Extract of an Act for the better regulation of the nightly watch and beadles within the city and liberty of Westminster, and parts adjacent  and for other purposes therein mentioned.

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Extract of an Act for the better regulation of the nightly watch and beadles within the city and liberty of Westminster, and parts adjacent and for other purposes therein mentioned.