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<HEAD><DATE>Die Lunae 7. Iunii 1647.</DATE></HEAD>
<HEAD>An Additionall Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> for the more full Indempnity of the Officers and Souldiers who have acted by Authority, and for the &s;ervice of the Parliament.</HEAD>
<P>_FOra&s;much as in the times of this late Warre and publike Di&s;tractions, there have been many Injuries done to private per&s;ons, and other Offences com|mitted by divers per&s;ons bearing Armes in the &s;ervice of the Parliament; the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled taking into their con&s;iderati|on, That it is expedient that the Injuries and Offences afore&s;aid be pardon|ed and put in Oblivion, rather then by pretence of pro&s;ecution again&s;t &s;ome few per&s;ons, a great number of &s;uch who have faithfully &s;erved the Parliament be brought into a continuall vexation for &s;uch Actions as the exigency of Warre hath nece&s;&s;itated them unto, doe therefore Ordaine, and be it Ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, That all per&s;ons who have committed any Offences, Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es, Injuries, or other Mi&s;demeanours what&s;oever, during &s;uch time as they have been imployed in Arms by, or for the &s;ervice of the Parliament, be, is, and are hereby di&s;char|ged and pardoned of the &s;ame, and of and from all Pro&s;ecution or Damages therefore, either at the Sute of the King or the party grieved; and may, in ca&s;e he or they be que&s;tioned therefore, plead the generall I&s;&s;ue, and give this Ordinance in evidence, which &s;hall be allowed to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;ame were pleaded in Barre: And in ca&s;e any &s;hall pro&s;ecute any Action or Sute contrary to the tenour of this Ordinance, again&s;t any per&s;on hereby di&s;charged, after notice given that &s;uch per&s;on is hereby di&s;charged, the Defendant or Defendants &s;o pro&s;ecuted, &s;hall recover his and their co&s;ts again&s;t &s;uch Pro&s;ecutor.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that this Ordinance, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend to di&s;charge any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as afore&s;aid, from making their true and ju&s;t Accompts to any Committee or Committees of Parliament, appointed or to be appointed for that purpo&s;e, of what they have taken, received, or had for the &s;ervice or benefit of the Parliament.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae 7. Junii 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Ordinance be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed at <HI>London</HI> for <HI>John Wright</HI> at the Kings Head in the old Bayley. 1647.</P>
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