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<HEAD>By the Major.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas by &s;everall Orders of the Hou&s;e of Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by a Letter to the Speaker of that Hou&s;e, from the Committee of the Countie of <HI>York,</HI> this day delivered to the Common-councell by a Committee of the &s;aid Hou&s;e of Commons, it is declared, That the Parliaments Army in the Northern parts are in a &s;ad and di&s;tre&s;&s;ed condition for want of Food and other nece&s;&s;aries; And that a pre&s;ent &s;upply mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;itie be made: and to that purpo&s;e it is de&s;ired that Twenty thou&s;and pounds &s;hould be forthwith advanced by the City, out of the Arrears of the &s;everall A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ements made within this City and Liberties thereof, for the Army under the Command of the Lord <HI>Fairfax.</HI> And for the better getting in of the &s;aid Arrears, it is required by the &s;aid Orders, that the Common-councell doe forthwith &s;end and certifie to the &s;aid Committee, the Names of &s;uch per&s;ons that hav<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 letter"> not paid their &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ements, and the &s;umms they are in Arrear, to be by the &s;aid Committee reported to the &s;aid Hou&s;e of Commons. Upon the reading of which Orders, Letter, and &s;everall other relations made by the &s;aid Committee concerning the great nece&s;&s;itie of the &s;aid Army and Northern parts; the Common councell have declared their &s;en&s;iblene&s;s of the Premi&s;es, and their de&s;ire to an&s;wer the expectation of the &s;aid Committee, in effecting to their power what is de&s;ired, as a thing of great con&s;equence to the City and Kingdom; And in pur&s;uance of an Order of the Common-councell thereupon made; And for the prevention of further inconveniencies that may en&s;ue; The&s;e are to will and require you, that pre&s;ently upon &s;ight hereof, you call the &s;everall Collectors within your Ward before you; And that the &s;aid Collectors, with &s;ome of your &s;elves, doe on <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> and <HI>Friday</HI> next u&s;e your be&s;t diligence and endevours for the Collecting and getting in of the &s;aid Arrears; and acquaint the &s;everall per&s;ons that are to pay the &s;ame, that the Names of all that doe not now pay their Arrears are to be certified as afore&s;aid; And that they may expect that further trouble and dangers will fall upon them for their neglect therein. And further, that you or &s;ome of you doe examine the &s;aid Collectors accounts, and take notice what moneys every of them have in their hands; and require them on Saturday next at the furthe&s;t, to pay the &s;ame unto the Trea&s;urers at Warre, in the Guild-Hall <HI>London:</HI> and that you on Monday next in the afternoon make return unto the grand Committee for the Arrears, &s;itting at the Guild-Hall <HI>London,</HI> in the Orphans Court, of your doings and proceedings therein; and al&s;o a Li&s;t of the names of all &s;uch per&s;ons within your Ward, as &s;hall be found to be in Arrears for the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ements, and the &s;ummes by them owing, and the rea&s;ons by them given, why they refu&s;e to pay the &s;ame, under the hands of the re&s;pective Collectors, with your opinions therein: And if you find any of the Collectors or others, remi&s;&s;e or carele&s;&s;e in the performance of their duties, in any thing herein required, or that might conduce to the furtherance of the worke, that then you al&s;o certifie to the &s;aid grand Committee at the time afore&s;aid, the names of him or them &s;o neglecting or refu&s;ing to per|forme their duties concerning the &s;ame, that they may be al&s;o certified to the &s;aid Committee of Parliament, and otherwi&s;e proceeded again&s;t, as the neglect of &s;uch a weighty bu&s;ine&s;&s;e &s;hall de&s;erve. And herein I require you to u&s;e all diligence for the effecting what is de&s;ired, as you will an&s;wer the contrary at your perill,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>this 29. day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Michel</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER><HI>To the Deputy and Common-councell-men of the Ward of</HI> <GAP DESC="blank"></TRAILER>
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<P>Printed by <HI>Richard Cotes</HI> Printer to the honorable City of <HI>London,</HI> 1648.</P>
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