Item, to the intent that it may be known to the King that it proceedeth of the assent, advice and agreement of my Lord of Gloucester, and all my Lords of the King's Council, that the King be chastised for his defaults or trespasses, and that for awe thereof he forbear the more to do amiss, and intend the more busily to virtue and to learning, the said Earl desireth that my Lord of Gloucester, and my said other Lords of the Council, or great part of them, that is to say, the Chancellor and Treasurer, and of every estate in the Council, spiritual and temporal, some come to the King's presence, and there to make to be declared to him their agreement in that behalf. _Responsio._--When the King cometh next to London, all his Council shall come to his presence, and there this shall be declared to him. Item, the said Earl, that all his days hath, above all other earthy things, desired, and ever shall to keep his truth and worship unblemished and unhurt, and may not for all that let [prevent] malicious and untrue men to make informations of his person, such as they may not, nor dare not, stand by, nor be not true, beseecheth therefore my Lord of Gloucester and all my said Lords of the Council, that if they, or any of them, have been informed of anything that may be laid to his charge or default, and namely in his occupation and rule about the King's person, that the said Earl may have knowledge thereof, to the intent that he may answer thereto, and not dwell in heavy or sinister conceit or opinion, without his desert and without answer. _Responsio._--It is agreed. +Cromwell.+ +J. Ebor.+ +W. Lincoln+ +Suffolk.+ +J. Huntington.+ +H. Gloucester.+ +P. Elien.+ +J. Bathon. Canc.+ +J. Roffen.+ +H. Stafford.+ PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THE KING AGAINST INFECTION (1439). =Source.=--_Rotuli Parliamentorum_, vol. v., p. 31. (Record Commission.)