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<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment, For the putting out of the Cities of London and VVe&s;tmin&s;ter, and late Lines of Communication, and Twenty miles di&s;tant, for Six Months, all Delinquents, Papi&s;ts, and others that have been in Armes again&s;t the <HI>Parliament.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Veneris,</HI> 17. <HI>Decemb.</HI> 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THE Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament doe Declare and Ordain, and be it by Authority of Parliament Ordained and Declared, That all Papi&s;ts what&s;oever, and all Officers and Souldiers of Fortune, and all other per&s;ons what&s;oever that have born Armes again&s;t the Parliament, or have adhered to, or willingly a&s;&s;i&s;ted the Enemy in this late Warre, not being under re&s;traint, and not hereafter excep|ted, &s;hall at, or before the Three and twentyeth day of this in&s;tant December, depart the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the late Lines of Communication, and all other places within Twenty miles of the &s;aid late Lines of Communication; and if any of the per&s;ons afore&s;aid &s;hall continue within the &s;aid Lines, or within twenty miles di&s;tance of the &s;aid late Lines of Communication after the &s;aid three and twentyeth day of this in&s;tant <HI>December,</HI> &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be apprehended, impri&s;oned, and proceeded again&s;t as Traytors.</P>
<P>And for the better execution of this Ordinance, it is further Ordained and Declared by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, and by Authority of Parliament, That the Lord Major of the City of <HI>London,</HI> and all Ju&s;tices of Peace within the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof; and the Committee of the Militia of the &s;aid City, or any two or more of them, and Ju&s;tices of Peace of the &s;everall Counties of <HI>Middle&s;ex, Hertford, E&s;sex, Kent,</HI> and <HI>Surrey,</HI> and of the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and Liberties thereof, and of the &s;everall Committees of the Militia of the &s;aid Cities of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and Liberties thereof, and of the Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> Ham|blets of the Tower and Suburbs, or any two or more of them in their re&s;pective Liberties and Juri&s;dictions &s;hall and may, and are hereby authorized and required to make &s;earch for, and apprehend, or cau&s;e to be apprehended all Papi&s;ts and Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, what&s;oever, and all Officers and Souldiers what&s;oever that have born Arms again&s;t the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> or have adhered to, or willingly a&s;&s;i&s;ted the Enemy in this late Warre, that are or &s;hall be found within the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and Suburbs and Liberties thereof, or within the &s;aid late Lines of communication, or Twenty miles di&s;tant thereof, after the &s;aid Three and twentyeth day of this in&s;tant <HI>December;</HI> And all &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o apprehended and taken, and brought before them, or any two of them as above|&s;aid, to impri&s;on, and commit to &s;ome common Gaole or Pri&s;on, or to &s;afe cu&s;tody.</P>
<P>And all Sheriffs, Bayliffs, Con&s;tables, and all other his Maje&s;ties Officers and Subjects are to be aiding to the &s;aid Ju&s;tices of Peace, and Committees of Militia in execution of this Ordinance.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e any Jaylor, Con&s;table, or other Officer to whom any the per&s;ons afore&s;aid &s;hall be committed, &s;hall permit &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to go at liberty without the &s;peciall Warrant or di&s;charge of the &s;aid Lord Major, Ju&s;tices of Peace, or Committees of Militia by whom they were &s;o committed, that the &s;ame &s;hall be taken and adjudged an e&s;cape; And &s;uch Jaylor, Con&s;table, and other Officer &s;hall bee proceeded again&s;t, and puni&s;hed as for an e&s;cape according to Law; And this Ordinance is to continue for the &s;pace of Six months from the &s;aid Three and twentyeth day of this in&s;tant December.</P>
<P>Provided, that nothing in this Ordinance &s;hall extend to &s;uch per&s;ons afore&s;aid, who having their habitations within the Lines of communication, or within the &s;aid &s;pace of Twenty miles have made their compo&s;itions, and paid in, or &s;ecured their Fines, or have taken the negative Oath and covenant, or that &s;hall be autho|rized by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, or being really attending their compo&s;itions at <HI>Gold&s;miths-Hall,</HI> &s;hall be permitted by the Committee of Lords and Com|mons for compo&s;itions, there to continue within the &s;aid late Lines of communication for the perfecting their &s;aid compo&s;itions.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Ioh. Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Sabbathi,</HI> 22. <HI>Januarii,</HI> 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>BE it Ordered and Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That any per&s;on or per&s;ons nominated and appointed by the Lord Major of the City of <HI>London,</HI> or by the Ju&s;tices of Peace, or Committee of the Militia in the &s;aid City, or by any Three or more of them, or by the Ju&s;tices and Committees of Militia in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> and in the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and liberties thereof, and Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> or by any Three or more of them re&s;pectively, are hereby authorized within their re&s;pective Limits to &s;earch for, and apprehend all Papi&s;ts and Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, and all Officers and Souldiers what&s;oever who have borne Armes again&s;t the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> or have adhered to the Enemy in the late Warre, according to an Ordinance pa&s;&s;ed in that behalf, bearing date the 17. of December, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty &s;even.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Iohn Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED>
<SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Veneris,</HI> 24. <HI>Decembr.</HI> 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<OPENER>Ordered,</OPENER>
<P>THat the &s;everall Committees of the Militia of <HI>London, VVe&s;tmin&s;ter, Hamblets,</HI> and Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> doe take e&s;peciall care, That all the Malignant Mini&s;ters that have adhered to the Enemy, be forthwith put out of the late Lines of Communi|cation, in pur&s;uance of the Ordinance for putting Malignants out of the Lines of Communication.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>BY vertue of the Ordinances and Order above mentioned, we the Committee of the Militia of <HI>London,</HI> and the Liberties thereof, doe hereby Authorize and appoint you to make diligent &s;earch in all places within  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span">  and to begin on  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span">  and &s;uch offenders as you &s;hall apprehend in the &s;earch, you are to commit to &s;afe Cu&s;tody, and to give us notice thereof, to the end that they may be proceeded again&s;t according to the &s;aid Ordinances and Order of Parliament: And all Con&s;tables, Officers, and other per&s;ons are required to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting unto you in the execution hereof.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>Dated at <HI>Guild Hall, London,</HI> the  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span"> </DATE></DATELINE>
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