item: #1 of 11
          id: A03734
      author: England and Wales, High Court of Admiralty.
       title: Charles, Earle of Nottingham, Barron Howard of Effingham, knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, Lord Liefetenant of his Maiesties counties of Sussex, and Surry ...
        date: 1613.0
       words: 1426
      flesch: 61
     summary: London in his Maiesties High Court of the Admiraltie of England, the second day of Iuly in the yeare of our Lord God 1613. Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).
    keywords: anastasius; books; characters; charles; court; early; eebo; encoding; england; english; high; howard; image; lord; maiesties; noble; nottingham; online; oxford; partnership; phase; tcp; tei; text; works; xml
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        item: #2 of 11
          id: A31012
      author: Baron, John, 1669 or 70-1722.
       title: A sermon preach'd June 1, 1699, at Feckenham in Worcester-shire, before the trustees appointed by Sir Thomas Cookes, Kt. Bart. to manage his charity given to that place by John Baron ...
        date: 1699.0
       words: 10015
      flesch: 61
     summary: In time of Peace , which is therefore reckoned so great a Blessing , because of that security it gives to all Ranks and Conditions of Men at home , and the free liberty of Trade and Commerce abroad . 3. It shews they firmly trust in , and more entirely rely upon the good Providence of God.
    keywords: ability; account; affections; argument; baron; benefit; best; better; body; books; characters; charitable; charity; church; consideration; cookes; day; death; design; design'd; duty; dye; early; earth; eebo; english; father; feckenham; free; glory; god; good; great; heaven; hope; john; learning; liberal; life; like; little; lives; long; lord; love; man; master; men; mercy; mind; nations; nature; necessary; noble; oblig'd; opportunity; original; oxford; place; poor; providence; reason; right; said; saith; school; sermon; settlements; sir; soul; tcp; tei; text; things; thomas; thoughts; time; true; trustees; useful; uses; want; way; worcester; works; world; years
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        item: #3 of 11
          id: A41337
      author: Firmin, Thomas, 1632-1697.
       title: Some proposals for the imployment of the poor, and for the prevention of idleness and the consequence thereof, begging a practice so dishonourable to the nation, and to the Christian religion : in a letter to a friend / by T.F.
        date: 1681.0
       words: 18852
      flesch: 41
     summary: Poor laws -- England. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.
    keywords: able; account; age; answer; beggars; begging; better; business; care; charge; charity; children; city; cloth; course; day; employment; england; english; flax; god; good; great; half; hands; hard; hath; help; hemp; home; honest; house; idleness; known; labour; late; laws; like; linnen; little; living; london; long; loss; making; manufacture; means; money; nation; necessary; neighbours; number; old; parents; parish; parishes; pence; penny; persons; places; poor; poor children; poor people; pound; poverty; price; prison; reason; self; set; setting; shillings; sort; spin; spinning; streets; supply; tcp; text; thing; tho; time; trade; want; way; wheel; work; yarn; years; young
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        item: #4 of 11
          id: A54295
      author: Edwin, Humphrey, Sir, 1642-1707, recipient.
       title: Mr. Pepys to the Lord Mayor upon the present state of Christ-Hospital. To the Right Honourable Sir Humphry Edwin, Lord Mayor
        date: 1698.0
       words: 2305
      flesch: 61
     summary: It remains ; That in taking my Leave of your Lordship ( which I would do with all the Respect due to your Lordship's Just Character ) I beg you to consider , Whether what I either have done , am now doing , or may have further to do , in Exposing my Observations and Sentiments in this Matter , be either more or other , than what my Cha●ge as a Governour obliges me to ; and what my self alone , through my closer Applications to the Service of the House , am inlighten'd to do ; or otherwhere , than by my immediate Duty I am bound ; or , which is yet more , in any other manner , than what is alone left me to do it in . Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).
    keywords: aldermen; books; characters; christ; city; court; early; edwin; eebo; english; honourable; hospital; images; lordship; mayor; online; oxford; partnership; pepys; phase; poor; present; right; self; sir; state; tcp; tei; text; works
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        item: #5 of 11
          id: A54296
      author: Christ's Hospital (London, England). Board of Governors, recipient.
       title: Mr. Pepys to the President and Governours of Christ-Hospital upon the present state of the said hospital To the Honour'd Sir John Moor, Kt. and President, and the rest of my honour'd friends, the Governours of Christ-Hospital.
        date: 1698.0
       words: 1530
      flesch: 64
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A54296) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 38117)
    keywords: books; characters; christ; court; early; eebo; english; general; governours; honour'd; hospital; john; online; oxford; papers; pepys; present; president; sir; tcp; tei; text; works
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        item: #6 of 11
          id: A54297
      author: Christ's Hospital (London, England). Board of Governors, recipient.
       title: Mr. Pepys to the President, and Governours of Christ-Hospital, upon the present state of the said hospital To the Honour'd Sir John Moor, Kt. and President, and the rest of my honour'd friends, the Governours of Christ-Hospital.
        date: 1698.0
       words: 2322
      flesch: 55
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A54297) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 38118)
    keywords: aldermen; books; characters; christ; court; early; eebo; encoding; english; governours; honour'd; hospital; house; images; john; online; oxford; partnership; pepys; phase; present; president; self; sir; state; tcp; tei; text; treasurer; works; xml
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        item: #7 of 11
          id: A54298
      author: Child, Francis, Sir, 1642-1713, recipient.
       title: Mr. Pepys to the Right Honourable Sir Francis Child, Kt. Lord Mayor, and to the Court of Aldermen upon the present state of Christ-Hospital.
        date: 1699.0
       words: 3397
      flesch: 54
     summary: In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. Lord Mayor, and to the Court of Aldermen upon the present state of Christ-Hospital.
    keywords: authority; better; books; characters; child; christ; court; early; eebo; encoding; english; francis; gentlemen; governours; honourable; hospital; house; images; little; london; lord; lordship; mayor; online; oxford; partnership; pepys; phase; present; right; said; self; sir; state; tcp; tei; text; vnder; works; xml
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        item: #8 of 11
          id: A78249
      author: England and Wales. Parliament.
       title: The Case of the governours of the Hospital at Hoxton, of the Foundation of Robert Aske, Esq.
        date: None
       words: 1309
      flesch: 58
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).
    keywords: aske; books; characters; early; eebo; english; esq; foundation; governours; hospital; hoxton; online; phase; robert; said; sum; tcp; tei; text
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        item: #9 of 11
          id: A84441
      author: England and Wales. Commissioners for Charitable Uses.
       title: By the Commissioners for Charitable Uses. Whereas there is a special commission directed to us, under the Great-Seal of England, by his Highness Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging, for the redressing of the misimployment and concealing of lands, goods and stocks of money heretofore given to charitable uses, as well by kings and queens of England, as by other well disposed persons. ...
        date: 1655.0
       words: 1426
      flesch: 58
     summary: Some for relief of aged impotent and poor people ; Some for maintenance of Sick and maimed Souldiers and Mariners , Schools of Learning , Free-Schools , and Schollers in Universities ; Some for repair of Bridges , Ports , Havens , Cause-waies , Churches , Sea-banks , and High-waies ; Some for education and perferment of Orphans ; Some for or towards relief , Stock or maintenance for houses of Correction ; Some for Marriages of poor Maids ; Some for supportation , aid and help of young Tradesmen , Handicrafts-men , and Persons decayed ; And others for relief or redemption of Prisoners or Captives , and for aid or ease of any poor Inhabitants concerning payment of Fifteens , setting out of Souldiers and other Taxes : Wee doe therefore in conscience of our dutie towards God and Man , hereby order & declare That if any poor person or persons whatsoever , under any the qualifications before specified , doe or shall find themselves justly grieved with fraud or violence , in the concealement , detention , or abuse of any ( though never so Rich and great Oppressors ) of any thing that is or shall be due to them , or any of them by the gift , appointment or assignment of any well disposed persons , and shall make their greivances appear before us to be reall ; That they and every of them so grieved , shall have and receive sufficient remedie in the same both for what hath been formerly concealed or detained , as also for what is at present concealed or detained from them amongst such cruell oppressors , their heires , executors and administrators , if they or any of them have Assets in Law or Equity , with all possible speed , and without any fear of their Adversaries malitious power or greatness , either for the present or for time to come ; And also that if any person or persons shall out of a due sence and apprehension of the oppressed and perishing condition of the Poor , make any just complaint of any Concealement or detention of any Gift , Appointment , or Assignement of any Lands , Rents , or Monies belonging to any Poor by whomsoever , and shall or can make a clear and full discoverie thereof , every such person or persons so doing shall and may recover the same before us for the use of the said Poor , together with all the arreares , against any such unjust dealers whomsoever , their heires , executors , or administrators , if they or any of them have Assets either in Law or Equity . This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84441 of text R211605 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.20[16]).
    keywords: a84441; charitable; charitable uses; commissioners; disposed; doe; england; great; kings; lands; lord; persons; poor; protector; seal; shall; special; text; thomason; uses; wales
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        item: #10 of 11
          id: A87192
      author: Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.
       title: Londons charity inlarged, stilling the orphans cry. By the liberality of the Parliament, in granting two houses by Act, and giving a thousand pound towards the work for the imployment of the poor, and education of poor children, who many of them are destroyed in their youth for want of being under a good government and education, whereby they may be made serviceable for God, and the Commonwealth. Also this good work is much encouraged by the liberall contributions of many well-affected citizens of London, for the better carrying it on for the glory of God, the honor of the nation, and comfort of the helples poor. With a platform, how many officers needfull to govern 100 children in a work-house, with laws and orders for the schoolmaster to read to the children once a day for a time, afterwards twice a month, whereby they may be kept under a godly and civill government, to the great joy of good peopl. With other observations worthy the reading. / By S.H. a well-wisher to the nations prosperity, and the poors comfort.
        date: 1650.0
       words: 10340
      flesch: 59
     summary: By the liberality of the Parliament, in granting two houses by Act, and giving a thousand pound towards the work for the imployment of the poor, and education of poor children, who many of them are destroyed in their youth for want of being under a good government and education, whereby they may be made serviceable for God, and the Commonwealth. By the liberality of the Parliament, in granting two houses by Act, and giving a thousand pound towards the work for the imployment of the poor, and education of poor children, who many of them are destroyed in their youth for want of being under a good government and education, whereby they may be made serviceable for God, and the Commonwealth.
    keywords: act; advance; begger; better; birth; bread; care; carier; carying; charg; charity; children; christ; city; comfort; commonwealth; constable; corporation; cry; day; desire; doe; education; english; glory; god; gods; good; good work; government; great; hands; hath; hav; having; honor; house; idle; imployment; joy; laws; life; like; little; london; lord; man; master; meals; meanes; nation; needfull; officers; parish; parliament; peopl; persons; poor; poor children; reading; rich; right; said; saith; salary; set; spirit; stock; text; thee; things; thou; thy; time; viz; want; week; work
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        item: #11 of 11
          id: A96405
      author: Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings.
       title: To the monthly and quarterly meetings of Friends in England, Wales, London, the twenty six day of the sixth month, 1692.
        date: 1692.0
       words: 1412
      flesch: 61
     summary: To the monthly and quarterly meetings of Friends in England, Wales, London, the twenty six day of the sixth month, 1692. Society of Friends.
    keywords: books; characters; day; early; eebo; england; english; friends; great; image; john; london; meeting; month; online; oxford; partnership; phase; society; sufferings; tcp; tei; text; works
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