Die
Martis
,
11.
Iulii
,
1648.
WHereas
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
assembled
,
have
been
necessitated
to
take
up
and
anticipate
severall
great
sums
of
mony
for
the
service
of
the
Parliament
,
upon
the
credit
of
the
receipts
of
the
Excise
established
and
still
in
force
by
severall
Ordinances
of
Parliament
,
And
upon
occasion
of
such
loanes
made
unto
them
,
have
declared
that
they
would
continue
the
same
Receipts
of
the
Excise
;
untill
Principall
and
Interest
were
fully
discharged
,
which
cannot
be
yet
compassed
,
by
reason
that
the
Receipts
of
the
Excise
have
for
many
Moneths
past
been
very
much
obstructed
,
and
so
fallen
very
much
short
of
what
was
expected
,
if
the
same
could
have
been
duly
levied
;
And
foreseeing
,
that
besides
the
satisfying
of
those
Engagements
,
it
will
be
necessary
to
continue
the
same
Receipts
of
the
Excise
the
better
to
inable
them
to
goe
through
the
great
work
of
establishing
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdom
,
upon
which
they
are
at
present
ingaged
;
And
for
the
better
easing
of
the
People
,
upon
whom
the
Charge
of
so
great
a
Work
must
otherwise
lye
,
and
be
raised
with
much
difficulty
and
inconvenience
,
and
in
a
farr
more
burthensome
manner
;
The
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
assembled
doe
hereby
Ordain
,
That
the
severall
Receipts
of
the
Excise
and
New-Impost
now
in
force
,
formerly
appointed
by
Ordinance
of
the
11.
of
September
,
1643.
commonly
called
the
Grand
Excise
;
so
much
of
the
Ordinance
dated
the
Ninth
of
January
,
1643.
concerning
Forain
made
Salt
imported
;
the
Additionall
Excise
and
New-Impost
appointed
by
Ordinance
dated
the
Eighth
of
July
,
1644.
And
the
last
Additionall
Ordinance
for
the
levying
Excise
upon
Lead
,
Gold
,
Silver
,
and
Copper
thread
,
Gold
,
Silver
,
and
Copper
wyer
,
&c.
dated
the
Four
and
twentieth
of
November
,
1645.
And
all
other
Orders
,
Declarations
and
Ordinances
of
Parliament
now
in
force
,
made
in
Explanation
,
or
for
the
better
Regulating
all
and
every
the
said
Receipts
,
be
yet
continued
,
from
,
and
after
the
Nine
and
twentyeth
day
of
September
in
the
yeare
of
our
Lord
1648
untill
the
Nine
and
twentyeth
day
of
September
,
which
shall
be
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
God
1650.
to
be
managed
by
such
Persons
,
and
in
such
manner
as
both
Houses
of
Parliament
shall
think
fit
;
whereof
,
as
all
persons
whatsoever
are
hereby
required
to
take
due
notice
and
yeeld
obedience
thereunto
accordingly
,
so
,
the
said
Lords
and
Commons
doe
Declare
,
That
whensoever
they
shall
find
the
Affairs
of
this
Kingdom
to
be
in
such
a
condition
(
which
they
shall
especially
and
earnestly
endevour
)
as
may
admit
of
the
utter
abolishing
or
lessening
thereof
,
they
will
upon
all
occasions
embrace
the
same
,
and
shew
how
ready
they
are
to
give
all
possible
ease
unto
the
people
.
Joh.
Brown
,
Cler.
Parliamentorum
.
H.
Elsynge
,
Cler.
Parl.
D.
Com.