By the mayor whereas it appears by several examinations taken before me and others His Majesties justices of the peace, that there have been several endeavours and wicked contrivances influencing some apprentices and others, to enter into a detestable combination for wicked purposes against the peace and good government of this city ... City of London (England). Lord Mayor. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A33394 of text R36021 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C4616). 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 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A33394 Wing C4616 ESTC R36021 15586747 ocm 15586747 103992 2240941888

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A33394) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 103992) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1589:3) By the mayor whereas it appears by several examinations taken before me and others His Majesties justices of the peace, that there have been several endeavours and wicked contrivances influencing some apprentices and others, to enter into a detestable combination for wicked purposes against the peace and good government of this city ... City of London (England). Lord Mayor. Clayton, Robert, Sir, 1629-1707. 1 broadside. Printed by Samuel Roycroft ..., London : [1680] Title from first 4 lines of text. Date of publication suggested by Wing. Broadside cut into 2 leaves. "Given at Guild-Hall London, the 30th. day of March, anno Dom. 1680. And in the xxij. year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c." Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng London (England) -- History -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- London. eebo By the mayor. Whereas it appears by several examinations taken before me and others his Majesties justices of the peace, that there have been several Corporation of London . Lord Mayor 1680 2 557 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. 2013-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2013-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-09 Sampled and proofread 2013-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
blazon of the City of London, consisting of a shield bearing the cross of St. George (patron saint of England) with a sword (emblem of the martyrdom of St. Paul, patron saint of London) in the first quarter of the shield
By the Mayor .

WHereas it appears by several Examinations taken before Me and others his Majesties Iustices of the Peace , that there have been several Endeavours and wicked Contrivances influencing some Apprentices and others , to enter into a detestable Combination for wicked Purposes against the Peace and good Government of this City ; several of the Complices being now in Custody to answer the Law .

And foreseeing the Dangerous and sad Consequences ( both as to our Religion and Peace ) in the Circumstances we are now in , that Riotous and Seditious Assemblies may run into , by the Managery and Artifices of designing Papists and other Persons disaffected to the Government : And the great Numbers of unaccomptable Persons that fill the Suburbs of this City , many of whom are of Desperate Fortunes , and of worse Principles , who may take Advantages to improve Riots and unlawful Assemblies , to worse Purposes than Apprentices might intend them .

For Avoiding and Preventing any such wicked Designs and Evils that might thereupon ensue , and for preventing the Mischiefs that Apprentices and others might unwarily run into , and for the preservation of the Peace , Honour , and good Government of this City .

These are ( by the Advice of my Brethren the Aldermen ) in his Majesties Name , streightly to Command and require all Masters of Families , that they take great heed and care to keep their Apprentices and Servants strictly under their Commands ; And that they Warn and Admonish them against all such Combinations and Riotous Assemblies and Proceedings , Especially on the Lords day and Festivals ; that by their due care in keeping them to their respective Duties , all undue and unlawfull Assemblies may be prevented , which in all times have been of Mischeivous Consequences , and greatly to the dishonour of God , the Scandal of the Protestant Religion , and the good government of this City .

These are also to Charge and Command all Constables and Beadles to take care that the Civil Watches be duly kept , and in full Proportions according to the Law in that case , and upon any defect to Represent it to Me , that effectual care may be taken for the Redressing any neglect or abuses therein ; And I do further Recommend it to the Care of the Alderman , Deputy , and Common Council-men of each Ward , that they sometimes , with some other Citizens of the Neighbourhood , when they shall think fit , do walk the Rounds , and see that the Watches be duly kept , and do their respective Duties . And it is also recommended to their Care , that this may be speedily Communicated to all Inhabitants within their respective Wards .

Given at Guild-Hall London , the 30 th . day of March , Anno Dom. 1680. And in the xxxij . year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second , by the Grace of God , of England , Scotland , France and Ireland , King , Defender of the Faith , &c. God save the King .

Printed by Samuel Roycroft , Printer to the Honourable City of LONDON .