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take diseases, <S: are discoarged in their service, seeinge oth' 

 souldiers theare orderlie apparelled by her Ma" care : for redresse 

 of this abuse & knowinge that euerie Contrie doth not yeeld so 

 good prouisions as may be made about London, it hath been 

 considered howe thease souldiers that are to be imployed in 

 thease warres, for the defence of the Realme & bono' of her 

 Ma''* may be sett forth in such sort as is meete for soldiers, &: 

 suteable w"' the rest that serve theare, the rath' for that by experi- 

 ence it is founde that some kyndes of the apparell would be 

 changed for the comoditie of the souldier although will prove to 

 her Ma" further charge. And therfore we have taken order w"' 

 her Ma" merchaunls that do furnish the apparell for the souldiers 

 servinge both theare & in oth' places, to provide good apparell at 

 reasonable rates for the aj^parellinge of theis souldiers that are 

 now appointed to be levied in the seuerall counties of the 

 Realme, whereof we send yo' L : a liste to thende you may see 

 the seuerall kynds & sorts of apparell (wherof her Ma"" doth 

 beare in euerie sute a proporcon) both to ease the Countrey & to 

 haue the souldiers well furnished w"'' shee doth allowe to the 

 marchaunts besides that w'^'' the country is to pay ; this whole 

 furniture shalbe readie at the Seaside & places of imbarqueinge, 

 theare to be deliuered to the souldiers, wherby an other incon- 

 venience shall be avoided, that if anie of the souldiers doe (in 

 lewde maner) rune away, they shall not take the apparell with 

 them, w"'' is to be deliuered vppon shipp boarde, the allowance 

 the Countrey is to give amounteth to forti shillings a man, w"'' 

 some yo' L : shall cause to be levied in the Countie accordinge 

 to the nomber that is allotted vnto yo" & to see the same 

 sent vp hither vnto the hands of S' John Harte Knight 

 alderman of London. Theis observacons beinge carefullie 

 performed, the aforesaid nomber are to be in such a 

 readines & p'pared as they may be at the Port of Chester by 

 the last of february, wheare theare is shippinge prouided for 

 their transportacon to that place in the Realme of Ireland wheare 

 they are to be imployed. Herin we are to give yo' L : speciall 

 charge in regard of the manie faults that have been comitted 



