In February of 1658/9, Parliament undertook the task of reversing
the sentence against Lilburne. Haselrig and one of the four Haber-
dashers' Hall committee members agreed to surrender all claim to their
shares of Lilburne's fine. Two other members were dead, and Mrs.
Lilburne compromised with a fourth. The fine settled, the act was
finally repealed, several members of Parliament stating emphatically
their belief in its illegal character and questioning whether it were not
void in itself. The fact that Mrs. Lilburne agreed to surrender all
papers connected with the case suggests that justice and equity may
not have been wholly on Haselrig's side. Burton's Diary, III, 68, 503.

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