This September, Encyclopedia Virginia invites you to make a gift to support the inclusive story of Virginia.Support Encyclopedia VirginiaMEDIA Show Media Original Author: William Waller HeningCreated: 1823Medium: BookHening’s Statutes at Large, Volume 3, Page 71William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature in the Year 1619 (Richmond: Franklin Press, 1820), 3:71.FEATURED IN“An act for the more effectuall suppressing the severall sins and offences of swaring, cursing, profaineing Gods holy name, Sabbath abuseing, drunkenness, ffornication, and adultery” (1691)