(There are loud and repeated cries of "No.")
The Speaker:
The House will divide. Tellers for the Yeas, Sir John Clotworthy, Mr. Arthur Goodwyn. Tellers for the Noes, Sir Frederick Cornwallis and Mr. Strangwayes. The Yeas to go forth.
(The House divides, the Yeas, including Cromwell, Hampden, and Ireton, leaving the House, the Noes remaining seated. The tellers for the Noes, with their staffs, count their numbers in the House, while the tellers for the Yeas at the door count theirs as they reënter. The pent-up excitement grows as the Yeas resume their seats and the telling draws to a close. The tellers move up to the Speaker and give in their figures.)
The Speaker:
The Noes, 148. The Yeas, 159. The Yeas have it by eleven.
(The announcement is received with a loud turmoil of cheering, during which Ireton rises.)
Ireton:
Sir, I move that this measure, as passed by this House, be printed and distributed throughout the land.
(The House breaks out into a wild disturbance. "Yea" shouting against "No," swords being drawn and members hustling each other. The Speaker and Hampden at length pacify them.)