IT is this day Ordered by the Lords and Com­mons in Parliament assembled, That Algernon, Earle of Northumberland; Philip Earle of Pem­brooke and Mountgomery; Robert Earle of Essex, Robert Earle of Warwicke; William Viscompt Say and Seale, Dudley Lord North, Denzill Ho­llis, Esquire; Sir Walter Earle, sir Christopher Wray, Sir Philip Stapleton, Sir Iohn Evelyn Iuni­or, Iohn Selden Esquire, Doctor Thomas Eden, Bulstrode VVhitlocke, Giles Green, John Lisle, Iohn Roll, and Alexander Bence, Esquires; shall bee a Committee of Lords and Commons, and they, or any five of them sitting, the Committee are hereby autho­rised and inabled, to doe and execute, all such things as appertaine to the Office of Lord High Admirall of England, and Lord VVarden of the Cinque-Ports, in as ample manner, and to all intents and purposes, as the Lord High Admirall, or Lord Warden of the Cinque-Ports, have used and ought to doe for the good and safety of the Kingdome, and due Government of the affaires and Persons belonging to the said Of­fices, VVhich Committee have power and authority to nominate and appoint, all Commanders and Officers to be imployed in the Admiral­ty and Navy, and to present them to both Houses for their ap­probation.

Provided, and it is hereby Ordained, that this Ordinance, and eve­ry Clause therein contained, shall remaine and be in force, untill the first day of October next comming, and no longer.