None fhall speak or do any 1 Ed. 6.c.1. thing in Contempt of the moft Holy Sacrament.

Whofoever fhall difturb the W. & M. Church or Congregation per- cap. 18. mitted, or mifule the Teacher, 1 M. cap.3. Proof by Two Witneffes before a Juftice of Peace.

Whotoever fhall difturb any Preacher allow'd in his open Sermon or Collation, or be procuring or abetting thereanto, or fhall Refcue, &c. any Offender, &c.

Accufation must be by Two Witneffes, or Confeffion.

Such as Meet or Affemble 1 Car. c. 1. • out of their own Parish upon

the Lord's Day, for any Sports pr Paftimes whatsoever; or fuch as fhall ufe any Unlawful Exercife or Paftine in their own Parish upon the Lord'sDay.

PENALTIE S.

Twelve Pence for every Default, to be levied by Diftrefs; and for want of Diftrefs, to be committed to fome Prifon, until the fame be paid. Vid. 14, 15. S.

Twenty Pounds per Month, or forfeiture of Two parts in Three of their Estates.

Their Names and Sirnames to be Presented: Forty Shillings Reward to fuch as prefent them.

By Oath of Two Lawful Witneffes, by Three Juftices, Quorum un. to be Bound over and Profecuted in Seifions.

To find Sureties in 50 l. or committed till next QuarterSeffions, and on Conviction

to Forfeit 201..

If any Cartier, Wagoner, 3 Car. c. I. Butcher, &c. with Horse, Wain, or Cart, or Drover with Cattle, ihall Travel upon the Lord s Day by themselves, or any other for them,

If any Butcher, or any o- 3 Car. c.1. ther for him, fhall Kill or Sell any Victuals upon the Sunday,

Two Witneffes, View, or Confeffion,

If any Shoe-Maker fhall 1 Jac. c.22. fhew with intent to Sell any Boots, Shoes, &c. on the Sunday,

If any Perfon of the Age of 14, hall on the Lord'sDay, or any part thereof, do any Worldly Labour, Business, or Wort, &c. except Works of Neceffity and Charity,

29 Car, 2. Cap. 7.

29 Car. 2. cap. 7.

If any Perfon fhall Cry, Shew forth, or put to Sale, any Wares, Fruit, Goods, &c. except Milk only, before the Hours of Nine in the Morning, & after four in the Afternoon, No Drover, Horie-Courfer, 29 Car. 2. Wagoner, Butcher, Higler, or cap. 7. any of their Servants, fhall Travel, or come to their Inns, on the Lord's Day.

No Perfon fhall ufe to Travel upon the Lord's-Day with any Boat, Wherry, Sc. except allow'd by one Juftice of Peace fo to do,

By View, Confeffion, or one Witness,

29 Car. 2.

cap. 7.

PENALTIES.

Twenty Shillings for every Offence, to be levied by Di ftrefs and Sale, to the Ufe of the Poor.

He fhall Forfeit Six Shil lings and Eight Pence, if que ftioned within Six Months,' to be Levied, &c. or may be Sued for in Seffions, &c.

He fhall Forfeit the Value of every fuch pair, and alfo Three Shillings and Four Pence for every Pair.

He fhall Forfeit Five Shil lings for every Offence.

He fhall Forfeit the faid Wares, Fruit, Goods, &c. to the Use of the Poor.

The Forfeiture is Twenty Shillings for every Offence.

The Forfeiture is Five Shila lings for every Offence. The Conviction upon the Statute' muft be before any Juftice of the County, &c. who fhall give Warrant to the Conftables, &c. to Seize the Goods fhewed, &c. and to Levy the Forfeitures by Diftrefs, &c. A 2 This

PENALTIES.

and for want of Diftrefs, to put the Offender in the Stocks for Two Hours: The Juftices,

c. may reward the Informer out of the Forfeitures, not exceeding the Third part.

Every Perfon must be Impeached upon this Act within Ten Days after the Offence.

The Offender for the firft to pay Five Shillings to the Church-Wardens, where, &c. within one Week after Conviction, or elfe to be Levied by Warrant, c. by Diftrefs and Sale; and for want of Diftrefs, to fit in the Stocks fix Hours.

7 Fac. c.10. muft be Bound in Ten Pounds, 21 Fac.c.7.

For the fecond Offence,

21 Fac. c.7.

with Two Sureties to the good Behaviour; and for want of Sureties, to be sent to Gaol.

If the Conftable levy not the Forfeitures, he Forfeits Ten Shillings to the Poor, ut fupra..

Ten Shillings to be Levied by Diftrefs, and Sale after fix days; and for want of Diftrefs, to be committed till Payment, and Disabled for 3 Years from keeping any Ale-Houfe, &c.

If the Conftable or ChurchWarden do not Levy the Penalty, or shall not certifie the want of Diftrefs within Twen ty Days, he Forfeits Forty Shillings, to be levied by Di ftrefs and Sale, ut fupra.

If

and Statutes.

17ac.cap.9. 21 Jac. C.7. Car.cap.4.

47ac.cap.5. 217ac.c.7.

Car.cap.4. 21Jac. c. 7. Dalt.cap.7.

21Fac.c.20 3 Car. c. 4.

17Car. 6, 7 Guliel. Cap. 11.

He fhall forfeit for every fuch Offence, to the Ufe of the Poor, the refpective Sums following; every Servant, Day-Labourer, common Soldier, and common Seaman, One Shilling; every other Perfon, Two viction, fhall offend a Second time, Shillings: If any Perfon, after Confuch Perfon fhall pay Double; and if c.4.fpectively to be paid for the first a Third time, Trebble the Sum reOffence. Every Juftice, Head-Officer, &c. may Command the Conftables, &c. to Levy the fame by Diftrefs: And for want of Diftrefs,the Offender being above the Age of Sixteen Years, fhall be fet in the Stocks, for every fingle Offence, one Hour; for any Number, at one and the fame time, two Hours: If under Sixteen Years old, and shall not pay the faid Twelve pence, he fhall be whipp'd by the Conftable,by Warrant of the justice, Quarter

OFFENCES.

Quarter-Seffions of Peace all Convictions made before • him upon this Act, and the time of making thereof, and for what Offence.

None fhall in any StagePlay, Shew, May-game, Interlude, or Pageant, Jeftingly or Prophanely fpeak or ufe the Holy Name of God, Christ Jefus,the Holy Ghoft, or Trinity.

Blafphemy.

If any Perfon, having been Educated in, or at any time having made Profeffion of the Chriftian Religion, within this Realm, thall, by Writing, Printing, Teaching, or advifed Speaking, deny any one of the Perfons in the Holy Trinity to be God, or hall affert or maintain there are more Gods than One, or fhall deny the Chriftian Religion. to be true, or the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Teftament to be of Divine Authority, and fhall upon Indictment or Information in any of His Majesty's Courts at Westminster, or at the Affizes, be thereof Lawfully Convicted by the Oath of Two or more credible Witneffes,

Note. This Statute punishes not the Error, but the Impudence of the Offender.

PENALTIES.

or by the Parent, Guardian, or Mafter, in the Prefence of the Conftable. Every Juftice, or chief Magiftrate, wilfully omitting the Performing of his Duty, fhall forfeit Five Pounds, to be recovered by Action. The Act of the Sixth and Seventh of King WILLIAM to be Read four times in the Year, in all Churches and Chappels, under the pain of Twenty Shillings for Neglect thereof. General Iffue, &c. Treble Cofts, &c..

On pain of Ten Pounds, to be divided between the King and the Profecutor, to be recovered by Action, &c.

For the first Offence, shall be adjudged incapable, and difabled in Law to all Intents and Purposes, to have or injoy any Office or Imployment Ecclefiaftical, Civil, or Military, or any Part in them, or any Profit or Advan tage appertaining to them; and if at the Time of Conviction Poffeft, &c. fuch Office, Place, or Imployment, fhall be void.

On the fecond Conviction, shall be difabled to Sue, Profecute, Plead, of ufe any Action or Information in any Court of Law or Equity; or to be a Guardian, or an Executor, or Adminiftrator, or capable of any Legacy, or Deed of Gift, or of any Office,Civil or Military, or Benefice Ecclefiaftical; and fhall fuffer three Years Imprifonment, without Bail, from the Time of the Conviction.

The Information to a Juftice of Peace, to be within four Days for Words, and the Profecution within three Months after.

To be discharged of the Penalties incurr'd by the first Conviction, on Renunciation, in the fame Court where Convicted, within four Months after the Conviction.

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