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<HEAD><HI>GROCERS-HALL, London,</HI> <DATE><HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 20. 1644.</DATE> At the Committee appointed by Ordinance of Parliament, for Rai&s;ing and Maintaining of Hor&s;e and Foot, for the Garri&s;on of <HI>Gloce&s;ter,</HI> and for the Counties of <HI>Gloce&s;ter, Hereford, Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecknock,</HI> and <HI>Radnor.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_WE have formerly de&s;ired your a&s;&s;i&s;tance for <HI>Gloce&s;ter,</HI> and the Counties above mentioned; and under&s;tand, That in &s;ome Pari&s;hes our Letters have not been publikely read; in &s;ome, Sub|&s;criptions have been taken, and the Money not Collected; in &s;ome, Col|lections made, and the Money not brought in; and in others, neither Sub&s;criptions, nor Collections, where the Letters have been read.</P>
<P>What &s;hould be the cau&s;e of &s;uch backwardne&s;&s;e in &s;o good a work, (as is the &s;topping of Supplies to the Enemy, the opening of Trade from the We&s;t, the hope of reducing South <HI>Wales</HI> to the King and Parliaments O|bedience; but e&s;pecially the promoting of the Go&s;pel in tho&s;e blinde and ignorant Countreys) we cannot apprehend.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e &s;ome Malignants, as we are informed, have reported, That we have mi&s;-imployed what hath already been brought in; We give this ju&s;t accompt of the carefull Managing of the Contributions already recei|ved, (being not above 2500 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> except the Sub&s;criptions of &s;ome of the Committee,) That be&s;ides 100. Ca&s;e of Pi&s;tols, 100. Saddles, 300. Muskets, and 50. Barrels of Gun-powder, we &s;ent down 250. Hor&s;e com|pleatly furni&s;hed, with a fortnights advance, both to Officers and Troopers, who &s;ea&s;onably coming to Colonell <HI>Ma&s;&s;ey,</HI> Governour of <HI>Gloce&s;ter,</HI> with other of his Forces, and the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Countrey, did by the ble&s;&s;ing of God, give a great defeat to the Enemy at <HI>Red Marley,</HI> the particulars whereof, we pre&s;ume, cannot be unknown unto you.</P>
<P>Yet we mu&s;t acquaint you, That if further &s;upplies come not timely to that worthy Colonell, he will not be able to draw into the field, nor act more then the defen&s;ive part.</P>
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