[1] [2] [3] [4] For these sorts of poore were prouided thrée seuerall houses. First for the innocent and fatherlesse,Christes hos|pitall. which is the beggers child, and is in déed the séed and bree|der of beggerie, they prouided the house that was late Graie friers in London, and now is called Chri|stes hospitall, where the poore children are trained in the knowledge of God, and some vertuous e [...]ercise to the ouerthrowe of beggerie.S Thomas hospitall. For the second de|grée is prouided the hospitall of saint Thomas in Southworke, & saint Bartholomew in west Smith|field, where are continuallie at least two hundred diseased persons, which are not onelie there lodged and cured, but also fed and nourished.Bridewell. For the third degrée they prouided Bridewell, where the vaga|bond and idle strumpet is chastised and compelled to labour, to the ouerthrow of the vicious life of idlenes. They prouided also for the honest decaied housholder,Reliefe for the decaied house|holder and lazer. that he should be relieued at home at his house, and in the parish where he dwelled by a wéekelie reliefe and pension. And in like manner they prouided for the lazer to kéepe him out of the citie from clapping of dishes, and ringing of bels, to the great trouble of the citizens, and also to the dangerous infection of manie, that they should be relieued at home at their houses with seuerall pensions.