That they had understood that popish priests, and other Catholics, were gradually creeping in as teachers of the youth of the realm, in the various seminaries of learning, and they wanted to have decided measures taken to examine all candidates for such stations, with a view to the careful exclusion of all who were not true Protestants. _King._--Allowed. And I will send to the archbishops and all the authorities to see that this is done. * * * * * _Commons._--That more efficient arrangements should be made for appointing able and faithful men in the Church--men that will really devote themselves to preaching the Gospel to the people, instead of conferring these places and salaries on favorites; sometimes, as has been the case, several to the same man. The king made some explanations in regard to this subject, and promised hereafter to comply with this requisition. * * * * * _Commons._--That the laws against sending children out of the country to foreign countries to be educated in Catholic seminaries should be strictly enforced, and the practice be entirely broken up. _King._--Agreed; and he would send to the lord admiral, and to all the naval officers on the coast, to watch very carefully and stop all children attempting to go abroad for such a purpose; and he would issue a proclamation commanding all the noblemen's children now on the Continent to return by a given day. * * * * * _Commons._--That no Catholic (or, as they called him, popish _recusant_, that is, a person _refusing_ to subscribe to the Protestant faith, _recusant_ meaning _person refusing_) be admitted into the king's service at court; and that no _English_ Catholic be admitted into the queen's service. They could not refuse to allow her to employ her own _French_ attendants, but to appoint English Catholics to the honorable and lucrative offices at her disposal was doing a great injury to the Protestant cause in the realm. The king agreed to this, with some conditions and evasions. * * * * * _Commons._--That all Jesuits and Catholic priests, owing allegiance to the See of Rome, should be sent away from the country, according to laws already existing, after fair notice given; and if they would not go, that they should be imprisoned in such a manner as to be kept from all communication with other persons, so as not to disseminate their false religion. _King._--The laws on this subject shall be enforced. [Sidenote: The king and the Commons both in the wrong.]