By the mayor, to the alderman of the ward of [blank] whereas I have received a rule made yesterday by His Majesties Court of Kings-Bench, whereby (upon great complaint made to the said court, that squibs and crackers are frequently thrown into coaches passing the streets of this city ...) City of London (England). Lord Mayor. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A49072 of text R41299 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L2886H). 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 A49072 Wing L2886H ESTC R41299 31354851 ocm 31354851 110275 2240856420

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A49072) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 110275) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1745:18) By the mayor, to the alderman of the ward of [blank] whereas I have received a rule made yesterday by His Majesties Court of Kings-Bench, whereby (upon great complaint made to the said court, that squibs and crackers are frequently thrown into coaches passing the streets of this city ...) City of London (England). Lord Mayor. Tulse, Henry, Sir, d. 1689. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Printed by Samuel Roycroft, Printer to this Honourable City, [London] : 1684. Form letter. "Dated the 25th. day of October, 1684. Wagstaffe." Reproduction of original in Guildhall Library (London, England). eng Offenses against public safety -- England -- London. London (England) -- History -- 17th century. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo By the mayor, to the alderman of the ward of [blank] whereas I have received a rule made yesterday by His Majesties Court of Kings-Bench, whereby (upo Corporation of London. Lord Mayor 1684 1 474 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 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
By the Mayor . To the Alderman of the Ward of _____

WHEREAS I have received a RULE , made Yesterday by His MAJESTIES Court of Kings-Bench , whereby ( upon great Complaint made to the said Court , That Squibs and Crackers are frequently thrown into Coaches passing the Streets of this CITY , and great mischief thereby done ; ) It was Ordered , That Warrants be from Me and my Brethren the Aldermen , Issued out to the several Constables of this City , Requiring them to be and attend in the Streets ( in their respective Precincts ) On the Nine and Twentieth of this instant October , and the Fifth of November next , and the Fifteenth of the said Month of November , to hinder all Persons from throwing Squibs and Crackers in the Streets , and to seize and secure all such as shall presume to throw the same , and not to suffer any Persons whatsoever , either on the Days aforesaid , or at any other Time or Times hereafter , to Throw any Squibs and Crackers into any Coaches in the Streets , but to take Care that all Persons may pass in Coaches quietly and securely without harm or hindrance : And that all Citizens of this City be Aiding and Assisting to the Constables in the Execution of their Office herein .

These are therefore in His MAJESTIES Name streightly to Charge and Require You , immediately to call before You all the several Constables within Your Ward , and give them in strict Charge , That ( as They will answer the Contrary at their Perils ) They be very careful and diligent to Observe and Execute the said Order : And that They ( in their own Persons ) give their constant Attendance in and about the Streets , within their respective Precincts , On the said Nine and Twentieth of this Month , and the Fifth and Fifteenth of November next , and there prevent all Throwing of Squibs , and Apprehend all Persons that shall presume to do the same , and bring them before a Justice of the Peace within this City , to be punished according to their Demerits . And that at all other Times likewise , They be watchful to hinder the same ; And wherever They shall find any Offending herein , that They fail not to do their Duty in carrying Them before a Justice of the Peace , as aforesaid . And all Citizens and Inhabitants of this City are to Aid and Assist the Constables therein : And hereof I desire You not to fail .

Dated the 25th day of October , 1684 . Wagstaffe .

Printed by SAMVEL ROYCROFT , Printer to this Honourable City , 1684.