By the Mayor. Whereas by neglect of executing the good lawes and statutes against rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggers, that vermine of this Common-wealth doth now swarme in and about this city and liberties, ... City of London (England). Lord Mayor. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A74147 of text R211678 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.20[21]). 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. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A74147 Thomason 669.f.20[21] ESTC R211678 99870384 99870384 163438 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A74147) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163438) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f20[21]) By the Mayor. Whereas by neglect of executing the good lawes and statutes against rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggers, that vermine of this Common-wealth doth now swarme in and about this city and liberties, ... City of London (England). Lord Mayor. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by James Flesher Printer to honourable city of London, [London] : 1655. Title from caption and first lines of text. Signed and dated: the twenty third day of January 1655. Sadler. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Decemb. 1655". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Begging -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Rogues and vagabonds -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A74147 R211678 (Thomason 669.f.20[21]). civilwar no By the Mayor. Whereas by neglect of executing the good lawes and statutes against rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggers, that vermine of the City of London 1655 1025 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. 2008-06 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-08 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion By the Mayor . WHereas by neglect of executing the good Lawes and Statutes against Rogues , Vagabonds , and Sturdy beggers , That vermine of this Common-wealth doth now swarme in and about this City and Liberties , disturbing and annoying the inhabitants and Passengers , by hanging upon Coaches , and clamarous begging at the doores of Churches and private Houses and in the Streets and common Dayes ; beguilling the modest , laborious and honest poore , ( the proper obiects of Charity ) of much reliefe and Almes which otherwise might bee disposed to them by bountifull and well minded people : And by this meanes and their corrupt and prophane communication , doe bring dishonor to God , scandall to Religion , and shame to the Government of this City : And for as much as it is intended and resolved that for Reformation of this living Nusance , the said Lawes and Statutes shall bee hence-forth duely and strictly executed within this City and Liberties thereof , and the penaltyes and punishments thereby appointed , imposed and inflicted upon all Persons offending against the same : I doe thereofore give notice thereof , And in the name of his Highnes the Lord Protector , doe hereby require and Command all Constables and other Officers and Persons whatsoever within this City and Liberties , to bee diligent and watchfull about their duties herein : For better information whereof and that none may excuse himselfe by pretence of ignorance , I have caused some branches of the said Statutes of most Common concernment to bee added hereunto , expecting that accordingly every Constable doe presently apprehend ( and so continue to doe during his said Office ) all such Rogues , Vagabonds and Sturdy beggers as shall bee found in his parish or precinct , or shall bee brought or sent to him by any of his Neighbors , and to send to Bridewell ( the place of Correction ) such of them as live within this City and Liberties , who are there to bee received and dealt withall according to Law ; and such as live not within the Liberties aforesaid , to whipp and passe away to the place of their dwelling or last aboade . And that all other Persons doe apprehend or cause to bee apprehended all such as they shall see or know to resort to their houses to receive or begg any Almes , and carry or cause them to bee carried to the next Constable , And that in all other things they give that furtherance to this worke as by the Law is required . And further , I doe hereby require all and every the said Constables , to the end their dwellings may bee the better known and more readily found , that they have their staves set or fixed at their streete doores , plainly to bee seene by all Passengers . And moreover , that on the first Wednesday in every moneth at foure of the Clocke in the afternoone , they deliver in to the Corporation for the poore at Weavers Hall , a list of the names and sirnames of all such Rogues and Beggers as shall by them respectively bee apprehended , whipped and passed away , with the time when , and the place to which they are sent . As they will answere the contrary at their perills . Dated the Twenty third day of January 1655. Sadler . To all and every the Constables within the City of London and Liberties thereof . 39 Eliz cap. 4. EVery Rogue , Vagabond , or Sturdy begger that shall bee taken begging , vagrant , wandering , or misordering themselves , shall bee apprehended by any Constable of the Parish where such Person shall bee taken , and bee stripped naked from the middle upwards and bee openly whipped , till his or her body bee bloody and shall bee forthwith sent from Parish to Parish by the said Officer , the next streight way to the Parish where hee or shee was born , if the same may bee known by the parties confession or otherwise , And if the same bee not known , then to the Parish where hee or shee last dwelt , before the same punishment , by the space of one whole yeare , or if it bee not know where hee or shee was borne , or last dwelt , then to the Parish to which hee or shee last passed without punishment &c. 39 Eliz. cap. 4. If any Constable bee negligent and doe not his and their best endeavours for the apprehension of such Vagabond , Rogue , or Sturdy begger , and to cause every of them to bee punished and Convayed as aforesaid , then the Constable in whom such default shall bee , shall loose and forfeit for every such default Tenne shillings . 39 Eliz. cap. 4. Also , if any Person doe disturbe or let the execution of this Law , or make rescusse against any Officer or Person authorised for the due execution of the premisses , such Person offending shall forfeit for every such offence five pounds , and bee bound to the good behaviour . 1 Iac. cap. 7. Every Person or Persons shall apprehend or cause to bee apprended , such Rogues , Vagabonds and Sturdy beggers as hee or they shall see or know to resort to their houses to begg , gather , or receive any Almes , and him or them shall carry or cause to bee carried to the next Constable , upon paine to forfeit for every default Tenne shillings . 1. Iac. cap. 7. And if such Constable doe not cause the said Rogues , Vagabonds and Sturdy beggers to bee punished and Convayed as aforesaid , such Constable shall forefeit and loose the summe of Twenty shillings for every default . Printed by James Flesher Printer to Honourable City of LONDON .