A. D. 1698. Anno nono &decImo Gulielmi III.. C, 30—32; 715, that every fuch Offender fhall be liable to the fame Forfeitures and Penalties, as if the faid A£t had conti- nued in full Force. III. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon or Perfons, whoRelcafcandDif- heretofore have been or fliall, before the faid twenty-fourth Dayofy^w, be difcharged by virtue of this <:'i"K'= "" ^"^ A&, ftiall be deemed or adjudged to be difcharged thereby, who to procure any Agreement, Compofitions, ^^^^ '"'"^ "*"■'• Releafes or Difcharges whatfoever, from any of iiis or their Creditor or Creditors, have before any one of the Judges of either Bench, Barons of the Exchequer, ov MaRer in CA^^.-fi^rv, Ordinary or Extraordinary, willingly and corruptly made, or before the faid twenty-fourth Day of June Inall make, any falfe Oath, to the defrauding of his or their Creditor or Creditors, but that all and every fuch Agreement, Releafes and Difcharges upon any falfe Oath obtained, and being thereof conviiSed upon any Lidiftment or Informa- tion, fhall be void and of none EfFe£l ; any thing in this or the faid former Adl contained to the contrary, hereof in any wife notwithilanding. CAP. xxx: Ah Aft for increafing His Majefty's Duties upon Luftrings and Alamodes.^ •'■TT7HEREAS the wrought Silks, commonly called Lujirings and Alamodes, under the Name of 19 if. 7..V. 2»ji.
- VV wrought Silks, in and by the Book of Rates referred to in the AitofTunnaee and Poundage,
' which was made and paffed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of His late Majefty King Charles the Se- 12 Car. 2. c^,;-
- • cond, were valued at forty Shillings the Pound Weight, containing fixteen Ounces ; and according to
- that Valuation are and will be liable to pay feveral Subfidies, additional and other Duties or Impofitions to
' Your Majefty, by virtue of feveral Aifts of Parliament fince that Time made and paft, referring to the
- faid Book of Rates for the Value of the faid Silks:' We Your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjefts,
!Re QoxtwciOm of England in Parhament aflembled, being fenfible that the faid Silks, called Liiflrings and jilamodes, were much undervalued in the faid Book, and that the fame are ordinarily of a much higher Va- lue than forty Shillings for fuch a Pound Weight as aforefaid, do therefore in all Humility grant, that Your ' Majefty's Duties for and upon all Luftrings and Alamodes imported, now payable by or according to the faid Valuation of forty Shillings the Pound Weight, fhall be increafed, anfwered and paid according to the Valuation herein after mentioned ; and be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with . the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parlia- ment alTembled, and by Authority of the fame. That all Luftrings and Alamodes, which from and after Luftrings anS '> the four and twentieth Day of y^^n^ one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight, fhall be imported or brought ■'^'""""'^^ '■"-' into the Kingdom of England, Dominion of TVales, or Toyin of Berwick upon Tweed, fhall be valued at ?°"'^ '?, ^Y -. four Pounds for every Pound Weight, containing fixteen Ounces as aforefaid : And His Majefty's feveral &c. ." •"^•' Subfidies, additional and other Duties and Impofitions as aforefaid, during the Continuance of the fame re- 1 Ann. ft. i. (V fpeftively^ fhall be colle£led, paid and anfwered for and upon the faid Luftrings and Alamodes, according '3- ^•2- gAnn,;'- to the faid Valuations of four Pounds for every Pound' Weight, as if the fame had been originally inferted in '^•^■h' *•- /.> the faid Book of Rates, and had been particularly referred to (inftead of the faid Rate of forty Shillings) in Far^Ze^Prmi'.^^ the feveral Afl:s before mentioned : And that according to the fame Rules and Methods, and with fuch. or fo^s re/ath^" the like Allowances, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, as are by the faid AcSs, and every or any of tc-cto, 04.43.-- them prefcribed, for the refpedtive Duties on the faid. Commodities j any thing therein contained to the ^'^^'^'fi 5 ■^"»'"- contrary notwithftanding. I'lT. SG.T'i.i. f. 15* gCfo. I.e. 8. iC«..2. f, 17. z^ Geo, i.i. g & lOi- i&Gdo.z.i, 21,' CAP. XXXL An Aa for raifing the Militia for the Year one thoufand fix hundred niliety-eight, although the Month's 13& i^iCiuar- Pay formerly advanced be not paid. c 3. CAP. XXXII. i- ^ An A6b for the more effectual fuppreffing of Blafphemy and Profahenefs.-
- T 7 H ERE AS many Perfons have of late Years openly avowed and publiflied many blarphemoUs and
' W impious Opinions, contrary to the Dodrines and Principles of the Chriftian Religion, greatly ' tending to the Diuionour of Almighty God, and may prove deftruftive to the Peace and Welfare of this ' Kingdom :' Wherefore for the more efFeftual fuppreffing of the faid deteftable Crimes, be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That if Perfons aenySng^ g any Perfon or Perfons, having been educated in, or at any Time having made Profeflion of the Chriftian the Trinity, or Religion within this Realm, Inall by Writing, Printing, Teaching, or advifed Speaking, deny any one of ^^"'"S '"=■ . the Perfcns in the Holy Trinity to be God, or fhall affert or maintain there are more Gods than one, orl^^^°^^ '^"^f fhall deny the Chriftian Religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Teftament to be nying°AeChriV - of Divine Authority, and fliall upon Indictment or Information in any of His Majefty's Courts at ^^-r ftian Religion to " minjier, or at the Affizes, be thereof lawfully convifted by the Oath of two or more credible Witneflis; be true, &c. fuch Perfon or Perfons for the firft Offence fhall be adjudged incapable and difabled in Law, to all Intents ^'"^ conviaed^ ' and Purpofes whatfoever, to have or enjoy any Office or Offices, Employment or Employments, Ecclefi- to"old a^'^Of- -^ aftical. Civil or Military, or any Part in them, or any Profit or Advantage appertaining to them, or any fice, a-c. -^ cf them : And if any Perfon or Perfons fo conviiled as aforefaid, fhall at the Time of his or their Convic- 4 Y 2 tion, ,
