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A80885	A declaration and order of his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell, and his Councill of Officers: for the continuance of the assesment for six moneths, from the 24th. of June 1653. to the 25th. of December following; at the rate of one hundered and twenty thousand pounds by the moneth, towards the maintenance of the armies and navies of this Common wealth. June 9. 1653. Ordered by his Excellency the Lord Generall Cromwell with the advice of his Councill of Officers, that this declaration be forthwith printed and published. William Malyn Secret.	Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.	1653 (1653)	Wing C7055; Thomason E1062_2; ESTC R209604	2,690	7

A DECLARATION AND ORDER Of his EXCELLENCY the LORD GENERALL Cromwell AND HIS COUNCILL OF OFFICERS For the continuance of the Assesment for six moneths from the 24 th of June 1653. to the 25 th of December following at the rate of one hundered and twenty thousand pounds by the moneth towards the maintenance of the Armies and Navies of this Common wealth June 9. 1653. Ordered by his Excellency the Lord Generall CROMWELL with the advice of his Councill of Officers That this Declaration be forthwith printed and published WILLIAM MALYN Secret LONDON Printed by and for H. Hills G. Calvert and T. Brewster and are to be sold at the Black Spread-Eagle and at the Three Bibles near the West end of Pauls 1653. A DECLARATION AND ORDER Of his EXCELLENCY the LORD GENERALL CROMVVEL AND HIS COUNCEL of OFFICERS For the continuance of the Assesment towards the maintainance of the Armies and Navies of this Common-wealth for six moneths from the 24 th of June 1653. to the 25th of December following at the rate of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds by the moneth ALthough we are very sensible of the great and heavy Taxes other publique burthens which for the present are lying upon this Nation and that nothing is to be more wished endeavoured next after the glory of God and securing of this great Cause than the ease of the People in this particular Yet considering the great and important occasions and engagements of this Common-wealth at this time both at Land and at Sea requiring greater summes of money than can be answered out of other publique receipts which through the former improvident management of affaires are either exhausted or clogged with vaste anticipations and that without a supply of money by continuing of the monethly Assesment for some time longer the Armies in England Scotland Ireland would be necessitated to burthen the People with free quarter the Warre with the united Provinces of the Netherlands of so much concernment to the welfaire of this Nation be put in danger of miscarrying and the other affaires of this Common-wealth fall into disorder and confusion And because the Persons to whom the Supream Authority according to our former Declaration is to be committed cannot assemble time enough to take care therein the Act of Assesment expiring the 24. of this present June In this exegency and upon this extraordinary occasion it is thought necessary to Declare and Order and it is hereby Declared and Ordered by the Lord Generall with the advice of his Councill of Officers That the last Act of Assesment beginning the 25 of December and ending the 24 of Iune whereby one hundred twenty thousand pounds by the moneth is laid upon the severall Counties Citties Townes and places therein mentioned and every Clause therein contained the severall Taxes and Payments therein expressed and the Powers and Authorities thereby given to all and every the Commissioners Committees or Persons or any of them named or mentioned in the said Act shall endure and have continuance for six moneths longer from the said four and twentieth day of Iune 1653 unto the five and twentieth of DECEMBER next following to all intents and purposes as if the said Act had been at first made to have continuance for twelve moneths from the said five and twentieth day of December 1652. And all persons impoured by or by vertue of the said Act as Commissioners or otherwise are hereby required and enjoyned to rate assesse levy and collect the said six moneths Assesment and to execute and do all matters whatsoever relating thereto as fully and amply to all intents and purposes as they are enabled by the said Act to levy and Collect the last six moneths Assesment And further that the said Commissioners for the several and respective Counties Cities and Towns do meet at the most common and usuall place of meeting in each of the said Counties Cities and Towns for which they are Commissioners respectively on or before the four and twentyeth day of this instant Iune and the said Commissioners or so many of them as shall then and there attend and be present shall cause this declaration to be put in execution and shall thereupon send out their Warrants for the Assessing collecting and paying the said six moneths Tax so as the first three of the said six moneths Assesment be paid into the Receivers Generall upon or before the 30 day of Iuly next ensuing and the last three moneths be paid as aforesaid upon or before the first day of November following And for that it is intended that an exact account shall be given of all moneys which shall be Assessed Leavied Collected throughout this Nation by vertue hereof It is hereby required That the several Receivers Generall of this Assesment in the respective Counties and places do within fourteene dayes after the end of the said six moneths returne a perfect account of all the moneys they shall receive thereupon to the Committee for the Army And seeing the said Assesment is continued upon no other grounds then are before expressed It is not doubted but the good and well-affected people of this Nation who still retaine sound and honest Principles will chearfully act in their severall places and stations to promote and further this service And if any upon what pretence soever shall refuse to pay the said Assesments or discourage or weaken the hands of others therein Allthough we doubt not but all their endeavours in this kind will prove ineffectuall yet they are to be looked upon and proceeded against as those who from a Spirit of Malignity and opposition to the Cause of God in this Land though upon other pretences have indeavoured as far as in them lies to subiect the People of England Ireland and Scotland to free quarter and to bring the Navy into discontent for want of pay at this time when this Nation is engaged in so great a Warre at Sea hoping thereby to plunge these Nations againe into troubles and give new advantages to the Common Enemy And in case any of those who have formerly been Instrumental and Helpers in this great Cause shall be found in their number although it will be matter of great trouble grief to us to see men thus by degrees fall short divide and withdraw themselves from publique ends Yet as the Apostacy turning away of many amongst us formerly who at first seemd to be zealous promoters of this work hath not been able to keep it at a stand so our trust and confidence is that now through the grace and goodnesse of God neither the neutrality and indifferency of some nor the defection and opposition of others no though so grosse and open as to close with the Enemies of the power and life of godlinesse shall be any hinderance or prejudice thereunto But that the same Spirit and presence which hath hitherto helped us in our greatest difficulties and most eminent dangers will still owne us and the rest of his People in this Land and enable us to persevere unto the end against all discouragements whatsoever And it is hereby further declared That all and every the Commissioners Committees and other persons whatsoever which shall act do or execute any thing by vertue of and in pursuance of this Declaration and Order shall be saved harmlesse and indemnified Signed by the appointment of his Excellency the Lord Generall with the advice of his Councill of Officers Will. Malyn I Doe hereby appoint that the Declaration of the Army for the continuance of the Assessment for six moneths be printed by and for Henry Hills Giles Calvert and Thomas Brewster and that no other Printer doe presume to print the same or any part thereof without my speciall Order as they will answer the contrary Given under my hand the 9th of June 1653. O. CROMWELL