By the King and Queen, a proclamation against vitious, debauched, and profane persons.
England and Wales.Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)
WilliamIII,King of England,1650-1702.
MaryII,Queen of England,1662-1694.
London : printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd; printers to the King and Queens most excellent Majesties,
1691/2. [1692]
"The execution of the laws for the suppression of impiety and vice has been neglected. Judges and all other officers are to execute the laws against blasphemy, profane swearing and cursing, drunkenness, lewdness, profanation of the Lord's Day, or any other dissolute, &c., practice." -- Steele.
Imprint date given according to Lady Day dating.
At end of text: Given at our court at Whitehall, the one and twentieth day of January, 1691/2. In the third year of our reign.
Steele notation: Mer- We in; Arms 115.
Reproduction of the originals in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery (Early English books) and the British Library (Misc. Brit. tracts).
Locations:  E  Copy notes: Matched from printed catalog. Shelfmark: Crawford Coll.
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),
Steele,
ESTC
Microfilm.
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Swearing
Vices