Knickerbocker's History of New York Vol. 1 Book IV Chapter V

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In which the strict and multitudinous laws of William the Testy transform society into a tangled web of litigation and petty regulations, fostering a breed of troublesome legal agitators who prey upon the vulnerable. The harsh measures to suppress poverty, from public humiliations to imprisonments, reveal the irony and futility of such heavy-handed governance in any age.

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