BY virtue of an ordinance of Both Houses, of the 27 of October, 1643. whereby 〈◇〉 is to bee levied by way of loan in the County of 〈◇〉 for the better enabling of our Brethren the Scots, for our assistance, we do in pursuance thereof, and according to the powers derived unto us, assess you to lend the sum of 〈…〉 to be paid within eight dayes unto 〈◇〉 at 〈◇〉 whose Acquittance for the same being subsigned and entered as is directed, shall be sufficient for you to receive the said sum, with the use for the forbearance thereof, at the rate of eight pound per centum, per annum, according to the true intent of the said Ordinance.