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Show 142 bt Dpinion of the Stat ( all Bearwardz, Commnton Plapers of Enterludes Countetfeit Egyptiang Ce. hall be taben, adjubgen and deen'd Bogues, Uagabonds, and Gucoy beggars, and fhall tuftain sl pan and Punifhment, ag by this A is fn that beball appointed 'The Penalties are infamous to the laft de oree, and Capital too, unlefs they give over. Tis true, the firft A4é# excepts thof Players which belong to a Baron ot other Perlonage of Digher Degree, anvare authorsed to Pla under the band and Heal of A:imes of (uch Baron ot Peifonage, But by the later Statute thi Privilege of Licenfing 1s taken away: An all of them are exprefly brought under th Penalty without Diftinétion About the Year 1580, there wasa Petition made to Queen Elzzabeth for fupprefling of Play-Houfes. Tis {fomewha remarkable, and therefore 1 {hall tran{cribe fome part of the Relation Many Godly Citizens, and other well difpofed Gentlemen of London, confidering tha Play-Houfes azd Dicing-Houfes, were Trap for Young Gentlemen and. others, and perceiving the man Inconveniencies and grea damage that would enfue upon the long [ufferin of the. fame, not only to particula Perfons but to the whole City;- And that i would alfo be a grear difparagemen to th nGove th t nou difh an rs rno Gov ment of this Honourable City, if they fboul a7 g ‘ :?,;Jiifl{ff' it 0 fay.mf, I f[ff fi I/J HOIJ(ES rflfl o s (e o b [ full o Fro 16 o the 7 1 Duc porc aios moftt lgres Mofanen hd J b A (i Func iy W (Ob‘}f |
