Die Lunae, 10. Martii, 1644.  
THe Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, taking into their consideration the great distress and calamity of the Town of Plymouth, Melcomb Regis, and Weymouth: Order, That the collections on the general Thanksgiving Day, being the twelfth day of this present month of March, be taken and employed for the Relief of the widows, maimed soldiers, and others poor and destitute, in, and of the Towns of Plymouth, Weymouth, and Melcomb; and commend the same to the charitable and tender compassions of all good men and women; requiring the Ministers in the several Congregations, to stir up and exhort their Auditors to all readiness and cheerfulness in so good and godly a work: The said Lords and Commons further Order, That the said collections be taken by the several churchwardens in the usual manner, and then delivered and paid to Michael Herring Merchant, at goldsmith's Hall, giving his Acquittances for his Receipts; and the said moneys to be disposed of, by the Committee for the safety of the West, for the ends aforesaid: And the said collectors are within seven days after their respective Receipts, to give account in writing to the said Michael Herring, to the end, the same may be speedily employed as aforesaid. And the Lord Mayor of London is hereby desired to distribute copies hereof accordingly, to the several Parishes within the Lines of Communication.  


Io: Brown, Cleric. Parliamentorum.  
H: Elsing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.