WHereas there is an Ordinance of Parliament passed , bearing date the Tenth day of this instant May , concerning the taking of Horses for the service of the Parliament ; It is further Ordered , and Declared by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , aswell in pursuance of the said Ordinance , as by way of addition , That his Excellencies occasions may be served , and yet with the greatest ease to the Counties as may be ; That the Deputy-Lieutenants , or the Committees for the Propositions , or any two of them , within the severall Counties , when the Lord Generall shall require so many Horses out of any County , shall immediately leavie such a number upon every Division and Hundred , as in a proportion the severall parts will afford ; And shall cause the Horses so proportioned , to be delivered accordingly .

And in case the said Deputy-Lieutenants , or Committees , shall not execute according to the said Ordinance , and deliver such Horses as are fit for service , nor in such time as the Lord Generall shall direct ; Or that the Lord Generall shall finde , by reason of some great exigencie , that the said circumstances cannot be observed without danger to the Army , and insert the same in his Warrant , Then such Officers as his Excellencie shall appoint , shall raise and take such number of Horses as are required by his Excellencie , within the places appointed , rendring an accompt to his Excellencie for the same , having regard alwaies of those persons that having expressed their good Affections by contributing upon the Propositions , and submitting to the Orders and Ordinances of Parliament ; And in case that upon any exigencie the Horses of such persons as have expressed their Affections to the Parliament as aforesaid , shall be taken , That their Horses shall be valued by the Constables , and certified to the Commissary in London , for valuing of Horses , Arms , &c. And the parties repaid for them upon the Publique Faith . Provided alwayes , That this Ordinance shall not extend to the seizing or taking any Horses , Mares , or Geldings of any the Members of either of the Houses of Parliament , or of any Peer , or of any of the Assistants of the House of Peers .