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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae 17. Junii 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_IT is this day Ordered by the Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That the &s;everall and re&s;pective Mini&s;ters in and about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Pari&s;hes within the Bills of Mortali|ty, doe on the next Lords day, take notice of the great ble&s;&s;ing of God in pre&s;erving the Towne of <HI>Lyme,</HI> and rai&s;ing the Siege, and returne him humble and hearty Thankes for the manife&s;tation of his great goodne&s;&s;e and ble&s;&s;ing herein.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;ynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Junii 19. 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas by rea&s;on of the long and cruell Siege of the Towne of <HI>Lyme</HI> by Prince <HI>Maurice,</HI> and his whole Army, for full two moneths, great numbers of mi&s;erable poore People, have lo&s;t their Hou&s;es and Goods by fire, other their Husbands, Children, and other Friends by the Sword, &s;o that they are left utterly, de&s;titute and de&s;olate, in the mid&s;t of a plundered and wa&s;ted Coun|try. It is Ordered that every Godly Mini&s;ter bee de&s;ired the next Lords day, effectu|ally to &s;tirre up his Congregation to commi&s;erate their great extremities, and to re|lieve their hunger and nakedne&s;&s;e, with a charitable contribution; And to deliver it to &s;uch as &s;hall bee authorized to receive it by the Committee of Lords and Com|mons, for <HI>Plymouth, Lyme</HI> and <HI>Poole.</HI></P>
<P>And my Lord Major is hereby de&s;ired to advance this &s;o pious and charitable work by di&s;per&s;ing this Order to all the Pari&s;hes within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and within the Lines of Communication and Bills of Mortality.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;ynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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