Martis primo die Septembris 1668, annoque regni Regis Caroli Secundi, Dei gratia Angliæ &c. XX[o] whereas by an order of His Majesty in council, made the 22 of July last, indicating that divers scandalous and seditious pamphlets tending very much to the disturbance of the peace and quiet of this kingdom, are daily sold and dispersed about the cities of London and Westminster ... City of London (England). Court of Common Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A48992 of text R37982 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L2853A). 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. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A48992 Wing L2853A ESTC R37982 17158464 ocm 17158464 106008 2240867361

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A48992) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 106008) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1619:11) Martis primo die Septembris 1668, annoque regni Regis Caroli Secundi, Dei gratia Angliæ &c. XX[o] whereas by an order of His Majesty in council, made the 22 of July last, indicating that divers scandalous and seditious pamphlets tending very much to the disturbance of the peace and quiet of this kingdom, are daily sold and dispersed about the cities of London and Westminster ... City of London (England). Court of Common Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed by James Flesher printer to the honourable City of London, [London] : [1668] At head of sheet: Peake Mayor. The bracketed "o" in the title is in superscript. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688. eebo Peake Mayor. Martis primo die Septembris 1668. Annóque regni Regis Caroli Secundi, Dei gratia, Angliæ, &c. XX⁰. Whereas by an order of his Majesty in Corporation of London . Court of Common Council 1668 1 436 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. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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Mayor . Martis primo die Septembris 1668. Annóque Regni Regis CAROLI Secundi , Dei Gratia , Angliae , &c. XXo.

VVHereas by an Order of his MAJESTY in Council , made the 22. of July last , intimating that divers Scandalous and Seditious Pamphlets , tending very much to the Disturbance of the Peace and Quiet of this Kingdom , are daily sold and dispersed about the Cities of London and Westminster and Parts adjacent by a sort of Loose and Idle people called Hawkers , under pretence of carrying about and bending News-books and Gazetts , It is required and commanded , for preventing the great Mischiefs and Inconveniencies that may ensue by permitting the same , that the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of London , and Iustices of Peace within the Liberties of Westminster and Middlesex , shall not permit or suffer any of those people called Hawkers , whether Men or VVomen , to carry about , cry , sell or disperse any Gazetts , News-books , Libells , or other Pamphlets whatsoever , within their respective Liberties or Iurisdictions ; but that they cause all such to be forthwith apprehended and sent to the House of Correction , to be there kept at hard Labour : This Court therefore , for the more effectual Execution of his MAJESTY's said Pleasure and Command , and in Addition to what hath been already done by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor in obedience thereunto , doth think fit and Order , That the Provost-Marshalls and all Constables and other Officers whom it may concern , in their severall Precincts and elsewhere ( as they shall have opportunity ) within this City and Liberties , shall diligently apply themselves to discover the said Hawkers , Sellers or Dispersers of Gazetts , News-books , Libells , or other Pamphlets , and them to apprehend , and bring before his Lordship , or some other of his MAJESTIE's Iustices of the Peace , to be sent and set to Labour at Bridewell , or ( as the Case may require ) to be otherwise disposed and prosecuted to more condign Punishment ordained by Law . And if any the said Marshalls , Constables or others , shall be found remisse or negligent of their Duties herein , such Offender , upon notice or information thereof , shall be strictly proceeded against , and receive the most severe Penalties of the Law for his Offence .

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Printed by James Flesher , Printer to the Honourable City of LONDON .