Form the CONSTITUTION of the
Bedford LEVEL CORPORATION;

TOGETHER WITH

An INTRODUCTORY HISTORY thereof.

By CHARLES NALSON COLE, Esq;
of the Inner Temple, Barrifter at Law, and Register to
the CORPORATION.

Bedford Level, erst

A dreary Pathless wafte

Till one of that high honour'd Patriot Name

RUSSEL arose, who drain'd the Rushy Fen,
Confin'd the Waters, bid Groves and Gardens bloom,
And through his new Creation led the Ouze
And gentle Camus, filver winding Streams,
Godlike Beneficence! from Chaos drear,
To raise the Garden and the fhady Grove.

DYER'S FLEECE.

LONDON:

Printed by H. WOODFALL and W. STRAHAN, Law Printers to
the King's Moft Excellent Majefty, for C. BATHURST, AL
the Cross Keys, oppofite St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetfreet.

MDCCLXI.

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724606-129

TO THE MOST NOBLE

JOHN DUKE OF BEDFORD;

MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK, &c.

LORD PRIVY SEAL,

Knight of the Moft Noble Order of the Garter,

AND

Governor of the Bedford LEVEL CORPORATION;

This Body of LAWS

(Now First collected together)

Form'd for the Advancement of an Undertaking;

The Object of which,

Was public Utility, and the Happiness of Individuals: Begun by FRANCIS Earl of Bedford,

And ever fince,

Benevolently patronized and protected,

By his illuftrious Defcendants;

IS WITH ALL HUMILITY

INSCRIBED,

BY HIS GRACE'S MOST OBLIGED,

MOST DEVOTED,

AND

MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,

CHARLES NALSON COLE.