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An ordinance and declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament [[electronic resource] ] : that the lord major and citizens of the City of London, for the better securing and safety thereof, shall have full power and authority according to their discretion, to trench, stop, and fortifie all high-waies leading into the said city, as well within the liberties, as without, as they shall see cause. And for the better effecting thereof, shall impose upon all the inhabitants within the same, upon every house worth 5 l. a year six pence, and every house of greater rent after the rate of two pence in the pound. Also, an ordinance of both houses for an assessment to be made in the several parishes of England for the relief of maimed soldiers, widows, and fatherless children. Die Martis, 7 Martii. 1642. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that these two ordinances shall be forthwith printed and published. Io. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum |
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