A TABLE
Of the Vigils, Fasts, and Days of Abstinence, to be observed in the Year.
The Evens or Vigils before
The Nativity of our Lord.
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
Easter- Day.
Ascension- Day.
Pentecost.
Saint Matthias.
Saint John Baptist.
Saint Peter.
Saint James.
Saint Bartholomew.
Saint Matthew.
Saint Simon and Saint Jude.
Saint Andrew.
Saint Thomas. All Saints.
Note, That if any of these Feast- Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast- Day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it.
Days of Fasting, or Abstinence.
I. The Forty Days of Lent.
II. The Ember Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after
III. The Three Rogation- Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Holy- Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord.
IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas- Day.
The First Sunday in Lent. The Feast of Pentecost. September 14. December 13.
Certain Solemn Days, for which particular Services are
appointed.
I. The Fifth Day of November, being the Day kept in Memory of the Papists' Conspiracy.
II. The Thirtieth Day of January, being the Day kept in Memory of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First.
III. The Twenty- ninth Day of May, being the Day kept in Memory of the Birth and Return of King Charles II.
IV. The Twenty- sixth Day of June, being the Day on which his Majesty began his happy Reign.
The Numbers prefixed to the several Days,( in the foregoing Calendar) between the 21st Day of March and the 18th Day of April, both inclusive, denote the Days upon which those Full Moons do fall, which happen upon or next after the 21st Day of March, in those Years, of which they are respectively the Golden Numbers; and the Sunday Letter next following any such Full Moon points out Easter- Day for that Year. All which holds until the Year of our Lord 1899 inclusive; after which Year, the Place of these Golden Numbers will be to be changed, as is hereafter expressed.