<!DOCTYPE ETS PUBLIC "-//UMDLPS//DTD EEBOPROOF 2.0//EN">
<ETS>
<TEMPHEAD>
<REVDESCR>
<CHANGE>
<DATE>2007-12-04</DATE>
<RESPSTMT>
<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
<RESP>MURP</RESP>
</RESPSTMT>
<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B071023.apex.</ITEM>
</CHANGE>
</REVDESCR>
</TEMPHEAD>
<EEBO>
<IDG S="marc" R="UM" ID="A83148">
<STC T="W">E1937</STC>
<BIBNO T="umi">99896121</BIBNO>
<VID>153938</VID>
</IDG>
<TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="Parliamentary ordinance">
<PB REF="1"><!-- PDF PAGE 18 -->
<HEAD><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>official insignia</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE></HEAD>
<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament,</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For the Apprehending and bringing to condigne puni&s;hment, all &s;uch lewd per&s;ons as &s;hall &s;teale, &s;ell, buy, inveigle, purloyne, convey, or receive any little Children. And for the &s;trict and diligent &s;earch of all Ships and other Ve&s;&s;els on the River, or at the Downes.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Veneris, 9 Maii. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas the Houses of Parliament are informed, that divers lewd Per|&s;ons doe goe up and downe the City of London, and el&s;ewhere, and in a mo&s;t barbarous and wicked manner &s;teale away many little Children, It is ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That all Officers and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice be hereby &s;treightly charged and required to be very diligent in apprehending all &s;uch per&s;ons as are faulty in this kind, either in &s;tealing, &s;elling, buying, inveigling, purloyning, conveying, or receiving Children &s;o &s;tolne, and to keepe them in &s;afe impri&s;onment, till they may be brought to &s;evere and exemplary puni&s;hment.</P>
<P>It is further ordered, That the Mar&s;hals of the Admiralty, and the Cinque-ports, doe immediately make &s;trict and diligent &s;earch in all Ships and Ve&s;&s;els upon the River, and at the Downes, for all &s;uch Children, according to &s;uch directions as they have or &s;hall receive from the Committee of the Admiralty, and Cinque-ports.</P>
<P>It is further ordered, That this Ordinance be forthwith publi&s;hed in Print, and Pro|claimed in the u&s;uall manner as other Proclamations, in all parts of the City of London, within the Lines of communication, and in all Pari&s;hes within the Bils of mortality, pre|&s;ently: And in all Churches and Chappels by the Mini&s;ters, within the Line of communica|tion, and Bils of mortality, on the next Lords day: And in all other Churches and Chappels el&s;ewhere re&s;pectively, the next Lords day after the recept hereof, that it may appeare to the World, how carefull the Parliament is to prevent &s;uch mi&s;chiefes, and how farre they doe dete&s;t a crime of &s;o much villany.</P>
<P><HI>Mr. Spur&s;tow, Mr. Va&s;&s;all,</HI> and Collonell <HI>Venn,</HI> (Members of the Hou&s;e of Commons) are de&s;ired to goe to the Lord Major, and to acquaint him with this Order, and to take care that it may be Proclaimed pre&s;ently, and Publi&s;hed according to the directions, on the next Lords day.</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="license">
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Veneris, 9 Maii. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, that this Ordinance &s;hall be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed pre&s;ently, and read in all Pari&s;h Churches and Chap|pels within the Line of Communication and Bills of mortality, the next Lords day: and in all other Churches and Chappels el&s;ewhere re&s;pectively, the next Lords day after the receipt hereof.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Wright</HI> at the &s;igne of the Kings-head in the Old-baily, <HI>May</HI> 9&punc; 1645.</P>
</DIV1>
</BACK>
</TEXT>
</EEBO>
</ETS>
