The aim of Transcribe Georgian Papers is to produce useable text documents of the manuscript materials and not critical editions. Please be aware this document may contain errors in the transcription.
Found an error? Please report errors and issues in the transcription to transcribegpp@wm.edu.
people--Charles consented to signing the fatal Bill by commission and Strafford was beheaded in Tower Hill in 1641--But the Commons did not stop their impeachment here Laced also, after a deliberation which did not continue half an hour, was considered as sufficiently culpable to incur the same accusation and was committed to custody--Finch the Lord Keeper was also impeached but he had the precaution to make his escape, and fly into Holland, as did Sir Francis Wyndeback the secretary, into France-- Amidst the variety of Affairs which occured during this period was the Marriage of the Pss Mary with William Prince of Orange-- This was the commencement of the connections with the Family of Orange which were afterwards attended with the most importent consequences, both to the Kingdom and to the House of Stuart-- The two ruling passions of this Parliament were zeal for Liberty and an aversion to the Church, and to both of these nothing
