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         England and Wales.
      
       
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             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.
          
           
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           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.
        
      
    
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           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.
           
        
      
      
  

