'Ihe HISTO-RY oj the PuRI'rANs. Vot. II, CommonThough feveral ordinances had been made heretofore for the firict ob- ~~a~~~· fervation of the Lord's day, the prefent h_oufe of common~ thought fit to ~enforce them by another, dated Aprzl 19. 16 so. m which they For jlril!er ordain, " that all goods cried, or put to fale on the Lord's day, or other or;t~'0'i/f" days of humiliation and rhankfgiving appointed by authority, !hall be ~~~b:t, ~~. · " feized. No ~a~goner or drover !hall travel on the Lord's day on pe– IIg. " nalty of ten !h1lhngs for every offence. No perfon !hall travel in boats, · " horfes or coaches, except to church, on penalty of ten !billings. The " like penalty for being in a tavern. And where difhefs is not to be " made, the offender is to be put into the !locks fix hours. All peace of– " ficers are required to make diligent fearch for difcovering offenders; " and in cafe of neglect, the jufiice of peace is fined five pounds, and " every conll:able twenty £billings." Such was the feverity of thefe times• .For main· The parliament having ordered the fale of bi!bops lands, and the lands trnance of of deans and chapters, and vell:ed the money in the hands of truftees, as Jucbclergymen I b 1 d . d I . A 'j f h belonging 10 1as een re ate , appomte t 11s year prz 5· part o t e money cathedrals, to be appropriated for the fupport and maintenance of fuch late whofe rffic~s bi!hops, deans, prebendaries, !inging men, chorifiers, and other mem– •~re abolijh- bers, officers, and perfons defl:itute of maintenance, whofe refpeCtive of– - ~c~bcl, p. fices, places, and livelihoods, were taken away, and aboli!hed, diftribut– ur. ing and proportioning the fame according ~o their neceffities. How well · -Laws to be tranjlated into engllfh. Whit!. p. 460. this was executed I cannot determine; but 1t was a generous act of com– paffion, and more than the church of England would do for the noncon– formifl:s at the reftoration. A motion being made in the houfe about tran!Jating all law books into the englijh languague, Mr. Whitlock made a learned fpeech on the argu– ment, wherein he obferves, that " Mifes read the law to the Jews in the " hebrew language; that the laws of all the eafiern nations were in their " mother tongue; the laws of Conflantinople were in greek; at Rome they " were in Iatin; in France, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Dmmark, and " other places, their laws are publiilied in their native language. As for " our own country (fays he) thofe who can read the Saxon charaCter may " find the laws of our ancefiors in that language. Purfuant to this regu– " lation, Wi/liam duke of Normandy commonly called the conqueror, " commanded the laws to be publi!bed iu englijb, that none might pre– " tend ignorance. He obferves further, that by 36 E!iz. cap. 3· it was " ordered, that all pleadings !hould be in eng!ijh; and even in the reigns of " thofe princes, wherein our fiatutes were enrolled in french, the !heriffs " were obliged to proclaim them in englijh, becaufe the people were deep– " ly concerned to know the laws of their country, and not to be kept in " ignorance
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