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proportion_n of_o corn_n pea_n oat_n hay_o and_o other_o provision_n the_o quantity_n whereof_o be_v particular_o express_v at_o certain_a rate_n to_o victual_v berwick_n the_o castle_n of_o edenburg_n and_o strivelyn_n which_o castle_n mr._n thomas_n rokeby_n guardian_n thereof_o promise_v to_o keep_v till_o saint_n johns_n day_n than_o next_o to_o come_v upon_o condition_n to_o receive_v his_o wage_n former_o due_a out_o of_o the_o first_o money_n grant_v to_o the_o king_n in_o this_o parliament_n by_o a_o certain_a day_n provide_v they_o shall_v carry_v no_o victual_n to_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o king_n and_o realm_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v pay_v out_o of_o the_o first_o money_n arise_v out_o of_o the_o aid_n grant_v to_o the_o king_n num._n 28._o 29._o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o â—sle_n of_o wight_n be_v respite_v of_o the_o aid_n grant_v to_o the_o king_n according_a as_o their_o good_a carriage_n shall_v be_v during_o the_o war_n and_o it_o be_v agree_v in_o parliament_n that_o no_o commandment_n nor_o ordnance_n or_o license_v grant_v under_o the_o great_a or_o privy_a seal_n to_o any_o of_o the_o say_a inhabitant_n bind_v to_o defend_v the_o say_a isle_n shall_v licence_v any_o to_o absent_v himself_o from_o it_o during_o the_o war_n unless_o it_o be_v for_o fear_n of_o disinherit_n or_o other_o great_a necessity_n with_o which_o the_o council_n shall_v be_v acquaint_v or_o upon_o in_o quest_n num._n 30._o 31._o provide_v that_o the_o castle_n of_o caresbrâ—â—_n in_o the_o i_o will_v of_o weight_n shall_v be_v furnish_v with_o a_o certaâ—ne_a proportion_n of_o wine_n corn_n pea_n oâ—ts_n hey_o coles_n iron_n salt_n and_o that_o a_o commission_n shall_v be_v grant_v to_o robert_n vandalym_n sheriff_n of_o southampton_n and_o to_o william_n of_o kekenwich_n joint_o and_o several_o to_o purvey_v and_o deliver_v the_o same_o provision_n over_o by_o indenture_n to_o the_o constable_n of_o that_o castle_n and_o a_o writ_n direct_v to_o the_o king_n botteller_n to_o deliver_v the_o wine_n assign_v to_o wit_n ten_o ton_n out_o of_o the_o wine_n then_o in_o or_o which_o shall_v first_o come_v into_o his_o hand_n num._n 32._o mr._n thomas_n ferrer_n undertake_v to_o the_o parliament_n to_o send_v without_o delay_n a_o sufficient_a man_n to_o the_o castle_n of_o jernsey_n to_o survey_v she_o default_n and_o state_n of_o the_o say_a castle_n to_o certify_v the_o council_n full_o of_o they_o and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n to_o find_v the_o wage_n of_o those_o remain_v there_o in_o garrison_n to_o the_o sum_n of_o a_o hundred_o pound_n and_o a_o writ_n be_v direct_v to_o the_o sheriff_n of_o southampton_n to_o furnish_v the_o say_v thomas_n with_o a_o convenient_a quantity_n of_o powder_n and_o iron_n and_o other_o necessary_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o that_o castle_n and_o because_o thomas_n peyne_v one_o of_o the_o jurate_n of_o that_o isle_n be_v go_v to_o the_o enemy_n contrary_a to_o a_o defence_n make_v that_o a_o writ_n 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