Complex sentence: Some discussion followed about the numbers of the commissioners of each side, amicably settled at thirteen, and Fairfax allowed the Oxford commissioners to bring a Mr Davidson as their secretary, the first session took place on 18 May, as originally agreed, in the afternoon.
Split into simpler sentences: Some discussion followed about the numbers of the commissioners of each side, amicably settled at thirteen, and Fairfax allowed the Oxford commissioners to bring a Mr Davidson as their secretary. The first session took place on 18 May, as originally agreed, in the afternoon.