An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the apprehending and bringing to condigne punishment, all such lewd persons as shall steale, sell, buy, inveigle, purloyne, convey, or receive any little children And for the strict and diligent search of all ships and other vessels on the river, or at the Downes. Die Veneris, 9. Maii. 1645. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83147 of text R212228 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.9[32]). 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 2017 A83147 Wing E1936A Thomason 669.f.9[32] ESTC R212228 99870870 99870870 161130 2240955820

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83147) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161130) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f9[32]) An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the apprehending and bringing to condigne punishment, all such lewd persons as shall steale, sell, buy, inveigle, purloyne, convey, or receive any little children And for the strict and diligent search of all ships and other vessels on the river, or at the Downes. Die Veneris, 9. Maii. 1645. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for John Wright at the signe of the Kings-head in the Old-baily, London : May 9. 1644. [i.e. 1645] A variant of the edition with "1645" in imprint. Order to print signed: J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Kidnapping -- England -- Early works to 1800. Children -- Crimes against -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. A83147 R212228 (Thomason 669.f.9[32]). civilwar no An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the apprehending and bringing to condigne punishment, all such lewd perso England and Wales. Parliament. 1644 1 537 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. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament ,

For the Apprehending and bringing to condigne punishment , all such lewd persons as shall steale , sell , buy , inveigle , purloyne , convey , or receive any little Children . And for the strict and diligent search of all Ships and other Vessels on the River , or at the Downes .

Die Veneris , 9 Maii. 1645.

WHereas the Houses of Parliament are informed , that divers lewd Persons doe goe up and downe the City of London , and elsewhere , and in a most barbarous and wicked manner steale away many little Children , It is ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , That all Officers and Ministers of Iustice be hereby streightly charged and required to be very diligent in apprehending all such persons as are faulty in this kind , either in stealing , selling , buying , inveigling , purloyning , conveying , or receiving Children so stolne , and to keepe them in safe imprisonment , till they may be brought to severe and exemplary punishment .

It is further ordered , That the Marshals of the Admiralty , and the Cinque-ports , doe immediately make strict and diligent search in all Ships and Vessels upon the River , and at the Downes , for all such Children , according to such directions as they have or shall receive from the Committee of the Admiralty , and Cinque-ports .

It is further ordered , That that this Ordinance be forthwith published in Print , and Proclaimed in the usuall manner as other Proclamations , in all parts of the City of London , within the Lines of communication , and in all Parishes within the Bils of mortality , presently : And in all Churches and Chappels by the Ministers , within the Line of communication , and Bils of mortality , on the next Lords day : And in all other Churches and Chappels elsewhere respectively , the next Lords day after the recept hereof , that it may appeare to the World , how carefull the Parliament is to prevent such mischiefes , and how farre they doe detest a crime of so much villany .

Mr. Spurstow , Mr. Vassall , and Collonell Venn , ( Members of the House of Commons ) are desired to goe to the Lord Major , and to acquaint him with this Order , and to take care that it may be Proclaimed presently , and Published according to the directions , on the next Lords day .

Die Veneris , 9 Maii. 1645.

ORdered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , that this Ordinance shall be forthwith Printed and published presently , and read in all Parish Churches and Chappels within the Line of Communication and Bills of mortality , the next Lords day : and in all other Churches and Chappels elsewhere respectively , the next Lords day after the receipt hereof .

J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum .

London , Printed for John Wright at the signe of the Kings-head in the Old-baily , May 9. 1644.