A warrant of the Lord General Fairfax to the Marshall Generall of the Army,: to put in execution the former ordinances & orders of Parliament, and act of Common Councell, concerning the regulating of printing, and dispersing of scandalous pamphlets. Whereunto is annexed the said ordinances and orders.

13 March, 1642. At the Committee of the House of Commons for Ex∣aminations.

BY vertue of an Order made in the Commons House of Parliament, authorizing this Committee, or any four of them, to appoint such persons as they shall think fit, for the sei∣zing of, and searching for scandalous Pamphlets, and to demo∣lish and take away such Printing-presses as shall be employed in the Printing of such scandalous and lying Pamphlets as by the said Order appeareth. These are therefore to authorize you, Felix Kingston, Samuel Man, George Miller, John Bellamy,

William Lee Junior, John Partridge, Christopher Meredith, Robert Dawlman, Matthew Walbanck, Richard Coats, Joseph Hunscot, John Raworth, Stationers of London, or any of you, or any of your Deputy or Deputies, to put in execution the said Order of the House of Commons according to the power therein given. And you are hereby required to omit no time, but withal speed, fidelity and diligence, to proceed in putting the said Order in execution, and to require the ayd and assi∣stance of such persons as are required by the said Order to assist the Persons employed by this Committee in the said service.