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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<HEAD><HI>At</HI> Edinburgh <HI>the</HI> 15 <HI>of October,</HI> 1647.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Committee of E&s;tates being frequently met, to take into con|&s;ideration the disbanding of the Army pre&s;ently within the King|dome, according to a former Act of the Committee of the ele|venth of September la&s;t; And con&s;idering the dangers at this time imminent to Religion, His Maje&s;ties Per&s;on and Autho|rity, the Union betwixt the Kingdomes, and Peace of this King|dome, which were fully repre&s;ented to them in the Remon|&s;trance of the Commi&s;sioners of the Generall A&s;&s;embly, in the Letters from their Commi&s;sioners at <HI>London,</HI> and in the informa|tions &s;ent hither from &s;everall places of the Kingdom: And having at length debated, there|upon, do finde it nece&s;&s;ar, in regard thereof, that the Army bee kept up till the meeting of Parliament in March next to come; And do therefore remit and referre the con&s;iderati|on of the disbanding the Army till that meeting: And in the mean time, that the burden of the entertainment of the Army do not appear greater then really it is, The Committee of E&s;tates have thought fit to make known to all his Maje&s;ties good Subjects, That this day the Lord Generall, the Lieutenant Generall, and Generall Majors, to te&s;tifie the willingne&s;&s;e of the Army to ea&s;e the Kingdome as much as can be; Have for them&s;elves, in name of the whole Officers, Souldiers under their command, and contained in the e&s;tabli&s;h|ment of the Army, freely quit and di&s;charged to the Kingdome the proportion of their Pay underwritten, from the tenth of October in&s;tant, to the tenth day of March next to come, <HI>viz.</HI> the Foot Souldiers quits daily twelve pennies Scots, the Trouper two &s;hillings Scots, the Dragooners proportionally, and the Officers above a Lieutenant, quits the third part of their Pay; VVhich offer the Committee hath accepted, and with that deduction ordaines the Army be entertained from the &s;aid tenth of October, till the &s;aid tenth day of March next, according to the rule of Maintenance, the accounts whereof is to come in to the Generall Commi&s;&s;ary as formerly: And the retention of the Anualrents to be proportionable to the Maintenance; And whereas by the fore&s;aid Act of the eleventh of September, the Shires were ordained to advance pre&s;ently new three Months Mainte|nance; The Committee in regard of the cour&s;e taken by this Act di&s;chargeth the advance of the &s;aids three Moneths Maintenance, and all execution to pa&s;&s;e for Payment thereof. And ordains thir pre&s;ents to be Printed, and Publi&s;hed at the Market Cro&s;&s;es of the &s;everall Burrows of the Kingdom, and to be &s;ent to the Committees of VVar of the Shires, that none pretend ignorance thereof.</P>
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<P>Printed at Edinburgh by <HI>Evan Tyler,</HI> Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;tie. <HI>1647.</HI></P>
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