An act of parliament, accordingly, declared all such clauses unlawful, and suppressed, in the same manner as in Scotland, all promissory notes, payable to the bearer, under 20s.

因此，议会的一项法案宣布所有此类条款都是非法的， 并以与苏格兰相同的方式禁止所有支付给持票人的期票低于 20 先令的方式。

The Bank of England is the greatest bank of circulation in Europe. It was incorporated, in pursuance of an act of parliament, by a charter under the great seal, dated the 27th of July 1694.

英格兰银行是欧洲最大的流通银行。根据议会法案，它于 1694 年 7 月 27 日通过盖有国玺的宪章成立。

But though the conduct of all those different companies has not been unexceptionable, and has accordingly required an act of parliament to regulate it, the country, notwithstanding, has evidently derived great benefit from their trade.

但是，尽管所有这些不同公司的行为并非无懈可击，因此需要议会通过一项法案对其进行监管，尽管如此，该国显然从他们的贸易中获得了巨大利益。