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The Green Bag.

The space between the greyhound and the horse, in No 12, is filled by a view of Lon don from the south, showing the Thames and old London Bridge. Shipping on the river below the bridge is seen between the hind legs of Charles's horse, and the hills to the north of London are here represented

those who were trying to carry on the government by Parliament in London. Ul timately the Commons resolved to have en graved a new, or Parliamentary, Great Seal (the fourth of King Charles); and, later on, Charles's third seal, with other emblems of the King's sovereignty, was surrendered by

No. 73. The Second Seal of the Commonwealth. Periods of use, 1651-1658 and 1659-1660. I-egend: the . great . seale . OF . BNGL/.N Ofnersc.

as of mountainous height — see the top right corner of this seal. Charles I.'s third seal was made in the same year as the Long Parliament, and when Lord Keeper Littleton fled to the King at York he took with him the Great Seal, thereby causing great embarrassment to

Diameter 5.75 inches.

Lord Keeper Lane to the Parliamentary Army at Oxford in May, 1646. This ill-fated seal was broken with much ceremony on August 11 of the same year. "Speaker Lenthal, appearing at the head of the Commons, produced the Seal at the bar of the House of Lords. A smith was then sent for