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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Martis, 19 Augu&s;t.</HI> 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE OF The Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, For the &s;etting forth &s;hips of warre, for the more &s;ecure fi&s;hing for Herring the next &s;ea&s;on.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas upon the Petition of divers Fi&s;hermen for the Herring fi&s;hing the la&s;t yeeres &s;ea&s;on, praying that &s;ome &s;hips of War might be &s;et forth to Sea to pre&s;erve them from Pirates, and other Sea-rovers; and for the de|fraying of that charge, a duty or rate might be &s;et and received on every La&s;t of Herring, The Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament did by their Ordinance of the &s;ix and twentieth of Augu&s;t, 1644. lay, and impo&s;e a duty of three &s;hillings upon every La&s;t of Herring, (each La&s;t conteining ten thou&s;and Herrings) which &s;hould be taken that &s;ea&s;on by any Fi&s;herman; And for every La&s;t of Herring &s;uch fi&s;herman &s;hould &s;ell at Sea, &s;hould pay the &s;umme of five &s;hillings over and above the former three &s;hillings; And if any Fi&s;hermen &s;hould bring on &s;hore any Herring to dry, or barrell them to his owne u&s;e, that then he pay for every La&s;t &s;o landed the &s;umme of five &s;hillings over and above the &s;aid former three &s;hillings. And it was farther ordained, that every per&s;on what&s;oever that &s;hould buy any Herring that &s;ea&s;on, and land the &s;ame to barrell or dry, &s;hould pay after the rate of five &s;hillings for every La&s;t by him &s;o bought, as in and by the &s;aid Ordinance more at large it doth and may appeare. Now fora&s;much as the &s;aid Ordinance is expired, and the &s;aid Fi&s;hermen having again by their humble Petition de&s;ired, that in regard of the nece&s;&s;ity of having &s;ome &s;hips of War to be &s;et forth for the next Herring &s;ea&s;on, and for the defraying the charge thereof, the like duty and rate may be &s;et on every La&s;t of Herring, Which the &s;aid Lords and Commons taking into con&s;ideration doe ordaine, that the like duty be hereby impo&s;ed on every La&s;t of Herrings, which &s;hall be taken this next Herring fi&s;hing &s;ea&s;on, as was &s;et and laid on them by the &s;aid Ordinance of the &s;ix and twentieth of Augu&s;t, 1644. And that &s;uch &s;umme or &s;ummes of money as &s;hall be rai&s;ed on the &s;aid duty by vertue of this Ordinance &s;hall be paid to the &s;aid <HI>Miles Corbett</HI> and <HI>Edward Owner,</HI> E&s;quires, <HI>Thomas John&s;on, Thomas Gooch,</HI> Bay|liffes of the Towne of Yarmouth, or any two of them, or unto &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall depute under their hands and Seales for that &s;ervice, to be by them or their &s;aid deputy or deputies i&s;&s;ued out of the &s;aid &s;ervice, as they &s;hall from time to time receive order from the Committee of the Navy appointed by Parliament, who are likewi&s;e hereby authorized to doe the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And it is further ordained, that the &s;aid Committee of the Navy &s;hall have power to contract for &s;uch a convenient number of &s;hips for this &s;ervice as they &s;hall thinke fit, not imploying above the number of three hundred Marriners.</P>
<P>And it is la&s;tly ordained, That every other Article and clau&s;e in the &s;aid Ordinance of the &s;ix and twentieth of Augu&s;t, 1644. contained, &s;hall be ob&s;erved, &s;tand and continue in full force and power.</P>
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<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Ordinance be forth|with printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>J. Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Laurence Blaiklock</HI> at Temple-barre. <HI>Septemb.</HI> 2. 1645.</P>
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