On December 25th, 1647, the House of Commons referred to the Committee of Complaints to enquire who was the author and printer of this pamphlet.[135]
168.
A Just and Solemn Protestation of the Free born People of England, and Free Citizens of London, against a Clause in the late Ordinance to deprive them of their Free Elections, and enslave them.
On January 12th, 1647/8, the House of Commons referred this broadside to the Committee for Complaints, to enquire after the printers, publishers, divulgers, and abettors of it, and of the affront done to an officer that pulled it down from a post or some other public place where it was fixed in Cheapside.[136] A copy is preserved in the British Museum Library.
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The Parliament's Ten Commandments; the Parliament's Pater-noster, and the Articles of their Faith. (1647/8.)
A single sheet containing a parody on the Commandments, commencing thus:—"1. Thou shalt have no other Gods but US the LORDS and COMMONS assembled at Westminster;" a parody on the Lord's Prayer commencing thus, "Our Fathers, which think your Houses of Parliament to be Heaven;" and a parody on the Apostles' Creed commencing thus, "I beleeve in Cromwell, the Father of all Schisme, Sedition, Heresy, and Rebellion." A copy is preserved in the British Museum Library.
On February 19th, 1647/8, the House of Commons resolved that a reward of £100 should be bestowed on the discoverer of the author or printer of this "vile blasphemous pamphlet;" and a few days afterwards it was further ordered that all the copies should be collected together and be burnt by the Common Hangman in three of the most public places of London and Westminster, upon a market day.[137]
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Ecce the New Testament of our Lords and Saviours, The House of Commons at Westminster and the Supreame Councell at Windsor. Newly translated out of their owne Heathenish Greek Ordinances, with their former proceeding; diligently compared and revised and appointed to be read in all Conventicles. Cum Privilegio. Printed in the yeare, 1648.