Die Mercurii 3. April. 1644. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, for the incouragement and security of all such vvell-affected persons as shall forthwith advance any summes of money to enable the Committee of the Militia, speedily to send forth and maintaine a considerable number of horse and foot, for the pursute of that great victory which Almighty God hath given the Parliament forces, under command of Sir William Waller, and Sir William Belfour. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83189 of text R232473 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.9[1]). 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. 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A83189) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161099) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f9[1]) Die Mercurii 3. April. 1644. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, for the incouragement and security of all such vvell-affected persons as shall forthwith advance any summes of money to enable the Committee of the Militia, speedily to send forth and maintaine a considerable number of horse and foot, for the pursute of that great victory which Almighty God hath given the Parliament forces, under command of Sir William Waller, and Sir William Belfour. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Richard Cotes, Printed at London : 1644. Signed: John Browne Cleric. Parliamentorum. Annotation on Thomason copy: "[illegible] the fourth volume:". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Waller, William, -- Sir, 1597?-1668 -- Early works to 1800. Balfour, William, -- Sir, d. 1660 -- Early works to 1800. City of London (England). -- Committee for the Militia -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A83189 R232473 (Thomason 669.f.9[1]). civilwar no Die Mercurii 3. April. 1644. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, for the incouragement and security of all such v England and Wales. Parliament. 1644 863 8 0 0 0 0 0 93 D The rate of 93 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 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 Mercurii 3. April . 1644. AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED , For the incouragement and security of all such vvell-affected Persons as shall forthwith advance any summes of Money , To enable the Committee of the Militia , speedily to send forth and maintaine a considerable number of Horse and Foot , for the pursute of that great Victory which Almighty God hath given the Parliament Forces , under command of Sir William Waller , and Sir William Belfour . IT having pleased Almighty God to give the Forces under the Conduct of Sir William Waller , and Sir William Belfour , for the service of the King and Parliament , a late Victory against the Enemy , which being timely pursued , may , by his Omnipotent blessing , put an end unto these unnaturall Civill Warres . And the Committee of the Militia of the City of London , having to this purpose , ( at the desire of the Committee of both Kingdomes ) agreed , forthwith to send out some of the Horse and Foote under their Command , as well the better to inable the said Committee for this Service , as for the incouragement , and security of all such well-affected Persons as shall Advance and lend any Monies towards the payment of the Brigade of Generall Major Browne , already sent , & of other Forces , from time to time to bee sent by the said Committee , for the Service aforesaid , according to the establishment of the Kingdome . The Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled do declare , That the advancing of the said Money shall bee taken for a very acceptable service , & an evident testimony of the continuance of their zeale to the service of the King and Parliament , and the preservation of the Kingdome from ruine . And doe further ordaine , That all such Monies so advanced , and lent as aforesaid , ( not exceeding the summe of twentie thousand pound ) shall bee repaid , with interest , after the rate of eight pounds per cent . Out of the Receipts of the Excise and new Impost , granted by Ordinance of Parliament dated the eleventh of September last , which is to bee continued for one yeare longer : To wit , the first halfe yeares Interest at six moneths after the Loane of the said Monies , and the last halfe yeares Interest , together with the Principall , at the end of the next six Moneths following ; All which summes of Money so advanced , and lent as aforesaid , are forthwith to bee brought in , and paid to the Treasurers for Money and Plate at Guild-hall ; whose Receipt or Receipts under the hands of any two of them , shall bee a sufficient securitie and warrant for the repayment of such Monies with Interest , at the times before expressed , unto such person or persons as shall Advance and Lend any Money upon the Conditions aforesaid ; which Monies are againe to bee issued , and paid out by the said Treasurers , according as they shall bee directed by the said Committee of the Militia of London for the uses aforesaid . And the said Lords and Commons doe hereby authorize the Commissioners of the Excise and new Impost for the time being , to pay the said twentie thousand pounds or so much thereof as shall be lent and advanced for the service , with the Interest after the rate of eight pounds per cent . at the times before mentioned , unto such person or persons as shall advance the same , or any part thereof . And doe further ordaine , That as no Ordinance or Assignment which is not already passed upon the receipt of Excise , except the ten thousand pounds , remainder of the twentie thousand pounds assigned for Recruting my Lord Generalls Army , and except the twentie thousand pound promised for the Westerne Counties , shall precede this Ordinance ; Whereby the Monies thereby advanced may not bee 〈…〉 paid at the time herein expressed ; So in case these Receipts of the Excise should in the interim surcease , or otherwise fall short , 〈…〉 Lords and Commons doe hereby declare , That they will provide by some other wayes , and meanes , for the re-imbursement of 〈…〉 shall advance and lend the Monies aforesaid according to the true intent and meaning of this Ordinance : And the said Lord 〈…〉 〈…〉 mons doe further ordaine , That the said Committee of the Militia , shall from time to time give account to both or either Ho●●● 〈…〉 〈…〉 ment , or to whom they shall direct , how they have caused the said Monies to bee issued out , to the end it may appeare it is disbursed for the uses expressed in the Ordinance , and not otherwise . John Browne Cleric . Parliamentorum . Printed at London , by Richard Cotes , 1644.