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<HEAD>Committee for the Navy and Cu&s;toms.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis 18 Martii, 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, taking into con&s;ideration the Re|demption of the Captives taken by Turki&s;h, Moori&s;h, and other Pirats, and prevention of the taking of others in time to come, did by their Ordinance of the 24 of <HI>October</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, in ea&s;e of Merchants, ordeine, That only one fourth part of the moneyes due on the &s;eve|rall Bonds entred into by Merchants for payment of the one <HI>per Cent.</HI> upon the Act of Parliament pa&s;&s;ed for that purpo&s;e, &s;hould be paid by the &s;everall Merchants &s;o indebted, within thirty dayes after publication of that Ordinance: And in ca&s;e any Merchant &s;hould not pay in his fourth part within the &s;aid time, that then their &s;aid Bonds &s;hould be put in &s;ute for the whole moneyes, referring the execution of the &s;ame to the Lord high Admirall and this Committee of the Navy, as by that Ordinance more at large appeareth.</P>
<P>And whereas divers Merchants have not paid in the &s;ummes due on the Bonds by them entred into for the &s;aid duty, according to the intent of the &s;aid Ordinance, whereby tho&s;e poore Captives remaine under &s;ervitude, and are utter|ly deprived of the meanes appointed by Parliament for their Redemption.</P>
<P>The Committee in obedience to the &s;aid Order, doe, with the advice, approbation, and con&s;ent of the Lord high Ad|mirall, declare and order, That the Merchants &s;o indebted as afore&s;aid, doe pay in the fourth part of the moneyes due on their &s;aid Bonds within thirty dayes after the date hereof unto the per&s;ons, and at the places appointed by that Ordinance: And if any &s;hall faile herein, they mu&s;t expect due and &s;peedy execution of the &s;aid Ordinance.</P>
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<ITEM>WARWICK.</ITEM>
<ITEM>GILES GRENE.</ITEM>
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