Severall propositions tendered by the Corporation for the imploying the poor of London and liberties City of London (England). This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A49049 of text R37987 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing L2877A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A49049 Wing L2877A ESTC R37987 17158963 ocm 17158963 106013 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A49049) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 106013) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1619:14) Severall propositions tendered by the Corporation for the imploying the poor of London and liberties City of London (England). 1 broadside. Printed by Richard Cotes, London : 1650. Dated: 18 September 1650. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. eng Poor -- England -- London. A49049 R37987 (Wing L2877A). civilwar no Severall propositions tendered by the Corporation for the imploying the poor of the city of London, and liberties. Corporation of London 1650 949 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Elspeth Healey Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Elspeth Healey Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Severall Propositions tendered by the Corporation for the Imploying the Poor of the City of London , and Liberties . FOrasmuch as it is not simply the present suppression and setting to work of idle Vagrants and Beggers of all sorts , wherewith the Streets , Lanes , and severall parts of this City , have of late so much abounded , to the great scandall and dishonor thereof , that can throughly accomplish that hopefull Reformation in this kind that is desired and intended , except some effectuall course be taken for the prevention thereof for the future . And whereas also , that through the generall neglect of most places , poore children maintained by their respective parishes , and others are bred up like Atheists , after a sordid loose , and undisciplined manner , care being had only for their present bodily provision ; by meanes whereof , so much dissolutenesse , idlenesse , thefts , whoredomes , prophane cursing , swearing , and almost all kinds of wickednesse do generally abound in that sort of people , being indeed the most probable , if not certain consequences of such an education . And furthermore , whereas many Pensioners and others doe eat the bread of Idlenesse ; some through an accustomed ocitansie , who can , but will not work ; and others through an unavoidable necessity , who would , but cannot procure work : For the hopefull prevention of the inconveniencies aforesaid , the Corporation for the imploying of the Poor of the City of London , doe tender to the respective Parishes of the said City as followeth . 1. That the poor Children of this City , and Liberties thereof , from 〈◊〉 yeers old and upward , who now are at home at the Parishes charge , be duly sent to the Worke-houses belonging to the Corporation , with provision for their Dinners with them , where they shall have meanes to learn as well to read and write , as to be instructed in such manufacturies as they shal be capable of ; Provided , they bring with them the Certificate of the Church-wardens or Overseers of the poore of their severall Parishes respectively . 2. That to this end they shal have two hours in every day allowed them to learn to read and write , with one houre at noon for their repast , and the rest of the day , from seven or eight of the clock in the morning , till five or six at night , to be spent in getting knowledge how to work in some manufactury that may be usefull to this Common-wealth . 3. That for the first quarter of the yeer ( except the Children be grown up , or are more expert then ordinary ) it cannot be expected that any thing should be given them but their Learning , in respect of that unavoidable losse which will be sustained in the teaching them any manufacture whatsoever , through the waste that they will make . But after the first quarter , twelve pence per week shall be allowed to each Child for their work , and shal be increased as they shall deserve , which together with what is allowed by the parish for their keeping and clothes , will be a competent maintenance for each respective Child . 4. That the Pensioners in the severall VVards , that are best able , may by turns weekly accompany the children to the Work-houses , one Pensioner to have the oversight of ten children , or their abouts , so as to bring them in the morning , and to return with them home at night ; and the said Pensioners may likewise work upon such manufacturies as they are best skilled in , and bee paid according to their earnings . 5. That the Children who shal be imployed by this Corporation , may each of them have a badg of the Corporation upon their sleeves . 6. That such Pensioners , or other poore as are aged , or that cannot come to the said VVork-houses , may have materialls to work upon home to their own houses , some of the Overseers of the Parish ingaging for the faithfull return of them when they are converted into manufactury , according to the tickets printed by order of the Corporation , and they likewise to be paid according to their earnings . 7. That for the stragling Poore , if they belong to any parish within this City , and the Liberties thereof , then from thence they must have allowance , and there have habitation , and be regulated as is before expressed concerning the Parish Children . 8. That when any of these children so regulated , and educated , shall become fit , through ripeness of age , or otherwise , they may be placed out apprentices in some useful trades for their future livelyhoods . Towards the effectuall accomplishment of which work aforesaid , the said Corporation doubt not of the most ready concurrence and help of all pious and charitable hearts . 18 September , 1650. ORdered at a Court held by the Corporation for the Poor of the City of London and Liberties , That these Propositions with the Preamble now read and voted , shal be forthwith Printed , and dispersed to the Parishes of LONDON . Signed by the appointment of the Corporation . Per Jo. Marsh , Cler. London , Printed by Richard Cotes , 1650.