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A plain relation of the late action at sea between the English & Dutch, and the French fleets, from June 22 to July 5 last with reflections thereupon, and upon the present state of the nation : together with A preparation for death and a perswasive to criminals to do right to their countrey, and a specimen of a bill for reformation of manners, drawn for the bishops, and mentioned in the folowing reflections.
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Tract
An Act for the more effectual Retraining and Suppressing of divers notorious Sins and Reformation of the Manners of the People of this Nation
Date
1691
Dimensions1 textual record ; 19.5 x 14.8 cm
Origin
London, Greater London, England, Europe
Object NumberS001/B2.6,1.9
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentDraft of a morality law aimed at eradicating certain vices from the nation, including blasphemy, swearing, perjury, the profanation of Sundays, adultery, fornication and drunkenness. It was apparently first published in London in 1690 by the publicist Edward Stephens (died 1706), under the pseudonym of Socrates Christianus, in a book entitled A plain relation of the late action at sea between the English & Dutch, and the French fleets, from June 22 to July 5 last with reflections thereupon, and upon the present state of the nation : together with A preparation for death and a perswasive to criminals to do right to their countrey, and a specimen of a bill for reformation of manners, drawn for the bishops, and mentioned in the folowing reflections.
NotesSource of title: based on the title of the document.
Physical description: 8 pages.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
General notes: a transcription of this text and of the book that includes it has been made available online by the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership, of the University of Michigan, at the following address: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A61436.0001.001/1:8?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
Physical description: 8 pages.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
General notes: a transcription of this text and of the book that includes it has been made available online by the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership, of the University of Michigan, at the following address: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A61436.0001.001/1:8?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
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