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<P>AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, For Excluding &s;uch MEMBERS OF Either Hou&s;e of Parliament, As have de&s;erted the Parliament, and adhered to tho&s;e that Leavie War again&s;t the Parliament.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi, 29. Junii, 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Commons in Parliament, That this Ordinance be forthwith printed &amp; publi&s;hed:</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Henry El&s;yng, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Husbands,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his &s;hop in the Middle-Temple. Iuly 9. 1644.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="Parliamentary ordinance">
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi, 29. Junii, 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>An Ordinance of the <HI>Lords</HI> and <HI>Com|mons</HI> in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, for the excluding of the Members of ei|ther Hou&s;e of Parliament, that have de&s;erted the Parliament, and ad|hered to tho&s;e that leavie VVarre again&s;t the Parliament.</HEAD>
<P>THe Lords and Commons now a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, taking into con&s;ideration, That divers Members of both their Hou&s;es, have &s;ince the beginning of the unhappy di&s;tractions now depending, in breach of their duties, withdrawn them|&s;elves from that attendance upon the
<PB N="4" REF="3"> Pub|l<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">s of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">gdom in Parliament: To which the nece&s;&s;i|ties of the Kingdom, and the tru&s;t in them repo&s;ed, have obliged them; and have al&s;o joyned with, and repaired unto that party that is now in Arms again&s;t the Parliament, and &s;eriou&s;ly weighing the great inconvenience and prejudice which hath ari&s;en, and may further ari&s;e in re&s;pect thereof, the &s;ame tending to the &s;candall and di&s;|honour of the Parliament, the di&s;cou|ragement of &s;uch as are well-affe|cted, and the &s;ubver&s;ion of Religion, Laws and Liberty; by means where|of the whole Kingdom is neerly inte|re&s;ted and concerned in their &s;aid de|parture and offence: And whereas divers Members of the Hou&s;e of Commons, which have de&s;erted the Parliament, and adhered unto tho&s;e that leavie War again&s;t the Parlia|ment, have by Iudgement of the Hou&s;e of Commons, been ju&s;tly di&s;a|bled
<PB N="5" REF="3"> from &s;itting or continuing any longer Members of the &s;aid Hou&s;e du|ring this pre&s;ent Parliament; By which Iudgement the &s;everall and re&s;pective Counties, Cities, Bo|roughs and places for which they &s;er|ved, have right to Elect new Mem|bers for the Parliament, upon a War|rant under the hand of the Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons, directing a Writ to i&s;&s;ue under the Broad-Seal to that purpo&s;e. And whereas divers Members of the Hou&s;e of Peers have al&s;o de&s;erted the &s;aid Hou&s;e of Peers, and adhered to tho&s;e that leavie War again&s;t the Parliament:</P>
<P>The Lords and Commons a&s;&s;em|bled in Parliament, do Ordain and Declare, That what&s;oever Member of the &s;aid Hou&s;e of Peers hath &s;o of|fended, or hereafter &s;hall &s;o offend as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be di&s;abled from ha|ving any voice, or &s;itting in the &s;aid Hou&s;e of Peers during this pre&s;ent
<PB N="6" REF="4"> Parliament, untill his readmittance &s;hall be approved of, and con&s;ent|ed unto by both Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and it is hereby Ordained and Declared, That what|&s;oever Member of the Hou&s;e of Com|mons, that heretofore hath de&s;erted, or hereaftet &s;hall de&s;ert the Parlia|ment, and adhere to tho&s;e that leavie War again&s;t the Parliament, is and &s;hall be ab&s;olutely di&s;abled from &s;it|ting in the &s;aid Hou&s;e of Commons during this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi, 29 Iunii, 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>It is this Day Ordered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Ordinance bee forthwith printed and publi&s;hed:</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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