The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-11

frankincense, he shall not sell less than
Is pounds thereof at q time. If he bring
girdles he shall not sell less than thou.
sand and twelve at time; if cloths of
silk, wool or linen, he shall sell them
whole; if he bri2g wax he shall not sell
less than quarter Foreign merchants
also shall not be allowed to buy dyed
cloth while wet, or TO make dye, or to do
any work that belongs to the citizens;
they shall not make o market in the city,
nor shall they stay in the city more than
forty days. One of the provisions as to
travellers landing ct st. Botolph's Wharf
possibly implies the possession of q ne
cessary garment, the existence OF which
in the middle ages has been generally
denied. The passenger was allowed to
land his luggage free Of wharfage "if car
ried under the arm" and if only contain
ing things for his necessities a docs ct q
lyt'-'for back and bed" The impres.
sion hitherto has been that the medieval
worthy at home or abroad was always in
the habit Of tumbling into bed in state
Of nudity; but the words quoted above, it
they do not mean sheets or blankets,
imply the barest scintilla or possibility of
night shirt
THE ANCIENT LONDON DOG AND SWINE LAW.
But it is when we come to the internal
regulations of the City that we appreciate
the discomfort of living in the middle
ages, for the ordinances were 80 framed
that, with the very best intentions, they
were practically q restraint upon every
body's convenience. Thus, nobody but
the bakers were at liberty to keep swine,
and swine found wandering within the
walls of the city might be killed. The
swine of St Antony's Hospital were, how
ever, privileged, in consideration Of the
patron saint but the renter of this institu-
ton was sworn not to extend this exemp-
ton to other pigs, or to hang round their
necks the bells which were the diStin-
gushing mark of St Antony's own. 1t
was equally forbidden chat dogs should
wander about the city, either by night or
day, Without some one to look after them,
excepting always "genteel dogs (chiens
gentilx, or, in other words, dogs which
belonged to "the great lords OF the
LONDON STREET REGULATIONS, DC.
In addition to a variety of street regula-
tions as to pavage, Gc., there were very
strict limitations of the size of the materi-
ais Of the strakes or ruins Of cart wheels.
No cart, with frewood, timber, or char
coal on sale, could stand anywhere in the
city exception Cornhill; most other
wares had their special marts; the
gates were strictly watched to levy
tolls and prevent the ingress Of
lepers and other forbidden persons.
Nobody must forestall wares or wines
in the Pool no ship or boat must
moor off Southwark; watermen were
similarly restricted at nightfall; while
the purity of the Thames and its tributa.
ries, at that time greatly used for brewing
and culinary purposes, was strictly pro-
tected from offal and rubbish. No person
was allowed to temp. Edward III. to bathe
in the Tower Foss, or in the Thames
near the Tower, under penalty Of death.
Previous to the Punishment Of the Jews
there was a tax upon their interments;
the lepers were only permitted to ask
aims through a common deputy the
women Of ill-fame were relegated to the
Stews of Southwark. The dress Of these
unhappy women was the subject Of fire.
quent legislation; and no courtezan could
wear vesture furred with peltry or wool,
and, later, no "hood that was furred,
except with lambs wool or rabbit skin"
Furthermore we learn from the Letter
Books that in the middle of the fourteenth
century most of those women were
Flemings by birth. As for South wark,
their allotted refuge, it was especially
iscountsnanced; the citizens were for
bidden to market there, and even the
fripperers, or old clothesmen, were for
bidden their night markets, or "eve
chepynges," on London Bridge. No one
was allowed to keep fencing school in
the city: bakers, brewers, and masters
were forbidden the use of spring water
for the purposes of their trades; the bar
bers were not allowed to expose blood in
their windows, but were ordered to carry
it privily to the Thames; bowyers were
forbidden to sell bows in the city; vorious
other trades were restricted as to marks,
make, and price; the working saddlers,
skinuers, and tanners were to be "chas-
tised for charging excessively" and 'fish-
mongers, poulterers, and other journey
men shall take no more than they used to
take" The wages Of the carpenters,
masons, plasterers, tilers, and daubers
were regulated by scale, which rose or
fell according to the season of the year;
and no strike or lockout could vary the
tariff which was imposed by the supreme
authority Of the Mayor and Aldermen.
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