An ordinance and declaration of the Lords & Commons assembled in Parliament for re-establishing the duty of excize upon all commodities, except flesh and salt. Shewing the true grounds and reasons that necessitated them to the erecting and continuing of the said duty; and the great benefit that hath ensued to the kingdom thereby. Together with an exact accompt of what moneys hath been collected from the beginning of the said imposition to this present; and to what uses the said moneys have been put. Die Sabbathi, 28 Augusti, 1647. Ordered by the Lords in Parliament assembled, that this ordinance and declaration be forthwith printed and published: Joh: Brown, Cleric. Parliamentorum (Printed for John Wright, at the Kings-head in the Old Bayley, 1647)
Reproduction of the original in the British Library. - Thomason, E.404[37]. - Wing (2nd ed., 1994), E1766