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<P>AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT: Authorizing the Committee of the Militia of the City of LONDON, and all Deputy-Lieutenants, Committees, High-Con&s;tables and Petty-Con&s;tables in the &s;everall Divi&s;ions in all the Counties under the power of the Parliament, to make &s;earch for all Souldiers that have been or &s;hall be Li&s;ted or Impre&s;ted to &s;erve for the defence of the Kingdome, under the command of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax.</HI></P>
<P>And that they forthwith repaire to their Colours within &s;ix dayes after the publi&s;hing of this Ordinance, upon paine of death.</P>
<P>Die Jovis 24. April 1645.</P>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment, That this Ordinance be forthwith printed, and pub|li&s;hed in all Market Towns and Pari&s;h Churches in the &s;everall Counties under the power of the Parliament.</P>
<P><HI>Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</HI></P>
<P>LONDON, Printed for <HI>John Wright</HI> at the Kings Head in the Old Bayley. 25. April. 1645.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Jovis</HI> 24. <HI>April</HI> 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament: For puni&s;hing Souldiers Impre&s;ted and for&s;aking their Colours.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas by Ordinance of Parliament intituled, <HI>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Par|liament, For the &s;peedy Rai|&s;ing and Impre&s;ting of Men for the recruiting of the for|ces under the command of Sir</HI> Thomas Fairfax <HI>in the defence of the Kingdome.</HI> It is Or|dained (<HI>inter<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">alia</HI>) that the Committee of the Militia for the City of <HI>London,</HI> the Deputy Lieutenants and Committees
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of Parliament, in every County, City, or place within this Realme, or any two or more of them, within their &s;everall Li|mits and Juri&s;dictions, &s;hall be and are thereby Authorized, Required, and In|joyned from time to time to Rai&s;e, Leavy, and Impre&s;&s;e &s;uch number of Souldiers for the defence of the King, Parliament, and Kingdome as &s;hall be appointed by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, by the Com|mittee of both Kingdoms, or by Sir <HI>Tho|mas Fairfax.</HI> The &s;aid Lords and Com|mons for preventing abu&s;es which may happen by the &s;ouldiers ab&s;enting them&s;elves from their Colours and the Army, and by the harbouring and con|cealing of Souldiers &s;o Rai&s;ed, Leavied, and Impre&s;ted, as afore&s;aid, doe there|fore Order and Ordaine, That all Soul|diers already Rai&s;ed, Li&s;ted, or Impre|&s;ted, or which hereafter &s;hall be Rai&s;ed, Li&s;ted or Impre&s;ted under the command o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> &s;hall upon paine of death to be inflicted without mercy
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repaire to their Colours within &s;ix dayes after publication hereof: And for &s;uch as &s;hall be hereafter Impre&s;ted and Li&s;ted, within &s;ix dayes after their Li&s;ting; and con&s;tantly abide there, and not depart without Licence under the hand of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> or of the &s;uperiour Officer then pre&s;ent of the Regiment wherein &s;uch Souldier or Souldiers &s;hall &s;erve. And for the better di&s;covery of all &s;uch per&s;ons who have been Impre&s;ted or Li|&s;ted, as already have, or hereafter &s;hall ab&s;ent them&s;elves from their Colours, The &s;aid Lords and Commons do here|by require and command all High Con &s;tables, petty Con&s;tables, Lithingmen, and Headboroughs in their &s;everall Di|vi&s;ions, Hundreds, Towns, and Pari|&s;hes, to make &s;trict &s;earch and inquiry in the &s;everall Hou&s;es within their re&s;pe|ctive Limits and Pari&s;hes, for finding out &s;uch Souldiers as may be harboured there. And if any Souldier or Souldi|ers &s;hall be found remaining in any of the
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Townes and Places afore&s;aid the high Con&s;tables and petty Con&s;tables afore|mentioned, are hereby authorized and re|quired to apprehend their per&s;ons, and carry them before &s;uch of the Deputy-Lieutenants, Committees of Parlia|ment, or Ju&s;tices of Peace as are nee|re&s;t to the places where they are &s;o appre|hended; who are hereby authorized and required to commit &s;uch Souldiers to the County-Goale, or other Pri&s;on, and to &s;ecure their Hor&s;es, Armes, &s;ouldiers clothes, and Moneys, if they have any, for the &s;ervice of the State. And for the preventing the harbouring and conceal|ing any &s;ouldier or &s;ouldiers, as afore&s;aid, who &s;hall depart out, or ab&s;ent him&s;elfe from the &s;aid &s;ervice without licence, It is further Ordained and Declared, that every Towne or Pari&s;h wherein &s;uch &s;ouldier or &s;ouldiers &s;hall be found to be harboured or concealed, &s;hall forfeit and pay the &s;umme of ten pounds; and every per&s;on harbouring or concealing any
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&s;ouldier or &s;ouldiers, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall pay for every &s;ouldier &s;o concealed and harboured forty &s;hillings: All which &s;aid &s;everall &s;ummes of Money to be for|feited as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be collected, lea|vied, and paid in &s;uch &s;ort, manner, way, and forme, and &s;hall be imployed to the &s;ame u&s;es as are pre&s;cribed and &s;et down for leavying of Money in the former Or|dinance of Parliament, For rai&s;ing and maintaining Forces for defence of the Kingdome under the command of &s;ir <HI>Thomas Fairfax.</HI> And to the intent that all &s;ouldiers under the command of the &s;aid &s;ir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> and all and every other per&s;on and per&s;ons concerned in the pre|mi&s;es may take notice hereof, It is fur|ther Ordained, That this pre&s;ent Ordi|nance be forthwith printed, and publi&s;hed in the &s;everall Market Towns and Pa|ri&s;h Churches of every County within the power of the Parliament within fire dayes next following the receipt thereof, that none may pretend ignorance of any of the particulars before mentioned.<PB N="4" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 23 --><PB N="5" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 23 --></P>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>Ioh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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