ACT FOR UNIFORMITY OF COMMON PRAYER.

convicted, according to the laws of this Realm, by verdict of twelve men, or by his own confession, or by the notorious evidence of the fact, shall lose and forfeit to the Queen's Highness, her Heirs and Successors, for his first Offence, the profit of all his Spiritual Benefices, or Promotions, coming or arising in one whole Year next after his Conviction And also that the Person so convicted, shall for the same Offence suffer Im­prisonment by the space of six Months, without Bail or Mainprise. And if any such Person, once convict of any Offence concerning the Premisses, shall after his first conviction eftsoons offend, and be thereof in form aforesaid lawfully con­vict; That then the same Person shall for his second Offence suffer Imprison ment by the space of one whole Year, and also shall therefore be deprived, ipso facto, of all his Spiritual Promo­tions, and, That it shall be lawful to all Patrons, or Donors of all and singular the same Spiritual Promotions, or of any of them to present or collate to the same, as though the Person or Persons so offending were dead. And that if any such Person or Persons, after he shall be twice convicted in form aforesaid, shall offend against any of the Premisses the third time, and shall be thereof in form aforesaid lawfully convicted: That then the Person so offending, and convicted the third time, shall be deprived ipso facto of all his Spiritual Promotions, and also shall suffer Imprisonment during his life And if the Person that shall offend, and be convicted in form afore­said, concerning any of the Premisses, shall not be beneficed nor have any Spiritual Promotion, that then the same Person so offending and convict, shall for the first offence suffer Imprisonment during one whole Year next after his said Conviction, without Bail or Main­prise And if any such Person, not having any spiritual Promotion, after his first Conviction shall eftsoons offend in any thing concerning the Premisses, and shall in form aforesaid be thereof law­fully convicted, that then the same Person shall for his second Offence suffer Im­prisonment during his Life,

And it is Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Person or Persons whatsoever, after the said Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist next coming, shall in any Enterludes, Plays, Songs, Rhimes, or by other open Words, declare or speak any thing in the derogation, depraving, or despising of the same Book, or of anything therein contained, or any part thereof: or shall

by open fact, deed, or by open threaten­ings, compel or cause, or otherwise pro­cure or maintain any Parson, Vicar, or other Minister in any Cathedral or Parish Church, or in Chapel, or in any other place, to sing or say any common or open Prayer, or to minister any Sacra­ment otherwise, or in any other manner and form than is mentioned in the said Book; or that by any of the said means shall unlawfully interrupt, or let any Parson, Vicar, or other Minister, in any Cathedral or Parish- Church, Chapel, or any other place, to sing or say common and open Prayer, or to minister the Sa­craments, or any of them, in such man­ner and form, as is mentioned in the said Book; that then every such Person, being thereof lawfully convicted, in form abovesaid, shall forfeit to the Queen our Sovereign Lady, ber Heirs and Successors, for the first Offence, an hundred Marks. And if any Person or Persons, being once convict of any such Offence, eftsoons offend against any of the last recited Offences, and shall in form aforesaid be thereof lawfully convict; that the same Person so offending, and convict, shall for the second Offence forfeit to the Queen our Sovereign Lady, her Heirs and Successors, four hundred Marks. And if any Person, after he in form aforesaid shall have been twice conviet of any Offence concerning any of the last recited Offences, shall offend the third time, and be thereof in form above­said lawfully convict, that then every Person so offending and convict, shall for his third Offence, forfeit to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, all his Goods and Chattels, and shall suffer Imprison­ment during his Life. And if any Person or Persons, that for his first Offence con­cerning the Premisses, shall be convict in form aforesaid, do not pay the Sum to be paid by virtue of his Conviction, in such manner and form, as the same ought to be paid, within six Weeks next after his Conviction: That then every Person so convict, and so not paying the same, shall for the same first Offence, instead of the said Sum, suffer Imprison­ment by the space of six Months, without Bail or Mainprise. And if any Person or Persons, that for his second Offence concerning the Premisses, shall be con­vict in form aforesaid, do not pay the said Sum to be paid by virtue of his Conviction and this Estatute, in such manner and form as the same ought to be paid, within six Weeks next after his said second Conviction; That then every Person so convicted, and not paying the same, shall for the same second Offence,