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January 1796.
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Resolved by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament
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assembled that the Agreement hereunto subjoined be engrossed and
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left at the Parliament Office in Order to be subscribed by any Lord
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of this House who shall think fit to subscribe the same himself
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or in his Name by any other Lord or by the Clerk Assistant or by
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the Clerk of the Journals or Clerk of the Papers who shall receive
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Authority from such Lord so to do.
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We the Undersigned impressed with a sense of the Evils which
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may be experienced by
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His Majesty
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's Subjects in consequence of the
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deficient supply of Wheat unless timely and effectual Measures are
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taken to reduce the Consumption thereof within such Limits as may
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prevent the pressure of Actual Scarcity previous to the next Harvest
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and may secure as per as possible the necessary Subsistence of the
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People of this Kingdom until it shall please Divine Providence to
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restore the Blessing of general Plenty Do hereby jointly and
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severally pledge ourselves in the most solemn manner to execute
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and maintain to the utmost of our Power the following Resolutions
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and also most earnestly to recommend the same to the adopted in our
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respective Nighbourhoods
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We will reduce the Consumption of Wheat in our Families
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by at least One third of the usual Quantity consumed in Ordinary times
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In Order to effect this Reduction either we will limit to that
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extent the Quantity of Fine Wheaten Bread used by each Individual
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in our Families or we will consume therein only mixed Bread of
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which not more than Two thirds shall be made of Wheat or we
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will consume only a proportional Quantity of mixed Bread of which
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more than Two thirds is made of Wheat or a proportional Quantity
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of Bread made of Wheat alone from which no more than five pounds
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Weight of Bran Per Bushel is excluded and we will also prohibit in
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our Families the use of Wheaton Flour in Pastry and diminish as
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much as possible the use thereof in other Articles than Bread.
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By same one or more of these Measures or by any other which
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may be found equally effectual and more expedient and practicable
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in our respective Situations we will to the utmost of our Power ensure
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