We therefore earnestly hope, that the Magistrates will unanimously and vigorously put the Laws already made, and which have any relation to the rooting out this pernicious Custom, in full Execution: That they will punish severely all Transgressors of them, and use their utmost Endeavours to put some stop to the bold Encroachments of this terrible Destroyer of our Fellow-Creatures, which we apprehend will greatly conduce to the Honour and Glory of God, to the Safety, Happiness, Welfare, and Benefit of the Nation in general, and of every Family in particular, and will be a Means to secure the Health and Strength of our Posterity. If the Laws already made should not be found sufficient to put a stop to a Custom so universal, and yet plainly, so destructive; As it is now become a National Concern, and the ill Consequences arising therefrom universally felt and confessed, we do not doubt but it will be thought worthy the most serious Consideration of the Legislature, and of his most gracious Majesty, the most tender Father of his People. [Here follow the signatures of the Grand Jury.] BILLING AND SONS, LTD., PRINTERS, GUILDFORD. BELL'S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS Scope of the Series and Arrangement of Volumes. 1. Roman Britain to 449. 2. 449-1066. 3. 1066-1154. 4. 1154-1216. 5. 1216-1307. 6. 1307-1399. 7. 1399-1485. 8. 1485-1547. _Ready Immediately._ 9. 1547-1603. _Now Ready._ 10. 1603-1660. " 11. 1660-1714. " 12. 1714-1760. " 13. 1760-1801. " 14. 1801-1815. " 15. 1815-1837. 16. 1837-1856. 17. 1856-1876. 18. 1876-1887. 19. 1887-1901. 20. 1901-1912. _The volumes are issued in uniform style. Price 1s. net each._ * * * * * * Transcriber's note: Apparent typographical errors have been corrected. Two occurrences of unpaired doublel quotation marks were left unchanged. Notices of other books in the series have been moved to the end of the text.