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<FIGDESC>coat of arms of the Commonwealth of England, circa 1653</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD TYPE="sub">By the Commi&s;sioners of the Common-wealth of ENGLAND for the Affairs of IRELAND.</HEAD>
<P>_WHEREAS the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are informed, That many Officers and Souldiers who have faithfully &s;er|ved the <HI>Common-wealth in</HI> IRELAND are &s;educed (by the in&s;inuations of covetous minded Per&s;ons who (for lucre &s;ake) lye in wait to purcha&s;e the poor Souldiers dearly earned wages) to make Sale of their Debenturs, for very &s;mall and incon&s;iderable Sums of pre&s;ent Money, Whereby they deprive them&s;elves of a future com|fortable &s;ub&s;i&s;tance, and wholy fru&s;trate the bountiful intentions of tho&s;e that are in Authority towards them, who (to the end the Souldiers being Disbanded might have a comfortable livelihood) have Ordered Lands for their Arrears at very low Rates, which they would not have done at the &s;aid Rates but in tenderne&s;s, and re&s;pect to the Souldiery, and in Order to Plant the Countrey with tho&s;e poor creatures whom the Lord hath pre&s;erved in hard&s;hips and dangers, that they might enjoy the fruits of their Labour. And having had experience of the great wrongs and prejudice, which the <HI>Common-wealth</HI> &amp; the Souldiers &s;uffered in <HI>England</HI> by Sale of Debenturs, whereby many Souldiers by their im|patience to &s;tay for &s;atisfaction in Land were impoveri&s;hed, whil&s;t others in the &s;ame condition with them, having patience to tarry, had due &s;atisfaction in Lands, whereby they now &s;upport them&s;elves &amp; Families. And it being in the intention of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;i|oners, to put the Souldiers into Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Lands due unto them for their Arrears with all po&s;&s;ible expedition, and in the mean time to make the be&s;t provi&s;ion they can for their pre&s;ent &s;ub&s;i&s;tance. And fora&s;much as Debts and Claims of that nature, are not by Law transferrible without a &s;pecial Act to Warrant the &s;ame, The &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners therefore (by the advice and at the de&s;ire of the Councel of Officers on the behalf of the Souldiers) do hereby Order, That no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons who have &s;erved the <HI>Common-wealth</HI> in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and have or &s;hall hereafter have their Accompts Stated, and Debenturs given them by the Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed by Parliament for Stating the Accompts of the Souldiers in <HI>Ireland,</HI> for &s;uch Arrears as &s;hall appear upon &s;uch Accompts, or by Com|po&s;ition to be due unto them; &s;hall from and after the Date hereof make Sale of, or A&s;&s;ign over his or their Debenturs, or any part thereof until the Parliament &s;hall &s;ignifie their plea&s;ure touching the &s;ame. And if any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall from and after the date hereof buy any of the &s;aid Debenturs (the <HI>Parliaments</HI> plea&s;ure being not &s;ignified as afore&s;aid) the &s;aid &s;ale &amp; bargains are hereby Declared to be Nul and void, and the Debenturs &s;o bought not to be valid to charge the <HI>Common-wealth,</HI> or purcha&s;e Lands in <HI>Ire|land</HI> with the &s;ame; And whereas the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are informed, That &s;everal Debenturs that have been given out by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for Stating the &s;aid Accompts, have been of late &s;old at very low and incon&s;iderable Rates, to the impoveri&s;hing and a|bu&s;e of the poor Souldiers that &s;old them, and di&s;paragement of the Publick &s;ecurity, and &s;atisfaction appointed the Soldiers for their faithful Service; But in regard the &s;aid Sales were made before any Publick warning, or Declaration was held forth to prohibit Sales: It is hereby further Ordered, That the &s;aid Debenturs &s;o bought with the A&s;&s;ignments of the &s;ame, together with the re&s;pective Rates or Con&s;iderations given for them, &s;hall within Twenty days after Publication hereof, be Regi&s;tred upon Oath with the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of the Revenue of the Precinct wherein the Per&s;ons that bought the &s;ame re&s;pectively re&s;ide; (which Oath the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of the Revenue, or any two or more of them have hereby power to Admini&s;ter) which Debenturs &s;o &s;old, and Regi&s;tred as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be held valid for &s;o much onely as hath been really, and without fraud given for the &s;ame, and no more; And in ca&s;e any collu&s;ion or fraud &s;hall be u&s;ed in making Entrie of fal&s;e Rates or vallues paid for &s;uch Debenturs, &s;uch Debenturs &s;hall be forfeited to the <HI>Common-wealth,</HI> the one Moyetie for the u&s;e of the Per&s;on that &s;hall di&s;cover the &s;aid fal&s;e Entry, and the other Moye|tie for the relief of maimed Souldiers, and the poor Widdows and Orphans of Souldiers. And the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Re|venue in every re&s;pective Precinct, are hereby required, to return all &s;uch Entries which &s;hall be made with them as afore&s;aid unto <HI>Thomas Herbert</HI> E&s;quire Regi&s;ter of Debenturs at his Office at <HI>Dublin,</HI> within fifteen days after the &s;aid Entrie is &s;o made. And the Commander in cheif, and Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Revenue in every re&s;pective Precinct are to cau&s;e this Declaration to be forthwith Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>DUBLIN <DATE>28. <HI>Iuly,</HI> 1653.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<ITEM><HI>Charles Fleetwood.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Edm. Ludlow.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Miles Corbet.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jo. Jones.</HI></ITEM>
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<P><HI>Ordered by the &s;aid</HI> Commi&s;&s;ioners, <HI>That this</HI> Declaration <HI>be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Signed by Order, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> IO. HUGHES.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>&para; <HI>D&V;BLIN, Printed by</HI> VVILLIAM BLADEN Anno Dom. 1653.</P>
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