'Ihe HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANS. VoL. II. K.Charlesl. "perfons of the trinity, or of the virgin Mary, and all other images, ~ " and pictures of faints, or fuperfiitious infcriptions in, or upon any of " the faid churches, church-yards, or other places belonging to the faid " churches or church-yards, or any other open place, fhall before the " faid fidl: of November, be taken away and defaced by the proper of– " ficers that have the care of fuch churches. And 'tis further ordain– " ed, that the walls, windows, grounds, and other places that fhall be " broken, impaired, or altered by any the means aforefaid, fhall be made '' up and repaired in good and fufficient manner, in all and every " the faid parifh churches, chapels~ or places of public prayer belonging " to the parifh, by the church-wardens for the time being, and in any " cathedral or collegiate church or chapel by the deans' or fub-deans; " and in the the inns of court, by the benchers and readers of the fame, " at the cofi and charge of all and every fuch perfon or perfotis, bodies " poli tic, or corporations, to whom the charge of repair does ufually .,, belong, upon penalty of forty fhillings to the ufe of the poor, for the '' (pace of twen ty days after fuch defdu!t; and if default be made af– '· ter December 1. the jufiice of peace of the county or city fhall have re power to perform it. Provided that this ordinance fhall not extend " to any image, picture, or coat of arms in glafs, !lone, or otherwife " in any church, chapel, or church-yard, fet up by, or engraven for a " monument of any king, prince, nobleman, or other dead per– " fon, which has not been commonly reputed or taken for a " faint." Manner of This ordinance is of the fame tenor with the bill againf1 innovations, tl".'xecution prefented to the king at the treaty of Oxford, and does not much dif– if zr. fer from queen Elizabeth's injunctions at the reformation ; there were p. 224. Hiff. Pref. P· 45· fome diforders and tumults in putting it in execution, and great negleCt: of repairs; but if the reader will. look back to the fuperf:litious decora– tions and ornaments of the cathedrals, mentioned in the former volume of this work, he will fee there was fome need of a reformation. December I 4· the commiffioners cleared the cathedral of Canterbury of all the images, and paintings in the windows. Hey/in fays, the rabble violated the monuments of the dead, fpoiled the organs, took down the rails, &c. and affronted the fiatue of our bleifed Saviour. Dec. 30. they removed the picture~, images and crucifixes in Henry the feventh's chapel; and about lady-day the paintings about the walls and windows were defaced, and the organs taken down in the prefence of a commit– tee of the houfe. The cathedral of St. Paul's was ftripped about the fame time, the candlefiicks, crucifixes, and plate, being fold for the fervice of the war; and within a few months mofl: of the cathedrals throughout England underwent the fame fate. If the parliament, inficad
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