Die Mercurii, 7. Junii; 1643.  
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 Excellency's 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 several Counties, when the Lord General shall require so many Horses out of any County, shall immediately leavy such a number upon every Division and Hundred, as in a proportion the several 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 General shall direct; Or that the Lord General shall find, by reason of some great exigency, that the said circumstances cannot be observed without danger to the Army, and insert the same in his Warrant, Then such Officers as his Excellency shall appoint, shall raise and take such number of Horses as are required by his Excellency, within the places appointed, rendering an account to his Excellency for the same, having regard always 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 exigency 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, etc. And the parties repaid for them upon the Public Faith. Provided always, 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.  


Joh. Brown, Cler. Parliament.  
H: Elsing, Cler. Parl. D. Com.     

London, Printed for Edw. Husbands, 1643.