Sentence:  ... It is therefore ordered that the Maior and Aldermen of Colchester ["et al."], shall forthwith procure and raise in the said severall townes, and other pleces adjacent, two thousand horses for dragooners, or as manie as possible they may, for the service as aforesaid, and with all possible speed to send them up to London unto Thomas Browne Grocer, and Maximilian Beard Girdler, by us appointed to <WSD>list</WSD> horses for the service aforesaid; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.