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A BREIF COLLECTJON, OF SOME FORGOTTEN <HI>VOTES</HI> of the <HI>Commons</HI> alone; of the <HI>Lords</HI> and <HI>Commons</HI> Joyntly, and <HI>Ordinances</HI> of both <HI>Hou&s;es,</HI> reprinted to refre&s;h their Memories, and prevent all di&s;ho|nourable and unju&s;t Actions, repugnant to all, or any of them.</HEAD>
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<HEAD><NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">An exact Colection of all Remon|&s;trances &amp;c <HI>P. 190. 191.</HI></NOTE> The Uotes of the <HI>Commons</HI> in Parliament <DATE><HI>Die Iovis 12. Maii</HI> 1642.</DATE></HEAD>
<OPENER>Re&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion,</OPENER>
<P><HI>THat this Hou&s;e doth declare, that if any per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hall</HI> arre&s;t or impri&s;on <HI>the per&s;ons of the</HI> Lords and Gentlemen, <HI>or</HI> any of them, <HI>or</HI> any other <HI>of the</HI> Members <HI>of</HI> either Hou&s;e <HI>of</HI> Parliament, <HI>that</HI> &s;hal be imployed in the &s;ervice of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, <HI>or,</HI> &s;hall offer violence to them, <HI>or</HI> any of them for doing any thing in pur&s;uance of the Commands or In&s;tructions of both Hou&s;es, <HI>&s;hall be held</HI> di&s;turbers of the proceedings of Parliament, <HI>and</HI> publique Enemies of the State. <HI>And</HI> that all per&s;ons are bound by their prote&s;tation to endeavour to bring them to condigne puni&s;hment.</P>
<P><HI>RESOLVED &amp;c. That this Hou&s;e doth declare, that</HI> tho&s;e of the Citie <HI>of</HI> London, <HI>and all</HI> other per&s;ons <HI>that</HI> have obeyed the Ordinance <HI>for the</HI> Militia, <HI>and</HI> done any thing in execution thereof, have done according to the Law of the Land, <HI>and</HI> in pur&s;uance of what they were com|manded by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, <HI>And</HI> for the defence of the King <HI>and</HI> Kingdome, <HI>and &s;hall</HI> have the A&s;&s;i&s;tance of <HI>both Hou&s;es of</HI> Parli|ament again&s;t any that &s;hall pre&s;ume to que&s;tion them for yeilding their obedience unto the &s;aid Commands <HI>in</HI> this nece&s;&s;ary and important &s;er|vice. <HI>And that</HI> who&s;oever &s;hall obey the &s;aid Ordinance for the time to come, &s;hall receive the &s;ame approbation and A&s;&s;i&s;tance from both Hou|&s;es of Parliament.</P>
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<HEAD><DATE>6 <HI>Junii&punc;</HI> 1642.</DATE></HEAD>
<HEAD><NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Ibid. <HI>P. 335.</HI></NOTE> The Me&s;&s;age of the <HI>Lords</HI> to the Hou&s;e of <HI>Commons,</HI> upon the Lord <HI>Willoughby</HI> of <HI>Parham,</HI> his letter and &s;ervice in the execution of the Ordinance concerning the <HI>Militia.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THe Lords have thought fit to let you know, how <HI>much they value and approve the endeavours of this Lord in a &s;ervice &s;o much impor|ting</HI> the <HI>&s;afety of this Kingdome,</HI> and they doubt not of your readine&s;&s;e to concurre with them upon all occa&s;ions to <HI>manife&s;t the &s;ence they have, and &s;hall retaine of his de&s;ervings,</HI> which <HI>appeares the greater, by how much the difficulties (by tho&s;e Circum&s;tances you have heard read;) have bin greater</HI> And as my Lords re&s;olve <HI>to make his Intere&s;t their owne,</HI> in this &s;ervice for the publique good and &s;afety of this Kingdome, &s;o they de&s;ire you to joyne with them, in &s;o good and nece&s;&s;ary a work.</P>
<P>Re&s;olved by the Hou&s;e <HI>of Commons</HI> to joyne <HI>with the Lords in this vote.</HI></P>
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<HEAD><NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">A Collect|ion of all the publique or|ders &amp;c. <HI>Lond. 1646. P. 38.</HI></NOTE> <DATE><HI>Die</HI> Martis 18&punc; <HI>Aprilis</HI> 1643.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>RE&s;olved upon the Que&s;tion by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that the &s;aid Hou&s;es do declare, that they do take it a an acceptable &s;ervice in tho&s;e <HI>Citizens,</HI> or others who &s;hall li&s;t them&s;elves under the Command of Sheriffe <HI>Langham,</HI> or &s;uch as he &s;hall appoint, for the better &s;ecurity of the Citty of <HI>London,</HI> and the Counties adjacent. And the &s;aid Sheriffe is hereby de&s;ired, to improve his intere&s;t and authority for the &s;peedy advancing of &s;o nece&s;&s;ery a Service.</P>
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<HEAD><NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Ibid. <HI>P. 34.</HI></NOTE> <DATE><HI>Die</HI> Mercurii 12&punc; <HI>Aprilis</HI> 1643.</DATE></HEAD>
<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That the Committee for the <HI>Militia</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall have full power and Authority to rai&s;e new Regiments of Voluntiers, as well with in the &s;aid Liberties, as without.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas for better defence and &s;afety of the City of <HI>London, WHEREON THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT,</HI> and therein <HI>OF OVR RELIGION, LAWES, AND LIBERTIES, DO SO MVCH DEPEND,</HI> divers well affected Per&s;ons by approbation of the Committee for the <HI>Militia</HI> there, have with great care and indu&s;try; as well within the City and Liberties, as without in the Neighbour Pari&s;hes, obtained divers &s;ub&s;criptions for con&s;iderable numbers of ho|ne&s;t and tru&s;ty Per&s;ons not imployed in the <HI>Militia</HI> or Trained Bands, as al&s;o for Hor&s;e and Armes, to intard the &s;ame might as nece&s;&s;ary materialls be in readine&s;&s;e to help forwards the preparations for A publick defence, in this time of eminent danger, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> It is further orde|red, declared and ordained; that as the good endeavours of the &s;aid Committee of the <HI>Militia,</HI> the Per&s;ons tru&s;ted by them, and tho&s;e whom they have imployed in procuring the &s;aid Sub&s;criptions, as al&s;o of the Sub&s;cribers, and others who have contributed, or &s;hall concurre with them in forwarding and profiting of the &s;aid work, are and <HI>&s;hall taken acceptable te&s;timonies of their publick</HI> Spirits <HI>and reall good intentions for the Common good and &s;afety, and the execution of the &s;ame, a good &s;ervice to the Common-wealth.</HI> So the &s;aid parties &s;hall be <HI>by the power of Parliament &s;aved harmele&s;&s;e, both for what according to the true meaning of the premi&s;es they have done, and &s;hall doe herein for time to come.</HI></P>
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<HEAD><NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Ibid. <HI>P. 23</HI> in the Ap|pendix.</NOTE> <HI>Die</HI> Lunae 2 Martii 1645</HEAD>
<OPENER>Re&s;olved, &amp;c&punc; by the Hou&s;e of Commons,</OPENER>
<P><HI>THat the Actions of the</HI> City of London, <HI>or of any</HI> other Per&s;on what&s;oever <HI>for the</HI> defence of the Parliament or the Priviledges thereof or the pre&s;ervation of the Members thereof, are according to their duty, and to their late Prote&s;tation, and the Lawes of the Kingdome; <HI>and if any</HI> per&s;on &s;hall arre&s;t or trouble any of them for &s;o doing, <HI>he is declared to be a</HI> publique Enemie of the Common wealth.</P>
<P>Re&s;olved &amp;c. <HI>That this</HI> Vote <HI>&s;hall be made knowne to the</HI> Common-Councell <HI>of the City of</HI> London.</P>
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<BIBL>Rom. 14. 22.</BIBL>
<Q>Happy is he that condemneth not him&s;elfe, in that thing which he alloweth</Q>
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