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An Act of Common Councell, for the prohi|biting
of all per&s;ons vvhat&s;oever, from crying or putting to
&s;ale about the &s;treets within this City, and Liberties, any Pamphlets,
Books, or Papers what&s;oever, by way of Hawking, to be &s;old, and for the
puni&s;hment of the offenders therein, according to the Cu&s;tome
and Law of this CITY.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Commune Concilium tentum in Camera <HI>Guild-hall</HI> Civitatis <HI>London,</HI> nono die Octobris, 1643. Annoque
Regni Domini no&s;tri <HI>Caroli,</HI> nunc Regis Angliae, &amp;c. decimo nono, coram <HI>I&s;aac Pennington</HI> Majore (&s;e|cundo
tempore) Civitatis <HI>London, Johan. Wolla&s;ton</HI> Milite, &amp; Aldermanno, Majore Civitatis Londini
electo, <HI>Johan. Glyn,</HI> Armiger. eju&s;dem Civitatis Recordatore, <HI>Thoma Atkin, Johan. Warner, Johan. Langham,
Willi. Gibbs, Will. Barkley,</HI> eju&s;dem Civitatis Aldermannis, <HI>&amp; Johan. Fowke</HI> &amp; <HI>Jacobo Bunce,</HI> Aldermannis
&amp; Vicecomit' eju&s;dem Civitatis, Necnon majore parte Communariorum de Communi Concilio eju&s;|dem
Civitatis tunc &amp; ibidem A&s;&s;emblat'.</HEAD>
<P>_THis Common Councell taking into their &s;erious con&s;ideration, a complaint made
by the Ma&s;ter, Wardens, A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and Commonalty of the Stationers, Lon|don,
again&s;t a multitude of vagrant per&s;ons, men, women and children, which
after the manner of Hawkers, doe openly cry about the &s;treetes, Pamphlets, and
other Bookes, and under colour thereof are found to di&s;per&s;e all &s;orts of danger|ous
Libels, to the intolerable di&s;honour of the Kings Maie&s;ty, and of the high
Court of Parliament, and the whole Government of this Realme, and this City in particular.
And conceiving it very nece&s;&s;ary by all due meanes to &s;uppre&s;&s;e the evils growing by &s;uch unlaw|full
&s;elling of &s;uch Pamphlets and Libels, have thought fit, and doe Ordaine, that from hence|forth
the Lawes and Cu&s;tome of this City, which make a forfeiture of the goods, that are car|ryed
about the &s;treetes, by way of Hawking to be &s;old; And al&s;o the Statutes made again&s;t
Rogues, and Vagabonds, &s;hall be &s;trictly put in execution again&s;t &s;uch vagrant per&s;ons, &s;elling
as afore&s;aid, being petty Chapmen within the &s;aid Statutes: And for the more &s;ure execution
of the &s;aid Cu&s;tom<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> and Lawes, It is by this Court further Ordered, that the Officers of the
Chamber, for the offences again&s;t the Cu&s;tome and Law of Hawking, and Mar&s;hals of the Ci|ty,
and the Con&s;tables of every Precinct within this City, are hereby &s;treightly charged to doe
their utmo&s;t duties in their &s;everall places and Offices, in apprehending and bringing before
&s;ome of his Maie&s;ties Iu&s;tices of the Peace within this City, all and every &s;uch per&s;on or per|&s;ons
which &s;hal offend in crying, offering, or putting to &s;ale by way of Hawking, any Pamphlets,
Bookes, or Papers what&s;oever as afore&s;aid; whereby they may receive &s;uch puni&s;hments, as
by the Cu&s;tome and Lawes afore&s;aid ought to be inflicted upon them. And that for neglect of the
&s;aid Officers, Con&s;tables, and Mar&s;hals in their duties and places as afore&s;aid, informations
or indictments, as the ca&s;e &s;hall require, &s;hall be preferred again&s;t them, that they may be puni&s;h|ed
for their neglect therein according to the Law.</P>
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