WHereas there is an Ordinance of Parliament passed, bearing date the Tenth day of this instant May, concerning the taking of Horses for the service of the Parliament; It is further Or­dered, and Declared by the Lords and Commons in Parlia­ment assembled, aswell in pursuance of the said Ordinance, as by way of addition, That his Excellencies occasions may be served, and yet with the greatest ease to the Counties as may be; That the Deputy-Lieutenants, or the Committees for the Propositions, or any two of them, within the severall Counties, when the Lord Generall shall require so many Horses out of any County, shall immedi­ately leavie such a number upon every Division and Hundred, as in a proportion the se­verall parts will afford; And shall cause the Horses so proportioned, to be delivered ac­cordingly.

And in case the said Deputy-Lieutenants, or Committees, shall not execute accord­ing to the said Ordinance, and deliver such Horses as are fit for service, nor in such time as the Lord Generall shall direct; Or that the Lord Generall shall finde, by reason of some great exigencie, that the said circumstances cannot be observed without danger to the Army, and insert the same in his VVarrant, Then such Officers as his Excellencie shall appoint, shall raise and take such number of Horses as are required by his Excel­lencie, within the places appointed, rendring an accompt to his Excellencie for the same, having regard alwaies of those persons that having expressed their good Affections by contributing upon the Propositions, and submitting to the Orders and Ordinances of Parliament; And in case that upon any exigencie the Horses of such persons as have expressed their Affections to the Parliament as aforesaid, shall be taken, That their Hor­ses shall be valued by the Constables, and certified to the Commissary in London, for va­luing of Horses, Arms, &c. And the parties repaid for them upon the Publique Faith. Provided alwayes, That this Ordinance shall not extend to the seizing or taking any Horses, Mares, or Geldings of any the Members of either of the Houses of Parliament, or of any Peer, or of any of the Assistants of the House of Peers.