Die Martis. 23 May 1648. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. For setling of the militia of the county of Hereford. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83135 of text R210789 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.12[31]). 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 A83135 Wing E1925 Thomason 669.f.12[31] ESTC R210789 99869546 99869546 162824 2240931346

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83135) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162824) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f12[31]) Die Martis. 23 May 1648. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. For setling of the militia of the county of Hereford. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley, London : 1648. Order to print signed: Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng City of London (England). -- Committee for the Militia -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Hereford (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Militia -- Early works to 1800. A83135 R210789 (Thomason 669.f.12[31]). civilwar no Die Martis. 23 May 1648. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. For setling of the militia of the county of Hereford England and Wales. Parliament. 1648 1 520 9 0 0 0 0 0 173 F The rate of 173 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 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Die Martis . 23 May 1648. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT . For setling of the Militia in the County of Hereford .

BE it Ordained by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , that these persons following , viz. Walter Lord Viscount Hereford , Leicester Devereux Esquire , Sir Edward Powell Baronet , Sir Robert Harley Knight of the Bath , Sir Robert Pye Senior Knight , Franc●● Kirle Esquire , High Sheriffe of the County of Hereford , Edward Harley , Thomas Baskervile Edward Pitt Esquires , Walter Kirle , William Littleton , Robert Kyrle Robert Harley , John Scudamore of Ken Church , Samuel Mare , Bennet Hoskins , John Birch , William Crowther , Ambrose Elton Junior John Puteshall , Francis Pember , John Flacket , Junior , Thomas Rawlins Esquires ; Major Thomas Blaney , Captaine Priamus Davies , and Thomas Eaton Gentleman ; Shall bee Commissioners for the Militia , in the County of Hereford , for the better securing and safety of the Parliament and the sai● County ; And shall have power and Authority , and are hereby Authorized by themselves , o● any five or more of them to put the said County into a posture of defence , and to raise Forces Horse and Foot , and them to List , Arme , and exercise ; and to forme them into Regiments , Troops and Companies , and them to Muster , Array and weapon from time to time in places fit for that purpose : And to appoint over them Colonels , Captaines , and other Officers from time to time by Commissions under the hands and seales of the said Commissioners , or any seven of them , as often as there shal● be occasion in that behalfe : And shall have power , and are hereby authorized by themselves , or thei● said Commanders and Officers to lead , conduct and imploy the said persons arrayed , and weaponed fo● the suppression of all Rebellions and Insurrections that shall or may happen within the County aforesaid According as the said Commissioners , or any five of them shall from time to time give directions , or shal● be otherwise directed from time to time by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , or the Committee sitting at Derby house : Any former Order , Declaration , or other matter to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding . And for all and every their doings herein , the said Commissioners and all and every the said Person and Persons shall be saved harmlesse and indempnified by the Authorit● of Parliament . Provided that this Ordinance and every thing therein conteyned shall continue fo● the space of sixe Moneths , and no longer .

Die Martis . 23 May 1648.

ORdered by the Lords Assembled in Parliament , That this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and published .

Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum .

LONDON , Printed for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley . 1648.