An act constituting Major-General Philip Skippon to be major-general and commander in chief of all the forces within the city of London, the late lines of communication, and weekly bills of mortality.

An act constituting Major-General Philip Skippon to be major-general and commander in chief of all the forces within the city of London, the late lines of communication, and weekly bills of mortality. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84566 of text R211958 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.15[37]). 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 A84566 Wing E985 Thomason 669.f.15[37] ESTC R211958 99870623 99870623 163111 2240954993

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84566) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163111) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f15[37]) An act constituting Major-General Philip Skippon to be major-general and commander in chief of all the forces within the city of London, the late lines of communication, and weekly bills of mortality. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Edward Husband and John Field, Printers to the Parliament of England, London : 1650. Order to print dated: Die Martis, 25 Junii, 1650. Signed: Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Skippon, Philip, d. 1660 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- Militia -- Early works to 1800. A84566 R211958 (Thomason 669.f.15[37]). civilwar no An Act constituting Major-General Philip Skippon to be major-general, and commander in chief of all the forces within the city of London, th England and Wales. Parliament. 1650 1 406 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. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

AN ACT Constituting Major-General Philip Skippon TO Be Major-General , and Commander in Chief of all the Forces within the City of London , the late Lines of Communication , and weekly Bills of Mortality .

BE it Enacted by the Parliament assembled , and it is Enacted by the Authority of the same , That Major General Philip Skippon be , and is hereby appointed Major General , and Commander in chief over all the Forces within the City of London and Liberties thereof , the late Lines of Communication , and weekly Bills of Mortality , raised or to be raised by the respective Committees for the Militia for the places and Precincts aforesaid for the time being , within the several Limits and Jurisdictions aforesaid : And the said Major General Philip Skippon shall have power , and is hereby authorized from time to time to Command , Lead , Conduct and Imploy the Forces so raised or to be raised as aforesaid , for the protection , and safe guarding of the Parliament from all force and violence , and likewise of the Cities of London and Westminster , and parts adjacent , within the said late Lines of Communication , and weekly Bills of Mortality ; and for the suppressing of all Tumults , Insurrections , Rebellions and Invasions , and of all Forces that shall be raised without Authority of Parliament within the limits aforesaid ; And shall and may Fight with , Kill and Slay all such as shall by force oppose him , and the Forces under his Command , in the execution of this Act ; And to observe and follow such other Directions , which the said Major General shall from time to time receive from the respective Committees for the Militia aforesaid , or either of them , within their respective Limits and Jurisdictions , in order to the Peace and Safety of the Parliament , Cities and places aforesaid ; And likewise to observe all such Orders and Directions as he shall from time to time receive from the Parliament or Councel of State .

Die Martis , 25 Junii , 1650.

ORdered by the Parliament , That this Act be forthwith printed and published .

Hen: Scobell , Cleric . Parliamenti .

London , Printed by Edward Husband and John Field , Printers to the Parliament of England , 1650.