The Philistine : $b a periodical of protest (Vol. III, No. 3, August 1896) — John Shaqi
The Philistine : $b a periodical of protest (Vol. III, No. 3, August 1896)Various
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The Philistine : $b a periodical of protest (Vol. III, No. 3, August 1896)
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American literature -- Periodicals; American periodicals; Society of the Philistines (East Aurora, N.Y.) -- Periodicals
And it is further Ordered and Ordained by the Authority
aforesaid, That the Lord Mayor, Justices of the peace, and
Sheriffs of the City of London and Westminster, and of the
Counties of Middlesex and Surrey, or any two or more of them,
shall, and may, and are hereby, Authorized and required to
pull down and demolish, or cause or procure to be pulled down
and demolished all Stage Galleries, Seats, and Boxes, erected
or used, or which shall be erected and used for the acting
or playing, or seeing acted or played, such Stage-Plays,
Interludes, and Plays aforesaid, within the said City of London
and Libertis thereof, and other places within their respective
jurisdictions; and all such common Players, and Actors of such
Plays and Interludes, or any one of them, or by Oath of two
Witnesses shall be proved before them to have acted or played
such Plays and Interludes as aforesaid at any time thereafter,
by their Warrant or Warrants under their hands and seals, to
cause to be apprehended, and openly and publicly given forty
lashes on the bare back, during the time of the said Market,
and also to cause such Offenders to enter into Recognizance
with two sufficient Sureties never to act or play any Plays or
Interludes any more, and shall return in the said Recognizance,
or Recognizances, into the Sizes or Sessions to be then next
holden for the said Counties and Cities respectively. And
in case any such person or persons so convicted of the said
offense, shall after again offend in the same kind, that then
the said person or persons offending, shall be and is hereby
declared to be, and be taken as an Incorrigible Rogue, and
shall be punished and dealt with as an Incorrigible Rogue ought
to be. And it is hereby further Ordered and Ordained, That all
and every sum and sums of Money gathered, Collected, and taken
by any person or persons, of such persons as shall come to see,
and be Spectators of the said Stage-Plays, and Interludes,
shall be forfeited and paid unto the Church-Wardens of the
Church of the Parish.
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