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<HEAD>An Order for the &s;peedy rai&s;ing of Money for the Advancing of the Scotch Army.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Sabbathi.</HI> 7. <HI>October.</HI> 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHEREAS by the de&s;perate de&s;ignes and Plots of Papi&s;ts, Prelates, and other ill-affected per&s;ons, there hath beene a mo&s;t cruell, and unnaturall Warre rai&s;ed in both the Kingdomes of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and <HI>England,</HI> to the almo&s;t utter de|&s;truction of the Prote&s;tants, and their Religion, in the Kingdome of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and t&ograve; the hazzard of the like ruine, both of Religion and Liberty to us and our Po&s;terity, in this Kingdome of <HI>England;</HI> The which mi&s;erable and de|plorable condition of both the&s;e late flouri&s;hing Kingdomes, and the apparent and emi|nent danger, which upon the ruine of the&s;e I&s;lands may en&s;ue to other Reformed Prote&s;tant Churches throughout the world. The Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, ha|ving taken into &s;erious con&s;ideration, and finding no neerer, or &s;peedyer a&s;&s;i&s;tance in this their &s;ad condition, than by their Brethren of <HI>Scotland;</HI> Have thought fit by Commi&s;&s;ioners lately &s;ent unto our &s;aid Brethren, to invite them to the &s;peedy helpe and deliverance of this bleeding Kingdom, from the cruell and mercile&s;&s;e proceedings of the common enemy, by their comming into this Kingdome with an Army to that purpo&s;e, unto which de&s;ire, our &s;aid Bre|thren, as being exceeding &s;en&s;ible of our aforementioned deplorable condition, have expre&s;|&s;ed both by their owne Commi&s;&s;ioners, which they have pre&s;ently thereupon &s;ent unto us, as al&s;o by certaine intelligence from our owne Commi&s;&s;ioners that are re&s;ident in <HI>Scotland,</HI> herein fully a&s;&s;ented; being now neere unto a readine&s;&s;e to enter into this Kingdome, with an Army of one and twenty thou&s;and Hor&s;e and Foote, with all things nece&s;&s;ary, and fit thereunto, for which a &s;upply of Money is mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ary, and without which, they are no wayes able to move with their Army.</P>
<P>Therefore, For the better advancing of this nece&s;&s;ary Service, the Mini&s;ters of every Pari&s;h are required publikely to &s;tirre up their Pari&s;hioners thereunto, and the Churchwardens of every Pari&s;h to cau&s;e an A&s;&s;embly of the Pari&s;hioners to morrow after Sermon in the af|ternoone, where it is expected that all &s;uch who are &s;en&s;ible of the dangers imminent, and de&s;irous that this opportunity which God hath put into our hands, may be improved to the be&s;t and mo&s;t &s;peedy advantage, will &s;ub&s;cribe &s;uch &s;ummes of money, as the nece&s;&s;ity of &s;o great a worke doth require, and that upon Monday next (being the ninth of this in&s;tant <HI>October)</HI> by nine of the clocke afore noone, the Churchwardens bring into <HI>Gold&s;miths hall,</HI> the &s;aid Sub&s;criptions, and that all &s;uch as &s;hall have &s;ub&s;cribed, doe on the &s;ame day, or very &s;pee|dily after, bring in, or cau&s;e to be brought in, all &s;uch &s;ummes of money as they have &s;o &s;ub|&s;cribed, where there are Trea&s;urers appointed to receive, and to give Acquittances for the &s;ame; with con&s;ideration for the time of the forbearance thereof; For which &s;ummes &s;o lent, there &s;hall be the Publicke Faith of both Kingdomes, of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland</HI> given, together with &s;uch other &s;ecurity, as &s;hall give content to all true lovers of their Religion and Country.</P>
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<P>Let this be read and publi&s;hed, as is de&s;ired,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>ISAAC PENNINGTON, Mayor.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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