W R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon surmounted by a crown and flanked by the English lion on one side and the Scottish unicorn on the other By His EXCELLENCY, Richard, Earl of Bellomont, Captain General and GOVERNOR in Chief of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, etc. and Vice Admiral of the same. A Proclamation. Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. FORASMUCH as the Sanctification of the Lords Day is of Divine Institution, and enforced by many gracious Promises made unto the Observers thereof; as well as divers severe Threaten denounced against the violaters of the same. Notwithstanding which, and the good and wholesome Laws made and enacted within this Province, and under the Sanction of the Royal Authority, in that case provided, It is observed that not only Children and Youth, but many persons of riper years, do too often profane the said Day by frequenting of Taverns and Alehouses for Tippling and Drinking, walking abroad in the streets and fields for diversion and recreation, and otherwise misspend the said Holy Time. I do therefore by and with the advice and consent of His Majesty's Council of this Province, upon the Address of the Assembly, hereby command and require the strict Observation of the Lords Day from time to time. And that all justices of the Peace, Grand-jurors, Constables, Tything-men, and other Officers whom it doth or may concern in their several places, do take effectual care, that the Laws made for the Observation of the said Day, be vigorously put in Execution against all persons that shall transgress the same, or profane the said Day in any way or manner whatsoever. Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, the Twenty-first day of June; In the Eleventh Year of His Majesty's Reign. Annoque Domini, 1699. BELLOMONT. By Order of His Excellency & Council, Isaac Addington, Secretary GOD Save the King. BOSTON, Printed by Bartholomew Green, and John Allen, Printers to His Excellency the GOVERNOR and COUNCIL. 1699.