An ordinance and declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament : that the lord major and citizens of the city of London, for the better securing and safety thereof, shall have full power and authority accordring to their discretion to trench, stop, and fortifie all high-waies leading into the said city, as well within the liberties as without, as they shall see cause : and for the better effecting thereof shall impose upon all the inhabitants within the same upon every house worth 51 a yeere six pence, and every house of greater rent after the rate of two pence in the pound : also an ordinance of both houses for an assessment to be made in the severall paishes of England for the reliefe of maymed soulders, widdows, and fatherlesse children.