By the Lords and others His Majesties commissioners an order for the observance and execution of the statute made for the reliefe and ordering of persons infected with the plague. England and Wales. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A70032 of text R41852 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E928). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A70032) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 109251) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1685:57 or 1700:2) By the Lords and others His Majesties commissioners an order for the observance and execution of the statute made for the reliefe and ordering of persons infected with the plague. England and Wales. 1 broadside. By Leonard Lichfield ..., Printed at Oxford : 1644. This item appears at reel 1685:57 as Wing E1269 (number cancelled), and at reel 1700:2 as Wing E928. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Plague -- History -- England -- 17th century. Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649. A70032 R41852 (Wing E928). civilwar no By the Lords and others His Majesties commissioners an order for the observance and execution of the statute made for the reliefe and orderi England and Wales 1644 954 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2006-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-03 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-05 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2006-05 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion By the Lords and others His MAJESTIES Commissioners . An Order for the Observance and Execution of the Statute made for the Reliefe and Ordering of Persons infected with the Plague . WHereas by an Act of Parliament in the first yeare of the Raigne of our late Soveraigne Lord King Iames , severall good and necessary provisions were made and ordayned , touching those that be or shall be infected with the Plague : by which Act power is given to Iustices of Peace of Counties , Majors , Bayliffes , Head Officers , or Iustices of Peace in Cities , Boroughs , Townes Corporate , and places Priviledged , and to the Vice-chancellour of either of the Universities , and to the Bishop and Deane of every Cathedrall Church respectively , within their severall and respective Precincts and Iurisdictions , to taxe and assesse all Inhabitants , and all houses of Habitation , Lands , Tenements , and Hereditaments , at such reasonable taxes and payments as they shall think fit for the reasonable reliefe of Persons Infected , & to levye the same of the goods of such as shall refuse or neglect to pay , and in default thereof , to commit them to the Goale without Bayle or Mainprize untill payment ; And also to appoynt Searchers , Watchmen , Examiners , Keepers , and Buriers , for the Persons and places Infected , and to Minister Oathes unto them for the performing of their Offices , and to give them other directions as shall seem good unto them in their discretions for the present necessity . And it is thereby farther Provided and Enacted , that if any person , or Persons Infected , or being or dwelling in any houses Infected , shall be commanded or appoynted to keep his or their house , for avoiding of farther Infection , and shall notwithstanding wilfully and contemptuously disobey such direction and appoyntment , offering or attempting to break or goe abroad , and to resist such Keepers or Watchmen as shall be appoynted to see them kept in : that then it shall be Lawfull for such Watch-men with violence to inforce them to keep their houses : And if any hurt come thereby , that the Keepers , Watch-men , and their assistants shall not be impeached therefore . And farther that if any Infected persons being commanded to keep house , shall notwithstanding wilfully and contemptuously goe abroad , and converse with company , having any Infectious sore about him uncured , such person shall be taken and adjudged as a Felon , and suffer death as in case of Felony : but if they shall have no sore found about them , neverthelesse for such offence they shall be punished as Vagabonds in all respects , and also be bound to his or their good behaviour for one whole yeare , as by the said Act may more fully appeare . The Lords and others intrusted and authorized by His Majesty , by His Commission under His Great Seale of England , for , and concerning , the safety , preservation , and well Ordering of this University and City of Oxford , and the County of Oxford , and other Counties and places adjoyning , in His Majesties absence , taking into their consideration , that the due observance and execution of the said Law , may ( by Gods blessing ) be a good means to prevent the farther spreading of this present infection , and that the neglect of the observance of the same Law , hath been , and may be , in probability , an occasion of the increase thereof , doe therefore hereby in His Majesties name , by vertue of His Majesties said Commission , straightly Charge and Require , the Vice-chancellor of this University , and the Major , Justices of Peace , Bayliffes , and other Officers of this City of Oxford , and the Justices of Peace of the County of Oxford , and all others whom it may concerne , that with all possible care and diligence , they cause the said Law to be duely and effectually put in execution , as well for the help and reliefe , as for the governing and keeping in of Infected persons , as they will answer their neglect and remisnesse therein at their perills . And they doe likewise in His Majesties name , straitly Charge and Command all persons whatsoever , as well Souldiers as others , upon whom it hath pleased , or shall please God to lay this his visitation , that they submit and yeeld obedience to the said Law . Letting them know that a strict and severe proceeding shall be had , for punishing of all such as shall wilfully or contemptuously offend against the same to the endangering of others : and that a very strict accompt will be required of all who are or shall be any way concerned in this just and necessary command , tending so much to the health and preservation of this University and City , and all that are resident therein or resort thereunto . Dated at Oxford this first day of August in the year of our Lord God 1644. and in the twentieth year of the Raigne of our Soveraign Lord King CHARLES . YORKE . Ed. Littleton C. S. Cottington . Hertford . Dorset . Hen. Dover . Chichester . Chr. Hatton . Ed. Nicholas . Ed. Hide . Io. Bankes . Arth. Ashton . Printed at Oxford by Leonard Lichfield Printer to the University . 1644.