_Moorfields in Charles II.'s Time._--I copy this from _The New Help to
Discourse_, published about 1670:
"Two gentlemen of Stepney going homewards over Moor-fields, about
twelve of the clock at night, were staid by an impertinent constable
with many frivolous questions, more by half to show his office than his
wit; one whereof was, If they were not afraid to go home at that time
of the night? They answered, 'No.' 'Well,' said he, 'I shall let you
pass at this time; but if you should be knockt on the lead before you
get home, you cannot but report that there was a good watch kept in
Moor-fields."