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<P>_FOra&s;much as notwith&s;tanding divers good Acts and Ordinances of Parliament <NOTE PLACE="marg">London &s;c.</NOTE> made for the better ob&s;ervation of the Lords-day, dayes of Publique Humi|liation, and Thank&s;giving; and the many endeavours u&s;ed for the due execu|tion thereof: It is ob&s;erved that the Lords day is very much prophaned, and the ob&s;ervation thereof, and others the dayes afore&s;aid, are very much neglected within this City and the Liberties thereof, by Vintners, Inholders, Ale-hou&s;e-keepers, Butchers, Fruiterers, Cookes, Tobacco-&s;ellers, Keepers of Ordinaries, and &s;uch like, by &s;uffering tipling and drinking in their hou&s;es; and by them and others in Selling, and expo&s;ing to &s;ale divers Commodities, and in unlawfull Pa&s;times, and Travelling, and working upon the dayes afore&s;aid, within this City and Liberties thereof, to the great di&s;honour of Almighty God, &s;candall of Religion and the Government of this City: And whereas al&s;o &s;everall per&s;ons do keep Hackney-Coaches, and Watermen by rowing upon the river of Thames, do ordinarily exerci&s;e their Callings upon the dayes afore&s;aid; I have therefore thought fit for the better di&s;covering and &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of the &s;eve|rall Offences afore&s;aid, and for the more exact execution of the &s;everall Laws and Ordinances made for that purpo&s;e, to appoint, and do hereby accordingly appoint the per&s;ons here-under named, Inhabitants within the &s;aid City and Liberties, diligently and by all Lawfull means to make di&s;covery of all per&s;ons offending contrary to the Laws and Ordinances afore&s;aid, to my Self or any the Ju&s;tices within the &s;aid City and Liberties, or to any Con&s;table or other officer who are authorized by the &s;aid Acts, or any of them, to apprehend &s;uch Offenders: And for that end do al&s;o will and require, and in the name of his Highne&s;s the Lord <HI>Protector</HI> of the Common-wealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> hereby &s;traightly Charge and Command all &s;uch Con&s;tables and others, Officers and Mini&s;ters, within the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof, to whom it &s;hall appertaine, to be diligent in the execution of the Powers and Authorities given them by the &s;aid Laws, or any of them, And al&s;o to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting unto them the &s;aid per&s;ons hereunder particularly named, and every, or any of them in the finding out, &amp; cau&s;ing to be apprehended, all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, as &s;hall offend in any of the kinds afore&s;aid, or otherwi&s;e contrary to the Laws afore&s;aid, And them and every of them to bring before me, or &s;ome other the Ju&s;tices of the Peace, within this City and the Liberties of the &s;ame, to the end that &s;uch offenders, and every of them, may be fur|ther dealt withall as to Ju&s;tice &s;hall appertain: I doe judge it to bee my Duty to u&s;e the ut|mo&s;t power that God and Men hath betru&s;ted me with, to finde out all Offenders in the pre|mi&s;es, and to inflict on them the utmo&s;t puni&s;hment that the Law requires for &s;uch offences, and doe de&s;ire all per&s;ons intru&s;ted herewith, to make Con&s;cience of doing their utmo&s;t, to bring all offenders herein to puni&s;hment, That &s;o this City may not lie under the guilt of this Crying &s;inne; and &s;uch as are required by the Law upon a penalty to &s;ee the&s;e Lawes duely executed, mu&s;t expect to &s;uffer what ever the Law doth lay on them, if they &s;hall bee found negligent in their duties: And the Mini&s;ters of every congregation, are hereby de&s;ired to be frequent in minding and exhorting their People to u&s;e their Con&s;tant, and Vigorous endeavours, to prevent this growing Evill, by bringing the Offenders to their due puni&s;h|ment, which is a work that will doubtle&s;s be highly plea&s;ing to God and all good men, and greatly Honorable to our Religion and Government, which ought to bee the de&s;ire and en|deavour of all that profe&s;&s;e to owne God, Je&s;us Chri&s;t and the Go&s;pell:</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dated</HI> <DATE>the <GAP DESC="blank"> day of <GAP DESC="blank"> 1656</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>And to all Con&s;tables and other Offi|cers and Mini&s;ters of Ju&s;tice within the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof whom it &s;hall concern.</TRAILER>
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