An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for prevention of the adiournment of the courts of iustice, without consent of both Houses of Parliament England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83105 of text R212175 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.9[4]). 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 A83105 Wing E1898 Thomason 669.f.9[4] ESTC R212175 99870821 99870821 161102 2248517525

This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83105) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161102) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f9[4]) An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for prevention of the adiournment of the courts of iustice, without consent of both Houses of Parliament England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) for Iohn Wright, and are to be sold at his shop in the Old Baylie, Imprinted at London : 1644. Dated and signed at end: Die Martis 30. April. 1644. Io. Browne Cler. Parliament. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A83105 R212175 (Thomason 669.f.9[4]). civilwar no An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for prevention of the adiournment of the courts of iustice, without consent o England and Wales. Parliament. 1644 1 485 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 C The rate of 21 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 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
official insignia
AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in Parliament , For prevention of the Adiournment of the Courts of Iustice , without Consent of both Houses of Parliament .

THe Lords and Commons taking into their serious consideration the great inconvenience that hath come to his Majesties Subjects by the late frequent adjournment of the Courts of Iustice , and by Spies resorting to the Cities of London and Westminster under pretence thereof ; for the prevention of the same for the future , doe hereby Order and Ordaine , That in case any person or persons shall at any time hereafter deliver , or cause to be delivered to any of the Iudges of any of His Majesties Courts to be held in Westminster , or to any of their Clerkes or Servants , or to any Officers of any the said respective Courts , or any others , to be delivered to any the said Iudges , any Writ , Proclamation , or other Thing whatsoever , sealed with any great Seale , other then the great Seale of England now attending the Parliament by Ordinance of both Houses , all and every such person and persons shall be proceeded against by Law-Martiall as Spies ; and the Lord Generall is hereby desired forthwith to proceed against every such person accordingly . And it is further Ordered and Ordained , That none of the said Iudges , nor their Clerkes , Servants , or any Officer or Officers of the respective Courts aforesaid , shall presume to Receive , View , or any wayes meddle with any Writ or Proclamation sealed with any great Seale , without first acquainting the Speakers of the two Houses therewith , and receiving and pursuing the directions to be given thereupon from both Houses of Parliament , upon pain of Imprisonment of their persons , Sequestration of their Estates , and such further punishment as shall be thought meet by both Houses of Parliament , And that no Iudge , Officer , or other person whatsoever , presume to carry , or cause to be carried , any Records , Writings , or other Memorialls from any the Courts at Westminster , or other places in or about the Cities of London or Westminster unto the City of Oxford , or other place where the Kings forces are , under paine of incurring such , or the like Penalties as aforesaid .

Die Martis 30. April ▪ 1644.

IT is this day Ordered by the Lords in Parliament Assembled , That this Ordinance shall be reprinted and set up upon Posts in Westminster-Hall and other publique places in and about the Cities of London and Westminster .

Io. Browne Cler. Parliament .

Imprinted at London for Iohn Wright , and are to be sold at his Shop in the Old Baylie , 1644.