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It was read a second time, and committed on the 

 19th following, his Lordship again attending, when a 

 Committee of 14 members was appointed.* 



&quot; His Lordship was again present on the 28th of 

 March, 1663, when the Bill was reported with amend 

 ments and recommitted ; and he also attended on the 

 30th, when the Eeport was received with a proviso, 

 which was read twice, agreed to, and the Bill ordered 

 to be engrossed. And on the 31st of the same month 

 it was read a third time and passed.&quot;! 



On the 2nd of AprilJ the House of Lords sent the 

 Bill, with the following message, to the House of Com 

 mons, by Sir Thomas Bennett and Sir Justinian Lewyn, 

 Knights : 



&quot; Mr. Speaker, The Lords have sent you down a Bill 

 to enable Edward Marquis of Worcester to receive the 

 benefit and profit of a Water-commanding Engine, by 

 him invented ; one tenth part whereof is appropriated 

 for the benefit of the King s Majesty, his heirs and 

 successors; to which they desire the concurrence of 

 this House.&quot; 



After other business, in the House of Commons, on 

 the 4th of April, the Bill was read a second time and 



* It was &quot; Ordered, That the consideration of this Bill is committed to these 

 Lords following ; videlicet, 



Lord Privy Seal. Bp. London. Ds. Pagett. 



Marquis of Dorchester. Bp. Winton. Ds. Chandos. 



Comes Bridgwater. Bp. Ely. Ds. Hunsdou. 



Comes North on. Bp. Sarum. Ds. Craven. 



Comes Bollingbrooke. Bp. Petriburgh. Ds. Loughborough. 



Comes St. Albans. Bp. Carlisle. Ds. Byron. 



Viscount Say et Scale. Ds. Berkeley dc B. Ds. Colepeper. 



&quot;Their Lordships, or any other five, to meet on Saturday next, in the afternoon 

 at three of the clock, in the Prince s Lodgings.&quot; 



f Jo. H. of Lords, Vol. xi. p. 499, 501, 502. J Ibid. p. 504. 



Jo. H of Com. Vol. viii. p. 464. 



