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<P>31. <HI>Martii,</HI> 1646.</P>
<P>AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT: TO Command all Papi&s;ts, Officers, and Soul|diers of Fortune, and &s;uch as have borne Armes again&s;t the Parliament to depart out of the Lines of Communication before the &s;ixth of <HI>Aprill</HI> or to bee pro|ceeded again&s;t as Spies.</P>
<P>H. <HI>El&s;ynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.</HI></P>
<P>Printed at <HI>London</HI> by <HI>Ric. Cotes,</HI> 1646.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>31. Martii, 1646.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Lords and Com|mons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, taking no|tice of the great con|fluence and re&s;ort of Papi&s;ts, Officers, and Souldiers of
<PB N="2" REF="3"> fortune, and &s;uch as have borne Armes again&s;t the Parliament of <HI>England</HI> from the Enemies Garri|&s;ons and Quarters unto the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and o|ther parts within the Lines of Com|munication, doe for the prevention of &s;uch inconveniences, as may thereby ari&s;e thinke fit to order; And it is hereby Ordered by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that all Papi&s;ts what&s;oever, and all Officers and Souldiers of Fortune, and other per&s;ons that have borne Armes a|gain&s;t the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> not being under re&s;traint, doe be|fore the end of the &s;ixth day of <HI>A|prill</HI> 1646. depart out of the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and Lines of Communication; And
<PB N="3" REF="3"> if any &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall continue within the &s;aid Lines after that time, &s;uch per&s;on is hereby declared a Spy, and &s;hall bee apprehended, impri&s;o|ned, and proceeded again&s;t as a Spy, according to the rules of Warre. And the &s;aid Lords and Commons doe further Order, That all &s;uch per|&s;ons doe forbeare upon the penalty afore&s;aid, to returne or come within the &s;aid Lines, without Licen&s;e un|der the hands of the Committee ap|pointed for Compo&s;itions at Gold|&s;miths-Hall. And the Committee of the Militia of <HI>London,</HI> and their Sub-Committees in their &s;everall Limits re&s;pectively are hereby required to keepe &s;trict Guards and Watches, and cau&s;e frequent Searches to bee made; and to take care for the due
<PB N="4" REF="4"> execution of this Order: Provided that this Order, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons who &s;hall obtaine Licen&s;e under the hands of the Committee of Gold&s;miths-Hall, to continue within the Limits afore|&s;aid. Provided that this Order, or any thing herein contained, &s;hall not extend to any per&s;on or per&s;ons who came in to the Parliament before the fir&s;t of June la&s;t, and are cleared by both Hou&s;es of Parliament from their Delinquency. Provided al&s;o that no Peer of this Realm &s;hal re&s;ort unto the Committee of Gold&s;miths-Hall for Licen&s;e to continue within the Limits afore&s;aid, but &s;hall repair onely to the Hou&s;e of Peers for their &s;aid Licen&s;e: This Order to conti|nue
<PB N="5" REF="4"> for the &s;pace of one Month after the &s;aid &s;ixth of Aprill, and no lon|ger.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;ynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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