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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties Charge TO ALL The JUSTICES of the PEACE Of the County of MIDDLESEX, Upon his going to meet His PARLIAMENT AT OXFORD; Who were all Summoned to attend His Maje&s;ty in Coun&s;el, on Friday the 25th day of <HI>February;</HI> with their Re&s;olutions and An&s;wers.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas His Maje&s;ty having commanded His Ju&s;ti|ces of the Peace of the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> to attend him in Coun&s;el, on Friday the 25th day of <HI>February</HI> la&s;t, did by him&s;elf, and the Lord Pre&s;ident, acquaint the &s;aid Ju&s;tices, that he was in a &s;hort time to remove his Court to <HI>Oxford,</HI> and did Require and Command them to u&s;e their utmo&s;t endeavour, with care and indu&s;try, to pre&s;erve the Peace of this Important County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> during His Maje&s;ties ab&s;ence. His Maje|&s;ty was likewi&s;e plea&s;ed to declare, That he would keep the Laws him&s;elf, and did expect his Subjects &s;hould likewi&s;e keep them; and in particular, the Statute made in the 13th year of his now Maje&s;ties Reign, for the Pre&s;ervation of His Maje&s;ties Sacred Per&s;on, (whom God pre&s;erve with a long Life) was re|commended to the &s;aid Ju&s;ties to be put in due execution. His Maje&s;ty farther declaring, it was his firm re&s;olution to &s;tick to the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and to all hone&s;t men, &s;uch, as he &s;aid, he knew the Ju&s;tices to be, knowing mo&s;t of them by face. And the &s;aid Ju&s;tices being Saturday following A&s;&s;embled in Se&s;&s;ions at <HI>Hicks-hall,</HI> having taken into con&s;ideration His Maje&s;ties Gracious Speech made unto them, and his Command laid upon them; and being likewi&s;e &s;en&s;ible that it is not only their Duty,
<PB N="2" REF="2" MS="y">but their Intere&s;t to u&s;e all po&s;&s;ible ways and means for the pre|&s;ervation of the Peace of this County; did therefore Order, that the &s;aid Ju&s;tices of the Peace &s;hould during His Maje&s;ties ab|&s;ence from <HI>London,</HI> in their &s;everal and re&s;pective Divi&s;ions, keep Petty Se&s;&s;ions one day in every week, <HI>(viz.)</HI> on Tue&s;day, or any other day they &s;hould think fit and convenient. And that the &s;aid Ju&s;tices within their re&s;pective Divi&s;ions, do from time to time, i&s;&s;ue forth their Warrants to the &s;everal High Con&s;tables within their Divi&s;ions, thereby commanding them, That they do with their utmo&s;t diligence and endeavour, Apprehend and Se|cure all per&s;ons offending again&s;t the &s;aid Statute, (the &s;aid Ju&s;ti|ces being hereby de&s;ired to in&s;ert into their Warrants &s;o much of the &s;aid Statute, as to them &s;hall &s;eem meet.) And the &s;aid per|&s;ons &s;o offending, before them the &s;aid Ju&s;tices at their next Pet|ty Se&s;&s;ions to bring, to the intent they may be proceeded again&s;t according to Law and Ju&s;tice. And the &s;aid Ju&s;tices are hereby likewi&s;e de&s;ired to Charge and Command the &s;aid High Con&s;ta|bles, that they do within their re&s;pective Divi&s;ions, &s;urvey the Watches that are kept by their Petty Con&s;tables, in their &s;everal Divi&s;ions, and Order that the &s;aid Watches be kept for the fu|ture, from Nine of the clock at Night, until Six in the Morning, to the intent the Kings Peace may be better &s;ecured. And the &s;aid Ju&s;tices are hereby farther de&s;ired, that they in their War|rants Command the &s;aid High Con&s;tables to I&s;&s;ue forth their War|rants to the Petty Con&s;tables within their &s;everal Divi&s;ions, there|by Commanding them, that they do for the future take an ac|count in Writing of all the Names of tho&s;e per&s;ons they Summon to be upon the Watch. And that they take particular notice of all and every per&s;on, that &s;hall after &s;uch Summons given make de|fault, and not appear him&s;elf, or &s;end &s;ome fit per&s;on to Watch in his &s;tead; which &s;aid Account, the &s;aid Petty Con&s;tables are hereby required to pre&s;ent fairly Written, to the Ju&s;tices which &s;hall A&s;&s;emble at the &s;aid Petty Se&s;&s;ions, to the intent all &s;uch per&s;ons that &s;hall refu&s;e to Watch, may be proceeded again&s;t according to Law. And it is farther Ordered by the &s;aid Court, that the &s;aid Ju&s;tices be, and they are hereby de&s;ired to put this Order in execution forthwith.</P>
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