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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Augu&s;t 5. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHEREAS by &s;peciall Order of the Hou&s;e of Commons, the Committee for
the Army under the Command of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairefax</HI> did come to <HI>Guild-Hall,
London,</HI> to receive an Accompt of the Lord Major and Aldermen appointed as
Commi&s;&s;ioners by Ordinance of Parliament of the 15 of February, 1644. For
the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing and Levying of 5800 <HI>l. per</HI> Month, upon <HI>London</HI> &amp; the Liberties,
which is their proportion according to their divident in like ca&s;es. And upon
Examination finding that the City of <HI>London</HI> and Liberties are very much in Arreare to what is
grown due, &amp; other Counties hath paid; the City of <HI>London</HI> having formerly had the Honour to
be good examples and leaders unto all other Counties in matters of publique concernment. The
&s;aid Committee from the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons, with the Lord Major and Aldermen
afore&s;aid, having &s;ummoned all the Collectors of the &s;everall Wards, and their re&s;pective Di|vi&s;ions,
to enquire of them the true cau&s;es of the &s;lack comming in of the Moneys A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed
upon the &s;everall Wards. For the &s;peedy bringing in whereof, they were appointed
Collectors; and finding among&s;t other cau&s;es this to bee the maine; <HI>(viz.)</HI> The back|wardne&s;&s;e
and tenderne&s;&s;e of the Collectors in executing the power of the Ordinance by
way of di&s;tre&s;&s;e upon the Goods of their Neighbours that doe delay or refu&s;e to pay the &s;aid
A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement; which neglect of the &s;aid Collectors cannot bee borne with, in regard of the
pre&s;&s;ing nece&s;&s;ities of that happy Army under the immediate Command of the Victorious
Generall Sir <HI>Thomas Fairefax;</HI> whom God hath made In&s;trumentall, not onely to keepe
the Enemy from our Gates; but al&s;o to &s;catter their greate&s;t Forces, and drive them to
the mo&s;t remote Parts in the Kingdome, who are yet in pur&s;uit thereof; which gives us
great hopes of a &s;peedy period to our bleeding Calamities, and doth invite the be&s;t
endeavours of all that are de&s;irous of a &s;etled and well-grounded Peace, to give the &s;aid Ar|my
all due encouragement.</P>
<P>Therefore the &s;aid Committee, with the Lord Major and Aldermen afore&s;aid, have
thought fit to de&s;ire the Mini&s;ters of the &s;everall Pari&s;h Churches and Chappells within the
City and Liberties, That they on the next Lords-Day doe effectually &s;tirre up their Pa|ri&s;hioners
&s;peedily and chearefully to pay in their A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ements to the &s;everall Collectors,
and to continue the payment of the remainder, as the &s;ame &s;hall grow due. And to let
them know, in ca&s;e they &s;hall continue to delay or refu&s;e the payment thereof, That the
re&s;pective Collectors are enjoyned upon the Penalties expre&s;s'd in the &s;aid Ordinance of
the 15 of <HI>February,</HI> to di&s;treine their Goods, and make &s;ale of the &s;ame. And that none
doe mi&s;take or cen&s;ure the proceedings of the &s;everall Collectors, who without re&s;pect
of Per&s;ons are to doe their Duties according to the &s;aid Ordinance: But if any inconve|niences
follow by their non-payment of the &s;aid Moneys, that they lay the blame upon them|&s;elves.</P>
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