' Interruption, prout per Petitionem praedict' per Vota & Suffragia praefat' Majoris & Communit' ac Civium Civitat' praedict' in dicto Communi Concilio assemblat' sic ut prefertur ordinat' false & malitiose allegatur pro placito tamen idem Attorn' General' pro eodem Dom' Rege nunc dic' quod placitum praefat' Majoris & Communit' ac Civium Civitat' London praedict' superius rejungendo in ea parte placitat' materiaque in eodem content' minime sufficien' in lege existunt ad ipsos Majorem & Communit' ac Cives Civitat' praedict' ad clamand' Libertat', Privileg' & Franches. praedict' fore de seipsis Corpus Corporat' & Politicum in re facto & nomine per nomen Majoris & Commun' ac Civium Civ' London praed', ac per idem nomen placit' & implacit. resp' & responderi sibi allocand' seu adjudicand' manuten', Quodque ipse idem Attorn' Gener' ad placitum ill' modo & forma, praedict' placitat' pro eodem Dom Reg' nunc necesse non habet, nec per Legem terrae tenetur aliquo modo respondere. Et hoc idem Attorn' dict' Dom' Regis nunc General' pro eodem Domin' Rege nunc parat' est verificare. Vnde pro defectu sufficien' placiti ipsorum Majoris & Communitat' ac Civium Civitat' praedict' in hac parte idem Attorn' dicti Domin' Regis nunc General' pro eodem Dom' Rege nunc ut prius pet' Judicium, & quod praedict' Major & Communitas ac Cives Civitat' London praedict' de premissis convincantur & de Libertat' Privileg' & Franches. ill'abjudicantur & excludantur, etc.   
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