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A17772 Orders agreed upon, and published by the vicechancellour and maior of the Vniversitie and town of Cambridge and the justices of both bodies, and the doctors and aldermen their assistants. University of Cambridge. 1625 (1625) STC 4490; ESTC S118332 4,984 2

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PVRCHAS Major of the Towne of Cambridge with the consent of their Assistants then present the xj day of Iuly Ann. Dom. 1625. All which and every particular of the same they require and command all persons whom they doe or may concerne duly to observe and keepe vpon paine of imprisonment and such further punishment as may bee inflicted vpon the severall offenders herein by the Lawes of this Land and other Orders and Compositions heretofore in such cases made and agreed vpon I THAT the high Constables and petty Constables within this Towne and the Liberties of the same doe presently warne and set a sufficient Watch and Ward in the vsuall places of this Towne and the Liberties of the same to be kept by all persons aswell priviledged as others in their courses And the Watch to continue from nine of the clocke at Night till fiue in the Morning and the Ward from fiue in the Morning vntil nine of the clocke in the Evening And that the Constable giue this charge to the Watchers and Warders and that the Watchers and Warders doe duely observe the same vpon paine of imprisonment II That all such Watchers and Warders doe apprehend and take all idle and wandring people and all other suspected persons which are repaired or which shall and will repaire to this Towne and the Liberties of the same and deliver them to the Constables to be sent away and punished according to the Lawes of this Land And that they keep out of this Towne all wandring Pedlers Tinkers Aquavitae-men and such like And all Strangers and all Carriages and Goods that may be suspected to bring infection or danger to this Vniversitie or Towne vntill they be allowed to be entertained or received by the said Vicechancellor or Major or some other Iustice of Peace of either Body and that they keepe a true Booke of the Name of euery person and his goods thus allowed and by whom III That the Churchwardens Constables and Overseers of every parish doe euery day and oftner if there be cause make inquirie and search in all Innes Alehouses and other houses within their Parish for all passengers and strangers that are or shall be lodged or receiued in any of them and if they find feare or suspect any of them did come from any part of London or other place visited that presently they discharge them and giue notice of the Host or receiver of them to Mr. Vicechancellor or Mr. Major or some Iustice of Peace that they may vndergoe such punishment as shall be thought fit by the foresaid Vicechancellor and Major IIII That if in such search or at any other time the said Churchwardens Constables or Overseers or any of them doe obserue and see or shall be credibly informed of any drunken persons swearers or blasphemers or finde or be informed that any persons doe remaine idle mispending their time in drinking gaming or otherwise within any Taverne Inne Alehouse or other place within this Towne or Liberties of the same that without favour or any partialitie they see them presently punished according to the Statute in such cases provided or make present complaint of them and their receivers to the Vicechancellor and Major V That no person doe carry or recarry any Passengers goods wares or marchandise by land or water from this Towne to London or from London to or towards this Towne except it be for his Maiesties vse and except Francis Adcock who onely is allowed to carry and recarry Letters and nothing else VI That the aforesaid Churchwardens Constables and Overseers doe from time to time take care that all inhabitants and other persons within their severall parishes doe pave gravell water sweepe and cleanse their doores channells streets and lanes which belong vnto them euery Tewsday and Saturday and to suffer no muckhills to remaine in any pent houses or yards nor any hogs to be kept in any houses or pent yards in the Towne nor to come in the streets or lanes of this Towne nor any Butchers to kill any beasts at their doores or in their shops nor Farriers to bleed any beast at their shops or doores nor in the streetes except they receiue the blood garbage and other filth into some vessell and the same presently convay to the common muckhill on the backside of the Towne VII That no person buy any goods brought into this Towne by any strangers or carried about the Towne to be sold by them or any others of this Towne vpon paine of imprisonment VIII That the Generall and publique Fast by his Maiesties Proclamation and Orders published appointed to be kept vpon Wednesday the xx of this instant Iuly and so every Wednesday be observed and kept religiously and solemnly vpon those dayes And that the Ministers of every Parish doe giue publike warning that the Parishioners themselues and their families and servants be wholly exercised vpon those dayes in holy prayer godly meditations and reverent hearing of the Scriptures either read or preached and that they shut vp their shops and forbeare all bodily labours bargaining buying and selling vpon those dayes IX That morning Prayers vpon those dayes shall begin at nine of the clocke in the forenoone and they and the sermon end at eleuen of the clocke and afternoone Prayers beginne at one of the clocke in the afternoon and they and the Sermon end at three of the clocke and that all Churches be well watered and cooled before morning and euening Prayers every Sabbath day and every Wednesday and the casements opened and the glasse of some of the chiefest windowes taken downe to coole the Church and prevent the danger that may happen by the pent and close ayre in this hot season X That all persons take heed that they spend not any part of those dayes in playes pastimes idlenesse haunting of Tavernes Innes or Alehouses lacivious wantonnes surffeting or drunkennesse which are the proper sinnes of this Nation for which the heauy displeasure and wrath of God is fallen vpon vs. XI That the price of every meale forborne vpon the dayes of Fast be gathered by the Churchwardens and Overseers of every Parish and written in a booke of whom they receive it and the same reserved in their hands vntill it be disposed of by the Vicechancellor and Major according to the tenor of the Order published XII And further the said Vicechancellor and Major doe in his Maiesties Name straightly charge and command all Constables Churchwardens and Overseers of every Parish in this Towne to take especiall care that all persons doe observe and keepe the said Fast according to the said Orders and Directions and that they present the names of all offenders herein that they may vndergoe the severest punishment that may be inflicted vpon offenders in this kind XIII And lastly it is ordered that if any person shall refuse to obey these Orders or any of them or to be ordered by the said Churchwardens Constables and Overseers Watchers and Warders or any of them in any matter hereby given them in charge or shall resist them or any of them or maintaine or rescue any offender herein that then the said Constables shall commit such offenders to the Gaole there to remaine vntill they be released by their competent Iudge and be bound with sufficient Sureties to their good behaviour ❧ God saue the King