Whereas it hath pleased the Parliament in and by their Act bearing date the 14th of August 1649. concerning the excise, to appoint the generall of their forces for the time being, to order and enjoyne all collonels ... Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A81020 of text R211410 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.16[33]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A81020 Wing C7179 Thomason 669.f.16[33] ESTC R211410 99897381 99897381 135464 2240938012

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A81020) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 135464) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2494:6) Whereas it hath pleased the Parliament in and by their Act bearing date the 14th of August 1649. concerning the excise, to appoint the generall of their forces for the time being, to order and enjoyne all collonels ... Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1651] Dated and signed: the eight day of Novemb. 1651. O: Cromwell. Imprint from Wing. Steele notation (exclusive of order): Act diers fit-. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb. 14". Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library. eng Excise tax -- England -- Early works to 1800. Soldiers -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- England A81020 R211410 (Thomason 669.f.16[33]). civilwar no Whereas it hath pleased the Parliament in and by their Act bearing date the 14th of August 1649. concerning the excise, to appoint the gener Cromwell, Oliver 1651 1 424 22 0 0 0 0 0 519 F The rate of 519 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

WHEREAS it hath pleased the Parliament in and by their Act bearing Date the 14th of August 1649. concerning the Excise , to appoint the Generall of their Forces for the time being , to Order and enjoyne all Collonels , Captaines , Officers & Souldiers under his Command , upon application made to them , or 〈…〉 of them , speedily to suppresse all Tumults , Ryots , and unlawfull Assem●●●●s which shall be attempted or acted , in opposition against the Commis●●●●ers of Excise , their Sub-Commissioners , Collectors , or Officers , in exe●●●●on of the Ordinances and Acts of Parliament for the Excise ; and to ap●●●hend all such ryotous and tumultuous persons , that they may be proceed●● against according to Law . And whereas it is in the said Act further de●●●ed , That no Commander , Officer , or Souldier , shall seize upon , forcea●●● take , or detayne any the Receipts of the Excise , or protect any person ●●●m payment thereof , or encourage any person not to pay the same . And 〈◊〉 if any Commanders , Officers , or Souldiers , shall notwithstanding seize 〈◊〉 , forceably take , or detayne any the Receipts of the Excise , protect any ●●●●on from paying thereof , or encourage any person not to pay the same , 〈…〉 proofe made thereof , shall be ( Ipso facto ) Cashiered , and all his 〈◊〉 forfeited to the Common-wealth ; and suffer such other punish●●●● as shall by the said Generall or Councell of Warre , be adjudged fit●● ▪

IN pursuance whereof I doe hereby require all Collonels , Captains , Officers , and Souldiers under my Command , upon application from time to time of the said Commissioners of the Excise , their Sub-Commissioners , Collectors , or Of●●●●● , unto them , or any of them , to be aiding and ●●sisting , as well in prevent●●g of such Tumults and Ryots , as in the suppressing thereof . And doe also ●●ereby declare , That if any Collonels , Officers , or S●uldiers shall seize upon , ●orceably take , or detayne any the Receipts of the Excise , or shall protect any person from paying thereof , or encourage any person not to pay the same , shall be proceeded against , and suffer according as in the sa●d Act is expressed .

Given under my Hand and Seale the Eight day of Novemb●● 1651. O : CROMWELL .