And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Commissary General of the Musters or his Deputies shall upon every Muster taken by him or them respectively of any Regiment Troop or Company in Their Majesties Service close the Muster Rolls of the said Regiment Troop or Company upon the place the same day the said Muster is taken and shall return one of every the said Rolls so taken in Parchment to the Pay-master General of Their Majesties Forces the next day after the said Rolls shall be respectively closed if in London or within Twenty Miles distance [X1of] the same and if [X2a] further distance by the next Post after the said Rolls shall be so respectively closed upon pain of forfeiting their respective Employments.
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: from O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
X2Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: at O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]