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<FIGDESC>woodcut of English coat of arms, circa 1662</FIGDESC>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
<P>DIEV &middot; ET MON &middot; DROIT</P>
</FIGURE>By the Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed by his Maje&s;ty, for the Repairing the High-Wayes and Sewers, and for keeping Clean of the Streets, in, and about the Ci|ty of <HI>LONDON</HI> and <HI>WESTMINSTER,</HI> &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas in pur&s;uance of an Act of Parliament made in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth year of his Maje&s;ties Reigne, and Entituled, An Act for Repairing of High-Wayes, and for Paving and keeping clean of the Streets, in, and a|bout the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> &amp;c. His Maje&s;ty according to the &s;aid Act, hath I&s;&s;ued his Commi&s;&s;ion under his Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> unto us <HI>Montjoy</HI> Earl of <HI>Newport, Jeronimo</HI> Earl of <HI>Portland, Henry</HI> Earl of <HI>S^t Al|bans, Anthony</HI> Lord <HI>A&s;hley,</HI> Sir <HI>Charles Berkeley, John A&s;hburnham</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Daniel Oneale</HI> E&s;quire, Sir <HI>Robert Howard,</HI> Sir <HI>John Denham</HI> Knight of the <HI>Bath,</HI> Sir <HI>Richard An&s;lowe,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Ingram,</HI> Sir <HI>William Petty, Stephen Fox</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Ed|ward Waller</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>William Gla&s;cocke</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Clement Spelman</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>John Evelyn</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Hugh May</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Thomas Bales</HI> E&s;|quire, <HI>Reynold Graham</HI> E&s;quire, and <HI>Anthony Ayre</HI> E&s;quire, or any five of Vs, to perform and execute the &s;everall Clau&s;es and Pow|ers, in and by the &s;aid Act directed. And whereas by the &s;aid Act, all Per&s;ons are commanded to Sweep the Streets, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> before their Hou&s;es and Walls, and the &s;ame take up in Baskets or other Ve&s;&s;els, every Wedne&s;day and Saturday in every Week, for the Ra|ker to carry away, upon pain of Three Shillings and Four Pence. And that all Per&s;ons are prohibited, to ca&s;t or lay any Seacoale-A&s;hes, Du&s;t, or other Annoyance in any Street or Lane within the places afore&s;aid, before their own Doore, upon pain of Five Shillings, or before the Doore or Wall of any other Inhabitants, or ca&s;t it into any private or publick Sink, Water-Cour&s;e, or High-Way, but keep the &s;ame in Tubbs or other Ve&s;&s;els, and deliver it to the Scavenger, upon pain of Twenty Shillings for every Offence. And that no Per&s;on Hoop or Wa&s;h any Caske or Ve&s;&s;el in the Street, or &s;et empty Coaches, rough Timber, or Stones in the Street, up|on pain of Twenty Shillings for every Offence. And it is Enacted, That all Scavengers, every Day (except Sunday and other Holy-Dayes) bring their Carts, and carry away the Dirt in their &s;everall Pari&s;hes; and before their approach, give notice of their coming, by a Bell, Horn, or Clapper, upon pain of Fourty Shillings for every &s;uch Neglect. And al&s;o, that every the Inhabitants, from <HI>Michaelmas</HI> unto our <HI>Lady-Day,</HI> from the time it grows Dark, untill Nine of the Clock at Night, &s;hall &s;et forth Lights, upon pain of one Shilling: And al|&s;o, that all and every Hou&s;holder, Repaire and keep Repaired, the Street or Lane before his Hou&s;e or Wall, upon pain of Twenty Shil|lings. And whereas the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners have formerly I&s;&s;ued &s;everall Orders for the Paving and Clean&s;ing of the &s;aid Streets, and removing Nu&s;ances thence, but the &s;ame have not taken effect as de&s;ired: whereupon the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, conceiving the Neglect of the &s;aid Statute and Orders proceeds from the (Per&s;ons concerned) want of knowledg of the &s;aid Particulars Impo&s;ed and Enjoyned by the Law; have therefore thought fit hereby to informe them of their duty, and forewarn them of their danger, and earne&s;tly require all Per&s;ons, to ob&s;erve and performe the &s;everall Clau&s;es and Articles in the &s;aid Statute on their part to be performed. And to the intent that re&s;pect may be had for the due performance of the&s;e and all other duties contained in the &s;aid Act, We the Commi&s;&s;ioners have ap|pointed <HI>Stafford Tyndall,</HI> and <HI>James Reade</HI> E&s;quires, to be our Supervi&s;ors, Authorizing them to appoint their Deputy or Deputies, to &s;ee the &s;ame duly executed and performed. And in ca&s;e any Inhabitants find them&s;elves prejudiced by the Comportment of any Officer what&s;oever that &s;hall be imployed herein, upon their Complaint to Vs, they, and every of them &s;hall have Redre&s;&s;e.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at the Office of his Maje&s;ties Works in <HI>Scotland</HI>-Yard,</HI>
<DATE><HI>the 17^t^h Day of <HI>July</HI> 1662.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Mo. Newport.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A. A&s;hley.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ro. Howard.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jo. Denham.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tho. Ingram.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Will. Gla&s;cock.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Clem. Spelman.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jo. Evelyn.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hugh May.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tho. Bales.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A. Aeyre.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed for <HI>J. G.</HI> Printer to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners. 1662.</P>
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