Die Veneris 4 Octob. 1644. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for sending forth five regiments out of the City of London; and parts adjacent. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83133 of text R212198 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.9[15]). 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. 6 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 A83133 Wing E1924 Thomason 669.f.9[15] ESTC R212198 99870844 99870844 161113 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83133) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161113) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f9[15]) Die Veneris 4 Octob. 1644. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for sending forth five regiments out of the City of London; and parts adjacent. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Richard Cotes, Printed at London : 1644. Signed: Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng City of London (England). -- Committee for the Militia -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A83133 R212198 (Thomason 669.f.9[15]). civilwar no Die Veneris 4 Octob. 1644. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament: for sending forth five regiments out of the City o England and Wales. Parliament. 1644 885 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. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Die Veneris 4 Octob. 1644. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament : For sending forth Five Regiments out of the City of LONDON ; and parts adjacent . IT is this day Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , that the Committee of the Militia of the City of London and parts adjacent , within the Lines of Communication , and Parishes mentioned in the weekly bills of Mortality , shall have power , and is hereby authorised to command the Red and Blue Regiments of Trayned Bands of the said City ; and the Red Regiment of Trayned Bands of Westminster ; the Yellow Regiment of Trayned Bands of the Borough of Southwark ; and the Yellow Regiment of Auxiliaries of the Hamblets of the Tower , consisting of five thousand men , or thereabouts , and such other Forces as they shall think fit , either of Horse , or Foot , raised or to bee raised under the command of the said Committee of the Militia , within the Limits aforesaid , to March from the severall parts aforesaid , according to the Discipline and order of Warre , under the conduct and command of such Major Generall , Collonels , Lieutenant Collonels , Captains , and other Officers , as the said Committee shall appoint , together with all such necessary provisions of Armes Ammunition , Ordnance , and other Carriages , and to joine with such other Forces of Horse and Foote , as are under the command of the Earle of Manchester , and Sir William Waller , or either of them , according as they shall bee directed by both Houses , or the Committee of both Kingdomes ; to resist and subdue the Forces raised without authority of Parliament ; and to recover , and preserve such places as are now possessed by the Enemy . And for prevention of such inconveniences , as by experience hath been discovered to fall out in former expeditions by giving great summes of money before hand to hired Souldiers , and by their refusing to serve ; unlesse they may have their owne demands . It is further ordained , That no advance shall be henceforth given before hand , to any Souldiers hired , or to bee hired , besides their weekly pay ; and that the Committee of the Militia , and their Sub-committees respectively , shall have power to Impresse within their severall Limits , all such persons as shall be by them thought fit to bee hired , to serve in this expedition , excepting such persons as are excepted in the Ordinance of Parliament , made the 12 of July last , 1644. And it is further ordained , that the said Committee shall have power , and is hereby authorized to call backe such Forces as they shall command to march forth by vertue of this Ordinance , when they shall thinke fit ; and that all the said Colonells , Lieutenant Colonells , Captaines , Officers , Souldiers , and other persons under the command of the said Committee of the Militia , whether Masters , or Servants , shall obey the directions of the said Committee of the Militia from time to time , upon paine of imprisonment , or expulsion out of the Limits aforesaid , and such other punishments as the said Committee shall thinke fit to impose upon them by reasonable Fines , or according to the course of Warre : and to levy the said Fines , by distresse , and sale of their goods , and to imploy the same for the service of the City , as the said Committee shall appoint : And all Sub-committees made , or to bee made , Constables , Headboroughs , Provost Marshals , and other Officers , are hereby required to bee aiding and assisting from time to time for the better furthering and effecting all such services as are contained or intended by this Ordinance , according as they shall bee directed by the said Committee within the Limits aforesaid ; as they will answer the contrary under the penalties herein mentioned . And it is further ordained , that all such Forces as shall be sent forth by the said Committees of the Militia , by vertue of this Ordinance , shall bee payed during their continuance abroad by the Parliament , according to the new establishment of the Army under his Excellency the Earle of Essex . And it is further ordained , that the Sub-committees appointed , or to bee appointed by the said Committee of the Militia shall have power , and are hereby authorized to cause all or any the clauses conteined in this Ordinance to bee put in due execution , when , and as often as they shall receive directions from the said Committee ; and as well the said Committee , as also their Sub-committees , and all other persons acting in the Premises , according to the true intent of this Ordinance , shall bee saved harmelesse by the authority of both Houses of Parliament . Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum . Printed at London by Richard Cotes , 1644.