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<HEAD>By the Mayor. <FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>arms of London</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>To the Alderman of the Ward of <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word"></HEAD>
<P>WHEREAS I lately Recommended to your Care the &s;trict Execution of the Laws for the due Ob&s;er|vation of the LORD's-DAY; Wherein, if You and the re&s;t of my Brethren the <HI>Aldermen</HI> &s;hall do your parts within your re&s;pective Wards, I que&s;tion not but it will have the de&s;ired effect, and pre|vent (at lea&s;t) the open Profanation of that Day, I therefore again pre&s;s you to employ your Care in that particular. But becau&s;e there are al&s;o Notoriou&s;ly in practice within this City other great Vices and Di&s;orders, very di&s;honourable to Almighty GOD, and &s;candalous to the Cities Government, (&s;uch as Drunkenne&s;s, Common Swearing and Cur&s;ing, Tipling and Gaming;) I have thought fit, by the Advice of my Brethren the <HI>Alder|men,</HI> to recommend to you likewi&s;e the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of tho&s;e Enormities (as far as in You lies) within Your Ward. And in regard there is grown to much in u&s;e a mo&s;t Di&s;&s;olute and Infamous Practice, for Men and Women in the Evening to wander about the Streets and Impudently &s;ollicit others to Wickedne&s;s; Your Care is earne&s;tly de&s;ired, That the &s;everal Con&s;tables of Your Ward may frequently in the Evening Walk the Streets within their Precincts, and be Indu&s;trious to prevent that Lewd and Shameful Practice, and Apprehend all Per&s;ons they &s;hall ob&s;erve to Misbehave them&s;elves in that kind, or &s;hall have ju&s;t cau&s;e to &s;u&s;pect, and bring them before Me or &s;ome other Ju&s;tice of the Peace, to be &s;ent to <HI>Bridewell,</HI> bound to the Good Behaviour, or otherwi&s;e dealt with according to Law.</P>
<P>And for the other Misdemeanors before-mentioned, That the Con&s;tables and other Officers may the better under|&s;tand their Duties, and the Penalties by Law appointed to be inflicted on Offenders may be the better known, I have cau&s;ed a &s;hort Ab&s;tract to be made thereof out of the Laws, and to be here &s;et down; That is to &s;ay.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Drunkenne&s;s.</NOTE>Every Per&s;on that &s;hall be Drunk, and thereof Convicted by View of a Ju&s;tice of Peace, or one Witne&s;&s;es Oath, or the parties Confe&s;&s;ion, &s;hall forfeit <HI>Five Shillings,</HI> to be paid within a Week to the Churchwardens of the Pari&s;h for the u&s;e of the Poor, or el&s;e to be levied by Di&s;tre&s;s, by Warrant from a Ju&s;tice of Peace; If the party be not able, He is to be committed to the Stocks for &s;ix Hours: And for the &s;econd Offence, He's to be bound to the Good Behaviour. Every Con&s;table or other, neglecting his Duty, in correcting the Offender or levying the Penalty, to forfeit <HI>Ten Shillings.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Swearing and Cur&s;ing.</NOTE>The Per&s;on guilty thereof in the hearing of a Ju&s;tice of Peace, or proved by Two Witne&s;&s;es or the parties Con|fe&s;&s;ion, &s;hall for every Offence pay <HI>Twelve Pence</HI> to the Poor, to be levied by Di&s;tre&s;s, as before. For want of Di&s;tre&s;s, the Offender (if above 12 Years old) to &s;it in the Stocks Three Hours; If under Twelve, to be Whipped by Warrant of the Ju&s;tice.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tipling.</NOTE>No Per&s;on is to continue Tipling in any Tavern or other Victualling-Hou&s;e (other than Labouring and Handicrafts|men upon the u&s;ual Working-days for one hour at Dinner-time, and unle&s;s for urgent occa&s;ions to be allowed by two Ju&s;tices of the Peace) on pain of Forfeiting <HI>Three Shillings Four Pence,</HI> and <HI>Ten Shillings</HI> by the Victualler or Hou&s;e|keeper, that &s;hall permit &s;uch Tipling in his Hou&s;e: The party being convicted thereof by View of a Ju&s;tice of Peace or One Witne&s;&s;es Oath, or the parties own Confe&s;&s;ion; the &s;ame to be levied by Di&s;tre&s;s, by a Con&s;table or the Church|wardens of the Pari&s;h where the Offence is committed, and to go to the Poor of the &s;aid Pari&s;h.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Gaming.</NOTE>All Per&s;ons keeping Common Gaming-Hou&s;es and Game&s;ters commonly re&s;orting thereunto, are to find Sureties or be committed.</P>
<P>For the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of all which Di&s;orders and Puni&s;hment of the Offenders, You are &s;trictly to Injoyn all the Con&s;tables and Churchwardens within your Ward, That they carefully and con&s;tantly perform their Duties therein: And that You often Remind them thereof; and &s;uch as you &s;hall find Remi&s;s, that You take Care they may undergo the Penalties to be inflicted in that behalf. Hereof fail not, as You tender the Weal and Pro&s;perity of this City.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given</HI> <DATE><HI>the 19th Day of</HI> November, 1689.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Wag&s;taffe.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed by <HI>SAM&V;EL ROYCROFT,</HI> Printer to the Honourable City of <HI>LONDON,</HI> 1689.</P>
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