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THESE are, in his Majesty's Name, to will and require
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you, in the Night after the Receipt hereof, to make a
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general privy Search through out your several and respective
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Limits (assisted with sufficient men of the same Place) for the
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finding and apprehending of Rogues and Vagabonds, and idle and
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disorderly Persons. AND MORE OVER, in pursuance of
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his Majesty's Command, signified by an Order of Council of the
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Eight Day of April, 1791, directed to his Majesty's
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You are hereby strictly enjoined to be particularly attentive in
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such Search, to take up all straggling Seamen who are fit to serve
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on Board his Majesty's Ships. All and such Persons as you shall
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so find and take up, you are, onthe
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Day ofatof the Clock in the
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noon, to bring before us, and other our Fellow Justices, at
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to be respectively dealt with according to Law,
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and according to the Directions contained in the said Order
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of Council; Given under our Hands and Seals, at
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thisDay of
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One thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety One.
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