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<HEAD>&leaf; By the Major.</HEAD>
<P>_FOra&s;much as it is conceived and apprehended by the Common-councell, that the City at the pre&s;ent is in great danger; The&s;e are therefore according to the de&s;ire and direction of the &s;aid Court, to will and require you in His Maje&s;ties name, that pre&s;ently upon &s;ight hereof, you re&s;pectively, with the Con&s;tables of your &s;everall Precincts, doe repair to every Hou&s;holder within the &s;ame; and give them &s;trict charge and command, that at their perils they do &s;o order and di&s;po&s;e of their Servants, and all others under their charge, that they be not onely kept from committing any Outrage or mi&s;demeanor; But that they and their &s;ervants from time to time be in a readine&s;&s;e, according to their &s;everall Capacities, with Arms, Weapons, and Ammunitions for pre|&s;ervation of the Peace, defence of them&s;elves, the City, and the Magi&s;trates thereof: And al&s;o, that all per&s;ons who are of the Trained Bands of this City, doe from time to time upon the beat of the Drum repair with all &s;peed to their Colours: And therein demea&s;n them&s;elves, as may conduce to the &s;afety and welfare of this City: And that you doe from time to time certifie unto me, or &s;ome other of his Maje&s;ties Ju&s;tices of the Peace, the names of &s;uch Con&s;tables and others as you &s;hall finde to bee remi&s;&s;e or negligent in the performance of their re&s;pective Duties in this be|half, to the intent that they may bee puni&s;hed according to the law. And hereof fail you not, as you tender the &s;afety of your &s;elves and the City, and will an&s;wer the contrary at your perill.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>This 25 of <HI>Aprill,</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<HI>To the Deputy, and Common-Councell-men, in the Ward of</HI>
<SIGNED>Michel.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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