224 C. 4. Anno decimo tertio & quarto Caroli II. A. D. 1662. provifoforthe XXVIII. Provided always, That no Officer or Soldier of the Militia or Trained Bands belonging to Miiida of Cities ^"y ^'^y^ Borough or Town Corporate, being a County of it felf, or to any other Corporation or Port- and Towns Town, wlio have ufed and accuftomed to be muftered only within their own Precinds, Ihall be corn- Corporate, peilable to appear out of the Precindl^s or Liberties of the fame City, Borough, Town Corporate and Port- Town, at any Mufler or Exercife only ; (2) and every of the faid Cities, Boroughs, Towns Corporate and Port-Towns, are hereby chargeable to find their ufual Number of Soldiers, unlefs the refpedlivo Lieutenants find Gaufe to lerfen the fame; any Thing in this Act to the contrary notwithftanding. fw^'nu'diords XXIX. Provided, That this A6t, or any Thing herein contained, (hall not extend to avoid any Co- a'nd Tenants'for venant or Agreement which hath been or fhall be made between any Landlord and Tenant concerning providing Arms, the finding Horfes or Arms, or the bearing or paying of any Taxes, Rates ,or other Charges by any "dV°tr^A% Tenant, either by general or fpecial Covenants, but that the faid Taxes, Rates or other Charges, (haU ^ '" '^ • be born and paid by all refpecStive Tenants according to the faid Covenants and Agreements ; any Thing in -^his AA to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. Me of Wight. XXX. Provided, That this A&, or any Thing therein contained, fliall not extend to make any Al- teration in the lile of fVight as to the Militia in that Place, either to raife Horfe or Foot within the faid Jfland, in any other Manner than hath been formerly and is now ufed and pradtifed there. Militia of tiie XXXI. Provided alfo, and be it enadted. That whereas the Militia of the Tower Divifion in the in°M!ddiefex°" "County oi Middlefex, commonly known by the Name of the Tower Hamlets, are and always have beea under the Command of his Majefty's Conftable or Lieutenant of the Tower, for the Service and Prefer- vation of that his Royal Fort ; That it (hall and may be lawful for his Majefty's Conftable or Lieutenant of the Tiwer for the Time being, to continue to levy the Trained Bands of the faid Divifion or Hamlets of 'the Tower, in fuch- Manner and Form as to the Number and Quality of Perfons, as was obferved in -forming the prefent Forces thereof; any Thing in this Adl to the contrary notwithftanding. Provifotouch- XXXII. Provided, That neither this A61, nor any Matter or Thing therein contained, fliall be deetn- ^jv'un'to'nwrch^ ^'^' conftrued or taken to extend to the Giving or Declaring of any Power for the Tranfporting of any out of this King- the Subjedls of this Realm, or any way compelHng them to march out of this Kingdom, otherwife than doi). by the Laws of England ought to be done. Peers of the XXXIII. Provided always, and be it ena(51ed by the Authority aforefaid, That no Peer of this Realm Realm, how to fliall be charged with Horfe, Horfemen and Arms, or Foot-Soldiers and Arms, otherwife, or in any 'be charged. other Manner, than is herein after exprefled, (that is to fay) that his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffoirs, fliall and may from Time to Time iflue out Commiflions under the Great Seal of England, to fo many Peers (not fewer than twelve) as his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs fliall think fit, who, or any five or more of them, fliall have Power from. Time to Time to afl"efs all and every, or any the Peers of this Reahu, according to the Limitations and Proportions in this A6t appointed, for the Finding of Horfe, - Horfemen and Arms, or Foot^Soldiers and Arms, and for other the Purpofes in this Aft mentioned, (except the monthly Taxes, which are to. be levied as is before prefcribed in this A61) and fliall have Power to put in Execution all and every the Powers and Authorities of this AtH", as well for laying AflefT- inents, as impofing of Penalties (Imprifonment of the Perfon of any Peer of this Realm only excepted;) which Afl"eflment or Charge fo made, together with fuch Penalties as fliall be fo impofed, (Imprifon- ment, as aforefaid, only excepted) fliall be from Time to Time refpeftively certified to the refpedlive Lieutenants of each County, to the Intent that the faid Charge may be born, and the Penalties (not be- fore excepted) levied, according to the Intent of this Adl : (2) And that in Cafe there fhall be any De- fault in Performance of any Thing to be done or paid by any Peer by Virtue of this Aft, that then it fhall be lawful for the refpeftive Lieutenants and Deputy-Lieutenants, or any three of them, to caufe DiftreflTes to be taken for the fame in any of the Lands of fuch Defaulter within their faid Counties or Farther Prez-iJ- Limits refpeflively : (3) And in Cafe Satisfaftion fliall not be given within the Space of one Week after 7o"^Car.t's^ fuch'Diftrefs taken, then fuch Diftreffes to be fold for the Performance of the faid Service, and the 10 6? II ^13. Charge incident thereunto, and the Overplus (if any be) to be reftored to the Owner : (4) And if. a i- !?• Tenant of any Peer of this Realm fhall be diftrained for fuch Default as aforefaid, the Tenant fo dif- . t. 2T."' ' ^' trained is hereby enabled to deduft the Sum levied out of his next Rent. See 15 Car. 2. c. 4. I Gi!i% I. Stat. 2. f, 14. 5 Ceo. I. c. 8. 7 G«, 2. c, 23, 30 Geo. z. c, 25. 31 Geo. 2. c. 26. itGea. 2. c, 20. and 33 Get. 2. c. 2, 22 £f 24. . "<j CAP. IV. i:i An A(5l for the Uniformity of Publick Prayers, and Adminiftrationof Sacrameots, and other - Rites and Ceremonies : And for eftablifhing the Form of Making, Ordaining and Confe- crating Bifhops, Priefts and Deacons in the Church of England. This k&. en- * K7 H E R E A S in the firft Year of the late Qiieen Elizabeth, there was one uniform Order of forced by 5 ' y y Common Service and Prayer, and of the Adminiftration of Sacraments, Rites and Ceremonies, ^ nna;, c. 5. c jj^ ^^it Church cf England, (agreeable to the Word of God, and Ufage of the Primitive Church) com- - ' piled by the Reverend Bimops and Clergy, fet forth in one Book, intituled. The Book of Common ' Prayer and Adm'miflralion of Sarramenti, and other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England, and 1' enjoined to be ufed by Aft of Parliament, holden in the faid firft Year of the faid late Qiieen, intituled, . * An Ai^ for the Ihiiformity of Common Prayer and Service in the Church, and Adniinijjration of the Sacra-
- ments, very comfortable to all good People defirous to live in Cliriftian Converfation, and moft pro-
' fitable to the Eftate of this Realm ; upon the which the Mercy, Favour and Bleffing of Almighty God ' is in no wife fo readily- and plentifully poured, as by Common Prayers, due ufiiig of the Sacraments, ' and' often preaching of the Gofpel, with Devotion of the Hearers; (2) And yet this notwithftanding, ' a great Number of People in divers Parts of this Realm, following their own Senfuality, and living ' without Knowledge and due Fear of God, do wilfully and fchifmaticaily abftain and refufe to come to 8 their I £liz. c. 1.
