item: #1 of 6
          id: A30697
      author: Bush, Rice.
       title: The poor mans friend, or A narrative of what progresse many worthy citi- [sic] of London have made in that godly work of providing for the poor With an Ordinance of Parliament for the better carrying on of the work. Published for the information and encouragement of those, both in city and countrey, that wish well to so pious a work.
        date: None
       words: 10297
      flesch: 46
     summary: And the said Corporation , or any nine of them , whereof the said President , or any of the said Aldermen , or the Deputy to the President , or the said Treasurer to be one , shall have hereby power and authority from time to time , to meet and keep Court for the ends and purposes herein expressed , at such time and place as the said President or his Deputy shall appoint : And shall have hereby authority from time to time to make and appoint a common Seal , for the use of the said Corporation , and to chuse such Officers , and them , or any of them from time to time to remove , as they shall see cause ; and upon the removall or death of them , or any of them , to chuse others in their places for the carrying on of this work ; and to make and give such reasonable allowance to them , or any of them , out of the Stock and Revenue belonging to the said Corporation , as they shall think fit , and shall have hereby full power and authority to doe and execute all such other Acts and things as are hereby ordained and appointed for the effecting the work hereby intended to be done and executed . And be it ordained by the authority aforesaid , for the further relief and employing of the said poor within the said City and liberties thereof , that the said Corporation or any nine of them , whereof the said President , or any of the said Aldermen , or the Deputy to the President , or the said Treasurer to be one , shall have power to Erect one or more Work-houses for receiving , relieving , and setting the poor on work , and one or more houses of Correction for punishing of Rogues , Vagabonds , and Beggers , as they shall think fit . And be it further ordained by the Authority aforesaid , that in regard of the great inequality in the ordering and relieving of the poor through the different abilities of the severall and respective Wards in the City of London and Liberties thereof , the said Corporation , or any Nine of them , shall hereby be authorised with consent of the Common Councell of the said City to divide the severall Wards with the poor and stock to them belonging , into four equall parts or proportions for the more effectuall and indifferent relief of the poor , and the avoiding future differences and dissentions between the rich and the poor Parishes ; provided this division of the said City and Liberties thereof , shall not be any prejudice to the relief of those parts of Parishes which lie without the Liberties of the City , which Parishes lie part within the Liberties , and part without : but that those parts which lie without the Liberties of the City shall and may have such relief from Parishes within the City , as formerly they have had . And be it ordained by the Authority aforesaid , That for the further relief and imploying of the said poor within the said City and Liberties , if the said Corporation shall finde that the Annuall Rates and Levies , or other Stock , come to their hands , shall not be sufficient for the effecting the purposes aforesaid ; that then and from time to time , it shall and may be lawfull for the said President and Governours to certifie such want of Stock , and what Summe or Summes of Money they think fit will supply the same , under their Common Seal , to the Common Councell of the said City , and the same to be Levied by them equally and indifferently upon the severall Wards respectively ; and that the said President and Governours , or any nine of them , whereof the said President , or any of the said Aldermen , or the Deputy to the President , or the said Treasurer to be one , shall have power from time to time to make and constitute Orders and By-Laws for the better relieving , regulating , and setting the poor on work , and the apprehending and punishing of Rogues , Vagabonds and Beggers within the said City and Liberties , that have not wherewith honestly to maintain themselves ; and for other the matters aforesaid , which said Orders and By-Laws shall be presented to the Lords and Commons for confirmation before the end of this Session of Parliament , and shall have hereby power to put forth , and binde such children Apprentices as shall be under their charge .
    keywords: city; corporation; god; good; house; kingdom; laws; london; man; poor; president; stock; text; time; work
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        item: #2 of 6
          id: A32554
      author: Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
       title: By the King, a proclamation for the due observation of certain statutes made for the suppressing of rogues, vagabonds, beggers, and other idle disorderly persons and for relief of the poore.
        date: 1661.0
       words: 2237
      flesch: 52
     summary: By the King, a proclamation for the due observation of certain statutes made for the suppressing of rogues, vagabonds, beggers, and other idle disorderly persons and for relief of the poore. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1546:36) By the King, a proclamation for the due observation of certain statutes made for the suppressing of rogues, vagabonds, beggers, and other idle disorderly persons and for relief of the poore.
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        item: #3 of 6
          id: A40408
      author: Fraser, Andrew, of Kinmundie.
       title: Advertisement by the sheriff-deput of Aberdeen shire, undersubscryveing Whereas, by the foresaid proclamation, the Lords of their Majesties most honorable Privy Councill, doe strictly require and command obedience to the former proclamation and this, for setling of maintenance for the indigent and necessitous poor, and suppressing of vagabounds and sturdie beggers, ...
        date: 1693.0
       words: 1294
      flesch: 53
     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: aberdeen; eebo; tcp; text
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        item: #4 of 6
          id: A49073
      author: City of London (England). Lord Mayor.
       title: By the mayor, to the alderman of the ward of [blank] whereas divers good laws have been made, and are still in force, for the suppressing and punishing of vagrants, vagabonds, and other idle persons ...
        date: 1687.0
       words: 1376
      flesch: 63
     summary: By the mayor, to the alderman of the ward of [blank] whereas divers good laws have been made, and are still in force, for the suppressing and punishing of vagrants, vagabonds, and other idle persons ... City of London (England). By the mayor, to the alderman of the ward of [blank] whereas divers good laws have been made, and are still in force, for the suppressing and punishing of vagrants, vagabonds, and other idle persons ... City of London (England).
    keywords: eebo; london; tcp; text
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        item: #5 of 6
          id: A79005
      author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
       title: By the King. A proclamation for the ease of the citty of Oxford, and suburbs, and of the county of Oxford, of unnecessary persons lodging or abiding there
        date: 1643.0
       words: 1157
      flesch: 71
     summary: A proclamation for the ease of the citty of Oxford, and suburbs, and of the county of Oxford, of unnecessary persons lodging or abiding there Proclamations. A proclamation for the ease of the citty of Oxford, and suburbs, and of the county of Oxford, of unnecessary persons lodging or abiding there Proclamations.
    keywords: oxford; shall; text
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        item: #6 of 6
          id: B03001
      author: Edinburgh (Scotland). Town Council.
       title: Act appointing the inhabitants within the city of Edinburgh to give up lists of all persons lodging within their houses ilk night
        date: 1685.0
       words: 1159
      flesch: 60
     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. B03001) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175848)
    keywords: eebo; persons; tcp; text
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