Die
Lunae
,
10.
Martii
,
1644.
THe
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
assembled
,
taking
into
their
consideration
the
great
distresse
and
calamity
of
the
Town
of
Plymouth
,
Melcomb
Regis
,
and
Weymouth
:
Order
,
That
the
collections
on
the
generall
Thanksgiving
Day
,
being
the
twelfth
day
of
this
present
moneth
of
March
,
be
taken
and
imployed
for
the
Relief
of
the
Widdows
,
mained
Souldiers
,
and
others
poor
and
destitute
,
in
,
and
of
the
Towns
of
Plymouth
,
Weymouth
,
and
Melcomb
;
and
commend
the
same
to
the
charitable
and
tender
compassions
of
all
good
men
and
women
;
requiring
the
Ministers
in
the
severall
Congregations
,
to
stir
up
and
exhort
their
Auditors
to
all
readinesse
and
cheerfulnesse
in
so
good
and
godly
a
work
:
The
said
Lords
and
Commons
further
Order
,
That
the
said
collections
be
taken
by
the
severall
Church-wardens
in
the
usuall
manner
,
and
then
delivered
and
paid
to
Michaell
Herring
Merchant
,
at
Goldsmiths
Hall
,
giving
his
Acquittances
for
his
Receipts
;
and
the
said
moneys
to
be
disposed
of
,
by
the
Committee
for
the
safety
of
the
West
,
for
the
ends
aforesaid
:
And
the
said
collectors
are
within
seven
dayes
after
their
respective
Receipts
,
to
give
Accompt
in
writing
to
the
said
Michaell
Herring
,
to
the
end
,
the
same
may
be
speedily
imployed
as
aforesaid
.
And
the
Lord
Mayor
of
London
is
hereby
desired
to
distribute
copies
hereof
accordingly
,
to
the
severall
Parishes
within
the
Lines
of
Communication
.
-
Io:
Brown
,
Cleric
.
Parliamentorum
.
-
H
:
Elsynge
,
Cler.
Parl.
D.
Com.