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Anno Regni Caroli...Primo [Cap. 1-3, 7 ONLY]. London, 1630.

Great Britain; Statutes; Charles I, King

Acts of Charles I, 1625 [Great Britain]. [Statutes]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. Anno Regni Caroli, Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Primo. At the Parliament Begun at Westminster the 18. Day of Iune, Anno Dom. 1625. In the First Yeere of the Reigne of Our Most Gracious Sovereigne Lord, Charles, By the Grace of God, Of England, Scotland, France, And Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And There Continued Untill the 11. Day of Iuly, Following, And Then Adiourned Untill the 1. Day of August Following Unto Oxford. To the High Pleasure of Almighty God, And to the Weale Publike of This Realme, Were Enacted as Followeth. London: Printed by Robert Barker, & Iohn Bill, 1630. [18] pp. [ONLY]. Lacking initial blank and leaves a-c4, 2A-2F4 (containing chapters 4-6). Folio (10-3/4" x 7"). Recent paper-covered boards, printed paper label to spine, endpapers renewed. Title printed within elaborate woodcut border. Moderate toning to text, occasional light foxing, faint dampstaining to upper portion of text block and lower outside corner. $250. * This collection of acts enacted in the first year of the reign of Charles I includes the Sunday Observance Act, the Duchy of Cornwall Act, the Licences of Alienation Act, and the Parliament Act of 1625. (The three missing acts are the Alehouses Act, the Taxation Act, and the Taxation (No. 2) Act of 1625.) The Sunday Observance Act was intended to punish "divers abuses committed on the Lord's day," including, but not limited to, "bearbaiting, bullbaiting, Interludes, common Plays, and other unlawful exercises and pastimes." The Parliament Act deals with bills affected by an outbreak of the plague in 1625 "and other inconveniences of the season," which required "a speedy adjournment" of Parliament. English Short-Title Catalogue S118070.

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