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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30697	The poor mans friend, or A narrative of what progresse many worthy citi- [sic] of London have made in that godly work of providing for the poor With an Ordinance of Parliament for the better carrying on of the work. Published for the information and encouragement of those, both in city and countrey, that wish well to so pious a work.	Bush, Rice.; England and Wales. Parliament. Proceedings. 1647-12-17.	1650 (1650)	Wing B6231A; ESTC R214161	19,460	30

be lawfull for the said President and Governours to certifie such want of Stock and what Summe or Summes of Money they think fit will supply the same under their Common Seal to the Common Councell of the said City and the same to be Levied by them equally and indifferently upon the severall Wards respectively and that the said President and Governours or any nine of them whereof the said President or any of the said Aldermen or the Deputy to the President or the said Treasurer to be one shall have power from time to time to make and constitute Orders and By-Laws for the better relieving regulating and setting the poor on work and the apprehending and punishing of Rogues Vagabonds and Beggers within the said City and Liberties that have not wherewith honestly to maintain themselves and for other the matters aforesaid which said Orders and By-Laws shall be presented to the Lords and Commons for confirmation before the end of this Session of Parliament and shall have hereby power to put forth and binde such children Apprentices as shall be under their charge And it is further Ordained by the said Lords and Commons That the said Treasurer to the said Corporation for the time being shall once in every year between the 24. of June and the 29. of September or oftner if need require give a true and perfect account in writing of all the receits charges and disbursments in and about the premises unto the Auditors for the time being appointed for taking the accounts of the Chamberlain and Bridgmaster of the said City and the said account to remain in the custody of the Chamberlain of the said City And be it further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid for the better effecting the premises That the President the eight Aldermen the Deputy President and Treasurer for the time being shall be Justices of the Peace and the four eldest Aldermen shall be of the Quorum And it is further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That if any Action Suite or Plaint shall be commenced or prosecuted by any Person or Persons in any Court whatsoever against the said President and Governours or any of them or against any Person or Persons for doing or executing any thing by their or any of their Order Command or Direction or coming into their or any of their aid and assistance in about or concerning the premises It shall and may be lawfull to and for the said President and Governours and Officers or any of them and every person against whom any such Action Suit or Plaint shall be commenced or prosecuted to plead thereunto the generall issue that he or they be not guilty and to give such speciall matter in evidence to the Jury that shall try the same which matter being pleaded had been sufficient matter in Law to have discharged every such Person so prosecuted as aforesaid And be it further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawfull to and for any County Corporation or Boroughs in any County of this Kingdom or Dominion of Wales to make choise of a fit number of able and sufficient persons for the like effectuall relieving and regulating of the poor in their respective places and in like manner to draw up and present Orders and By-Laws best suiting to those Counties and places for confirmation as aforesaid and for the ends and purposes herein above expressed ANd now having done our parts we must leave the same unto those of whom an account will be required if they shall not effectually prosecute the same a high price being in their hands and they having no heart to use the same which tends so much to the glory of God the honour of the Parliament and the joy of the City and Kingdom And truly we now thought our ends were answered and that we might sit down assured that what we had so long laboured for was now effected but still we meet with more obstructions in our way like to the Israelites in their journey to Canaan even enough to make us turn back repent our former pains and desert all further prosecution but being yet desirous to see this so pious a work effected and vigorously prosecuted not only in the City but also through the Kingdom I thought good to give this brief account of our endeavours First To you as one who may in your and my own native Countrey promote the like work Secondly To others who shall desire to doe the like and that they may hereby save the pains and labour that we have bestowed and take the benefit of the same and not to trouble you and them to tred over our steps again doing what is already done to your hands and here I shall impart to you the scope of our desires and the reasons moving us thus zealously to prosecute this charitable and pious undertaking of regulating and relieving the poor First For the things desired by us in generall they are all summ'd up in a Committee or Corporation enabled to remedy all the grievances of the poor that are hinted in this discourse or at least to be appointed to take all such things into their consideration with such remedies as to their wisdoms shall seem meet and the same to report to a Common Councell of the aforesaid City that so further power may be procured from the Honourable Houses of Parliament and given to them or some others for that purpose for the better incouragement ease and indemnity of the said Corporation But more particularly we desire that there may be a view had of all the poor of this City and a Register made of what poor are in each Ward with this distinction following First The aged and all children under six years of age with all such lame sick and diseased poor Secondly Of all males and females who are of six years age and upwards fit for work and this to be done by some who are able to judge of their severall abilities and imployments to be appointed to that purpose and not by the Wards themselves that so an equall hand may be carried throughout all the Wards in the said City Thirdly That some wast room or house be appointed in each Ward for receiving work and food for the poor and delivering the same to them as occasion shall require and to give an account thereof to the Governours of the said Corporation Fourthly That all such poor as will not work though able may be sent to Bridewell and there remain for one moneth at the least and such as are deprived or their senses or limbs to those other Hospitals that are proper for them untill they have as many as they can conveniently dispose of and if the said Hospitals shall not suffice that some other places may be provided for present untill the poor be all disposed and their number be again decreased And that the sick and visited be sent to the Pest-house the great charge thereof being mitigated for that purpose as