IT is this day Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament Assembled, That the Committee of the Militia of the City of London, shall have power, and is hereby Authorized to command three Regiments of Auxiliaries, raised within London, and the Liberties, consisting of foure thousand and two hundred men, or any lesse number, and such other Forces as they shall thinke fit, either of Horse or Foot, raised, or to bee raised, under the Command of the said Militia, within the Lines of Communication, or Parishes mentioned in the weekly Bils of Mortality, and Hamblets of the Tower, to March according to the Discipline and order of Warre, under the Conduct and Command of Major Generall Browne. And such Collonels; Lieutenant Collonels, Captaines, and other Officers as the said Committee shall appoint, Together with all necessary provisions of Armes, Ammunition, Ordinance, and other Carriages, into the Counties of Oxford, Berks, and Buckingham, to joyne with such other Forces under his Command of Horse and Foot, already raised, or to bee raised, in the said Counties, or else where, for the Recovery and preservation of such parts thereof, as are now possessed by the Enemy; And upon such other Service as shall bee Commanded by the said Major Generall, with the consent of the said Committee.

And it is further Ordained, that the said Committee shall have power, and is hereby Authorised to call backe such Forces as they shall command, to March forth by vertue of this Ordinance, when they shall think fit. And that all the said Collonels, Lieutenant Collonels, Captaines, other Offi­cers and Souldiers, and other Persons under the Command of the said Committee of the Militia, whether Masters, or Servants, shall obey the directions of the said Committee of the Militia, from time to time, upon paine of Imprisonment, or expulsion out of the Limits aforesaid, and such o­ther punishments as the said Committee shall thinke fit to impose upon them, by reasonable Fines, or according to the course of Warre, And to levy the said Fines by distresse, and sale of their Goods, and to Imploy the same for the Service of the City, as the said Committee shall thinke fit: And all Sub committees, made, or to bee made, Constables, Headboroughes, Provost Marshals, and other Officers, are hereby required to bee aiding and assisting from time to time, for the better furthering and effecting all such Services as are contained or intended by this Ordinance, according as they shall bee directed by the said Committee within the Limits aforesaid, as they will answer the contrary un­der the penalties herein mentioned.

And it is further Ordained, that all such Forces as shall be sent forth by the Committee of the Militia by vertue of this Ordinance, shall be paid during their continuance abroad, according to the new esta­blishment of the Army, under the immediate Command of his Excellency the Earle of Essex: by the Committee, or Committees established, or to be established in any of the Counties aforesaid; out of such Monies as shall bee raised by them, in any of the said Counties; And likewise to make sa­tisfaction to the Committee of the Militia, for any Horse, Armes, Ammunition, Money, or o­ther necessaries, which they shall provide or disburse, for the furtherance of this Service: And in defect thereof, all the said Forces, and Provisions, to be otherwise provided, and paid for by the Par­liament.

And it is further ordained, that the Sub-Committees appointed, or to bee appointed by the said Committee of the Militia, shall have power, and are hereby authorized, to cause all, or any of the clauses contained in this Ordinance, to bee put in due execution, when, and as often as they shall receive directions from the said Committee.

And as well the said Committee, as also their Sub-Committees, and all other Persons acting in the Premises, according to the intent of this Ordinance; shall be saved harmlesse, by the Authori­ty of both Houses of Parliament.