Die Martis 8. Iunii 1647. Forasmuch as the feasts of the Nativity of Christ, Easter, and Whitsontide, and other festivals commonly called Holy-dayes; have beene heretofore superstitiously used and observed bee it ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled; that the said feasts of the Nativity of Christ, Easter, and Whitsontide, and all other festivall dayes, commonly called holy-dayes be no longer observed as festivals or holy-dayes within this kingdome of England and dominion of Wales, any law, statute, custome, constitution, or cannon to the contrary in any wise not withstanding : ... England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A82780 of text R210445 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.11[18]). 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 2017 A82780 Wing E1538 Thomason 669.f.11[18] ESTC R210445 99869245 99869245 162668 2240947930

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A82780) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162668) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f11[18]) Die Martis 8. Iunii 1647. Forasmuch as the feasts of the Nativity of Christ, Easter, and Whitsontide, and other festivals commonly called Holy-dayes; have beene heretofore superstitiously used and observed bee it ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled; that the said feasts of the Nativity of Christ, Easter, and Whitsontide, and all other festivall dayes, commonly called holy-dayes be no longer observed as festivals or holy-dayes within this kingdome of England and dominion of Wales, any law, statute, custome, constitution, or cannon to the contrary in any wise not withstanding : ... England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley, Printed at London : 1647. Establishes regular vacations instead of festival days for schools -- Cf. Steele. Order to print signed: Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Holidays -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Fasts and feasts -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. A82780 R210445 (Thomason 669.f.11[18]). civilwar no Die Martis 8. Iunii 1647. Forasmuch as the feasts of the Nativity of Christ, Easter, and Whitsontide, and other festivals commonly called Ho England and Wales. Parliament. 1647 1 341 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. 2007-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-11 Sampled and proofread 2007-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Die Martis 8. Iunii 1647.

FOrasmuch as the Feasts of the Nativity of Christ , Easter , and Whitsontide , and other Festivals commonly called Holy-dayes ; have beene heretofore superstitiously used and observed , Bee it Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled ; That the said Feasts of the Nativity of Christ , Easter , and Whisontide , and all other Festivall dayes , commonly called Holy-dayes , be no longer observed as Festivals or Holy-dayes within this Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales , any Law , Statute , Custome , Constitution , or Cannon to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding : And to the end that there may be a convenient time allotted to Schollers , Apprentices , and other Servants for their Recreation , be it Ordained by the Authority aforesaid , That all Schollers , Apprentices , and other Servants shall with the leave and approbation of their Masters respectively first had and obtained , have such convenient reasonable Recreation and Relaxation from their constant and ordinary Labours on every second Tuesday in the Moneth thorowout the yeare , as formerly they have used to have on such aforesaid Festivals , commonly called Holy-dayes . And that Masters of all Schollers , Apprentices , and Servants shall grant unto them respectively such time for their Recreations on the aforesaid second Tuesdayes in every Moneth , as they may conveniently spare from their extraordinary and necessary Services and Occasions . And it is further Ordained by the said Lords and Commons , that if any difference shall arise betweene any Master and Servant concerning the Liberty hereby granted , the next Justice of the Peace shall have power to order and reconcile the same .

Die Martis 8 Junii 1647.

ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament , That this Ordinance be forthwith printed and published .

Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum .

Printed at London for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley . 1647.