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awe here insert one Of these laws. as a
monun cnt of tie Latrtd oi the stCtal,s
against the church of God. "
DECRTE PRO'II IrING TIE EXERCISE Of


TIE CATHOLIC WORSHIP.


Considering that the doctrines Of the
Catholic Religion and the acts Of Tie
priests Of the Roman Faith lave for tEeir
obicc, the Introduction of dscord among
the subjects OF our realm; considering
that for this reason the priests of tie Ro-
man Faith were banished under The reign
of Kaahumann; that, from thar time, tI.ey
have been under sentence of EanisImen,
till the last year, the time at which we
have seen troubles reviving and growing
by means of the rar,isans of the P"Ic {;
considering also ,ha, our determination to
keep those persons at distance is rot re-
cent, and that foreigners have requested
that we should make i, known by writing.
/ For these causes. and in coEcer, with our
chiefs, we forbid all PERSONS whomsorver
to teach the Pores reliYion ard no r.r-
son who teaches those doctrines or rrac-
ticcs shall be allowed to reside or laLd
upon these islands. The ceremonies Of
that worship cannot be performed here :
for it is not cXpedIcnt t'.at theIe should
be two religions in this i,le kingdom.
Consequently, we absolutely forbid all
persons whOmsoevcr. to teach q osc plac-
lises III any manner whatever. We more
over forbid all vcsst Is to bring misSio"a-
ries of that religion into our sa'cs.


EVERY vessel which shall bring hilhcr
any missionary teaching the Pores reE-
eon. or any thing else of the kind. aud
which shall desire to enter the port ON
business, shall no, be permitted 10 enter,
without first conforming TO the following
rules. The missionary who shall be on
board of the vessel, shall not be permit
ted to land under any pre'cxl, inasmuch
as entrance into this realm is ri i@oronsly
interdicted to all such persons. In case
any of those missionaries shall land, he
shall he arrested and carried back on board
his vessel, which shall not depart without
him.


"If one Of them lands without pcrmls-
sion, and remain concealed I'LL after lhc
departure Of the vessel, when he is dis
covered, he shall he kept prisoner TIL ii
vessel is found which will undertake TO
carry him away, and then he shall 90. A.
ter paying to the chiefs such fine as they
shall see fit to impose. >.
: "But if i, shall be impossible for h'm
to remain on board, written permission