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A06288	Certain necessary directions, aswell for the cure of the plague as for preuenting the infection; with many easie medicines of small charge, very profitable to His Maiesties subiects / set downe by the Colledge of Physicians by the Kings Maiesties speciall command ; with sundry orders thought meet by His Maiestie, and his Priuie Councell, to be carefully executed for preuention of the plague ; also certaine select statutes commanded by His Maiestie to be put in execution by all iustices, and other officers of the peace throughout the realme ; together with His Maiesties proclamation for further direction therein, and a decree in Starre-Chamber, concerning buildings and in-mates.	Royal College of Physicians of London.	1636 (1636)	STC 16769.5; ESTC S108814	57,021	154

computation of all such summes as they leuie and also a Register of the names of euery such person vnto whom they shall haue disbursed any reliefe And shall also preserue or enter euery Certificate by warrant whereof such reliefe hath beene by them disbursed And also that the Mustermaster or Receiuer generall of the Muster Rolles shall keepe a booke wherein shall be entred the names of all such whose Certificates shall bee by him allowed with an abstract of their Certificates And that euery Treasurer returning or not accepting the Certificate brought vnto him from the said Muster-master shall write and subscribe the cause of his not accepting or not allowing thereof vnder the said Certificate or on the back thereof And be it further enacted That if any Treasurer shall wilfully refuse to distribute and giue any reliefe according to the forme of this Act That it shall be lawfull for the Iustices of peace in their quarter Sessions to Fine such Treasurers by their discretions as aforesaid The same Fine to bee leuied by distresse and sale thereof to bee prosecuted by any two of them whom they shall authorize And be it also enacted that euery Souldier or Mariner that shall be taken begging in any place within this Realme after the Feast of Easter next Or any that shall counterfeit any Certificate in this Act expressed shall for euer lose his Annuitie or pension and shall be taken deemed and adiudged as a common Rogue or Vagabond person and shall haue and sustaine the same and the like paines imprisonment and punishment as is appointed and prouided for common Rogues and Vagabond persons Prouided alwayes and be it enacted that all the surplusage of money which shall bee remaining in the Stock of any County shall by the discretion of the more part of the Iustices of Peace in their quarter Sessions bee ordered distributed and bestowed vpon such good and charitable vses and in such forme as are limited and appointed in the Statutes made and now in force concerning reliefe of the poore and punishment of Rogues and Beggars Prouided alwayes that the Iustices of peace within any County of this Realme or Wales shall not intromit or enter into any City Borough Place or Towne corporate where is any Iustice of Peace for any such Citie Borough Place or Towne corporate for the execution of any Article of this Act But that it shall be lawfull to the Iustice and Iustices of the peace Maiors Bailiffes and other head Officers of those Cities Boroughs Places Townes corporate where there is any Iustice of Peace to proceed to the execution of this Act within the precinct and compasse of their liberties in such manner as the Iustice of Peace in any County may doe by vertue of this Act. And that euery Iustice of Peace within euery such Citie Borough Place or Towne corporate for euery offence by him committed contrary to the meaning of this Statute shal be fineable as other Iustices of peace at the large in the Counties are in this Act appointed to be And that the Maior and Iustices of Peace in euery such Borough Place and Towne corporate shall haue authority by this present Act to appoint any person for the receiuing of the said money and paying the same within such Citie Borough Place or Towne corporate which person so appointed shall haue authority to doe all such things and be subiect to all such penalties as high Constables by vertue of this Act should haue or be And be it enacted that all forfeitures to bee forfeited by any Treasurer Collector Constable Church-warden or other person for any cause mentioned in this Act shall be imployed to the reliefe of such Souldiers and Mariners as are by this Act appointed to take and haue reliefe And after that reliefe satisfied then the ouerplus thereof with the ouerplus of the stock remaining in any the said Treasurers hands shall bee imployed as is before mentioned to the charitable vses expressed in the said Statutes concerning the reliefe of poore and for punishment of Rogues and Beggers except the said Iustices or the more part of them shall thinke meet to reserue and keepe the same in stock for the maintenance and reliefe of such Souldiers and Mariners as out of the same County may afterward bee appointed to receiue reliefe and pensions And that the reliefe appointed to bee giuen by this Act shall be giuen to Souldiers and Mariners out of the County or place where they were pressed so far forth as the Taxation limited by this Act will extend And if the whole Taxation there shall be before imployed according to the meaning of this Act or that they shall not be prest men then out of the place where they were borne or last inhabited by the space of three yeeres at his or their election Prouided alwayes and be it enacted that euery pension assigned heretofore to any Souldier or Mariner or that shall be assigned before the said Feast of Easter next notwithstanding the discontinuance of the said two former Acts shall stand in force and shall yeerely from and after the said feast of Easter next be satisfied and payed out of such Taxations and forfeitures as shall be made collected and leuied by force of this Act so long as the said pension shall remaine in force without such reuocation or diminishing as is before in this Act mentioned Which clause of reuocation or diminishing before mentioned shall extend aswell to pensions heretofore assigned as to such as at any time hereafter before or after the said feast of Easter shall bee assigned to any person or persons And bee it also enacted that all arrerages of Taxations heretofore made by vertue of the said former Statutes or any of them which shall be or remaine at the said feast of Easter next vncollected and not receiued or leuied shall and may by authority of this Act be had receiued and leuied by such persons and in such manner and forme as in euery respect Taxations made by vertue of this Act are appointed to bee collected receiued and leuied and shall be imployed to the vses expressed in this Act and no otherwise Prouided alwaies and bee it enacted by the authority aforesaid that if the said rate shall bee thought not to bee sufficient for the reliefe of such Souldiers and Mariners as shall be to be relieued within the City of London That then it shall bee lawfull for the Maior Recorder and Aldermen of London or the more part of them to rate and taxe such reasonable taxe summe and summes of money for the said reliefe as shall be to them thought fit and conuenient So as such summe and summes of money so to be rated doe not exceed three shillings weekely out of any Parish and so as in the totall the summe shall not exceed or bee vnder twelue pence weekely out of euery Parish one with another within the said Citie and the Liberties thereof

in defect thereof it shall be lawfull for any two such Iustices of Peace and the said Aldermen and head Officers within their seuerall limits to commit the offendor to the said prison there to remaine without baile or maineprise till the said forfeitures shal be satisfied and payed And bee it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that the Iustices of Peace of euery County or place corporate or the more part of them in their generall Sessions to be holden next after the feast of Easter next and so yeerely as often as they shall thinke meet shall rate euery Parish to such a weekely summe of money as they shall thinke conuenient so as no Parish bee rated aboue the summe of sixe pence nor vnder the summe of a halfepeny weekely to be payed and so as the totall summe of such taxation of the Parishes in euery County amount not aboue the rate of two pence for euery Parish within the said County Which summes so taxed shall bee yeerely assessed by the agreement of the Parishioners within themselues or in default thereof by the Churchwardens and petie Constables of the same Parish or the more part of them or in default of their agreement by the order of such Iustice or Iustices of Peace as shall dwell in the same Parish or if none bee there dwelling in the parts next adioyning And if any person shal refuse or neglect to pay any such portion of money so taxed it shal be lawfull for the said Churchwardens and Constables or any of them or in their default for any Iustice of Peace of the said limite to leuie the same by distresse and sale of the goods of the party so refusing or neglecting rendring to the party the ouerplus and in default of such distresse it shal be lawful to any Iustice of that limit to commit such person to the said prison there to abide without baile or maine prise till he haue payed the same And be it also enacted That the said Iustices of the Peace at their generall quarter Sessions to bee holden at the time of such taxation shall set downe what competent sums of money shall be sent quarterly out of euery County or place corporate for the releife of the poore prisoners of the Kings Bench Marshalsey and also of such Hospitals and almes houses as shal be in the said County what sums of money shal be sent to euery one of the said Hospitals and almes houses so as there be sent out of euery Countie yeerely xx s. at the least to each of the said prisons of the Kings Bench and Marshalsey which summes ratably to be assessed vpon euery parish the Churchwardens of euery Parish shall truely collect pay ouer to the high Constables in whose diuision such Parish shall bee situate from time to time quarterly ten dayes before the end of euery quarter and euery such Constable at euery such quarter Sessions in such County shall pay ouer the same to such two Treasurers or to one of them as shall by the more part of the Iustices of Peace of the County be elected to be the said Treasurers to be chosen by the Iustices of Peace of the said County Citie or towne or place corporate or of others which were sessed and taxed at fiue pound lands or ten pound goods at the least at the taxe of Subsidie next before the time of the said Election to be made And the said Treasurers so elected to continue for the space of one whole yere in their office and then to giue vp their charge with a due account of their receipts and disbursements at the quarter Sessions to be holden next after the feast of Easter in euery yeere to such others as shall from yeere to yeere in forme aforesaid successiuely be elected Treasurers for the said County Citie Towne or place corporate which said Treasurers or one of them shall pay ouer the same to the Lord chiefe Iustice of England and Knight Marshal for the time being equally to be diuided to the vse aforesaid taking their acquittance for the same or in default of the said chiefe Iustice to the next ancientest Iustice of the Kings Bench as aforesaid And if any Churchwarden or high Constable or his executors or administrators shall faile to make payment in forme aboue specified then euery Churchwarden his executors or administrators so offending shall forfeit for euery time the summe of ten shillings and euerp high Constable his executors or administrators shall forfeit for euery time the sum of xx s. the same forfeitures together with the summes behinde to be leuied by the said Treasurer and Treasurers by way of distresse and sale of the goods as aforesaid in forme aforesaid and by them to bee imployed towards the charitable vses comprised in this Act. And bee it further enacted That all the surplusage of money which shall be remaining in the said Stocke of any County shal by discretion of the more part of the Iustices of Peace in their quarter Sessions be ordered distributed and bestowed for the reliefe of the poore Hospitals of that County and of those that shall sustaine losses by fire water the Sea or other Casualties and to such other charitable purposes for the releife of the poore as to the more part of the said Iustices of Peace shall seeme conuenient And bee it further enacted That if any Treasurer elected shall wilfully refuse to take vpon him the sayd office of Treasurership or refuse to distribute and giue reliefe or to account according to such forme as shall be appointed by the more part of the said Iustices of peace That then it shall be lawfull for the Iustices of Peace in their Qarter Sessions or in their default for the Iustices of Assize at y e Assizes to be holden in the same Countie to fine the same Treasurer by their discretion the same fine not to be vnder three pound and to be leuied by sale of his goods and to be prosecuted by any two of the said Iustices of Peace whom they shall authorize Prouided alwaies that this Act shall not take effect vntill the Feast of Easter next And be it enacted that the Statute made in the nine and thirtieth yere of her Maiesties Reigne entituled An Act for the reliefe of the poore shall continue and stand in force vntill the Feast of Easter next And that all Taxations heretofore imposed not payed nor that shal be payed before the said feast of Easter next And that all Taxes hereafter before the said Feast to be taxed by vertue of the said former Act which shal not be payed before the said Feast of Easter shall and may after the said Feast of Easter be leuied by the Ouerseers and other persons in this Act respectiuely appointed to leuy taxations by distresse by such warrant in euery respect as if they had been taxed imposed by vertue of this Act and were not paid Prouided

alwayes that whereas the Iland of Fowlenesse in the Countie of Essex being inuironed with the Sea and hauing a Chappel of ease for the inhabitants thereof and yet the said Iland is no Parish but the Lands in the same are situated within diuers Parishes farre distant from the same Iland Be it therefore enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that y e said Iustices of peace shall nominate and appoint Inhabitants within the said Iland to be Ouerseers for the poore people dwelling within the said Iland and that both they the said Iustices and the said Ouerseers shall haue the same power and authority to all intents considerations and purposes for the execution of the parts and articles of this Act and shall be subiect to the same paines and forfeitures likewise that the inhabitants and occupiers of lands there shall be lyable and chargeable to the same paiments charges expences and orders in such manner and forme as if the same Iland were a Parish In consideration whereof neither the said inhabitants or occupiers of land within the said Iland shall not be compelled to contribute towards the reliefe of the poore of those parishes wherin their houses or lands which they occupy within the said Iland are situated for or by reason of their said habitations or occupyings other then for the reliefe of the poore people within the said Iland neither yet shall the other inhabitants of the Parishes wherein such houses or lands are situated bee compelled by reason of their resiancie or dwelling to contribute to the reliefe of the poore inhabitants within the said Iland And bee it further enacted that if any Action or Trespasse or other suite shall happen to bee attempted and brought against any person or persons for taking of any distresse making of any sale or any other thing doing by authoritie of this present Act The defendant or defendants in any such action or suit shall and may either plead not guilty or otherwise make Auowry Cognisance or Iustification for the taking of the said distresses making of sale or other thing doing by vertue of this Act alledging in such Auowry Cognisance or Iustification That the said distresse sale trespasse or other thing whereof the plaintiffe or plaintiffes complained was done by authoritie of this Act and according to the tenour purport and effect of this Act without any expressing or rehearsall of any other matter of circumstance contained in this present Act. To which Auowrie Cognisance or Iustification the Plaintiffe shall be admitted to reply That the Defendant did take the said Distresse made the said sale or did any other Act or Trespasse supposed in his declaration of his owne worng without any such cause alledged by the said Defendant whereupon the issue in euery such Action shal be ioyned to be tryed by verdict of twelue men and not otherwise as is accustomed in other personall actions And vpon the triall of that issue the whole matter to be giuen on both parties in euidence according to the very truth of the same And after such issue tryed for the Defendant or non suite of the Plaintife after appearance the same Defendant to recouer treble dammages by reason of his wrongfull vexation in that behalfe with his Costs also in that part sustained and that to bee assessed by the same Iury or writ to enquire of the dammages as the same shall require Prouided alwaies that this Act shall endure no longer then to the end of the next Session of Parliament Anno xliij Reginae Elizabethae An Acte for the necessary reliefe of Souldiers and Mariners WHereas in the fiue and thirtieth yeere of the Queenes Maiesties Reigne that now is An Act was made intituled an Act for the necessary reliefe of Souldiers and Mariners And whereas in the nine and thirtieth yeere of her Maiesties Reigne there was also made another Act intituled An Act for the further continuance and explanation of the said former Bee it enacted by authority of this present Parliament that both the said Acts shall bee and continue in force vntill the feast of Easter next and shall be from and after the sayd feast discontinued And forasmuch as it is now found more needfull then it was at the making of the said Acts to prouide reliefe and maintenance to Souldiers and Mariners that haue lost their Limmes and disabled their bodies in the defence and seruice of her Maiestie and the State in respect the number of the said Souldiers is so much the greater by how much her Maiesties iust and honourable defensiue warres are increased To the end therefore that they the said Souldiers and Mariners may reap the fruits of their good deseruings and others may be encouraged to performe the like endeauours Be it enacted by the authority of this present Parliament that from and after the said feast of Easter next euery parish within this Realme of England and Wales shall be charged to pay weekly such a sum of money towards the reliefe of sick hurt and maimed Souldiers and Mariners that so haue bin as afore is said or shal lose their Lims or disable their bodies hauing bin Prest and in pay for her Maiesties seruice as by the Iustices of Peace or the more part of them in their general quarter Sessions to be holden in their seuerall counties next after the feast of Easter next and so from time to time at the like quarter Sessions to bee holden next after the feast of Easter yeerely shall be appointed so as no parish be rated aboue the summe of ten pence nor vnder the summe of two pence weekely to be paid and so as the totall summe of such taxation of the Parishes in any County where there shall be aboue fifty Parishes doe not exceed the rate of sixe pence for euery Parish in the same Countie which summes so taxed shall be yeerely assessed by the agreements of the parishioners within themselues or in default therof by the Churchwardens and the pety Constables of the same parish or the more part of them or in default of their agreement by the order of such Iustices or Iustice of Peace as shall dwell in the same parish or if none bee there dwelling in the parts next adioyning And if any person shall refuse or neglect to pay any such portion of money so taxed it shall be lawfull for the said Churchwardens and pety Constables and euery of them or in their defaults for the said Iustices of Peace or Iustice to leuy such summe by distresse and sale of the goods or chattels of the party so refusing or neglecting rendring to the party the ouerplus raised vpon such sale And for the collecting and custodie of the summes taxed in forme aforesaid Be it enacted that the Churchwardens and pety Constables of euery parish shall truely collect euery such sum and the same shall pay ouer vnto the high Constable in whose diuision such parish shall be situate ten dayes before the quarter Sessions to