Section VIII Lieutenants and Deputy Lieutenants, &c. to dissolve or prevent Conventicles; and to take Persons assembled into Custody

And for better preventing of the mischeifes which may grow by such Seditious and Tumultuous Meeteings under pretence of Religious Worship Be it further enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That the Leiutenants or Deputie Leiutenants or any Commissioned Officers of the Militia, or any other of His Majestyes Forces with such Troops or Companies of Horse or Foote And alsoe the Sheriffes and Justices of Peace and other Magistrates and Ministers of Justice or any of them joyntly or severally within any of the Countyes or Places within this Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales or Towne of Berwicke upon Tweede with such other assistance as they shall thinke meete or can gett in readines with the soonest on Certificate made to them respectively under the Hand and Seale of any one Justice X1of the Peace or Cheife Magistrate as aforesaid of his perticular Information or Knowledge of such unlawfull Meetings or Conventicles held or to be held in their respective Countyes or Places, and that he (with such assistance as he can gett together is not able to suppresse or dissolve the same) shall and may and are hereby required and enjoyned to repaire unto the place where they are soe held or to be held, and by the best meanes they can to dissolve and dissipate or prevent all such unlawfull Meetings, and take into their custody such of those persons soe unlawfully assembled as they shall judge to be the Leaders and Seducers of the rest and such others as they shall thinke fitt to be proceeded against according to Law for such their offences.