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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 23. Maii, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, For putting Malig|nants and Papi&s;ts out of the Cities of <HI>London, We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> late Lines of Commu|nication, and Twenty miles di&s;tant.</HEAD>
<P>_THE Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament doe Declare and Ordain, and be it by Authority of Parlia|ment Ordained and Declared, That all Papi&s;ts what&s;oever, and all Officers and Souldiers of Fortune, and all other per&s;ons what&s;oever that have borne Armes again&s;t the Parliament, or have adhered to, or willingly a&s;&s;i&s;ted the Enemy in this late Warr, not being under re&s;traint, and not hereafter excepted, &s;hall at, or before the Five and twentyeth day of this in&s;tant May, 1648. depart the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the late Lines of Communication, and all other places within Twenty miles of the &s;aid late Lines of Communication. And if any the per&s;ons afore&s;aid &s;hall continue within the &s;aid Lines, or within Twenty miles di&s;tance of the &s;aid late Lines of Communication, after the &s;aid Five and twentyeth day of May, 1648. &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be apprehended, impri&s;oned, and proceeded again&s;t as Traytors.</P>
<P>And for the better execution of this Ordinance, it is further Ordained and Declared by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, and by Authority of Parliament, That the Lord Major of the City of <HI>London,</HI> and all Ju&s;tices of Peace within the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof, and the Committee of the Militia of the &s;aid City, or any one or more of them, and the Ju&s;tices of Peace of the &s;everall Counties of <HI>Middle&s;ex, Hertford, E&s;&s;ex, Kent,</HI> and <HI>Surry,</HI> and of the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> and Liberties thereof, and the &s;everall Committees of the Militia of the &s;aid City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> and Liberties thereof, and of the Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> Hamblets of the Tower and Suburbs, or any one or more of them in their re&s;pective Liberties and Juri&s;dictions, &s;hall and may, and are hereby authorized and required to make &s;earch for, and apprehend, or cau&s;e to be apprehended all Papi&s;ts and Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants what&s;oever, and all Officers and Souldiers what&s;oever that have borne Armes again&s;t the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> or have adhered to, or willingly a&s;&s;i&s;ted the Enemy in this late Warr, that are or &s;hall be found within the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and Suburbs and Liberties thereof, or within the late Lines of Communication, or Twenty miles di&s;tant thereof, after the &s;aid Twenty fifth day of this in&s;tant May, 1648. and all &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o apprehended and taken, and brought before them, or any one of them, as above&s;aid, to impri&s;on, and commit to &s;ome common Gaole or Pri&s;on, or to &s;afe cu&s;todie.</P>
<P>And all Sheriffs, Bayliffs, Con&s;tables, and all other His Maje&s;ties Officers and Subjects are to be aiding to the &s;aid Ju&s;tices of Peace, and Committees of Militia in execution of this Ordinance. And in ca&s;e any Gaoler, Con&s;table, or other Officer to whom any the per&s;ons afore&s;aid &s;hall be committed, &s;hal permit &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to go at liberty, without the &s;peciall Warrant or di&s;charge of the &s;aid Lord Major, Ju&s;tices of Peace, or Committees of Militia by whom they were &s;o committed, that the &s;ame &s;hal be taken and adjudged an e&s;cape; And &s;uch Jaylor, Con&s;table, and other Officer &s;hall be proceeded again&s;t, and puni&s;hed as for an e&s;cape, accor|ding to Law: And this Ordinance is to continue for the &s;pace of Six months from the &s;aid Five and twentyeth day of May, 1648. Provided, That nothing in this Ordinance &s;hall extend to &s;uch per&s;ons afore&s;aid, who having their Habitations within the Lines of Communication, or within the &s;aid &s;pace of Twenty miles, have made their Compo&s;itions, and paid in or &s;ecured their Fines, or have taken the Negative Oath and Covenant, or that &s;hall be authorized by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, or being really attending their Compo&s;itions at Gold&s;miths-hall, &s;hall be permitted by the Committee of Lords and Commons for Compo&s;itions, there to continue within the &s;aid late Lines of Communication for the perfecting their &s;aid Compo&s;itions.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Ioh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED>
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<P>YOu are hereby de&s;ired to cau&s;e the Con&s;tables in your Ward in their &s;everall Precincts and Liberties to make dili|gent &s;earch, and to apprehend and &s;ecure all &s;uch Delinquents as are Expre&s;&s;ed in the Ordinance above&s;aid: and this &s;earch to begin at Twelve of the clock this night; and the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Ward are hereby de&s;ired and appointed to a&s;&s;i&s;t the Con&s;tables herein, as need &s;hall require.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Dated at Guildhall, London, <DATE>the 14. of June, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE> <SIGNED>Signed in the Name, and by the Warrant of the Committee of the <HI>Militia</HI> of London, <ADD>By Adam Bancke to the &s;aid Co<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="8 letters"></ADD></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<TRAILER>To the Deputy and Common-councell-men in the Ward of <ADD REND="onBlank">Billing&s;gate</ADD> who are hereby de&s;ired to be jointly or &s;everally pre&s;ent with the Con&s;tables to &s;ee this Warrant duly executed.</TRAILER>
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