A History of the English Poor Law in Connexion With the Legislation And Other
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This Act, The bth Elizabeth, cap. 3, has the same preamble as the last statute of Edward 1562-3. The Sixth, and that of Philip and Mary; and cap. 3. The former statute, together with that of the 22nd Henry Sth, cap. 12, *^ it expressly confirms. The Act then, nearly in the words of the 2nd and 3rd Philip and Mary, provides for the appointment of collectors of alms, and for licensing the poor to beg in cases where a parish happens to be overburthened, and also re- quiring the beggars so licensed... to wear badges. It then in like manner provides, that if any person, being »> Ante, pp. 95 and 112. * Ante, p. 144.
** Ante, p. 115.
156 ELIZABETH. Chap. IV.
able, sliall refuse reaBonably to give towards the help and relief of the poor, he is to be gently exhorted and persuaded thereto by the clergy and the church- wardens.
It would appear, however, that hitherto the gentle askings of the collectors, and the exhortations of the clergy and the churchwardens, and the charitable " ways and means" of the bishop, had all alike failed to induce the people to contribute " according to their means;" and the time seems to have arrived when, voluntary charity having failed, compulsion of some kind must perforce be resorted to, in order to provide the necessary means of relief for " the impotent, feeble, and lame, which are the poor in very deed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This Act, The bth Elizabeth, cap. 3, has the same preamble as the last statute of Edward 1562-3. The Sixth, and that of Philip and Mary; and cap. 3. The former statute, together with that of the 22nd Henry Sth, cap. 12, *^ it expressly confirms. The Act then, nearly in the words of the 2nd and 3rd Philip and Mary, provides for the appointment of collectors of alms, and for licensing the poor to beg in cases where a parish happens to be overburthened, and also re- quiring the beggars so licensed... to wear badges. It then in like manner provides, that if any person, being »> Ante, pp. 95 and 112. * Ante, p. 144.
** Ante, p. 115.
156 ELIZABETH. Chap. IV.
able, sliall refuse reaBonably to give towards the help and relief of the poor, he is to be gently exhorted and persuaded thereto by the clergy and the church- wardens.
It would appear, however, that hitherto the gentle askings of the collectors, and the exhortations of the clergy and the churchwardens, and the charitable " ways and means" of the bishop, had all alike failed to induce the people to contribute " according to their means;" and the time seems to have arrived when, voluntary charity having failed, compulsion of some kind must perforce be resorted to, in order to provide the necessary means of relief for " the impotent, feeble, and lame, which are the poor in very deed.
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