THE LORDS and COMMONS in Parliament Aſſembled, Taking notice of the great neglect and prophanation of the Monethly Faſt, in diverſe places of this Kingdome, do for prevention thereof in time to come, Order and Ordaine, and be it Ordained by the ſaid LORDS and COMMONS, that all Juſtices of the Peace, Mayors, Bayliffes, Conſtables, and other Officers and Miniſters whatſoever in their reſpective places ſhall put in Execution all Orders, and Ordinances of PARLIAMENT heretofore made for the due obſervation of the ſaid monethly Faſt, and are hereby authorized and required to uſe and exerciſe the ſame power, and to inflict penalties upon the offenders therein in ſuch manner and form as is limited and appointed by any Statute Law, Order, or Ordinance whatſoever now in force for the Sanctification of the Lords Day, or againſt the prophanation thereof: And for the better incouragement of all ſuch Perſons as have or ſhall teſtifie their good affections to the State by their readineſſe in obſerving and putting in Execution of this and other the Ordinances of this PARLIAMENT, and for prevention of cauſeleſſe and contentious ſuits againſt them; It is further Ordained by the ſaid Lords and Commons that if any Action, Bill, Plaint, or Suite upon the Caſe, Treſpaſſe, Battery, or falſe Impriſonment now be or hereafter ſhall be brought, for or concerning any matter, cauſe, or thing done, or to be done hereafter by any Perſon or Perſons whatſoever, by Vertue of any Ordinance of PARLIAMHNT or by any Perſon or Perſons in their ayde and aſſiſtance or by their Commandment, according to any ſuch Ordinance of PARLIAMENT, the ſaid Action, Bill, Plaint, or Suite ſhall be layed within the County where the Treſpaſſe or Fact was or ſhall be done, and committed and not elſewhere; and that it ſhall be lawfull to and for all and every Perſon, and Perſons aforeſaid to plead thereunto the General iſſue that he or they are not Guilty, And for their Juſtification to give in Evidence to the Jury which ſhal try the ſame, any Ordinance, or Ordinance of PARLIAMENT which they or any of them ſhal produce, by vertue whereof the Fact Complained of was done or Committed. And that if upon the Tryal of any ſuch Action, Bil, Plaint, or Suit the Plaitiffe or Plaintiffs therein ſhal not prove to the Jury which ſhal try the ſame, that the Treſpaſs, Batterv, Impriſonment, or other Fact or Cauſe of his, her, or their ſaid Action, Bil, Plaint, or Suit was or were, had, made, committed, or done, within the County wherein ſuch Action, Bil, Plaint, or Suit, is or ſhal be layed, That then in every ſuch Caſe the Jury which ſhal Try the ſame, ſhal find the Defendant or Defendants in every ſuch Action, Bil, Plaint, or Suit not Guilty without having regard or reſpect to any evidence given by the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs therein touching the Treſpaſs, Battery, Impriſonment, or other Cauſe for which the ſame Action, Bil, Plaint, or Suit, is or ſhal be Brought: And if the Verdit ſhal Paſs with the Defendant or Defendants in any ſuch Action, Bil, Plaint, or Suit, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs therein become Non-ſuits or ſuffer any diſcountenance thereof, that in every ſuch Caſe the Juſtices, or Juſtice, or ſuch other Judge, before whom the ſaid Matter ſhal be tryed, ſhal by force, and vertue of this Ordinance allow unto the Defendant, or Defendants, his, or their double Coſts, which he or they ſhal have ſuſteined by reaſon of their wrongful vexation in Defence of the ſaid Action, or Suit, for which the ſaid Defendant or Defendants ſhal have remedy as in other Caſes, where Coſts, by the Laws of the Realm are given to the Defendants.