31. Martii, 1646. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament: to command all Papists, officers, and souldiers of fortune, and such as have borne armes against the Parliament to depart out of the lines of communication before the sixth of Aprill or to bee proceeded against as spies. H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83307 of text R200714 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 4KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A83307 Wing E2091 Thomason E330_7 ESTC R200714 99861382

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31. Martii , 1646.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT : TO Command all Papists , Officers , and Souldiers of Fortune , and such as have borne Armes against the Parliament to depart out of the Lines of Communication before the sixth of Aprill or to bee proceeded against as Spies .

H. Elsynge Cler . Parl . D. Com .

Printed at London by Ric . Cotes , 1646.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT . 31. Martii , 1646.

THe Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , taking notice of the great confluence and resort of Papists , Officers , and Souldiers of fortune , and such as have borne Armes against the Parliament of England from the Enemies Garrisons and Quarters unto the Cities of London and Westminster , and other parts within the Lines of Communication , doe for the prevention of such inconveniences , as may thereby arise thinke fit to order ; And it is hereby Ordered by the said Lords and Commons , that all Papists whatsoever , and all Officers and Souldiers of Fortune , and other persons that have borne Armes against the Parliament of England , not being under restraint , doe before the end of the sixth day of Aprill 1646. depart out of the said Cities of London and Westminster , and Lines of Communication ; And if any such person shall continue within the said Lines after that time , such person is hereby declared a Spy , and shall bee apprehended , imprisoned , and proceeded against as a Spy , according to the rules of Warre . And the said Lords and Commons doe further Order , That all such persons doe forbeare upon the penalty aforesaid , to returne or come within the said Lines , without License under the hands of the Committee appointed for Compositions at Goldsmiths-Hall . And the Committee of the Militia of London , and their Sub-Committees in their severall Limits respectively are hereby required to keepe strict Guards and Watches , and cause frequent Searches to bee made ; and to take care for the due execution of this Order : Provided that this Order , or any thing therein contained , shall not extend to any Person or Persons who shall obtaine License under the hands of the Committee of Goldsmiths-Hall , to continue within the Limits aforesaid . Provided that this Order , or any thing herein contained , shall not extend to any person or persons who came in to the Parliament before the first of June last , and are cleared by both Houses of Parliament from their Delinquency . Provided also that no Peer of this Realm shal resort unto the Committee of Goldsmiths-Hall for License to continue within the Limits aforesaid , but shall repair onely to the House of Peers for their said License : This Order to continue for the space of one Month after the said sixth of Aprill , and no longer .

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