By the mayor. To the aldermen of the ward of [blank] Whereas oftentimes heretofore, especially towards winter the evenings growing dark, many loose and vagrant persons have been found to wander about the streets and lanes to lurk in corners within this city ...

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Title from caption and opening lines of text. Dated at end: ["7th", Thomason annotation] of November, 1654. "Order concerning night watches." - Wing (2nd ed. 1994). Annotation on Thomason copy: "7th". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.