This "traiterous writing in parchment" was read by the House of Commons on May 27th, 1661, and ordered to be burnt on the following day by the Common Hangman at the Old Exchange in London, at full Exchange time, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock.[154] The burning of this and other Acts was witnessed by Samuel Pepys, as appears from the following passage in his Diary: "1661. 28th May. With Mr. Shipley to the Exchange, and there saw the hangman burn, by vote of Parliament, two old Acts; the one for constituting us a Commonwealth, and the other I have forgot; which still do make me think of the greatness of this late turne, and what people will do to-morrow, against what they all, through profit or fear, did promise and practise this day."[155] A printed copy is preserved in the British Museum Library. It is in folio. 194. ἘΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΑΣΤΗΣ, in answer to a Book entitled ἘΙΚΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ, the Portraiture of his Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings. By John Milton. 1649. Defensio pro populo Anglicano contra Claudii Salmasii Defensionem Regiam. 1650. By the same. On June 16th, 1660, the House of Commons ordered that these books should be burnt by the Common Hangman; and a proclamation was issued for calling in and suppressing them. 195. The Clergy in their colours or a brief character of them. Written from a hearty desire of their Reformation, and great zeal to my Countrymen, that they may no longer be deceived by such as call themselves the Ministers of the Gospel, but are not. By John Fry, a Member of the Parliament of England. London. 1650. An octavo pamphlet of 68 pages, of which there is a copy in the British Museum Library. 195a. The Accuser sham'd; or a Pair of Bellows to blow off that dust cast upon John Fry a Member of Parliament by Col. John Downs, likewise a Member of Parliament, who by the confederacy and instigation of some, charged the said John Fry of Blasphemy and Error to the Honorable House of Commons. Whereunto is annexed a word to the Priests, Lawyers, Royalists, Self-Seekers, and Rigid Presbyterians. Also a brief Ventilation of that chaffie and absurd opinion, of _Three Persons or Subsistences in the Godhead_. By the accused John Fry. London. Febr. 1648. A quarto pamphlet of 23 pages, of which there is a copy in the British Museum Library. On January 31st, 1650/51, the House of Commons referred these books to the Committee of plundered ministers, to state the exceptions against them and to report the same to the House; and also ordered that their author, Mr. John Fry, a member of Parliament, should attend the House. On February 20th following, the Committee made their report to the House, in which are contained particulars of the various blasphemous and irreligious opinions contained in these books, and two days afterwards the House of Commons ordered that both the books should be burnt by the Common Hangman.[156] 196.