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<HEAD>A DECLARATION OF The LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, Fully pardoning divers Officers and Souldiers of Hor&s;e who have lately been and &s;till are in mutiny, if they &s;hall returne to their duty before the fifteenth day of this moneth. But if they &s;hall continue in their mutiny, they &s;hal be proceeded again&s;t as Traytors, and enemies to the Common|wealth, and are to expect &s;evere puni&s;hment: <HI>Die Mercurii, 5 Martii.</HI> 1644.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled taking notice that divers inferiour Officers and Souldiers of Hor&s;e rai&s;ed by their Authority have lately beene and &s;till are in di&s;order and mutiny, refu&s;ing to obey commands, which in the example to others may be of great danger to the publique, and by the di&s;|cipline and rules of warre publi&s;hed is to be puni&s;hed with death: Neverthele&s;&s;e the Lords and Commons having had experience of the dutifulne&s;&s;e and good &s;ervice heretofore perfor|med by tho&s;e Officers and Souldiers, of the fruit and reward whereof they are mo&s;t unwilling tho&s;e Officers and Souldiers &s;hould make them&s;elves uncapable, do therefore hereby declare, That if tho&s;e Officers and Souldiers, or any of them, doe before the fifteenth day of this in&s;tant <HI>March</HI> returne to their duty, and &s;hall obey the commands of their Officers according to the di&s;cipline of warre, and ob&s;erve &s;uch orders and directions as they &s;hall receive from the two Hou&s;es of Parliament, or the Committee of both King|domes, and from the time of their having notice of this Declaration &s;hall forbeare any plun|dering or violence upon the Countrey under the protection of the Parliament, That then they &s;hall be and they are hereby fully pardoned and acquitted of this mutiny and di&s;order. And the Lords and Commons doe further declare their plea&s;ure to be, That they &s;hall forthwith be taken into the like care for pay and all fitting accommodations with the other Officers and Souldiers in their &s;ervice. But if after the day herein appointed for their returne to their duty they &s;hall &s;till continue in mutiny and di&s;order, and not &s;ubmit to the mercy hereby offered, they &s;hall then be proceeded again&s;t as Traitors, and enemies to the Common-wealth, and are to expect the &s;eveare puni&s;hment due to their demerits.</P>
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<P>ORdered by the Lords a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that this Declara|tion be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>J. Wright</HI> in the Old&punc; baily, <HI>March</HI> 6. 1644.</P>
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