Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	act_n	aforesaid_a	enact_v	839	5	10.2562	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05983	The booke of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.; Book of common prayer	Church of England.	1603 (1603)	STC 16326; ESTC S101416	290,715	467

nor haue any Spitituall promotion that then the same person so offending and conuict shall for the first offence suffer imprisomnent during one whole yeere next after his said conuiction without baile or maineprise And if any such person not hauing any Spirituall promotion after his first conuiction shall eftsoones offende in any thing concerning the premisses and shall in forme aforesaid bee thereof lawfully conuicted that then the same person shall for his seconde offence suffer imprisonment during his life And it is ordained and enacted by the authoritie abouesaide that if any person or persons whatsoeuer after the said feast of the Natiuitie of Sanit Iohn Baptist next comming shall in any Enterludes Playes Songs Rimes or by other open wordes declare or speake any thing in the derogation deprauing or despising of the same Booke or of any thing therein conteined or any part thereof or shall by open fact deede or by open threatnings compell or cause or otherwise procure or maintaine any Parson Vicar or other Minister in any Cathedrall or Parish Church or in Chappell or in any other place to sing or say any Common and open Prayer or to minister any Sacrament otherwise or in any other maner and forme then is mentioned in the said booke or that by any of the sayde meanes shall vnlawfully interrupt or let any Parson Vicar or other Minister in any Cathedrall or Parish Church Chappell or any other place to sing or say Common and open Prayer or to minister the Sacraments or any of them in such maner and fourme as is mentioned in the saide Booke that then euery such person being thereof lawfully conuicted in fourme abouesayde shall forfeite to the Queene our Soueraigne Lady her heires and successours for the first offence an hundreth markes And if any person or persons being once conuict of any such offence estsoones offende against any of the last recited offences and shall in fourme aforesaid bee thereof lawfully conuict that then the same person so offending and conuict shall for the seconde offence forfeite to the Queene our Soueraigne Lady her heires and successours foure hundreth markes And if any person after he in fourme aforesayd shall haue bene twice conuict of any offence concerning any of the last recited offences shall offend the thirde time and bee thereof in fourme abouesaid lawfully conuict that then euery person so offending and conuict shall for his thirde offence forfeite to our Soueraigne Lady the Queene all his goods and cattels and shall suffer imprisonment during his life And if any person or persons that for his first offence concerning tne premisses shall be conuict in fourme aforesaide doe not pay the summe to be payd by vertue of this conuiction in such maner and fourme as the same ought to bee payed within sixe weekes next after his conuiction that then euery person so conuict and so not paying the same shal for the same first offence in stead of the saide summe suffer imprisonment by the space of sixe moneths without Barle or maineprise And if any person or persons that for his second offence concerning the premisses shall bee conuict in fourme aforesaide doe not pay the saide summe to bee payde by vertue of his conuiction and this Eftatute in such maner and fourme as the same ought to be payed within sixe weekes next after his saide second conuiction that then euery person so conuicted and not so paying the same shall for the same second offence in the stead of the saide summe suffer imprisonment during twelue moneths without baile or maineprise And that from and after the saide feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming all and euery person and persons inhabiting within this Realme or any other the Queenes Maiesties Dominions shall diligently and faithfully hauing no lawfull or reasonable excuse to bee absent endeuour themselues to resort to their Parish Church or Chappell accustomed or vpon reasonable let thereof to some vsuall place where Common prayer and such Seruice of God shall bee vsed in such time of let vpon euery Sunday and other dayes ordeined and vsed to bee keptas Holy dayes and then and there to abide orderly and soberly during the time of Common prayer Preacchigs or other Seruice of God there to bee vsed and ministred vpon paine of punishment by the censures of the Church and also vpon paine that euery person so offending shall forfeite for euery such offence twelue pence to bee leuied by the Church wardens of the Parish where such offcnce shall bee done to the vse of the poore of the same Parish of the Goods Landes and tenements of such offendour by may of distresse And for due execution hereof the Queenes most excellent Maiessie the Lords Temporall and an the Comnons in this present parliament assembled doeth in Gods Name earnestly require and charge all the Archbishops Bishops and other Ordinaries that they shall endeuour themselues to the vtterimost of their knowledges that the due and true execution hereof may be had throughout their Diocesse and charges as they will answere before God for such euils and plagues wherewith Almightie God may tustly punish his people for neglecting his good and wholesome Lawe And for the authoritie in this behalfe he it further enacted by the authorite aforesaide that all and singular the same Archbishops Bishops and all other their officers exercising Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction as well in place exempt as not exempt within their Diocesse fuall haue full power and authoritie by this Acte to reforme correct and punish by censures of the Church all and singular persons which shall offend within any their iurisdictions or Diocesse after the said feast of the Natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptist next comming against this Acte and Statute Any other Lawe Statute Priuiledge Libertie or prouision heretofore made had or suffered to the contrary not withstanding And it is ordeined and enacted by the authoritie aforesaide that all and euery Iustice of Oyer Determiner or Iustice of Assise shall haue full power and authoritie in euery of their open generall Sessions to enquire heare determine all all maner of offences that shal be committed or done contrary to any article conteined in this present Acte within the limits of the Commission to them directed and to make processe for the execution of the same as they may do against any person being indited before them of trespasse or lawfully comucted thereof Priouided alwaies and be it enacted by the authoritie aforesaid that all and cuery Archbishop and Bishop shall or may at all time and times at his liberty and pleasure ioyne and associate himselfe by vertue of this acte to the Iustices of Oyer and Determiner or to the saide Iustices of Assise at euery of the said open generall Sessions to be hosden in any place within his Diocesse for and to the inquirie hearing and determining of the offences aforesaid Prouided also and be it enacted by the authoritie aforesaide that the bookes