An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for every second Tuesday in the moneth to be a day of recreation for schollers, apprentices, and servants England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A37940 of text R34898 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E1888). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A37940) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 102835) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1569:36) An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for every second Tuesday in the moneth to be a day of recreation for schollers, apprentices, and servants England and Wales. Parliament. 1 broadside. Printed at London for John Wright ..., [London] : 1647. At head of title: Die Veneris II Iunii 1647. "Die Veneris II Junii 1647. Ordered by the Lords assembled in Parliament that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum." Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649. A37940 R34898 (Wing E1888). civilwar no Die Veneris 11 Iunii 1647. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for every second Tuesday in the moneth to be a day England and Wales. Parliament 1647 355 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Die Veneris 11 Iunii 1647. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for every second Tuesday in the Moneth to be a day of Recreation for Schollers , Apprentices , and Servants . FOrasmuch as the Feasts of the Nativity of Christ , Easter , Whitsontide , and other Festivals commonly called Holy-dayes , have beene heretofore superstitiously used and observed , Bee it Ordained by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , That the said Feasts of the Nativity of Christ , Easter , and Whisontide , and all other Festivall dayes , commonly called Holy-dayes , be no longer observed as Festivals or Holy-dayes within this Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales , any Law , Statute , Custome , Constitution , or Cannon to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding : And to the end that there may be a convenient time allotted to Schollers , Apprentices , and other Servants for their Recreation , be it Ordained by the Authority aforesaid , That all Schollers , Apprentices , and other Servants shall have such convenient reasonable Recreation and Relaxation from their constant and ordinary Labours on every second Tuesday in the Moneth thorowout the yeare , as formerly they have used to have on such aforesaid Festivals , commonly called Holy-dayes . And that Masters of all Schollers , Apprentices , and Servants shall grant unto them respectively such time for their Recreations on the aforesaid second Tuesdayes in every Moneth , as they may conveniently spare from their extraordinary and necessary Services and Occasions . And it is further Ordained by the said Lords and Commons , that if any difference shall arise betweene any Master and Servant concerning the Liberty hereby granted , the next Justice of Peace shall have power to heare and determine the same . Die Veneris 11 Junii 1647. ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament , That this Ordinance be forthwith printed and published . Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum . Printed at London for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley . 1647.