Die Sabbathi, 14.
Novemb. 1646.
A DECLARATION OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT, For payment of
Our Brethren of Scotland Two hundred thousand pounds in maner and form following, and they to depart this Kingdom.
BE it Declared by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the first One hundred thousand pounds which shall be raised, either by the sale of Bishops Lands, or by the credit of the Ordinances which are passed for that purpose, shall be paid to Our Brethren of Scotland, upon the marching of their Army and Forces out of this Kingdom, at such time and place as shall be agreed upon; And the next Fifty thousand pounds so raised, at the end of Three Moneths after the former payment; And Fifty thousand pounds more raised as aforesaid, at the end of Nine Moneths after the first payment: But in case the latter One hundred thousand pounds shall be with more speed procured, the same shall be sooner paid unto them, although there be no ingagement for a more speedy payment, then at the times formerly expressed.