Certain orders thought meet to be put in execution against the infection of the plague. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83885 of text R209694 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.3[16]). 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. 4 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 A83885 Wing E2791B Thomason 669.f.3[16] ESTC R209694 99868560 99868560 160574 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. A83885) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160574) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f3[16]) Certain orders thought meet to be put in execution against the infection of the plague. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords. 1 sheet ([1] p.) by Robert Barker printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of John Bill, Imprinted at London : 1641. Dated at end: Die Iovis 9. Septemb. 1641. With engraving of royal seal of Charles I at head of document. Steele notation: upon 5 perform-. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Plague -- Prevention -- England -- Early works to 1800. A83885 R209694 (Thomason 669.f.3[16]). civilwar no Certain orders thought meet to be put in execution against the infection of the plague. England and Wales. Parliament. 1641 583 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. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Certain Orders thought meet to be put in execution against the Infection of the Plague . THat the Bill , Lord have mercy upon us , with a large red Crosse be set upon the door of every house visited with the Plague . 2 That all the Stuffe in the house where any have been visited of the Plague be well aired , before they be discharged , or the house opened . 3 The house visited with the Plague to be shut up , whether any person therein do die or not : And the persons so shut up to bear their own charge , if they be of abilitie . 4 No person to be removed out of any infected house , but by leave of the Magistrate . 5 If any person shall flee out of any house , at the time when the said house shall be infected with the Plague , such persons so fleeing to be pursued by Hue and Cry , and the house where they shall be found to be shut up , and they restrained in some such place as the Magistrate of the place where they shall be found shall think fit . 6 That the Pavements in the Streets be made sufficient , and so continued ; The Kenels kept sweet and clean ; The soile of the said Streets to be carried away , and all annoyances to be removed : And such inhabitants as shall refuse to pay the reasonable rates assessed on them for payment of the Scavingers which shall cleanse and carry away the soile , be distrained by their goods for payment thereof according to Law . 7 That if any persons shall turn out of their houses any Servant or Lodger being sick , power to be given to the Magistrate or Officer to put them into their said house again , or otherwise the said persons to provide sufficient maintenance for them ; And upon refusing so to do ( being able persons ) to distrain the goods of such persons ( for the charge ) that shall so turn them out of doors . 8 If by order of the Magistrate any persons visited be removed out of their house or Lodging , to the Pest-house or other place , when they be recovered and in perfect health , the said Magistrate to have power and full authority to return and settle the said persons in their houses or Lodging from whence they were so taken out , without contradiction of their Landlords or any other . 9 That all such Magistrates or other persons that shall be trusted with this service may be enabled to do all other things necessarie , and pursuing the execution of these Orders , as occasion shall require . 10 That all Collectors in the severall Parishes shall be hereby required to perform their dutie in the collecting of the sums assessed upon the said Parishes , according to Law ; And such as shall fail in the performance of their duties therein , shall be liable to such penalties as shall be inflicted by Parliament . Die Iovis 9. Septemb. 1641. Ordered this day by the Lords in Parliament that the abovesaid Orders shall be Printed and published . ΒΆ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie : And by the Assignes of John Bill . 1641.