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marks, and be imprisoned for a year, and subsequently
for an indefinite period, if his fine remained
unpaid. Any lay person willingly hearing mass was
to pay a fine of loo marks, in addition to a year's
imprisonment. Every one above the age of i6 who
failed to attend the worship of the Church of England
as established by law, was fined ;£2o for every
month's absence from it. One-third of the forfeitures
went to the queen, one-third to the poor of the
parish, and one-third to the informer. If they
remained unpaid, the delinquent was imprisoned
until he either paid or conformed.
Another act was passed in 1585, directed against
all Jesuits, seminary priests, and others who had
received their orders in the Church of Rome. All
such were at once to leave England, and such as
remained were to be regarded as traitors and suffer
accordingly. No person was to receive, relieve, or
maintain them, and those who did so were to be
treated as felons, and suffer death and forfeiture as
in cases of felony. Any one who was aware of any
priest being within the queen's dominions, and
failed to report it to the nearest magistrate, might be
fined and imprisoned at the queen's pleasure ; and
if the magistrate neglected to make it known to the
President of the North or of the Marshes of Wales,
as the case might be, he was to forfeit 200 marks.
A further statute was passed in 1593, "for the
restraining of popish recusants " to some fixed abode.
If they went more than five miles from their dwellings
they were to forfeit their goods, chattels, and
lands. Non-compliance was treated as felony. Any
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