286 The HIS 1' 0 RY of the PuRITANS.- VoL. U. K. Charles I. him as a criminal, of which his majefiy was advertifed by Watjo1z the 1647· quarter-mafier, but it made no impreffion upon him, ~s The two houfes having concu rred in their votes for non addrelfes, the rcmo'!Jlrance. army agreed to ftand by the parliament in fettling the nation without the king; and that the people might be fatisfied with the reafons of their pro– ceedings, a remonfhance was publiihed by order of parliament Feb. 15 • in which they recapitulate all the errors of his majefiy's government; his infincerity in the feveral treaties of peace be had entered into with them; and that though they bad applied to him [even times with propofitions, in all which thefcots had concurred except the lafi, yet he had never com– plied with any; from whence the y conclude, either that the nation mufl: continue under the prefent dillraCtions, or they mull fettle it without him, ln the pofthumous works of lord Clarendon, there is a large reply to this remonjlrance, in which bis lord01ip endeavours to vindicate the king, and throw all the blame upon the parliament; but though there were ill in– fhuments on both fides, and there might be no real occalion to rip up the mifdemeanors of the ki1 1g's government from the beginning, yet 'tis hard– Jy poil]ble for the art of man to jul1ify his majefty's conduCt before the war, or to vindicate his prudence and fincerity in his treaties afterwards; the de!i g:n of commencing a new war being evidently at this time con– certed and agreed upon,_ with his majefty's allowance, in purfuance of the Jcots treaty, while he was amufing both the parliament and army with over– tures of peace. Ordinance Among the ordinances that paffed this year for reformation of the church; f or abolijhing none occJfioned fo much noife and difturbance as that of June 8. for a– t~e ~bf'crhva..;: boli{hing the obfervation of fi:Jints davJ, arid the three grand fefiivals of tlOrl fJ; rln- . -!"'· . / . rnas, and o- Chri.ftmm, Eafler, and Wl11tjimtzde ; the ordmance fays, '' Forafmuch as ther faints " the ftafl of the nativity ·of Chrill:, Eafter, Wh itfuntide, and otber Je.fti- ~ay~ 1 . " vaiJ, commoniy called holy•-days, have been heretofore fuperftitioufly 1~s.e' p. " ufed and obferved ; be it ordained, that the faid ·feall:s, and all other fef– " tivals, commonly called holy-day, be no longer obferved as fell:ivals; ·« any law, ll:atute, cuftom, confiitution, or canon to the contrary, ifl " any wife notwithfianding. 'Time allotted " And that there may be a convenient time allotted for fcholars, ap– f or flrvants " prentices, and other fervants, for their recreation, be it ordained, that recreatzon. ,~, all fchoJ.ars, arprentices, and other fervants, lhall with the leave of " their mafters, have fuch convenient reafonable recreation, and relaxa· " tion from labour, every fecond 'Tue/day in the month throughout the " year, as formerly they ufed to have upon the jiflivals; and mafiers of ~' kholars, apprentices, and fervants, fhall grant to them refpectively fuch cc time for their recreation, on the aforefaid fecond 'luiftlay in the month, cc as they may conveniently fpare from !heir extraordinary neceffary f~r- . - ··· · · - -- · - -· -· " vtce
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