An Act of Common Councell, for the prohibiting of all persons vvhatsoever, from crying or putting to sale about the streets within this city, and liberties, any pamphlets, books, or papers whatsoever, by way of hawking, to be sold and for the punishment of the offenders therein, according to the custome and law of this city. City of London (England). Court of Common Council. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A88442 of text R211991 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.7[49]). 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 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A88442 Wing L2851P Thomason 669.f.7[49] ESTC R211991 99870652 99870652 161030 2240951103

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A88442) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161030) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f7[49]) An Act of Common Councell, for the prohibiting of all persons vvhatsoever, from crying or putting to sale about the streets within this city, and liberties, any pamphlets, books, or papers whatsoever, by way of hawking, to be sold and for the punishment of the offenders therein, according to the custome and law of this city. City of London (England). Court of Common Council. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Richard Cotes, printer to the Honourable City of London, [London] : [1643] Wing dates this item 9 October 1643. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A88442 R211991 (Thomason 669.f.7[49]). civilwar no An Act of Common Councell, for the prohibiting of all persons vvhatsoever, from crying or putting to sale about the streets within this city City of London 1643 1 596 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 C The rate of 34 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-09 Sampled and proofread 2007-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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An Act of Common Councell , for the prohibiting of all persons whatsoever , from crying or putting to sale about the streets within this City , and Liberties , any Pamphlets , Books , or Papers whatsoever , by way of Hawking , to be sold , and for the punishment of the offenders therein , according to the Custome and Law of this CITY . Commune Concilium tentum in Camera Guild-hall Civitatis London , nono die Octobris , 1643. Annoque Regni Domini nostri Caroli , nunc Regis Angliae , &c. decimo nono , coram Isaac Pennington Majore ( secundo tempore ) Civitatis London , Johan . Wollaston Milite , & Aldermanno , Majore Civitatis Londini electo , Johan . Glyn , Armiger . ejusdem Civitatis Recordatore , Thoma Atkin , Johan . Warner , Johan . Langham , Willi . Gibbs , Will . Barkley , ejusdem Civitatis Aldermannis , & Johan . Fowke & Jacobo Bunce , Aldermannis & Vicecomit' ejusdem Civitatis , Necnon majore parte Communariorum de Communi Concilio ejusdem Civitatis tunc & ibidem Assemblat' .

THis Common Councell taking into their serious consideration , a complaint made by the Master , Wardens , Assistants , and Commonalty of the Stationers , London , against a multitude of vagrant persons , men , women and children , which after the manner of Hawkers , doe openly cry about the streetes , Pamphlets , and other Bookes , and under colour thereof are found to disperse all sorts of dangerous Libels , to the intolerable dishonour of the Kings Maiesty , and of the high Court of Parliament , and the whole Government of this Realme , and this City in particular . And conceiving it very necessary by all due meanes to suppresse the evils growing by such unlawfull selling of such Pamphlets and Libels , have thought fit , and doe Ordaine , that from henceforth the Lawes and Custome of this City , which make a forfeiture of the goods , that are carryed about the streetes , by way of Hawking to be sold ; And also the Statutes made against Rogues , and Vagabonds , shall be strictly put in execution against such vagrant persons , selling as aforesaid , being petty Chapmen within the said Statutes : And for the more sure execution of the said Custom● and Lawes , It is by this Court further Ordered , that the Officers of the Chamber , for the offences against the Custome and Law of Hawking , and Marshals of the City , and the Constables of every Precinct within this City , are hereby streightly charged to doe their utmost duties in their severall places and Offices , in apprehending and bringing before some of his Maiesties Iustices of the Peace within this City , all and every such person or persons which shal offend in crying , offering , or putting to sale by way of Hawking , any Pamphlets , Bookes , or Papers whatsoever as aforesaid ; whereby they may receive such punishments , as by the Custome and Lawes aforesaid ought to be inflicted upon them . And that for neglect of the said Officers , Constables , and Marshals in their duties and places as aforesaid , informations or indictments , as the case shall require , shall be preferred against them , that they may be punished for their neglect therein according to the Law .

Printed by Richard Cotes , Printer to the Honourable Ci●● 〈◊〉 LONDON