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</FIGURE> ORDERS, Set down by the Lord Provo&s;t, Bailiffs, and Council of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> to be ob&s;erved by the Con&s;tables thereof, in di&s;charge of their Offices within this Burgh, and Liberties of the &s;am<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"></HEAD>
<P><HI>IMprimis,</HI> the Con&s;tables being elected by the Provo&s;t, Bailiffs, and Council, &s;hall be oblieged to accept the Charge and Office of Con&s;tabulary, under the pains of impri&s;onment of their per&s;ons, and payment of an Un-law of ten pounds <HI>Scots,</HI> and to rem<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">in<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> in Waird ay and while the &s;ame be payed: and under the pain of Horning. And for di&s;charge of an hone&s;t duty in their Offices, being &s;olemnly &s;worn, in pre&s;ence of the Provo&s;t, Bailiffs, and Council of this Burgh, &s;hall give the Oath following;</P>
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<P>THat they and ilk ane of them &s;hall faithfully and truly di&s;charge their Offices of Con&s;tabulary within the bounds committed to th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> charge, for the &s;pace of twelve Moneths next after their admi&s;sion: And &s;hall not for favour, re&s;pect, or fear of any per&s;on, forbe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> to do that which becometh them in their Office; And above all things, they &s;hall regard the keeping and pre&s;erving of the peace: And &s;hall at every nece&s;&s;ar occa&s;ion come to the Provo&s;t and Bailiffs of this Burgh, or any one of them, and give a due and true information of any break or other in&s;olency again&s;t the Peace within the bounds of their commandment: And &s;hall no wayes hide, cover, nor conceal the &s;ame, nor any probation or light that they can give for clearing and proving thereof: So help me God: And by God him&s;elf.</P>
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<P N="1">_ITem, a Con&s;table &s;hall have liberty to take and apprehend any &s;u&s;pected per|&s;ons, idle Vagabonds, or night Walk|ers, and impri&s;on them till they find &s;urety for their behaviour, at the di&s;cretion of any of the Judges for Civils, or Criminals, or the Lord Pro|vo&s;t and Bailiffs of this Burgh.</P>
<P N="2">II. Item, a Con&s;table &s;hall have power to challenge any per&s;on within this Burgh, or Liberty thereof, that &s;hall be found wearing Pi&s;to|lets, or Daggers, and &s;hall pre&s;ent them before the Provo&s;t, Bai|liffs, or any one of them, to be puni&s;hed by them for their fault, conform to the Act of Parliament.</P>
<P N="3">III. Item, upon appearance of any fray, or &s;tir within this Burgh, either by day or night, betwixt any parties, or any other &s;udden accident that may fall forth, the Con&s;table &s;hall take unto him the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of his neighbors for &s;eparating of the parties, and for order taking with any inconvenience that &s;hall happen to en&s;ue, and &s;hall take the party or parties, and commit them in waird, or pre&s;ent them to the Provo&s;t or Bailiffs. Attour, if any harm &s;hall happen to be done to the Con&s;table, or any of his a&s;|&s;i&s;tants, The Con&s;table &s;hall take them and put them in waird, and pre&s;ent them to the Provo&s;t and Bailiffs, or any of them to be accordingly puni&s;hed for their fault.</P>
<P N="4">IV. Item, if any per&s;on or per&s;ons make any plea or tumult within this Burgh, and flee to any hou&s;e, the Con&s;table &s;hall have power to break up the doors thereof; and albeit the party or par|ties flee without the bounds of the Con&s;tables Charge, yet may the Con&s;table follow and apprehend him or them in a fre&s;h pur|&s;uit, and commit them to waird to be puni&s;hed for their fault.</P>
<P N="5">V. Item, ilk Con&s;table &s;hall &s;earch, and &s;eek within the bounds committed to his charge, that no Je&s;uits, Seminary Prie&s;ts, nor traf|ficking Papi&s;ts, haunt, u&s;e, or lodge, or be re&s;et therein, and if they can find or try any, to take and apprehend them and pre&s;ent them to the Provo&s;t and Bailiffs, to be tryed.</P>
<P N="6">VI. Item, the Con&s;table &s;hall take and apprehend all Vagabonds, and &s;turdy Beggers or Egyptians, and put them in waird to be pu|ni&s;hed for their fault, according to the Act of Parliament.</P>
<P N="7">VII. Item, the Con&s;table &s;hall take and apprehend all idle per|&s;ons, who have no calling to live by, and who will not take them|&s;elves to &s;ome Labour, Trade, or Occupation, and &s;hall pre&s;ent them before the Provo&s;t and Bailiffs, who after examination and tryal &s;hall puni&s;h them according to their crime and demerit.</P>
<P N="8">VIII. Item, the Con&s;tables being informed of any per&s;on guilty or culpable of &s;laughter, murther, theft, or any other capital cri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> what&s;omever, &s;hall then require his neighbours to a&s;&s;i&s;t him, for<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> the &s;afe apprehending and convoying of &s;uch per&s;ons before the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> Provo&s;t and Bailiffs, to be puni&s;hed for their fault.</P>
<P N="9">IX. Item, the Con&s;table &s;hall &s;earch and &s;eek the bounds com|mitted to his charge, and &s;uffer no Vagabonds, Beggers, nor infa|mous per&s;ons, to remain, dwell, or be re&s;et in his bounds, and if any be within his &s;aids bounds, to &s;hew the &s;ame to the Magi&s;trats, that they may be puni&s;hed and removed forth of this Burgh.</P>
<P N="10">X. Item, ilk Con&s;table &s;hall concur one with another, at all occa&s;ions needful.</P>
<P N="11">XI. Item, the whole Con&s;tables &s;hall, upon every la&s;t Saturday of every Moneth, compear and pre&s;ent them&s;elves before the Provo&s;t and Bailiffs in the Council-hou&s;e, to give an accompt of their diligence in their Offices, as they will an&s;wer upon their obedience.</P>
<P N="12">XII. Item, ilk Con&s;table &s;hall cau&s;e the bounds committed to his charge, be keeped clean of all kind of Filth, Middings, and Swine, and to that effect for keeping of the Streets and Pa&s;|&s;ages clean, ilk Con&s;table &s;hall have power in his own bounds, after tryal of any per&s;on or per&s;ons ca&s;ting out Filth at their Doors, Windows, or Shots, either in the fore-gate, or back-&s;ides, or laying any Filth or Middings on the High-&s;treets, Clo&s;&s;es, or Pa&s;&s;ages, within this Burgh, to cau&s;e the per&s;on guilty to pay an unlaw of five pounds <HI>toties quoties,</HI> and to commit them in waird there to remain until the &s;ame be payed.</P>
<P N="13">XIII. Item, ilk Con&s;table within his bounds, &s;hall take and ap|prehend all banners, &s;wearers and bla&s;phemers of Gods Name, either in the Streets, Markets, or at the Wells, and to puni&s;h them either by warding, or putting of them in the Joggs or Stocks according to the quality of their fault.</P>
<P N="14">XIV. Item, if any per&s;on &s;hall refu&s;e or delay to concu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> the Con&s;table in executing of his office, they &s;hall be impri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> and &s;everely puni&s;hed by command of the Provo&s;t and Bailif<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> cording to the quality of their offence.</P>
<P N="15">XV. Item, the Con&s;table &s;hall be oblieged to receive at <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> junctions, or Statutes that the Provo&s;t, or Bailiffs and Counci<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 span"> injoyn to them at any time hereafter.</P>
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<P><HI>EDINBURGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>George Swintoun,</HI> one of His <HI>Maje&s;tie</HI>'s Printers. 1676</P>
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