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of June in the twentieth Year of the Reign of our Severeign
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Lord George the Second King of Great Britain &, and from
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thence continued by Several Adjournments until this Day (to wit)
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Thursday the fourth Day of the Same Month of June in the Year
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aforesaid in and for the Said County before Thomas
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Lane Esqr. The Right Honble
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, Merry Teshmaker,
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Francis Hole
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Peter Elers
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William Withers
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John Tall
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Esqrs
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and other their Fellows Insiess
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of our Said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace in the County
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aforesaid and also to hear & determine divers Felonies
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Trespasses and other Misdeeds committed in the Same County,
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Unlawfull Fairs.}
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It being Represented unto this County that Several common
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Players of Interludes Gamesters and other loose idle and
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disorderly Persons have for Several Years used and accustomed to
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Assemble and meet together at Several Fairs or pretended Fairs
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held in this County of Middx not warranted by Law, (to wit),
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Fair in Holborn Division, the Stepherd's Bush Fair in
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Finsbury Division
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and Bow Fair commonly called Green Goose
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Fair in
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Division, and May Fair in
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Westminster
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Division, Some of which Fairs continue for a fortnight
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and others for three Weeks, and where great Numbers of
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People Stay 'till One or two o'Clock in the Morning, And
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Such Players of Interludes and other evil disposed Persons
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have frequently taken upon to contact for Ground, and
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thereupon built Booths and Sheds, where they have acted
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Such Plays and Drolls, and carried on and encouraged
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