It is this day ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that a collection be made of all well-affected persons within the cities of London, Westminster, and parishes within the bills of mortality, and likewise within the county of Middlesex, the associated counties late of the Earl of Manchesters association, and the four associated counties late of Sir William Wallers association, to be imployed for the relief of the poor distressed inhabitants of the town of Taunton, and such of the adjacent places, to be disposed of, as to the Committee of the West shall be thought meet and convenient
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             It is this day ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that a collection be made of all well-affected persons within the cities of London, Westminster, and parishes within the bills of mortality, and likewise within the county of Middlesex, the associated counties late of the Earl of Manchesters association, and the four associated counties late of Sir William Wallers association, to be imployed for the relief of the poor distressed inhabitants of the town of Taunton, and such of the adjacent places, to be disposed of, as to the Committee of the West shall be thought meet and convenient
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             Sept. 9, 1645.
          
           
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                 Die
                 Sabbathi
                 ,
              
               24.
               
               
                 Maii
                 ,
              
               1645.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             IT
             is
             this
             day
             Ordered
             by
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             assembled
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             That
             a
             Collection
             be
             made
             of
             all
             well-affected
             persons
             ,
             within
             the
             Cities
             of
             
               London
               ,
               Westminster
               ,
            
             and
             Parishes
             within
             the
             Bills
             of
             Mortality
             ,
             and
             likewise
             within
             the
             County
             of
             
               Middlesex
               ;
            
             the
             Associated
             Counties
             late
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Manchesters
            
             Association
             ,
             and
             the
             four
             Associated
             Counties
             late
             of
             Sir
             
               William
               Wallers
            
             Association
             ,
             to
             be
             imployed
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             the
             poor
             distressed
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Town
             of
             
               Taunton
               ,
            
             and
             such
             of
             the
             adjacent
             places
             ,
             to
             be
             disposed
             of
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Committee
             of
             the
             West
             shall
             be
             thought
             meet
             and
             convenient
             .
          
        
         
           
             Jo
             :
             Brown
             Cleric
             .
             Parliamentorum
             .
          
           
             H
             :
             Elsynge
             ,
             Cler.
             Parl.
             D.Com.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           THe
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           assembled
           in
           Parliament
           having
           thought
           fit
           ,
           that
           a
           Collection
           shall
           be
           made
           for
           the
           distressed
           people
           of
           the
           Town
           of
           
             Taunton
          
           (
           as
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           now
           read
           appears
           :
           )
           That
           you
           may
           be
           the
           better
           quickned
           to
           second
           it
           with
           a
           free
           Contribution
           ;
           It
           is
           thought
           fit
           that
           thereunto
           should
           be
           subjoyned
           ,
           a
           brief
           Delineation
           of
           their
           pressing
           Miseries
           ;
           They
           being
           such
           as
           call
           for
           tenderest
           bowels
           of
           compassion
           from
           all
           that
           bear
           the
           name
           of
           Christians
           :
           It
           is
           notoriously
           known
           to
           all
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           Town
           hath
           for
           these
           two
           years
           past
           ,
           endured
           all
           the
           calamities
           almost
           that
           War
           (
           the
           sharpest
           of
           all
           outward
           judgements
           )
           can
           bring
           upon
           a
           people
           :
           The
           first
           of
           these
           two
           years
           they
           lay
           groaning
           and
           fainting
           under
           that
           Affliction
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           poor
           oppressed
           Church
           complains
           ,
           
             Lam.
             1.5
             .
             Their
             Adversaries
             were
             the
             Chief
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             hated
             them
             ,
             ruled
             over
             them
             :
          
           So
           that
           they
           were
           deprived
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           in
           an
           instant
           ,
           of
           their
           liberties
           ,
           by
           close
           imprisonment
           ;
           of
           their
           estates
           ,
           by
           Plunder
           ,
           and
           by
           heavy
           impositions
           ;
           of
           their
           dearest
           Friends
           ,
           by
           flight
           ;
           yea
           (
           which
           is
           yet
           sad
           and
           dolefull
           )
           of
           their
           Ordinances
           and
           their
           God
           .
           The
           latter
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           endured
           three
           as
           sharp
           &
           cruell
           Sieges
           from
           a
           bloody
           Enemy
           ,
           as
           ever
           any
           place
           hath
           suffered
           since
           the
           Wars
           began
           ;
           in
           which
           their
           houses
           were
           consumed
           by
           fire
           ,
           their
           persons
           slain
           ,
           the
           Famine
           and
           the
           sword
           contended
           which
           should
           prey
           upon
           them
           first
           ;
           poor
           Mothers
           looking
           when
           the
           time
           would
           come
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           hear
           the
           Children
           cry
           for
           bread
           ,
           and
           there
           would
           be
           none
           to
           give
           them
           ;
           
             When
             they
             should
             see
             them
             swoon
             in
             the
             top
             of
             every
             street
             ,
          
           as
           
             Lam.
             2.11
             .
          
           However
           ,
           God
           upholds
           their
           spirits
           with
           unshaken
           resolution
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           fire
           and
           blood
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           end
           ;
           wrought
           out
           a
           great
           salvation
           for
           them
           ,
           whose
           almost
           matchlesse
           magnanimity
           ,
           and
           resolute
           Defence
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           hath
           put
           a
           greater
           stop
           to
           the
           proceedings
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           in
           hindring
           His
           Recruits
           ,
           and
           opened
           a
           more
           fair
           advantage
           to
           the
           Reducing
           of
           the
           Western
           parts
           ,
           then
           can
           be
           easily
           expressed
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           by
           these
           calamaties
           and
           troubles
           ,
           the
           estates
           of
           those
           who
           have
           escaped
           the
           sword
           ,
           are
           utterly
           exhausted
           and
           consumed
           ,
           five
           hundred
           of
           their
           houses
           burnt
           down
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           (
           being
           one
           half
           of
           the
           Town
           )
           by
           which
           almost
           one
           thousand
           Families
           are
           turned
           harbourlesse
           and
           helplesse
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           can
           only
           melt
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           weep
           over
           them
           ,
           but
           are
           not
           able
           to
           relieve
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           you
           that
           have
           escaped
           these
           miseries
           ,
           are
           earnestly
           besought
           to
           look
           upon
           this
           sad
           Distressed
           Town
           ,
           (
           sometimes
           the
           most
           eminent
           of
           those
           parts
           for
           building
           and
           scituation
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           for
           Piety
           and
           true
           Religion
           )
           now
           by
           the
           just
           displeasure
           of
           the
           Lord
           against
           it
           ,
           raked
           in
           its
           own
           ashes
           ,
           reduced
           almost
           to
           the
           extreamity
           of
           misery
           and
           want
           ,
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           that
           Cause
           which
           you
           Professe
           ,
           and
           take
           upon
           you
           to
           maintain
           :
           Listen
           and
           hear
           it
           crying
           to
           you
           in
           the
           Churches
           Lamentation
           ;
           
             See
             if
             there
             be
             any
             sorrow
             like
             to
             my
             sorrow
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             Lord
             hath
             afflicted
             me
             in
             the
             day
             of
             his
             fierce
             anger
             :
          
           and
           do
           not
           stop
           your
           eares
           against
           their
           cry
           for
           pitty
           from
           you
           ,
           lest
           the
           Lord
           deal
           accordingly
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           stop
           his
           eares
           against
           your
           cryes
           for
           mercy
           ,
           when
           you
           have
           most
           need
           of
           it
           .
           In
           such
           a
           singular
           and
           extraordinary
           case
           as
           this
           ,
           stir
           up
           your selves
           to
           do
           some
           extraordinary
           thing
           ;
           Do
           not
           draw
           out
           your
           purses
           only
           to
           your
           poor
           distressed
           Brethren
           ,
           but
           your
           very
           souls
           too
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophet
           speaks
           :
           This
           is
           your
           duty
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           be
           your
           policy
           ,
           if
           you
           desire
           to
           save
           your
           persons
           ,
           houses
           and
           estates
           ,
           from
           that
           heavy
           misery
           which
           hath
           exposed
           them
           to
           your
           mercy
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Edward
             Husband
             ,
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           
             Sept
             9.
          
           1645.