TWO ORDINANCES OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT, One For the constant Recruiting, maintaining, and Regulating of the Forces of the seven Associated Counties, under the Command of EDWARD Earl of MANCHESTER.  
The other, For the Regulating the University of Cambridge, and for removing of Scandalous Ministers in the seven Associated Counties.  

Die Lunae, 22 Jan. 1643.  
ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, that these Ordinances shall be forthwith Printed and published.  
J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.   
LONDON, Printed for john Wright in the Old-Baily, Jan. 24. 1643.   

An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the Recruiting, maintaining, and Regulating of the Forces of the seven Associated Counties, under the command of Edward Earl of Manchester.  
Die Sabbathi, 20 Jan. 1643.  
WHereas the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and the other Associated Counties, out of their loyal respect to his Majesty, their pious disposition to the peace & happiness of this Kingdom, in obedience to the orders of Parliament, have raised & maintained, to the number of fourteen thousand Horse, Foot, and Dragoons, or thereabouts, And with them, within five months' last passed, have done many services against the common Enemy, tending much to the safety of the Kingdom, & intent to raise a far more considerable Force, both of Horse and Foot; And have also bought many Arms and Ammunition, and must buy more, whereby to furnish themselves with a Train of Artillery, and have been, and must be at great charges in maintaining and Recruiting the said Forces, and in keeping several Garrisons, making and erecting of Fortifications, Magazines, courts of Guard, and other things requisite and necessary, for the defence and safety of the said Association, against the Incursions of the Enemy. By all which means, the said Association is become much indebted, and without the speedy raising of large and considerable sums of Money, proportionable to their baste expenses, cannot long subsist in a condition to keep themselves from Ruin, and to advance the Public safety.  
It is thereupon Ordained, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, That for the intents and purposes aforesaid, the several weekly sums of Money, hereafter in this Ordinance mentioned, shall be Charged, Rated, Taxed, and Levied upon the several Counties, according to the Proportions herein expressed, the same to be paid in weekly to the several Collectors, and by them to the Treasurer or Treasurers apppointed by this Ordinance for the receiving hereof, That is to say, upon the County of Essex, the weekly sum of one thousand six hundged eighty seven pounds ten shillings, upon the County of Suffolk, the weekly sum of one thousand eight hundred seventy five pounds, upon the County of Norfolk, and City of Norwich, the weekly sum of one thousand eight hundred seventy five pounds, upon the County of Hartford, the weekly sum of six hundred seventy five pounds, upon the County of Cambridge, the weekly sum of five hundred sixty two pounds ten shillings, upon the County of Huntingdon, the weekly sum of three hundred and thirty pounds, upon the County of Lincoln, and City of Lincoln, the weekly sum of one thousand two hundred eighteen pounds fifteen shillings, and upon the Isle of Ely, the weekly sum of two hundred twenty one pounds five shillings, And the said weekly payments are to begin from the first day of January instant; and so to continue weekly for four month's next ensuing from the said first day of January.  
And be it further Ordained, That every person or persons that were to be Assessed or Taxed, by any former Ordinance of Parliament, shall be Assessed and Taxed by this Ordinance, and shall be liable to as great Forfeitures and Penalties, for not paying of the sum or sums to be Assessed, as they should have been if the same had been Assessed, by virtue of the last Ordinance for the weekly payment for the said Association made the twentyeth of September last, And the several and respective Deputy Lieutenants and Committees, named and tr●●●ed within the said Association, or any part thereof, by the said recited Ordinance, to take care for the Assessing, Collecting, or Levying of any Monies, are named and entrusted by this Ordinance, and have as full Power and Authority given them by this Ordinance, to nominate and appoint Collectors and Assessors, and to distrain, Fine, Imprison, or Sequester, as they or any of them had, by virtue of the said recited Ordinance, in all, or any part of the said Associated Counties, And the several Collectors, shall pay the several sums by them Collected, at the place or several places where the Earl of Manchester, and the Committee for the Association attending the said Earl shall appoint, and to the Treasurer or Treasurers to be by them named, which Treasurer or Treasurers are to Issue out the Monies received for the purposes aforementioned, according to the Warrants or directions of the said Earl of Manchester, and of any two of the said Committees for the said Association, which shall be apppointed thereunto by the said Earl, and a full Committee, consisting of one for every County at least and of the Commissary General, for the time being of the said Earl of Manchester: And that no Monies be Issued out without Order under the hands of the said Earl, such two of the said Committee and the said Commissary General, nor yet without the privity of the whole Committee attending the said Earl.  
And be it further Ordained; That all the Forres raised, or to be raised, under the command of the said Earl, shall be kept entire, and not drawn forth, or kept, or continued forth upon any service, without the knowledge and joint consent of the said Earl, and the said Committee while they are together, or of one of them, while they are distant one from another, or without particular directions of Parliament. And that every Captain both of Horse and Foot, and every other Superior or Inferior Officer, or other in the army of the said Earl of Manchester, or belonging to the said associated Counties, whose pay comes to ten shillings a day or above, shall take but half the pay due to him and shall respite the other half upon the Public Faith, until these unnatural Wars be ended; And every Officer or other, that is to have five shillings a day or above, and under ten shillings, shall accept of two thirds of the pay due to him, and shall respite one third part upon the Public Faith, until these unnatural Wars shall be ended. And when there is three months pay due to any of them, or more, a Certificate thereof from the said Earl, such two of the said Committee and Commissary, as may give out Warrants for the Issuing out Monies, shall be sufficient to demand the said Monies owing upon the Public Faith as aforesaid.  
And be it further Ordained, that all the said Captains both of Horse and Foot, are to make good to the said Committee, all the Horses and Horse-Armes, and Foote-Arms, that shall be lost, or imbeazeled by them, or under their commands, unless they can make it appear, that they were lost in service against the Enemy, And the said Captains are enjoined to give a List under their hands to the said Committee, for the Association of all men, horses, and arms, under their commands, And the said Lords & Commons do further Ordain, that all the Moneys collected and not disposed of, or to be Collected upon the fifth and twentieth part of men's estates, or of the last three, Months pay: and all the moneys or other benefit arising by virtue of any Ordinance, for the third part of the sequestration, settled upon the Earl of Manchester, shall be paid unto the Treasurers appointed as aforesaid, and from thence to issue out again for the intents and purposes aforementioned.  
And it is likewise Ordained, that if any of the said Associated Forces, have taken, or shall take free quarter within the said Association, every Officer is then to have but one third part of the present pay due to him by this Ordinance, for so long time as he or they have had, or shall have free quarter.  
And every Common foot Soldier, but half pay, & every Common horseman, or Trooper, fourteen pence a day, and the residue of their pay, is to be reserved for the Payment of their quarters, and to be employed for the purposes aforementioned; And they further Ordain, that the shall send one or two of their Deputy Lieutenants, or Committees trusted by the Parliament, with the Affairs of the said County and City, to the Committee for the said Association to Cambridge, who shall have hereby equal power with any other of the said Committee at Cambridge, while they sit there, or in any other place; And the said Earl and Committee for the said Association, have hereby power given them to call all Collectors, Treasurers, or others, that have or are thought to have any of the said monies in their hands, to an account, and to cause the said money in their hands to be paid unto the Treasurers appointed by this Ordinance; And if any Collectors, Treasurers, or others, shall refuse to account, or to pay in the monies wherewith they are charged, than the said Earl & Committee shall Fine them double the sum charged upon them, which if it be not paid within six days after, the sum is set and notice thereof left at his or their dwelling house, It shall be lawful to distrain for the same, and if there be not sufficient distress wherewith to satisfy; Then the said Earl and Committee, may imprison the offender herein, and sequester his estate, until the money charged, and the Fine set, be levied and paid. And it is Ordained, that six pence in the pound, shall be allowed for every sum of money, which shall be collected and paid to the said Treasurer, whereof three pence shall be for the Collectors, and three pence for the Treasurer; And the said Treasurer shall keep a Register Book, of the several sums received and paid out by them, and shall render and account thereof, unto the said Earl and Committee, once every Month at least.  
And be it lastly Ordained, that the said Earl, Deputy Lieutenants, Committees, Collectors, Assessors, and every one of them, and every other person that shall be aiding and assisting to them, or any of them, in doing any thing by virtue of this Ordinance, shallbe defended and saved harmless therein, by authority of both Houses of Parliament.  
john Browne Cleric, Parl.   

Die Lunae, 22 jan. 1643.  
AN Ordinance for Regulating the University of CAMBRIDGE, and for removing of Scandalous Ministers in the seven Associated Counties.  
WHereas many Complaints are made by the will affected Inhabitants of the Associated Counties of Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hartford, Cambridge, Huntingdon, and Lincoln; That the service of the Parliament is retarded, the Enemy strengthened, the people's Souls starved, and their minds diverted from any care of God's Cause, by their idle, ill affected, and scandalous Clergy, of the University of Cambridge, and the Associated Counties; And that many that would give Evidence against such scandalous Ministers, are not able to travel to London, nor be are the charges of such a journey: It is Ordanted by the Lords & Commons Assembled in Parliament, That the Earl of Manchester shall appoint one or more Committees in every County, consisting of such as have been nominated Deputy Lieutenants, or Committees by any former Ordinance of Parliament, in any of the said Associated Counties, every Committee to consist of ten, whereof any five or more of them, to sit in any place or places within any the said Associated Counties where the said Earl shall appoint, with power to put in execution these Instructions following, and in pursuance thereof, to give assistance to the said Committeés.  
First, They shall have power to call before them, all Provosts, Masters, and Fellows of Colleges, all Students, and Members of the University, and all Ministers in any County of the Association, and all Schoolmasters that are scandalous in their lives, or illaffected to the Parliament, or Fomentors of this unnatural War, or that shall wilfully refuse obedience to the Ordinances of Parliament, or that have deserted their ordinary places of residence, not being employed in the service of the King and Parliament. And they shall have power to send for any Witnesses, and examine any complaint or testimony against them, upon Oaths of such persons as shall and may be produced to give Evidence against them, and shall certify their Names with the Charge and Proofs against them, to the said Earl of Manchester, and he shall have power to eject such as he shall judge unfit for their Places, and to sequester their Estates, Means, and Revenues, and to dispose of them as he shall think fitting, and to place other fitting persons in their Room, such as shall be approved of by the Assembly of Divines fitting at Westminster.  
The Earl of Manchester, or the said Committee or Committees shall have power to administer the late Covenant taken and to be taken of all the three Kingdoms, of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to all persons in any of the said Associated Counties, and the Icy of Ely, upon such Penalties as are or shall be assigned by the Parliament in this behalf.  
And be it ordained, That the said Earl of Manchester shall have power to dispose of a fifth part of all such Estates as they shall sequester, for the benefit of the Wives and Children of any of the aforesaid persons.  
The said Committee or Committees shall employ a Clerk for the registering of all Warrants, Orders, Summons, and Ejectments made by them: And that they choose some convenient place for the preserving of the Writings of this Committee.  
That the said Earl of Manchester shall have power to examine and inhibit all such as do obstruct the Reformation now endeavoured by the Parliament and Assembly of Divines.  
And be it further declared, That all such as shall do any thing in execution of this Ordinance, shall be kept indemnified by the Authority and Power of both Houses of Parliament.  
And further be it ordained, That the Earl of Manchester shall have power to appoint a convenient number, consisting of one or more out of every County, one out of the City of Norwich, and one out of the County and City of Lincoln: Provided, that three of these be Deputie-Lieutenants to sit at Cambridge, for the better ordering of all Businesses of the Association, according to Ordinances and Orders of Parliament, and according to his Commission granted by his Excellency the Earl of Essex; And that the present Committee for the Association sitting at Cambridge, shall cease, when the Earl of Manchester shall have appointed another under his hand and seal.  
John Browne Cler. Parliament.  
FINIS.