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<P> A DECLARATION OR ORDINANCE Of The LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</P>
<P>Concerning the taking of Hor&s;es for the &s;ervice of the Parliament in the &s;eve|rall Counties of <HI>England,</HI> in &s;uch a manner that neither the Countries may take di&s;ta&s;te or be di&s;|couraged, nor the Parliament injured by the corrupt|ne&s;&s;e of the Officers a&s;&s;igned for that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>With two other Ordinances for the amend|ment of divers abu&s;es which have formerly beene committed by tho&s;e that were entru&s;ted with Com|mi&s;&s;ions of that nature:</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Mercurii, 10. Maii, 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment, that the&s;e Ordinances &s;hall be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Browne Cler. Parliamento.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>May 11. Printed for John Wright, in the Old-Bailey. 1643.</P>
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<HEAD>A DECLARATION OR ORDINANCE Of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Mercurii,</HI> 10. <HI>Maii,</HI> 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Lords and Commons now a&s;&s;em|bled in Parliament, being informed of the great abu&s;es in the &s;everall Counties of this Kingdome, by the taking of Hor&s;es for the &s;ervice of the Parliament, by rea&s;on the Officers a&s;&s;igned for that purpo&s;e, can neither judge of the affections, nor abilities of the people, not knowing what they have contributed, nor in what proportion to the Propo&s;itions, and that other Officers doe &s;uffer the Hor&s;es &s;o taken, to be &s;old againe, and other likewi&s;e take compo&s;ition, and &s;pare the Hor&s;es that are fit for &s;ervice; by all which waies and meanes, the Countries are di&s;ta&s;ted &amp;
<PB REF="3"> di&s;couraged, the Parliament injured contrary to their intentions, &amp; the &s;ervice much hindred, and prejudiced. It is therefore Declared and Ordai|ned, That every Captaine, or other Officer, or Souldier, that hath, or &s;hall have any Commi&s;|&s;ion or Order, to take any Hor&s;es within any County, that he or they re&s;pectively, repaire to two of the Deputy Lieutenants, or two of the Committees for the Propo&s;itions, for ray&s;ing, or bringing in of Hor&s;es, Plate, and Money, being and re&s;iding in tho&s;e parts or limits, where he or they intend to take &s;uch Hor&s;es, or if no &s;uch Deputy Lieutenants, be in that part of the Coun|ty, nor any of the Committees, then to the next two Deputy Lieutenants, or Committees dwel|ling neere&s;t to the place within the &s;aid County, and that neither he or they doe take any Hor&s;es, without the direction or privity of the &s;aid Depu|ty Lieutenants, or Committees as afore&s;aid; And that every Hor&s;e &s;o taken as afore&s;aid, be marked by the Deputy Lieutenants, or Commit|tees, or two of them, and the Captaine, or other Officer, or Souldier, and a Duplicate to bee made, and &s;igned re&s;pectively under the hands of the hands of the Deputy Lieutenants, or Com|mittes as afore&s;aid, and the &s;aid Officer, and Souldier &s;o imployed, and therein to be entred the parties name, from whom the Hor&s;e is &s;o ta|ken, the colour of every Hor&s;e, the number taken within that part of the County, and the marke &s;et upon them, one part of the Duplicate to bee &s;ent to the Commi&s;&s;ary Generall for the Hor&s;e,
<PB REF="3"> belonging to the Army, wherein the Lord Gene|rall may receive upon all occa&s;ions an account, the other to remaine with the &s;aid Deputy Lieu|tenants, or Committees; And if any Officer, or Souldier, &s;hall doe any Act in any County, other|wi&s;e then is here expre&s;&s;ed, the Deputy Lieute|nants, or any of them, &s;hall then have power to &s;tay the &s;aid Hor&s;es otherwi&s;e taken, and al&s;o apprehend the Officer, or Souldier, and bring them to the Parliament or the Lord Generall, that he or they may be proceeded again&s;t as Con|temners of the Orders of Parliament, and a|bu&s;ers of the Countrie, and di&s;turbers of the Peace thereof.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Iovis</HI> 23. <HI>Martii.</HI> 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_IT is this day Ordered by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, doe at any time from hence|forth buy, &s;ell, or take to pawn or ex|change
<PB REF="4"> any Hor&s;e, Hor&s;es, Mu&s;kets, Carabines, Pi&s;tols, Pikes, Cor&s;lets or any other Armes, marked with the markes above &s;pecified, that no Smith, Gun-&s;mith or other per&s;on doe upon a|ny pretences what&s;oever, either alter or deface the marke above &s;pecified, being either on Hor&s;e or Armes. It is further Ordered, that in Ca&s;e any Hor&s;e or Hor&s;es marked with this marke, &s;hall fall &s;icke, Lame, or otherwi&s;e for the pre&s;ent prove vn&s;erviceable, That the Con&s;table of the Towne at the charge of that Towne take care to pre&s;erve &s;uch Hor&s;es untill they can be &s;ent unto &s;uch as &s;hall be appointed to receive them: And that &s;uch as &s;hall receive them &s;hall defray the charges of them, And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons offend in the premi&s;&s;es, It is Ordered that he or they &s;hall &s;uffer Impri&s;onment during the plea&s;ure of the Hou&s;e, and to forfeit the goods &s;o bought.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Browne Cler. Parliamen</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Iovis</HI> 26. <HI>Ianuarii,</HI> 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>IT is this day Ordayned by the Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That the Ordinance of both Hou&s;es of Parliament, dated the 15. day of <HI>November</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, granted to <HI>Maximilian Bard,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Browne,</HI> and others, for the taking and &s;eizing of Hor&s;es, Mares, &amp; Geldings, is here|by revoked and made voyd, and of none effect, and that if the &s;aid <HI>Maximilian Bard,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Browne,</HI> or any o|thers, &s;hall &s;eize or take any Hor&s;es, Mares, or Geldings hereafter, by colour of the &s;aid Ordinance, &s;hall be proceeded again&s;t as Felons, according to the Lawes of this Land.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Iohn Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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