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<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, For the better Ob&s;ervation of the LORDS-DAY.</HEAD>
<P>_FOra&s;much as the Lords-day, notwithanding &s;everall good Laws heretofore made, hath been not onely great|ly prophaned, but divers ungodly Books have been publi&s;hed by the Prelaticall faction, again&s;t the morality of that day, and to countenance the prophanation of the &s;ame, to the manife&s;t indangering of &s;oules, preju|dice of the true Religion, great di&s;honour of Almighty God, and provocation of his ju&s;t wrath and indig|nation again&s;t this Land; The Lords and Commons for remedy thereof, do Order and Ordain, and be it Ordered and Ordained, That all the Laws enacted, and in force, concerning the ob&s;ervation of the Lords day, be carefully put in execution; and that all and &s;ingular per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall on every Lords-day, apply them&s;elves to the &s;anctification of the &s;ame, by exerci&s;ing them&s;elves thereon, in the duties of Piety and true Religion, publiquely and privately: And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall publiquely cry, &s;hew forth, or expo&s;e to &s;ale, any Wares, Merchandizes, Fruit, Herbs, Goods or Chattels what&s;oever, upon the Lords-day, or any part thereof; upon pain, that every per&s;on &s;o offending &s;hall forfeit the &s;ame Goods &s;o cried, &s;hewed forth or put to &s;ale: And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall, without rea&s;onable cau&s;e for the &s;ame, travell, carry burthens, or do any worldly labours, or work what&s;oever, upon that day or any part thereof; upon pain, that every one travelling contrary to the meaning of this Ordinance, &s;hall forfeit for every offence, ten &s;hillings of lawfull money; and that every per&s;on carrying any burthen, or doing any worldly labour or work, contrary to the meaning hereof, &s;hall forfeit five &s;hillings of like money for every &s;uch offence. And be it further ordained, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall hereafter upon the Lords-day, u&s;e, exerci&s;e, keep, maintain, or be pre&s;ent at any Wre&s;tlings, &s;hooting, Bowling, Ringing of Bels for plea&s;ure or pa&s;time, Ma&s;que, Wake, other|wi&s;e called Fea&s;ts, Church-Ale, Dancing, Games, Sport or Pa&s;time what&s;oever; upon pain, that every per&s;on &s;o offending, be|ing above the age of fourteen yeers, &s;hall lo&s;e and forfeit five &s;hillings for every &s;uch offence. And be it further Ordained, that all and &s;ingular per&s;on and per&s;ons, that have the care, government, tuition or education of any child or children, under, or within the age of fourteenyeers, &s;hal forfeit and lo&s;e twelve pence for every of the &s;aid offences that &s;hal be committed by any &s;uch child and children. And becau&s;e the prophanation of the Lords-day hath been heretofore greatly occa&s;ioned by May-Poles (a Heatheni&s;h vanity, generally abu&s;ed to &s;uper&s;tition and wickedne&s;&s;e,) The Lords and Commons do further Order and Ordain, that all and &s;ingular May-Poles, that are, or &s;hall be erected, &s;hall be taken down, and removed by the Con&s;tables, Bor&s;holders, Tything-men, petty Con&s;tables, and Church-wardens of the Pari&s;hes and places where the &s;ame be; and that no May-pole &s;hall be hereafter &s;et up, erected, or &s;uffered to be within this Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales.</HI> And it is further Ordained, that if any of the &s;aid Officers &s;hall neglect to do their Office in the premi&s;es, within one week after notice of this Or|dinance, every of them for &s;uch neglect &s;hall forfeit five &s;hillings of lawfull moneys; and &s;o from week to week, weekly five &s;hil|lings more afterwards, till the &s;aid May-pole &s;hall be taken down and removed. And that if any Iu&s;tice of the Peace of the County, or the chiefe Officer or Officers, or any Iu&s;tice of the Peace, of, or within any City, Burrough, or Town-Corporate, where the &s;aid offences &s;hall be committed upon his or their view, or confe&s;&s;on of the party, or proof of any one, or more witne&s;&s;es by oath (which the &s;aid Iu&s;tice, chief Officer or Officers, is by this Ordinance authorized to mini&s;ter) &s;hall find any per&s;on offen|ding in the premi&s;&s;es, the &s;aid Iu&s;tice, or chief Offcer or Officers, &s;hall give warrant under his or their hand and &s;eal, to the Con|&s;tables or Church-wardens of the Pari&s;h or Pari&s;hes where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed, to &s;eize the &s;aid Goods, cried, &s;hew|ed forth, or put to &s;ale as afore&s;aid; and to leavie the &s;aid other forfeitures or penalties by way of di&s;tre&s;&s;e, and &s;ale of the Goods of every &s;uch Offender, rendring to the &s;aid offenders the overplus of the moneys rai&s;ed thereby; And in default of &s;uch di&s;tre&s;&s;e, or in ca&s;e of in&s;ufficiency, or inabilitie of the offender to pay the &s;aid forfeitures or penalties, that the party offending be &s;et publique|ly in the Stocks by the &s;pace of three hours: And all and &s;ingular, the forfeitures or penalties afore&s;aid &s;hall be imployed and converted to the u&s;e of the poor of the pari&s;h where the &s;aid offences &s;hall be committed, &s;aving onely, that it &s;hall and may be law|full, to, and for any &s;uch Iu&s;tice, Major, or head Officer or Offcers, out of the &s;aid forfeitures or penalties, to reward any per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall inform of any offence again&s;t this Ordinance, according to their di&s;cretions; &s;o as &s;uch reward exceed not the third part of the forfeiture or penalties. And it is further Ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that the Kings De|claration concerning ob&s;erving of Wakes, and u&s;e of exerci&s;e and recreation upon the Lords-day; the Book entituled, <HI>The Kings Maje&s;ties Declaration to his Subjects, concerning lawfull &s;ports to be u&s;ed;</HI> and all other Books and Pamphlets that have been, or &s;hall be written, printed or publi&s;hed again&s;t the moralitie of the fourth Commandement, or of the Lords-day, or to countenance the prophanation thereof, be called in, &s;eized and &s;uppre&s;&s;ed, and publiquely burnt by the Iu&s;tices of Peace, or &s;ome, or one of them, or by the chief Officer or Officers afore&s;aid, in their &s;everall limits, or by their warrant or command. Provided, and be it Declared, That nothing in this Ordinance &s;hall extend to the prohibiting of dre&s;&s;ing of meat in private Families, or the dre&s;&s;ing and &s;ale of Victuals in a moderate way in Innes or Victualing-Hou&s;es, for the u&s;e of &s;uch as otherwi&s;e cannot be provided for; or to the crying or &s;elling Milk before nine of the clock in the Morning, and after four of the clock in the Afternoon, from the tenth of <HI>September</HI> till the tenth of <HI>March:</HI> or before eight of the clocke in the Morning, or after five of the clock in the Afternoon, from the tenth of <HI>March</HI> till the tenth of <HI>September.</HI> And whereas thereis great breach of the Sabbath by Rogues, Vagabons, and Beggars, it is further Ordained, That the Lord Major of the Citie of <HI>London,</HI> and all Iu&s;tices of Peace, Con&s;tables, Church|wardens, and other Officers, and Mini&s;ters what&s;oever, &s;hall from time to time cau&s;e all Laws again&s;t Rogues, Vagabons, and Beggars, to be put in due execution; and take order that all Rogues, Vagabons and Beggars do on every Sabbath-day repair to &s;ome Church or Chappell, and remaine there &s;oberly and orderly during the time of Divine-Wor&s;hip. And that all and &s;in|gular per&s;on and per&s;ons, that &s;hall do any thing in the execution of this Ordinance, &s;hall be protected and &s;aved harmle&s;&s;e by the power and Authority of Parliament.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordained, that this Ordinance be Printed and Publi&s;hed, and read in all Pari&s;h Churches and Chappels, be|fore the Sermon in the Morning, on &s;ome Lords-day before the fir&s;t of <HI>May</HI> next, on the South-&s;ide of Trent; and before the fir&s;t of <HI>June</HI> next, on the North-&s;ide of Trent.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi, 6. April. 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this Ordinance be printed and publi&s;hed, and read in all Churches and Chappels, before the Sermon in the morning, on &s;ome Lords-day before the fir&s;t of <HI>May</HI> next, on the South-&s;ide of <HI>Trent;</HI> and be|fore the fir&s;t day of <HI>June</HI> next on the North-&s;ide of <HI>Trent.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen. El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON, <HI>Printed for</HI> Edward Husbands, <HI>April</HI> 10. 1644.</P>
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