It was sent down to the house of commons, where it was likely to undergo a scrutiny still more severe.
But a quarrel which ensued between the two houses, prevented the passing of every bill projected during the present session.

One Dr.Shirley, being cast in a lawsuit before chancery against Sir John Fag, a member of the house of commons, preferred a petition of appeal to the house of peers.

The lords received it, and summoned Fag to appear before them.
He complained to the lower house, who espoused his cause.

They not only maintained, that no member of their house could be summoned before the peers; they also asserted, that the upper house could receive no appeals from any court of equity; a pretension which extremely retrenched the jurisdiction of the peers, and which was contrary to the practice that had prevailed during this whole century.

The commons send Shirley to prison; the lords assert their powers.