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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>_HAving taken &s;peciall notice of the great Service done to Us in Our ab&s;ence from this City, by the Officers and Souldiers of the Lord <HI>Keepers</HI> and Earle of <HI>Dovers</HI> Re|giments; the which We &s;hall alwayes, in a very particu|lar manner, acknowledge: And being informed, that very many Per&s;ons re&s;ident within this City, have neg|lected and forborne to Li&s;t them&s;elves in either of the &s;aid Regiments, ac|cording to former Orders; whereby the duty hath been much heavier, be|&s;ides the di&s;couragement to tho&s;e who have done Us &s;o good &s;ervice in that kind. We doe therefore &s;treightly charge and command all Per&s;ons what&s;oever (except the Members of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, or &s;uch who &s;hall for their quality or Age be thought fit to be excu&s;ed by Our Commi&s;sioners) forthwith to Li&s;t them&s;elves, and to doe Duty in one of the &s;aid Regiments, whereby this City may be the better defended during Our &s;hort ab&s;ence, We intending as &s;oon as We returne to ea&s;e them of that great &s;ervice. And We doe further direct the Officers of the two Re|giments to meet among&s;t them&s;elves, and to agree upon &s;ome Mulct to be paid by all tho&s;e who are or &s;hall be Li&s;ted and neglect to doe duty. And We require Our Commi&s;&s;ioners to take &s;peciall care that this Order be ob&s;erved and executed in every part thereof, and to puni&s;h all wilfull and ob&s;tinate Refu&s;ers, in &s;uch manner as they &s;hall find nece&s;&s;ary for Our Service, and the encouragement of tho&s;e who are well affected to it. </P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at</HI> OXFORD, <DATE><HI>this fifth day of</HI> November, <HI>in the Twentieth yeare of Our Reigne.</HI> 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Printed at</HI> OXFORD, <HI>by</HI> LEONARD LICHFIELD, <HI>Printer to the &V;niver&s;ity.</HI></P>
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