An ordinance and declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament: : for the raising, maintaining, paying, and regulating of 3000. foot, 1200. horse, and 500. dragoons, to be commanded by Sir William Waller, as Serjeant Major generall of the said forces, under his Excellency the Earl of Essex, in whose absence he is to be commander in chief over them, and all other forces raised, or to be raised in the associated counties of Southampton, Surrey, Sussex, and Kent. Also the declaration of both Houses, for the association of said counties, in the mutuall defence and preservation of each other. Die Sabbati 30. Martii. 1644. Ordered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance and declaration shall be forthwith printed and published. Ioh. Browne Cler. Parliament.