22. Febr. 1644. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament commanding all officers and souldiers, upon pain of death, to repair to their colours within eight and forty hours after notice of this ordinance. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83024 of text R212211 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.9[22]). 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 A83024 Wing E1811 Thomason 669.f.9[22] ESTC R212211 99870856 99870856 161120 2240939330

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83024) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161120) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f9[22]) 22. Febr. 1644. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament commanding all officers and souldiers, upon pain of death, to repair to their colours within eight and forty hours after notice of this ordinance. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for Edw: Husbands, London : 1644. [i.e. 1645] Order to print signed: H:Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Militia -- Early works to 1800. A83024 R212211 (Thomason 669.f.9[22]). civilwar no 22. Febr. 1644. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament; commanding all officers and souldiers, upon pain of death, to England and Wales. Parliament. 1644 1 476 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
22. Febr. 1644. AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in Parliament ; Commanding all Officers and Souldiers , upon pain of Death , to repair to their Colours within Eight and forty hours after notice of this Ordinance .

IT is this Day Ordered by the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled , That all Officers and Souldiers ( other then such as shall have leave or License , from the Lord-Generall , or other Commander in chief , shall and do within Eight and forty hours after notice of this Ordinance ) upon pain of Death repair to their severall Colours : And all Officers are hereby injoyned to take speciall care to keep their Souldiers together , as they will answer the contrary at their extreamest perill . And for the more speedy and effectuall execution of this Ordinance , It is further Ordained , That the severall Committees of the severall and respective Counties , Cities and places , shall immediatly upon receipt hereof , cause the same to be published , in every Market-Town and Parish-Church within their respective Limits . And it is further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid , That the Committees and Deputy-Lieutenants of the severall Counties aforesaid , or any one of them shall apprehend every Souldier , who after publication hereof shall not repair to their Colours , according to this Ordinance , and commit them to prison , and with all convenient speed take order , that every person so committed , may bee sent to his Commander in chief , To the intent they may be proceeded against according to the course of War : And every person , that after publication of this Ordinance , shall willingly harbour or entertain any Officer or Souldier , that hath or shall depart from his Colours ( without the Passe of his superior-Officer ) shall , for every Day that he shall so harbour or entertain , forfeit the Sum of Ten Shillings , to be leavyed by the Warrant of the said Committees , or any two of them , by Distresse and Sale of the Offenders Goods ; And the Committees are hereby required and injoyned to leavie the said Fines accordingly .

22. Febr. 1644.

ORdered , That Colonell Manwaring be required to cause this Ordinance to be published by sound of Drum and Trumpet in London , and Lines of Communication : And those Committees and other persons to whom it doth appertain without the Line , are also required to publish the same in their severall Counties , Towns and Parishes where any Souldiers are , by like beat of Drum , and Trumpet .

H : Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com.

London , Printed for Edw: Husbands . 1644.