We desire to know of the committee what service they have done to the state, and what good they have done for regulating of printing, and reforming the Company? Our desire is that you give us, your brethren, the best and fullest satisfaction you may or can in these particulars following.

Abstract

The Company = The Stationers' Company--Thomason Catalogue. A list of questions. Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 28 1645"; in the question 'What the grammer produced: three thousand pound we paid toward towards it' the word 'thousand' crossed out. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.