e Angler,--be for the
future retrenched and taken away.

"That some convenient rooms at Somerset House be set apart for the
entertainment of Foreign Ambassadors upon their address to his
Highness.

"That it be referred to Mr. Secretary Thurloe to put that part of
the Intelligence [from abroad] which is managed by M. Rene Augier
into the common charge of Intelligence, and to order it for the
future by M, Augier or otherwise, as he shall see most for the
Commonwealth's service.

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"That it be offered to his Highness as the advice of the Council
that several warrants be issued under the great seal for
authorizing and requiring the Commissioners of his Highness's
Treasury to pay, by quarterly payments, at the receipt of his
Highness's Exchequer, to the several officers, clerks, and other
persons after-named, according to the proportions allowed them for
their salary in respect of their several respective offices and
employments during their continuance or till his Highness or the
Council shall give other order: that is to say:--

"To John Thurloe, Esq., Secretary of State:--For his own office,
after the proportion of L800 _per annum_; for the office of
Mr. Philip Meadows, Secretary for the Latin Tongue, after the rate
of L200 per annum; for the salaries of--clerks attending his
[Thurloe's] office at 6_s._ 8_d._ _per diem_, a
piece (which together amount to----); for the salaries of eleven
messengers at 5_s._ _per diem_, apiece (which together
amount to L1003 15_s._): amounting in the whole to ----

"To Mr. Henry Scobell and Mr. William Jessop, Clerks to the
Council, or to either of them:--For their own offices, viz. Mr.
Scobell L500 _per annum_, Mr. Jessop L500 _per annum_;
for the salaries of--clerks attending their office at 6_s._
8_d._ _per diem_ (which together amount to ----):
amounting in the whole to ----

"To Mr, Edward Dendy, Serjeant at Arms attending the Council:--For
his own office after the proportion of L365 _per annum_; for
the salaries of his _ten_ deputies at 3_s._ 4_d._
_per diem_ a piece (which together amount to L608 6_s._
8_d._); amounting in the whole to L973 6 8

"To Richard Scutt, Usher of the Council Chamber:--For himself and
his assistants at 13_s._ _per diem_, (being L237 5_s_, _per
annum_); for Thomas Bennett's salary, keeper of the back-door of
the Council Chambe