Whereas the Lords and Commons in Parliament have made an ordinance for the more strict and solemn keeping of the dayes of publike fast, which are not by all persons duly observed ... England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A38299 of text R28608 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E2782). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A38299 Wing E2782 ESTC R28608 10693597 ocm 10693597 45510 2240864968

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A38299) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 45510) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1401:34) Whereas the Lords and Commons in Parliament have made an ordinance for the more strict and solemn keeping of the dayes of publike fast, which are not by all persons duly observed ... England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1 broadside. Printed for Edward Husbands, London : [1643] At head of text: 24 April, 1643. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. eng Fasting -- England -- Law and legislation. eebo 24. April. 1643. Whereas the Lords and Commons in Parliament have made an ordinance for the more strict and solemn keeping of the dayes of publike fas England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons 1643 1 318 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-02 Sampled and proofread 2009-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
24. April . 1643.

WHereas the Lords and Commons in Parliament have made an Ordinance for the more strict and solemn keeping of the dayes of publike Fast , which are not by all persons duly observed , even in these times of publike calamity , to the great dishonour of God , and the contempt of the Authority of both Houses of Parliament . Now that more particular notice may be given unto all such as shall offend herein , before any exemplary punishment be inflicted upon them ; It is ordered by the Commons now assembled in Parliament , That all Constables ( or their Deputies ) shall the day before every publike Fast , repair to every House within their severall and respective liberties , and charge all persons , That they strictly observe the Fast , according to the directions in the said Ordinance .

And they shall upon the said dayes of the publike Fast , walk through their said liberties , diligently searching for , and taking notice of all persons , who either by following their work of their calling , or sitting in Taverns , Victualling or Alehouses , or any other wayes shall not duly observe the same ; And they are hereby required to return the Names of all such persons as they shall finde so offending , as also such Informations as they shall receive against any other persons within their liberties , guilty of the like offence unto the Committee for Examinations , that so they may be proceeded against for the contempt of the said Ordinance ; And all Constables are to observe these directions from time to time , so long as the said publike Fast shall be kept , without expecting any further Order .

H : Elsynge , Cler. Parl. D. Com.

London , Printed for Edward Husbands .