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Die Sabbathi, 27. May, 1643. : The Commons being informed that many souldiers listed, and in pay under the command of the Lord Generall, the Earl of Essex, do daily withdraw themselves to the great prejudice of the present service, ... do order that the deputy lievtenants, constables, and other head officers, or any one or more of them, of every county where any such souldier or souldiers shall be found, do forthwith cause him or them to be apprehended, examined, and imprisoned