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<p n="382">of Waggons & Other Carriages passing by at all House of the Night,<lb></lb>
together with the Milk People, and the help of our present Patrole, Lights<lb></lb>
and watchman, maintained by Voluntary subscription, a full & Sufficient<lb></lb>
Defence against any Attacks from the Street</p>
<p n="383">Thirdly, Many of The Houses of the said Village are old and<lb></lb>
un fashionable the roomy & proper for Letting out Lodgings and tenanted<lb></lb>
by persons in years, Particularly by many of the tendes Sex, who have<lb></lb>
formerly known better times but now are reduced by the Calamities incident<lb></lb>
to human Life; to earn their livelihood by their some & laborious<lb></lb>
method of Setting out Lodgings, who if this Act was to be enforced would<lb></lb>
be greatly distressed, as their other taxes within these Six years last past,<lb></lb>
and very nearly double what they were before.</p>
<p n="384">Fourthly we, are informed that no legal pound Rate can be<lb></lb>
Assessed on a particular part of the Parish, and if this Tax be lard on the<lb></lb>
whole parish including Holloway, Hornsey Lane, <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50576_geo219">Newington</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50576_geo220">Kingsland Green</rs>
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Etc. the Inhabitants of those parts of the Parish who<lb></lb>
would not receive the last benefit themselves must contrary to all the Rule's<lb></lb>
of Equity be taxed to Guard the worthy Gentry of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50576_geo221">Village of Islington</rs>
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<p n="385">Fifthly, many of the Constable & Head boroughs some<lb></lb>
times happen to live at the distance of between three & four miles <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50576_geo222">from<lb></lb>
Islington</rs>
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Watch house, Etc it would be a piece of great Injustices as<lb></lb>
well as Cruetly & Barbarily to force them to leave their families in<lb></lb>
all Weather merely for the Service of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50576_geo223">Islington</rs>
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with which they have<lb></lb>
little concern, Yet if they were excused, the duty would fall too<lb></lb>
offer on those in this Village as the Number of</p>
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