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id: A83537
author: England and Wales. Parliament.
title: Two orders of Parliament concerning the apprehending of thieves. Die Veneris, 10 Januarii, 1650.
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summary:
  Ordered by the Parliament , THat such person or persons who shall at any time within the space of one whole year ( viz. ) from the Tenth day of January One thousand six hundred and fifty , unto the Tenth of January One thousand six hundred fifty and one , Apprehend and bring in safe Custody before any Iustice of Peace , or any other Officer of Iustice , any person that hath committed , or shall commit any Burglary , or any Robbery on the High-way ; or that hath or shall break open any dwelling House , or enter into any such House , and there use any violence upon any persons or their Goods dwelling or residing there ; Vpon the conviction of such person Apprehended , shall have a reward of Ten pounds for every such person so apprehended and convicted . Ordered by the Parliament , THat all and every the Sheriff and Sheriffs of the respective Counties in England and Wales , where such Apprehension and Conviction shall be made and had , be required ( upon the Certificate of the Iudge , or under the Hands of two or more Iustices of the Peace before whom such conviction shall be made ) to pay unto such person or persons who shall Apprehend such Offender , the reward aforesaid of Ten-pounds for every Offender so Apprehended and Convicted , out of the Publique moneys received by him in that County ; and that the same shall be allowed unto him upon his Accompts in the Exchequer .


id: A79319
author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
title: By the King. A proclamation for quieting possessions
date: 1660.0
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words: 785
sentence: 51
flesch: 69
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summary:
  This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79319 of text R225521 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C3397). At end of text:


id: B04826
author: L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680?
date: 1655.0
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words: 1278
sentence: 62
flesch: 79
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title:
  [A warning for all wicked livers] By the example of Richard Whitfield, and M. Gibs who were two notorious offenders, and both of one company, which two men made a daily practise, and got their livings by robbing and stealing both on the high-ways, and in any other places where they came, but were at last taken, apprehended and condemned to dye for robbing of a coach, & murdering of a captains man at Shooters-Hil, in Kent, some five or six miles from London, and for that offence and others, Gibs was prest to death at Maidstone in Kent, and Whitfield was hanged in chains on Shooters-Hil, where he did the bloody deed, the 27th. of March, 1655. The manner how shall be exactly related in this ditty. The tune is, Ned Smith.

summary:
  By the example of Richard Whitfield, and M. Gibs who were two notorious offenders, and both of one company L. P 1655 642 11 0 0 0 4 0 794 F The rate of 794 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. By the example of Richard Whitfield, and M. Gibs who were two notorious offenders, and both of one company, which two men made a daily practise, and got their livings by robbing and stealing both on the high-ways, and in any other places where they came, but were at last taken, apprehended and condemned to dye for robbing of a coach, & murdering of a captains man at Shooters-Hil, in Kent, some five or six miles from London, and for that offence and others, Gibs was prest to death at Maidstone in Kent, and Whitfield was hanged in chains on Shooters-Hil, where he did the bloody deed, the 27th.


id: A87069
author: Hannam, Richard, d. 1656.
date: 1656.0
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words: 1495
sentence: 43
flesch: 59
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title:
  The speech and confession of Mr. Richard Hannam on Tuesday last in the rounds of Smithfield, being the 17. of this instant June immediately before his great and fatall leap from off the ladder together with a true and perfect description of his life and death; his several rambles, figaries, exploits, and designs, performed in most parts of Europe; especially upon the king of Scots, the queen of Sweden, the kings of France, Spain, and Denmark, the high and mighty States of Holland, the great Turk, and the pope of Rome. This is licensed and entred, according to speciall order and command.

summary:
  The speech and confession of Mr. Richard Hannam on Tuesday last in the rounds of Smithfield, being the 17. of this instant June immediately before his great and fatall leap from off the ladder together with a true and perfect description of his life and death; his several rambles, figaries, exploits, and designs, performed in most parts of Europe; especially upon the king of Scots, the queen of Sweden, the kings of France, Spain, and Denmark, the high and mighty States of Holland, the great Turk, and the pope of Rome. The speech and confession of Mr. Richard Hannam on Tuesday last in the rounds of Smithfield, being the 17. of this instant June immediately before his great and fatall leap from off the ladder together with a true and perfect description of his life and death; his several rambles, figaries, exploits, and designs, performed in most parts of Europe; especially upon the king of Scots, the queen of Sweden, the kings of France, Spain, and Denmark, the high and mighty States of Holland, the great Turk, and the pope of Rome.


id: A94427
author: Chidley, Samuel.
title: To His Highness the Lord Protector, and the Parliament of England, &c.
date: 1657.0
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words: 1898
sentence: 56
flesch: 65
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summary:
  W●● ye 〈◊〉 also , that it is a general grievance and open di●grace to the Nation , that the Publick debts are yet unpaid , although you are deeply engaged by Art. 39. of this present Government ? Ye know the Laws are executed with great seve●i●y against Pick-pockets , petty thieves , and silent malefactors , who are press'd to death for hol●ing their tongues , and are taken pro confesso : But judg in your selves , Wh●t●●r are the greater sinners , those who steal for meer ●●●●ssity to supply their present wants , or such as defraud the old soldier of his Pay , & the laborer of his hire , and borrow money and not pay again but engage f●ith and promise upon it , give Debenters , Bills and Bonds for it , and establish Securities to satisfie it , and afterwards by force or fraud take it , or suffer it to be taken away again ; and yet again binde themselvs by a solemn O●th , as in the presence of God , that the Securities given shall remain firm and good , and not be made void or invalid upon any pretence whatsoever ▪ and afterwards neither regard debts nor debtors , but suffer many of them to perish , while justice is bought and sold , and cometh by a drop at a time , and doth not run down as it ought like a mighty stream : And by swearing and lying , and killing and stealing , and committing adultery , men break out , and blood toucheth blood . Such p●actices ●s these disq●iet the Land , create combust●o●s , bring confusions , and procure work for a sort of Villain 〈◊〉 Catchpoles , and employ a company of lascivio●● ▪ Lubbers , I mean the lying Lawyers , whose h●ads are full of mischief , and their pens dipt in gall and wormwood ▪ their tongues are as sharp arrows , their teeth as swords and spears , and their throats open 〈…〉 ●●vour and swallow up the poor and needy fro● 〈…〉 : These are like a sweeping 〈…〉 leaving them a shilling to be a shield of de●ence ▪ 〈…〉 in their pocket , to encou●●●r with 〈…〉 Hunger : and so the poor mens noses are h●ld ●o ●●e Grindstone , and their faces ground away , as may be seen by their countenances : and the Poor's poverty comes to be their absolute destruction , and swarms of beggers and thieves ingendered in the Common wealth by Pecunia 〈…〉 s ▪ and the poor mans Suit cannot go on currantly w●●●out money , though his Cause be never so just , but 〈…〉 e a Lawyer may easily be got to speak twenty 〈◊〉 ●●●●●st him for 10 s. and cloak his lyes with pret●●●●s of Clyents informations .


id: A32823
author: Chidley, Samuel.
date: 1652.0
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words: 9863
sentence: 207
flesch: 52
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title:
  Retsah, a cry against a crying sinne, or, A just complaint to the magistrates, against them who have broken the statute laws of God, by killing of men meerly for theft manifested in a petition long since presented to the Common Councel of the city of London, on the behalfe of transgressours : together with certaine proposals, presented by Col. Pride to the Right Honourable the Generall Counsell for the Army, and the Committee appointed by the Parliament of England, to consider of the inconveniences, mischiefes, chargeablenesse, and irregularities in their law.

summary:
  Now seeing little fruit yet appeare , for the establishing of the Lawes of God in this Nation , ( for the lives of men are taken away meerely for unvaluable Trifles ) I am once more pressed in spirit to publish the same in manner and forme following , thus sounding an alarme against the workers of iniquity , that they may rep●●t , and turne from their evill wayes ; so delivering my soule , and clearing my selfe of that bloud-guiltinesse which lyeth upon others , and ●specially upon rich men , who are called to weepe and hewle for the miseries that shall come upon them ▪ For the bread of the needy is the life of the poore , and be that de●rou●eth him of it is a Murtherer ; and the Scripture saith , Thou shall take no ransome for the life of a Murtherer that is guilty of death , but he shall surely be put to death : but I hope that some righteous men will take the matt●r into serious con●ideration ; these our indeavours tending not only to the g●od of those Transgres●ors who have not deserved death by the Lawes of God , but also of those who put them to death unjustly , left the Justice of God take hol● upon those who are the Causers of it , and that the like ●●nishment he inf●icte● j●stly upon them , which they inflict upon ●ther● unjustly . THis little Book reflecteth upon all those who have broken the Statute Lawes of God , by killing of men me●rly for Theft , Let such sinners who are the Judges , or Executioners of such over-much Justice , be ashamed , and confounded for defiling the Land with Bloud ; if they hold on this their wonted course , now the light of lawfull Liberty breaketh forth ; Will not the Land spue them out ? for the earth cryeth against this sin , which cannot be cleansed in an ordinary way without the bloud of him that sheddeth it ; This is one of the abominations of the time , for which the Saints ought to mourne .


id: A92715
author: E. S.
date: 1656.0
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words: 12445
sentence: 321
flesch: 60
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title:
  The vvitty rogue arraigned, condemned, & executed. Or, The history of that incomparable thief Richard Hainam. Relating the several robberies, mad pranks, and handsome jests by him performed, as it was taken from his own mouth, not long before his death. Likewise the manner of robbing the King of Denmark, the King of France, the Duke of Normandy, the merchant at Rotterdam, cum multis aliis. Also, with his confession, concerning his robbing of the King of Scots. Together with his speech at the place of execution. / Published by E.S. for information & satisfaction of the people.

summary:
  Sir , sayes Hainam , I am loath to trouble you till you have done your businesse , lest you in minding my businesse , you should commit an error in telling your money , which would put you to a double labour to tell it over again ; but so it fell out , the Gentl●man did mistake and so was fain to tell it over again , which Hainam eyed very diligently ; insomuch that he took an exact account ( by his telling ) how much there was ; and also it fell out , that there was a parcell of about 14 thirteenpence halfpennies which he put in a paper by themselves , and noted on the paper how many there was , which Hainam observed , and when the Gentleman had done , he put the rest of the money in the bag , and also the paper of odd monies , which Hainam well noted ; and afterwards the Gentleman took a piece of paper and writ upon it the value of it , which was 70 and odde pounds , and he being going forth of Town , left a direction upon the bag who he would have it payed to ; which he easily observed by leaning on his elbow ; and also observed where he laid the money . The Speech and Confession of Mr. Richard Hainam , on Tuesday last in the rounds of Smithfield , immediately before his fatal Leap from off the Ladder .


id: A70251
author: Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
date: 1671.0
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words: 15394
sentence: 273
flesch: 44
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title:
  A true relation of the unjust accusation of certain French gentlemen (charged with a robbery of which they are most innocent) and the proceedings upon it, with their tryal and acquittance in the Court of Kings Bench in Easter term last published by Denzell Lord Holles.

summary:
  ( so then if he said true , it was impossible they should be that day Robbing at Totternoll-hill ; And a grave Person of that Quality affirming a thing in such a solemn Assembly , in a Court of Justice is certainly more to be believed , then those Butchers , even upon their Oathes , who as it appears cared no more to hang men with taking a false Oath , then to have knockt one of their Calves in the head , and accordingly it seems the Jury did believe him , ) He said further , that he saw them also the Wednesday , and thought he saw their Horses on Thursday , which they rode on to Hatfield . So they went , and he with them , to one Hooper , who had but one neither , and asked 3 s. for his hire , and they proffered half a Crown : He said that his Horse was a Bay , with a white face and four white feet , Hoopers was a little Gray Nag , and that there was a Gray Mare besides hired of another man : And said , That one Capt. Hill had hired his Horse on the Monday before to go to Brickhill , and kept him till the Wednesday : It is to be noted , that this was the Horse , which the Butchers swore , Lampriere had under him when he robbed them , whereas it appears by this mans Testimony , that one Captain Hill had him that day , and full two days after , for he brought him back to London but the Wednesday , the day before these Gentlemen hired him .


id: A63732
author: Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
date: 1671.0
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words: 15480
sentence: 271
flesch: 43
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title:
  A true relation of the unjust accusation of certain French gentlemen (charged with a robbery, of which they were most innocent) and the proceedings upon it, with their tryal and acquittance in the Court of Kings Bench, in Easter term last published by Denzell Lord Holles, partly for a further manifestation of their innocency, (of which, as he is informed, many do yet doubt) and partly for his own vindication, in regard of some passages at that tryal, which seemed very strongly to reflect upon him.

summary:
  ( so then if he said true , it was impossible they should be that day Robbing at Totternoll-hill ; And a grave Person of that Quality affirming a thing in such a solemn Assembly in a Court of Justice is certainly more to be believed , then those Butchers , even upon their Oathes , who as it appears cared no more to hang men with taking a false Oath , then to have knockt one of their Calves in the head , and accordingly it seems the Jury did believe him , ) He said further , that he saw them also the Wednesday , and thought he saw their Horses on Thursday , which they rode on to Hatfield . So they went , and he with them , to one Hooper , who had but one neither , and asked 3 s. for his hire , and they proffered half a Crown : He said that his Horse was a Bay , with a white face and four white feet , Hoopers was a little Gray Nag , and that there was a Gray Mare besides hired of another man : And said , That one Capt. Hill had hired his Horse on the Monday before to go to Brickbill , and kept him till the Wednesday : It is to be noted , that this was the Horse , which the Butchers swore , Lampriere had under him when he robbed them , whereas it appears by this mans Testimony , that one Captain Hill had him that day , and full two days after , for he brought him back to London but the Wednesday , the day before these Gentlemen hired him .


id: A01433
author: García, Carlos, doctor.
date: 1638.0
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words: 33317
sentence: 655
flesch: 49
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title:
  The sonne of the rogue, or, The politick theefe with the antiquitie of theeves : a worke no lesse curious then delectable / first written in Spanish by Don Garcia ; afterwards translated into Dutch, and then into French by S.D. ; now Englished by W.M.

summary:
  So a quarter of an houre after , which was the time that in my conceit , shee was past all thinking of it any further , I thought of mine owne designes , weighing well all the inconveniencies whic● might fall out , among●● which I considered the suspition , conceived by her to be most difficult , it seeming to me that she would not sleepe but by halfes , and that seeing the least appearance of that shee imagined , shee would raise the house with her cryes , and put all the neighbours in armes . That Virgil drew all his richest inventions from Homor , Hesiod and Theocritus , and that Cicero boldly furnish● himselfe with the doctrine of the Stoiques Academiques and Epicures .


id: A42233
author: Garcia, Carlos.
date: 1650.0
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mime: application/xml
words: 32628
sentence: 662
flesch: 50
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title:
  Lavernæ, or, The Spanish gipsy the whole art, mystery, antiquity, company, noblenesse, and excellency of theeves and theeving : with their statutes, laws, customes, practices, varieties, and differences, also their originall, rise, and beginning, of what parents, education and breeding the author was : with a pleasant discourse hee had in prison with a most famous theefe, and also his last disgrace, being a work no lesse curious than delectable / first written in Spanish by Don. Garcia ; now in English by W.M.

summary:
  That libertie is that which guideth and directeth mans actions to diverse ends , without enforcing them and with pleasure , choosing , and commanding , experience teacheth this , in which the supreme work-master would distinguish man from other living creatures , whose end obtaineth by a naturall instinct , which leadeth them , as by a bridle , to the appetite and delight in it , and that it is so powerfull , and maketh man so absolute , that his vnderstanding having proposed the good , the perfect , the honest and the delectable , he may resolve with himselfe to love it or not to love it at all , sith that none but God may aske a reason of this so absolute commandement , Naturall Philosophie telleth it . Whence you shall understand , that to steale and robbe is in a sort naturall to man , and that it goeth by inheritance , and propagation in all the linage of men , and not by cunning .


id: A03402
author: Calvi, François de.
date: 1638.0
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mime: application/xml
words: 38072
sentence: 583
flesch: 32
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title:
  Histoire des larrons, or The history of theeves. Written in French, and translated out of the originall, by Paul Godwin

summary:
  The Budgets , are Theeves which runne themselves into divers inconveniencies and dangers , for they sometimes cause themselves to bee inclosed in some Bale , Hamper , or Trunke , as if they were some merchandise , and to bee brought and left in some rich mans house , to be convayed to some countrey Chapman to whom they fain they would send it ; to the end that in the night , every one being asleepe , hee may with his knife or key make way out , and so rob the house ; which tricke I once acted to my great disgrace ; for a friend of mine faining that hee had foure Bales which hee desired to have conveyed into the countrey , inclosed mee within one of them ; and having so done , convayed them to a Goldsmiths shop to be there kept ( as for a friend of the Goldsmiths whom hee had named to him ) untill the Carrier arrived : The Goldsmith little mistrusting any roguery to be intentended , willingly received them into his house , in regard that the time was not long that they were to trouble the house ; but it unfortunately happened that in the night , when I thought to have performed my intended exploit , three or foure Apprentices who had made a match to spend an houre or two in mirth , entering the shop , setled themselves some on one Bale and some on another ; and that wherein I was inclosed , was not so free , but that I soone felt a burden , yet not so great , but that I could indifferently well beare it ; but having drunke themselves merry , they at the last betooke them to their rest , which was no rest to me , for whereas they were severed before , they now made choice of that Bale wherein I was inclosed , for their bed , & theron slept so profoundly , that a man might have drawne them a mile from their Couch and not have wakened them : Yet I finde that he was very faulty in pemitting his Citizens to live in continuall robberie ; for what was this , but to nourish the fire of dissention , by which hee might have set on fire his new erected Common-wealth ; and indeed there needed the courage of Theseus , and the strength of Hercules to purge a kingdome infected with the swarme of such people , for it is a poison which ( as saith the Poet ) Latius & latius vires acquirit eundo .


