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<HEAD><DATE>The 21. of Augu&s;t. 1643.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>_WHereas the Committee for the Militia in the City of <HI>London</HI> by vertue of an Ordinance of both-hou&s;es of Parliament, Dated the &s;eventeenth day of this in&s;tant moneth of <HI>Au|gu&s;t,</HI> have power to command the &s;hutting up of all &s;hops within the lines of Communication to the end the Inhabitants there|of may the better fit them&s;elves for the defence of the &s;aid City and parts adjacent, and fora&s;much as the &s;aid Committee have been mo|ved, as well by a Committee of Lords and Commons in Parliament, as from his Excellency the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> to &s;end forth of this City &s;ome &s;peedy aide for the relieving of the City of <HI>Gloce&s;ter,</HI> now in great di&s;tre&s;&s;e by rea&s;on of the enemies Army, wherewith they are be&s;ieged: And the &s;aid Committee conceiving that the City of <HI>London</HI> and parts adjacent cannot be long in &s;afety, if that City be lo&s;t, they have thereupon re&s;olved forthwith to &s;end out a Force both of Hor&s;e and Foote, for the reliefe of the &s;aid City of <HI>Gloce&s;ter.</HI> And for the better furtherance of that &s;ervice, the &s;aid Committee of the Mili|tia, doe hereby require all per&s;ons inhabiting within the Lines of Communication, immediately to &s;hut up their &s;hops, and to conti|nue them &s;o &s;hut up untill <HI>Gloce&s;ter</HI> be relieved, or untill further or|der &s;hal be given by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, or this Committee, and to apply them&s;elves to the furthering of this &s;o nece&s;&s;ary a &s;er|vice, and the Officers of the Regiments of Trayned Bands and Aux|illiary Forces, which by lot are appointed to goe in this Expedition, are required to returne to the &s;aid Committee, as well the names of &s;uch per&s;ons of the &s;aid Regiments, as &s;hall neither March with the re&s;t, nor appoint other &s;ufficient men to goe in their roome, and of &s;uch as &s;hall in any &s;ort hinder this Expedition, to the end &s;uch cour&s;e may be taken with them; as this di&s;covery of their ill affection to the &s;afety of this City and parts adjacent de&s;erveth, as al&s;o the names of &s;uch Voluntiers not Li&s;ted in the &s;aid Regiments, as &s;hall goe in this Expedition; to the end they may receive the like pay which the re&s;t doe, and al&s;o be taken notice of as per&s;ons well affected to the City, Parliament, and Kingdome.</P>
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<P>Printed at <HI>London</HI> by <HI>Richard Cotes.</HI> 1643.</P>
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