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[PHILIP II, King of Portugal, and Philip III of Spain, 15...
Regimento dos quadrilheiros. Dom Filippe por graça de Deos Rey de Portugal . . .
N.p. (Lisbon?), n.pr., 12 March 1603. (2 ll.). Folio, recent sheep, spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments, red leather lettering piece, gilt letter, edges rouged, blank leaves added by binder. Light staining and a few small repairs to fore-edge margins, not affecting text. A few early marginalia. Sets out rules for selecting @quadrilheiros, or night watchmen, for Lisbon, each of whom is to hold office for three years and have twenty armed men at his call. The @quadrilheiros represent the smallest unit of local law enforcement: they are to watch their @quadrilhas for thieves, vagrants, men with bad reputations or foreigners, for brothels, gaming houses, places where witchcraft is practiced, and so on. Any suspects are to be turned in to the @Corregedor or the @Juiz do Bairro. If the @quadrilheiros fail to report such evil-doers, they risk a year of exile in Africa or being responsible for part of the penalty the convicted miscreant is sentenced to pay. Provisions are also made for capturing miscreants who flee into churches or into the homes of clergymen or nobles. It is interesting to note that in current usage, @quadrilheiro means a gangster or hoodlum. On @quadrilheiros, see @Grande enciclopédia XXIII, 779-80. Not in Hollis. Not in Melvyl. Not located in BLPC. Not in Porbase. Not located in NUC.
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