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<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament,</HEAD>
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<P>for the enabling of the Commi&s;sioners of the great Seale and the other Committees in their &s;everall Counties, to tender an Oath to all &s;uch per&s;ons of what degree or quality &s;oever, that &s;hall come into the protection of the Parliament.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi 5 April&punc; 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_BE it Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled, that all and every per&s;on of what degree or quality &s;oever, that hath lived or &s;hall live within the Kings quarters, or been aiding, a&s;si&s;ting, or adhering un|to the Forces rai&s;ed again&s;t the Parliament, and hath or &s;hall come to inhabit or re&s;ide under the power and protection of the Parlia|ment, &s;hall &s;weare upon the holy Evangeli&s;t in manner following:</P>
<P><Q>I <HI>A. B. doe &s;weare from my heart, that J will not directly nor indirectly adhere unto, or willingly a&s;&s;ist the King in this Warre, or in this cau&s;e a|gain&s;t the Parliament, nor any Forces rai&s;ed without the con&s;ent of the two Hou&s;es of Parliament in this Cau&s;e or Warre. And I doe likewi&s;e &s;weare that my comming and &s;ubmitting my &s;elfe under the power and protection of the Parliament, is without any manner of de&s;igne what&s;oever to the pre|judice of the proceedings of the two Hou&s;es of this pre&s;ent Parliament, and without the direction, privity, or advice of the King, or any of his Councell, or Officers, other then what I have now made known. So helpe me God, and the Contents of this Booke.</HI></Q></P>
<P>And be it further Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, that the Commi&s;sioners for keeping of the Great Seale of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized to tender and admini&s;ter the &s;aid Oath unto any Peere, or Wife or Widow of any Peere, &s;o comming to inhabit as above&s;aid. And it &s;hall be law|full to and for the Committee of the Hou&s;e of Commons for Exa|minations, the Committee for the Militia in <HI>London,</HI> and all Com|mittees of Parliament in the &s;everall Counties and Cities of the Kingdom, to tender and admini&s;ter the &s;aid Oath unto every other per&s;on &s;o comming to inhabit as above&s;aid. And if any per&s;on (not being a Member of, or a&s;&s;i&s;tant unto either of the Hou&s;es of the Par|liament) &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to take the &s;aid Oath &s;o duly tende|red unto him or her, as above&s;aid, the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners and Com|mittees re&s;pectively, &s;hall and may commit the &s;ame per&s;on to &s;ome pri&s;on, there to remaine without Baile or Mainprize untill he &s;hall conform thereunto.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London Printed for <HI>Edward Husband,</HI> 1645.</P>
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