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power--A sergeant at Arms, in the Kings name demanded of the House the five numbers and was sent back without any positive answer The next day the King himself went to the House of Commons, having seated himself he told the House that he was come in person to seize the five members whom he had accused of high treason-- He then set some time to see if the accused were present but they had escaped a few minutes before his entry--Thus disapointed he next procuded to the Common Council of the City and made his complaint to them, The Common Council only answered his complaint in a contemptuous silence--When the Commons were assembled the next day, they affected the greatest terror & passed an unanimous vote that the King had violated their previleges and that they could not assemble again in the same place, till they should have obtained satisfaction with a guard for their security-- The City was now a scene of confusion and the King afraid of exposing himself to any fresh insult retired to Windsor there he began to reflect upon the Rashness of his proceedings he
