[653] Calendar of State Papers, Dec. 22, 1657.
[654] Ib., Sept. 9, 1653. The order is to the effect that the Council of State is to take care to suppress and prevent the like abuse in the future.
[655] Barnstaple Records, North Devon Herald, April 22, 1880.
[656] Calendar of State Papers, Aug. 12, 1658.
[657] An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the constant reliefe and Imployment of the Poore and the Punishment of Vagrants and other disorderly persons in the City of London. 17 Dec. 1647.
[658] Note to song "Poor Outcast Children's Song and Cry" published 1653. King's Pamphlets, 669, f. 16-95.
[659] Resolutions of Common Council, 6th March, 1656, and 1st April, 1657. Lord Mayor's Proclamation Book, Nos. 14 and 17. The first resolution sets forth the fact that the Corporation have not funds sufficient for employing the constables necessary for clearing the streets; a special rate was to be levied to assist them.
[660] Britaine's Busse, 1615. Eden, I., p. 148, and Provision for the Poore, 1649. King's Pamphlets, 669, f. 14.
[661] Calendar of State Papers, Sept. 2, 1652.
[662] Poor Outcast Children's Song and Cry. King's Pamphlets, 669, f. 16-93.