Perfect Diurnall in London, Middlesex

Coales under consideration and county defense reports

The assembly debated plainer plans for Coales drainage at Goldsmiths Hall, with a committee to report. They noted the Earl of Newcates horse in Leicestershire causing pillage near Leicester. Cromwell aimed to intercept them. An order called for removing crucifixes in Whitehall Chapel. Kent praised for divine mercy against enemy cruelty. Wednesday proceedings delayed by Master Speaker’s illness. The Lords and Commons clashed over the Committee of Both Kingdoms and army funding, agreeing to dispatch messages and preserve the committee for urgent state affairs.