They owned however that their resolutions did not amount to any judgment or acquittal; but that finding a vote of the commons reflected upon a member of their house, they thought fit to give their opinion in their legislative capacity.

The queen interposed by a message to the lords, desiring they would despatch the business in which they were engaged.
The dispute continued even after this intimation; one conference was held after another, at length both sides despaired of an accommodation.
The lords ordered their proceedings to be printed, and the commons followed their example.

On the twenty-seventh day of February, the queen, having passed all the bills that were ready for the royal assent, ordered the lord-keeper to prorogue the parliament, after having pronounced a speech in the usual style.

She thanked them for their zeal, affection, and despatch; declared, she would encourage and maintain the church as by law established; desired they would consider some further laws for restraining the great license assumed for publishing scandalous pamphlets and libels; and assured them, that all her share of the prizes which might be taken in the war, should be applied to the public service.

By this time the earl of Eochester was entirely removed from the queen's councils.