King C H A R L E S the II. ™lfl- Sf w ? f^ »« h ««by re< 3 U!red Co § ive ° rder * ar their Circuit Courts, to take up Dittavs Soned zn7r^fZi d ™ A r^ C ° P r0C£ed ^^ them > b >' f >™g them in thcfimmcs above-men- tioned , andtoexadt the fame. Likeas, His Majefty, with advice forefaid, Doth herebv Authorii a^The^^^ X I. kAQT againHfuch who do not Baptize their Children. Edinburgh, 16. of Augaft , i6 7 z. are not Baptized ; thinki ng thereby to efcape Ac pu^t wSCfe^fc VST"* ** ^ pointed to be inflifted upon fuch as are guilty of Afocderiy Biti^ Y Si?/ Parliame <V ■ » ap- Eonfent of His Eftates in Parliament , Statute and De c ?e Clh £% t 1 !L' ,?!* ad / lce and MoftheMin^^^
- urre, andbeiyableto, the pains and penalties following VIZ EvervH.Z tS P ' U in "
Wod-fetter fhall be fyned in a fourth part of his valued L^tXS, '±2? ^ ^f rcnnent, having a perfonal, but no Lai Eftate , inC^huUd^SS^^SSK
- hant, in an hundred pounds ; Every inferior Merchant , or confutable Tradefman Ynd Sw
abouringLand, in fifty pounds ; Every meaner Burgefs , Tradefman, Inh^^hJSh^S very Cottar, in twenty pounds Scots; and every Servant in half a years Fee And irk Eli t '. J hat, where Kirks are Vacant, the Parents Hull, v^mxhcm&t^^^^f^ he next adiacent Parifli Kirk which is Planted , and obtain their ChUdrcn ffiTrSl *££ $? g ? 5 >enalties. And His Majefty , with advice forefaid , Requires £e Kfr?^l„ i' ^t f °; efaid NcheirDeputs, and Magfftrates of Burghs Royal', witlin dSSS *e &i^K? xfT^^ XI I. t^4 C T for an Anniverfary Thanksgiving. Edinburgh, r . of t^fuguj} , i6y%. 'He Eftates of Parliament, confidering the great Blefling of Almighty GOD, inreftorina HisMau-fW - totheTlu T eofHisR 7 alAnceftors; ^^^^L^LiKin^^^^^^ ondageu^etwhichtheydidfolonggroan ; In acknowledgment of Their Thankfulnefs to GOD and f Their Duty and Loyalty to His Majefty , and that the memory of fo great a Mercy may neverfall in'oS loaorneglecl : Do humbly offer to His Majefty , that the AnniveJry Solemnity be^arly and perpe "l ykC S t R by n aUthePe ° P ^? t *? Kin g dorT1 ' U ^ 0n the x * of ^^' being the Day of & MajX ,irth and Reftauration. Therefore H,s Majefty , with confent of the Eftates of Parliament Scutes nd Ordains, that the Anniverfary Solemnity , for His Majefties happy Birth and Reftauration fhall 1 all time coming , be kept upon the z 9 . day of CMay yearly ; and that ringing of Bells through ' ut the whole Kingdom, and other Evidences of Joy, be obferved the faid whole Day, with Bonefues t night ; And that all Minifters within the Kingdom fhall Preach yearly upon the laid xo of CM J .-.at they with the. People , may give thanks to G O D Almighty . for His fo fignal GoodneYs 3 thefe Kingdoms. Certifying, that whofoever fhall fail in obferving this prefent Aft , they fhall be /ncd, and otherwife puniflied, by His Majefties Privy Council, and other Judges ordinar, according to their ondmon and eftate. And His Majefty, with advice forefaid, Declares, That this prefent A&ail be le Rule and Warrant tor the Laid Anniverfary , in all time coming. ACT
