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AN ABRIDGEMENT OF THE STATUTES Made In the Thirteenth year of the Reign of KING CHARLES The Second: Alphabetically digeſted under apt Titles and Heads for the ready finding out of the matter.

LONDON. Printed in the year of our Lord M.DC.LXI.

A brief view of this BOOK.

A Recitation of all ſuch Acts by their particular Titles as have received by this Parliament a Confirmation, viz:

The Repeal of ſuch Statutes as were injurious to the Church, and Eccleſiaſtical Juriſdiction.

The ſole Right of the Militia proved to be in the King.

What Offences are now made Treaſon.

The puniſhment to be inflicted on ſuch as Speak, Write, &c. any thing againſt the King or His Government, either in Church or State.

What puniſhment ſhall be to thoſe that meet in any diſorderly numbers, under pretence of preſenting publick Petitions or Addreſſes.

Moneys, Goods, &c. veſted in the King.

How ſuch as are excepted out of the Act of Oblivion are to be call'd to an Accompt for Moneys, Goods, &c.

What Pains, Penalties & Forfeitures are to be inflicted on ſuch perſons as are excepted out of the late Act of Oblivion.

The Government of the Navy, & for puniſhing all Offences committed therein.

Concerning the Arrears of Exciſe.

Killing of Deer, &c.

All which, by the Table following, you will be more particularly ſatisfied in: where, by apt and ſignificant Titles you will be directed without any further trouble to the main matter in the Book.

The Table. ADdreſſes and petitions, ſee Tumults. Attempts againſt the King, ſee Treaſon. Articles for the Navy, ſee Navy Orders. Accompts, ſee Moneys, Goods, &c. veſted in the King. Benevolence, ſee Preſent to the King. Biſhops, and perſons in Holy Orders, ſee Holy Orders, and Commiſſioners for Cauſes Eccleſiaſticall. Collectors, ſee Moneys, Goods, &c. Confirmation. page 1. Cauſes Eccleſiaſtical. page 5 Carriages, &c. for the King. page 7 Dear-ſtealing, Killing, &c. page 11 Diſorders, ſee Tumults. Exciſe Arrears veſted in the King. page 12 Free Preſent, ſee Preſent. Forfeitures to the King, ſee Pains and Penalties. Holy Orders. page 14 The King's Perſon and Government, ſee Treaſon. Militia. ibid. Moneys, Goods, &c. veſted in the King. page 17 Navy-Orders. page 19 Progreſs and Removals, ſee Carriages. Preſent to the King. page 27 Pains, Penalties, &c. on excepted Perſons. page 28 Preſervation of the King's Perſon and Government, ſee Treaſon. Petitions and Addreſſes, ſee Tumults. Receivers, ſee Moneys, Goods, &c. Speaking, Writing, &c. againſt the King, ſee Treaſon. Treaſurer, ſee Moneys, Goods, &c. Treaſon. page 34 Tumults. page 38 Writing againſt the King, &c. ſee Treaſon.
AN ABRIDGEMENT of the Statutes of the Parliament began at Weſtminſter the 8th day of May, in the 13th yeare of the Reigne of King CHARLES the Second.

Addreſſes and petitions, ſee Tumults.

Attempts againſt the King, ſee Treaſon.

Accompts, ſee Treaſurers.

Biſhops, and perſons in Holy Orders, ſee Orders Holy, and Commiſſioners for Cauſes Eccleſiaſticall.

Confirmation.

STat. 13. Car. 2. cap. 17. Enacted, That all and ſingular the Acts made or mentioned to be made by his Majeſty (by and with the advice and conſent of the Lords and Commons) upon or ſince the 25th day of April, in the 12th year of his Majeſties Reign, herein after particularly mentioned and expreſſed, ſhall be and hereby are ratified and confirmed, That is to ſay.

1. One Act of Free and Generall Pardon, Indemonity and Oblivion.

2. One other Act, entituled, A Subſidy granted to the King of Tonnage and Poundage, and other Sums of money payable upon Merchandize exported and imported.

3. An Act, intituled, An Act for continuing the Exciſe untill the 20th of Auguſt, 1660.

4. An Act for continuing the Exciſe till the 25th day of December, 1660.

5. An Act for the ſpeedy proviſion of money, for disbanding and paying off the Forces of this Kingdome both by Land and Sea.

6. An Act for Confirmation of Judiciall procedings.

7. An Act for the ſpeedy disbanding of the Army and Garriſons of this Kingdome.

8. An Act for Supplying and Explaining certain defects in an Act, entituled, An Act for the ſpeedy proviſion of money for Disbanding and paying off the Forces of this Kingdome both by Land and Sea.

9. An Act to prevent Frauds and Concealments of his Majeſties Cuſtoms and Subſidies.

10. An Act for raiſing Seavenſcore thou ſand pounds for the Compleat Disbanding of the whole Army, and Paying oft ſome part of the Navy.

11. One other Act, entituled, A grant of certain Impoſitions upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, for the increaſe of his Majeſties Revenue during his life.

12. An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries and Tenures in Capite' and by Knights Service, and Purveyance' and for ſetling a Revenue upon his Majeſty in Lieu thereof.

13. An Act for the better Ordering the ſelling of Wines by Retail, and for preventing Abuſes in the mingling, corrupting, and vitiating of Wines, and for ſetting and limiting the prizes of the ſame.

14. An Act for the leavying of the arrears of the Twelve moneths Aſſeſſment commencing the 24 of June 1659. And the ſix months Aſſeſſment commencing the 25 of December, 1659.

15. An Act for Granting unto the Kings Majeſty four hundred and Twenty thouſand pounds by an Aſſeſſment of Threeſcore and ten thouſand pounds by the month, for ſix months, for disbanding the Remainder of the Army, and paying off the Navy.

16. An Act for further Supplying and explaining certain defects in an Act, entituled, An Act for the ſpeedy Proviſion of money for disbanding and paying off the Forces of this Kingdome both by land and Sea.

17. An Act for the raiſing of Seaventy thouſand pounds for the further ſupply of his Majeſty.

18. An Act for the Attainder of ſeverall perſons guilty of the Horid Murther of his late Sacred Majeſty King Charles the firſt.

19. An Act for erecting and Eſtabliſhing a Poſt-Office.

20. One other Act, entituled, An Act for putting in Execution an Ordinance mentioned in this Act. And all and every the Clauſes, ſentences, and articles in them and every of them contained ſhall be and are hereby ratified and confirmed and declared to have the full force of Acts of Parliament, and ſo ſhall be adjudged and taken to all intents and purpoſe whatſoever.

Sata. 13. Car. 2. cap. 11. That the Severall Acts made or mentioned to be made by his Majeſty (by and with the advice and conſent of the Lords and Commons) upon or ſince the 25 day of April, in the 12 year of his Majeſties Reign, and herein after particularly mentioned and expreſſed are hereby ratified and confirmed, That is to ſay.

1. One Act, entituled An Act for the raiſing of Seaventy Thouſand pounds for the farther Supply of his Majeſty.

2. An Act for Confirmation of Marriages.

3. An Act for a perpetuall Anniverſary Thankſgiving on the 29 day of May.

Stat. 13. Car. 2. cap. 14. The ſeverall Acts (of the aforementioned Parliament b gun at Weſtminſter the 25. of April in the 12. years of his Majeſty Reign aforeſaid herein particularly mentioned & expreſſed are hereby ratified and confirmed; That is to ſay.

1. One Act, entituled, An Act for the Encouraging and increaſing of Shipping & Navigation.

2. An Act for Prohibiting the Exportation of Wool, Wool-fels Fullers-Earth, or any kind of Scouring Earth.

3. An Act impowring the Maſter of the Rolls for the time being, for to make Leaſes for years, in order to new build the old Houſes belonging to the Rolls.

4. An Act for prohibiting the Planting, ſetting or Sowing of Tobacco in England and Ireland.

5. An Act for reſtraining the taking of Exceſſive Uſury.

6. An Act for the preſent nominating of Commiſſioners of Sewers.

7. An Act for the incorporating of the Maſter and Wardens of the Company of Haberdaſhers, London, to be Governours of the Free-School and Alms-howſes in Newport in the County of Salop, of the foundation of William Adams, and for ſetling of lands and Poſſeſſions on them for Maintenance thereof, and other Charitable uſes.

And all and every the clauſes, ſentences and Articles in them and every of them conteyned, ſhall be and are hereby ratified and confirmed, and Enacted and declared to have the full force and ſtrength of Acts of Parliament.

Cauſes Eccleſiaſtical.

Stat. 13. Car. 2. cap. 12. Reciting An Act of the 17. Car. 1. Entituled, An Act for Repeal of a Branch of a ſtatute, Primo Eliz. concerning Commiſſioners for cauſes Eccleſiaſticall, whereby the Ordinary courſe of Juſtice in Cauſes Eccleſiaſticall hath been obſtructed; Enacteth that neither the ſaid Act nor any thing therein contained, doth or ſhall take away any ordinary Power or Authority from any Arch-Biſhop, Biſhops, or any other perſon or perſons, &c. but that they and every of them exerciſing Eccleſiaſticall Juriſdiction, may proceed, determine, Sentence, and excerciſe all manner of Eccleſiaſticall Juriſdiction, and all Conſures and Coercions appertaining and belonging to the ſame, before the making of the Act before recited, in all cauſes and matters belonging to Eccleſiaſticall Juriſdiction, according to the Kings Majecty's Eccleſiaſtical Laws uſed and practiſed in this Realm, in as ample manner and form as they did, and might lawfully have done before the making of the ſaid Act.

2. That the afore recited Act 17 Car. 1. and all the matters and Clauſes therein conteyned (Excepting what concerns the High Commiſſion Court, or the New Erection of ſome ſuch like Court by Commiſſion) ſhall be and is hereby repealed, to all intents and purpoſes whatſoever.

3. Provided that this Act ſhall not extend to revive or give force to the ſaid Branch of the ſaid Statute made in the Firſt year of the Reign of the ſaid late Queen Elizabeth, mentioned in the ſaid Act of Parliament made in the 17 year of the Reign of the ſaid King Charles, but that ſaid Branch ſhall ſtand and be repealed in ſuch ſort as if this Act had never been made.

4. That it ſhall not be lawfull for any Arch-biſhop, Biſhop, Vicar-Generall, &c. or any other perſon having or exerciſing Spiritual or Eccleſiaſtical Juriſdiction, to tender or adminiſter unto any perſon whatſoever the Oath called the Oath Ex Officio or any other Oath whereby ſuch perſon to whom the ſame is tendered or adminiſtred, may be charged or compelled, to confeſs or accuſe, or to purge him, or herſelfe, of any criminall matter or thing, whereby he or ſhe may be liable to any cenſure or puniſhment.

5. That This Act ſhall not extend to give unto any Arch-Biſhop, Biſhop, or any other Spiritual or Eccleſiaſticall Judge, Officer, &c. any Power or Authority to exerciſe, execute, inflict or determine any Eccleſiaſtical Juriſdiction, Cenſure or Coercion, with they might not by Law have done before the year of our Lord 1639. Nor to abridge or diminiſh the Kings Supremacy in Eccleſiaſticall matters and affairs, Nor to confirm the Canons made in the year 1640. nor any of them, nor any other Eccleſiaſtieal Laws or Canons not formerly confirmed, allowed, or enacted by Parliament, or by the eſtabliſhed Laws of the Land as they ſtood in the year of our Lord 1639.

Carriages, &c. for the King.

Stat. 13 Car. 2 cap. 8. Reciting the Act made in the 12 year of his Majeſties Reign, entituled, An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, Purveyance, &c. and mentioning ſome great incoveniences which may inſue to his Majeſty thereupon in reſpect of his Majeſties Royal Progreſſes and Remonvals. It is Enacted, That the Clerk, or chief Officer of his Majeſties Carriages, ſhall three daies at leaſt before his Majeſties arrivial, by Warrant from the Green cloth, give notice in writing to two, or more Juſtices of the Peace next adjoining, to provide ſuch a number of Carts and Carriages from the places next adjacent, as his Majeſty ſhall have preſent uſe of, expreſſing the certainty of that number, as alſo the time and place when and where the ſaid Carts and Carriages are to attend, which Carriages ſhall conſiſt of four able Horſes, or ſix Oxen, or four Oxen and two Horſes, for each of which Cart or Carriage, the reſpective Owners ſhall receive 6d. for each mile they ſhall goe laden: and in caſe of refuſal to provide and furniſh his Majeſty that now is, or his Queen that ſhall be, or his or her Houſhold in their Progreſs, or Removals, with ſuch ſufficient and neceſſary Carriages, for ready moneys tendred to them; or ſhall without juſt and reaſonable cauſe refuſe to make their appearance with ſuch ſufficient Carts and Carriages, as are before expreſt; That then upon due proof and conviction of ſuch neglect and refuſal, by the Oath of the Conſtable or other Officer, or two other credible Witneſſes before the ſaid Juſtices of the County, or Major, or other chief Officer of the City, or Corporation where he or they in habit (which Oath they ſhall have power to adminiſter) the party ſhall for ſuch his refuſall and neglect forfeit the ſum of Forty ſhillings to the King's uſe, to be ſorthwith leavied by diſtreſs and ſale of his goods and chattels, (rendring the overplus) by warrant from the ſaid Juſtices, Major, or other Officer.

2. No Horſes, Oxen, Cart or Wain, ſhall be enforced to travel above one daies journey from the place where they receive their loading; and that ready payment ſhall be made in hand for the ſaid Carriages, at the place of lading, without delay according to the aforeſaid rates.

3. If any Juſtice of the Peace, Major, chief Officer, or Conſtable ſhall take any gift or reward to ſpare any perſon from making ſuch Carriage, or ſhall injuriouſly charge any through envy, &c. who ought not to make ſuch Carriage, or ſhall Impreſs more Carriages then ſhall be diceted from the Greencloth, that then upon due proof and conviction thereof the party ſo offending ſhall forfeit 10 li. to the party grieved, or any who ſhall ſue for the ſame by Action of debt, &c. wherein no Protection, Eſſoyn or Wager of Law ſhall be allowed.

4. Any perſon preſuming to Impreſs any Horſes, Oxen, Cart, Wain, or Carriages for his Majeſties ſervice, other then the perſon ſo impowred, ſhall upon due conviction of the ſaid offence ſuffer the puniſhment contained in the firſt recited Act.

5. That none of his Majeſties ſaid Servants ſhall be compelled to pay above 1 s. by the night for every Bed that they ſhall uſe for themſelves, nor above 6d. for the ſame for their ſervants: And that in all ſuch houſes where any of his Majeſties ſaid Servants ſhall pay for their Diet, or for Hay and Provender, convenient Lodging ſhall be provided for themſelves and their ſervants without paying any thing for the ſame.

6. That any two or more Juſtices of Peace near the Road through which his Majeſty is to paſs, ſhall immediately after notice in writing from the ſaid Green-cloth, and Avenor, under their hands and ſeals ſet down and appoint ſuch reaſonable rates and prices to be pai'd during his Majeſties abode there both for Hay, Oats and other accommodations for Horſes, as they ſhall think meet, which Rates the Juſtices ſhall cauſe to be proclaimed one day at the leaſt before his Majeſtles coming to ſuch place in the Market-Town next to ſuch place, and in ſuch other places as they ſhall think fit to the end that notice may be taken of ſuch prices. And if any take above the rates ſo limited either for Lodging, Horſe-meat, Stable-room, or other ſuch accommodations, & thereof be convicted by confeſſion, or Oath of one credible Witneſs before any one Juſtice of Peace, (who is to adminiſter the ſaid Oath) every perſon ſo offending ſhall forfeit and pay to the party grieved 40 s. to the leavied by diſtreſs (by warrant from the ſaid Juſtice) and ſale thereof, returning the overplus (the charge of the diſtreining being firſt deducted.)

7. This Act to continue till the end of the firſt Seſſion of the next Parliament and no longer.

Collectors, ſee Treaſurers.

Dear-ſtealing, Killing, &c.

Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 10. That if any perſon or perſons ſhall after the firſt day of Auguſt, 1661. unlawfully Courſe, Kill, hurt or take away any Red or Fallow-Deer in any Foreſt, Chaſe, &c. or other Ground where Deer are or have been uſually kept within the Realm of England, or Dominion of Wales, without the conſent of the Owner, or perſon chiefly intruſted with the Cuſtody thereof, or ſhall be aiding or aſſiſting therein, and ſhall be convicted thereof by confeſſion, or by the Oath of one credible Witneſs before a Juſtice of Peace (who is hereby impowred to-adminiſter an Oath to that purpoſe) ſuch perſon being preſented within ſix months after ſuch offence done; ſhall forfeit for every ſuch offence 20 li to be leavied by diſtreſs upon the Goods and Chattels of the Offendor, by warrant under the Juſtices hand, before whom ſuch conviction ſhall be made, the one moyety to the Informer, the other to the Owner of the Deer: and for want of Sufficient diſtreſſe, the Offender ſhall be committed to the Howſe of Corection for ſix moneths, or to the Common Goale for one whole year without Bail or Mainpriſe, at the Juſtices diſcretion and not to be diſcharged, till ſufficient ſecurity be given for their good behaviour for one whole year next enſuing their inlargement No offendor puniſhed hereby ſhall incur the penalty of any other Law or ſtatute for the ſame offence.

Diſorders, ſee Tumults.

Exciſe, Arrears veſted in the King.

Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 13. That all and every Sum and ſums of money any waies due, or owing from or by any perſon or perſons, for or touching the Impoſition or Duty called the Exciſe, here o'ore impoſed and made payable upon Beer, Ale, or any other Commodities, by any Laws of pretended Laws or Ordinances: And all Debts therefore owing, whether by Obligation or upon Accompt from the Farmers of Exciſe, or any other perſon or perſons whatſoever, or any of their Securities, and not pardoned by his Majeſties Act of Pardon and Oblivion, be and are hereby veſted in the King, his Heirs and Succeſſors; and that his ſacred Majeſty, his Heirs and Succeſſors may from time to time and at all times hereafter, have, demand, ſue for, and recover the ſame of all and every perſon and perſons, their Heirs, Executors and Adminiſtrators, having Aſſets, who are any way accomptable for the ſame, or any part thereof, and from his and their reſpective Sureties and Securities, as if the ſame Duties of Exciſe had been lawfully aſſeſſed, impoſed and collected; and as if the ſeveral pretended Acts, Orders and Ordinances, aſſeſſing and impoſing the ſame, had been legall Acts of Parliament, and had in expreſs words given and granted all & every the ſaid Duries unto his Majeſty; and as if the Obligations and Recognizances entered into by the reſpective Sureties and Securities had been taken in his Majeſties name.

2. That all perſons accomptable by virtue of this Act, ſhall have all ſuch due allowance in their Accompts, as all ſuch perſons whoſe Accompts are excepted in the Act of Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion, are or ought to have.

3. No perſon ſhall be queſtioned or moleſted for any of the Duties herein, or hereby veſted in the King, except he ſhall be ſued or proſecuted with effect before the 25 of December, 1662.

4. That all perſons Accomptable hereby, are hereby enabled to ſue for, leavy and recover from any perſon who ſtands indebted unto them in any Sum of money for the Duty of Exciſe, for which they are hereby accomptable, all Sums of money and arrears unſatisfied, in as full manner as they might have received and levied the ſame when they firſt grew due.

Free Preſent, ſee Preſent.

Forfeitures to the King, ſee Pains and Penalties.

Holy Orders.

Stat. 13 Car. 2. c. 2. Whereas an Act was made by the Parliament begun at Weſtminſter the 3 of Nov. in the 16 Caroli 1. entituled, An Act for disinabling all perſons in Holy Orders to exerciſe any Temporal Juriſdiction or Authority. Which Act hath made ſeveral Alterations prejudicial to the Conſtitution and antient Rights of Parliament, and contrary to the Laws of this Land, and is by experience found otherwiſe inconvenient: It is Enacted that the ſaid Act, and every Clauſe, matter and thing therein contained, ſhall be and is hereby from henceforth repealed and made void to all intents and purpoſes.

The King's Perſon and Government, ſee Treaſon.

Militia.

Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 6. A Recitation being made, that it is and ever was by the Laws of England the undoubted Right of his Majeſtie & his Royall Predeceſſors, Kings & Queens of England to have the ſole Supreme Government, Command and Diſpoſition of the Militia, and of all Forces by Sea and Land, and of all Forts and places of ſtrength, and that both or either of the Houſes of Parliament cannot, nor ought to pretend to the ſame; nor can, nor lawfully may raiſe, or leavy any War offenſive or defenſive againſt his Majeſty, his Heirs or lawfull Succeſſors; and yet the contrary hath of late been practiſed almoſt to the ruine of the Kingdome: And whereas during the late Uſurpation many rebellious Principles have been diſtilled into the minds of the People, which unleſs prevented may break forth into diſturbance; And whereas an Act for exerciſing the Militia (with moſt ſafety and eaſe to the King and people) is under conſideration, which cannot as yet be perfected, It is enacted, That the Militia and Land-Forces of this Kingdome and Dominions, &c. now under the power of Lieutenants, or their Deputies, ſhall be exerciſed, ordered and managed untill the 25 of March, 1662, in ſuch manner as the ſame now is actually exerciſed, ordered and managed according to ſuch Commiſſions and Inſtructions as they formerly had, or from time to time ſhall receive from his Majeſty.

2. That whereas ſince the 24 of June 1660. there have been Inſurrections by occaſion whereof divers have been murthered, and for the ſecurity of the Nation divers have been aſſaulted, arreſted, deteined or impriſoned, and divers Arms have been ſeized, and houſes ſearched, &c. It is enacted that all perſons who have or ſhall have acted, or done any thing in execution of any Commiſſion or Commiſſions of Lieutenancy, iſſued by the King, or by colour of them or any of them touching, or concerning the ſame, or any of them, or relating thereunto, ſhall be and are hereby ſaved harmleſs, and indempnified in this behalf.

3. And alſo all magiſtrares, Juſtices of the Peace, Officers and Miniſters of Juſtice, and all that have or ſhall have acted by or under them or by their or any of their Commands ſince the ſaid 24 of June 1660. untill the 20 of July 1661. as to any aſſaulting, arreſting, detaining, or impriſoning any ſuſpected Phanatick, Sectary, or diſturber of the Peace, or ſeizing of Arms, or ſearching of Houſes for Arms, or for ſuſpected perſſons, ſhall be and are hereby ſaved harmleſs and indempnified.

4. That this Act ſhall not after the 20 of March 1661. be prejudicial to any County, City, or place within this Kingdome which are overcharged with men & Arms beyond their Antient proportion.

5. That this Act ſhall not extend to the giving of any power for the tranſporting of any Subjects of this Realm, or any way compelling them to march out of this Kingdome, otherwiſe then by the Laws of England ought to be done.

6. That no perſon be capable of acting as Lieutenant, or Deputy Leiutenant or other Officer or Souldier, by vertue of this Act, who hath not taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, ſince his Majeſties return untill he ſhall take the ſame, which Oaths any 6 of the Lord of the Council are to adminiſter to any Peer, who ſhall be Commiſſionated &c. and any two of the Deputy Lieutenants in their reſpective Counties to any Commoner.

Moneys, Goods, &c. veſted in the King.

Stat. 13. Car. 2. cap. 3. That all ſums of money, Goods, Plate, Jewells, Horſes, Arms, Ammunition, and other things whatſoever, leavied, received, or taken ſince the 30 of January 1642. by any of the late pretended Authorities, or by pretence or colour from them, or any of them for any publick uſe, (not pardoned by the Act of Oblivion, made at the Parliament begun at Weſtminſter the 25 of April in the 12 year of His Majeſties reign,) wich are not otherwiſe veſted and ſetled in the King, And all Bonds, Obligations and other Securities entred into for the ſame or any part thereof, be and are hereby veſted and ſetled in the King his Heirs and Succeſſors, who may from time to time, and at all times hereafter have, demand, ſue for, and recover the ſame of all perſons, their HeiRs, Executors and Adminiſtrators who are accomptable for the ſame, or in whoſe hands or poſſeſſions ſoever the ſame were, or are, as if the ſame had been leavied, received, collected or taken in the King's name, by his Authority, or to his uſe.

2. That all perſons who have received any the aforeſaid ſums of money from any Treaſurer or Receiver for any publick uſe by way of Impreſt, to be accounted for, & not pardoned, as aforeſaid, ſhall be liable to Account, & called to account in ſuch manner, as if they had received the ſame of the Exchequer or other Publick Treaſury, and particularly thoſe who have received, or collected the Revenues of any Churches or Vicatidges in Wales, or in the County of Monmouth ſince the year 1648.

3. Provided they all have due allowances in their accounts, as all whoſe accounts are excepted in the Act of Oblivion, ought to have.

4. That the King his Heirs and Succeſſons, ſhall and may iſſue out Commiſſions as ſhall be thought fit, either under the Great Seal, or Seal of the Exchequer for the Diſcovering, Leavying, receiving and diſcharging the ſame.

5. That all perſons accountable hereby are enabled to ſue for, leavy, and recover from the parties from whom the ſame was, & is due, and for which they are hereby accomptable, all ſume of money and Arears in ſuch manner and form as they might have recovered and leavyed the ſame when they firſt grew due.

6. That no man ſhall be called to account or queſtioned for any Goods or other things in his hands, which ſhall not be called to account or ſome Information againſt him in the Exchequer, or to Commiſſioners to be appointed as aforeſaid, before the 24 of June 1662. and ſuch information proſecuted with effect within Twelve moneths after the Exhibition thereof.

Navy-Orders.

Stat. 13. Car. 2. cap. 9. All Officers at Sea, ſhall cauſe the Publick worſhip of God according to the Liturgy of the Church of England eſtabliſhed by Law, to be Solemnly, orderly, and reverently performed in their Reſpective ſhips, and that Prayers and Preachings by Chaplains in Holy Orders, of the reſpective ſhips be diligently performed, and that the Lords day be obſerved according to Law.

2. Every Perſon in the Kings pay, uſing unlawfull and raſh Oaths, Curſings, Execrations, Drunkenneſs, Uncleanneſs, or other ſcandalous Actions, ſhall be puniſhed as the Court-Martial ſhall think fit.

3. It ſhall be Death to every Perſon in the Fleet who ſhall give, hold, or entertain Intellgence to or with any King, &c. being enemy to, or any perſons in Rebellion againſt the King, his Heirs and Succeflors, without the Kings leave or the leave of the Lord High Admirall, Vice Admiral, or Commander in Cheif of any Squadron.

4. Every perſon in the Fleet who ſhall receive any Letter or Meſſage from any King, Potentate &c. being enemy to the King, &c. or on their behalf, and doe not within twelve hours after (having an opportunity ſo to do) acquaint the ſuperior Commander with it: Or if a Superior officer or Matiner, being acquainted therewith, or himſelf in his own perſon receiving a Letter of Meſſage from any ſuch enemy, or Rebel, and ſhall not in convenient time reveal the ſame to the Admiral, Viceadmirall, or the Commander of the Squadron, ſuch perſon ſhall ſuffer Death, or other puniſhment as the Court-Martiall ſhall think fit.

5. No Perſon in the Fleet ſhall releive any Enemy or Rebell, in Time of War with any Supply whatſoever, upon pain of death, or as the Court-Martiall ſhall think fit.

6. All the Papers, Charter-Parties, Bills of Lading, Paſports and other Writings whatſoever that ſhall be found aboard any ſhip which ſhall be ſeiſed as Prize, ſhall be preſerved and not torn, nor made away, but the very Originals ſent up entirely, and wathout fraud to the Court of Admiralty, or ſuch as ſhall be appointed for that purpoſe, upon pain of loſs of all the ſhares of the Takers: and ſuch further puniſhment on the Offenders as the Court-Martial ſhall impoſe.

7. None in the King's pay ſhall take out of any prize, or ſhip or Goods ſeized on for Prize, any money, Plate, Goods, Lading or Tackle, before Judgment thereof paſſed in the Admiralty Court, but the full account of the whole ſhall be brought in without imbezilment, and judgment paſs entirely upon the whole without fraud, upon pain of being puniſhed by a Court-Martial or the Court of Admiralty, Excepting that it ſhall be lawfull for all Captains, Seamen, &c. to take to themſelves as Pillage, without account to be given, all ſuch Goods and Merchandize (other then Arms, Ammunition, Tackle, Furniture, or Stores of ſuch ſhip,) as they ſhall find upon or above the Gun-deck of any ſhip taken in fight or prize.

8. None ſhall Imbezle, Steale, &c. any Cables, Anchors, Sailes, Furniture, Powder, Arms, or Ammunition of the Ship upon pain of death, or as a Court-Martial ſhall adjudge.

9. If any Foorein ſhip, &c. ſhall be taken as prize, without reſiſtance, then none of the Captains, Maſters, or Mariners, being Foreiners, ſhall be ſtripped of their Cloaths, pillaged or beaten, upon pain that the offender forfeit double damages, but ſuch ſhips and Goods ſo taken, ſhall be preſerved entire, to receive Judgment in the Admiralty according to Juſtice and Right.

10. Every Captain or Commander, who upon ſignall or Order of fight, or view or ſight of any ſhips of the Enemy, Pirate or Rebel, or likelyhood of Engagement, and ſhall not put all things in a poſture for fight, and ſhall not in his own perſon according to his place, encourage the inferior Officers, &c. to fight couragiouſly, & not faintly to behave themſelves, ſhall be caſhiered, And if ſuch yield to the Enemy, &c. or crie for Quarter; ſuch perſon or perſons ſhall ſuffer death, or puniſhment according to his deſert.

11. Every Captain, Commander or others of any ſhip of War ſhall duly obſerve all the Commands of the Admiral, or other ſuperior Commander, upon pain of Death or puniſhment as the offence ſhall deſerve.

12. Every Captain, and Officers, Mariners and Souldiers of every ſhip, &c. that ſhall not in any fight doe his utmoſt againſt the enemy, &c. and aſſiſt and relieve all the King's ſhips, ſhall be tryed, and ſuffer Death or other puniſhment as the Court-Martial ſhall Judge fit.

13. That the Captains, Officers, and Seamen of all ſhips appointed for Convoy, &c. who ſhall not faithfully perform the ſame, and defend the ſhips and Goods in their Convoy, without diverting to other parts or occaſions, or neglecting to fight in their defence, &c. and ſubmitting thoſe in their convoy to hazard, or ſhall exact any Reward, from any Merchant or Maſter for conveying of any ſhip, or Veſſel, &c. belonging to his Majeſties Subjects, they ſhall make reparation of the damage as the Court of Admiralty ſhall adjudge, and alſo be puniſhed criminally either by death or otherwiſe as the Court-Martial ſhall judge fit.

14. All perſons whatſoever belonging to the Fleet, who ſhall forbear to purſue or chaſe an Enemy, &c. beaten, or flying, or ſhall not aſſiſt a known friend in view to his utmoſt power; ſhall ſuffer death, or puniſhment as the Court-Martial ſhall think fit.

15. Upon the Command of any Service or action, no man ſhall preſume to ſtop or diſcourage the ſaid ſervice and action upon any pretence of wages whatſoever upon pain of death.

16. All See-Captains, Officers and Seamen, that ſhall betray their Truſt, or turn to the Enemy, &c. and either run away with their ſhip or any Ordnance, Ammunition, or Proviſion, or yield the ſame up, ſhall ſuffer death.

17. All See Captains, officers, or Mariners that ſhall deſert the Service or imployment in the ſhips, or ſhall run away, or intice other ſo to doe, ſhall ſuffer death.

18. All perſons that ſhall come or be found in the nature of ſpies, to bring ſeducing Letters, &c. or ſhall endeavor to corrupt any Captain, &c. to bettay their truſt, &c. ſhall ſuffer death.

19. No perſon in or belonging to the Fleet, ſhall uſe ſeditious or mutinous words, or make or endeavour to make any Mutiny, upon pain of Death.

20. None ſhall conceal any Trayterous or Mutinous practices, deſign, or words, or any words againſt the King, or Government, or any words or deſigns tending to the hindrance of the ſervice, but ſhall forthwith reveal them to his ſuperior, upon pain of Puniſhment as a Court-Martial ſhall think fit.

21. None ſhall quarel with his Superior Officer upon pain of ſevere puniſhment, nor ſtrike him, upon pain of death, or as a Court-Martial ſhall adjudge.

22. If any find cauſe of complaint upon any juſt ground, he ſhall quietly make the ſame known to his Superior or Commander in Cheif, and they are preſently to remedy the ſame, but none ſhall upon any pretence whatſoever privately attempt to ſtir up diſturbance, on pain of ſuch ſevere puniſhment as the Court-Martial ſhall inflict.

23. None ſhall quarrel or fight in the ſhip, nor uſe provoking ſpeeches, tending to make Quarrel, &c. upon pain of impriſonment and other puniſhment as the Court-Martial ſhall adjudge fit.

24. There ſhall be no waſtful expence of any Ammunition, &c. or other ſtores in the Fleet, nor any imbezilment thereof, but that the ſame be carefully preſerved, upon pain of ſuch puniſhment, upon the offenders, Abetters, byers and Receivers, as the Court-Martial ſhall adjudge.

25. That ſuch as ſhall be found guilty either through wilfullneſs, negligence, or other defaults in the conducting and Steering of the ſhips, that none be ſtranded, &c. or ſplit, or hazarded upon pain of ſuch puniſhment as a Court-Martial ſhall adjudge.

26. Every one that ſhall willingly ſet on fire any ſhip, Magazine, Store, boat, Ketch, Hoy, or Veſſell, Tackle or Furniture, not appertaining to an Enemy, or Rebel, ſhall be puniſhed with death.

27. None ſhall ſleep upon his Watch, neglect the duty impoſed, or forſake his Station, upon pain of death: or as the Caſe ſhall require.

28. All Murthers and wilfull Killing of any in the ſhip ſhall be puniſhed with death.

29. All Robbery & Theft ſhall be puniſhed with death, or as the Court-Martiall ſhall think fit.

30. No Provoſt-Martiall, ſhall refuſe to receive or keep any Priſoner committed to his charge, nor ſuffer ſuch to eſcape, nor diſmiſſe him without order, on pain of the ſame puniſhment, which ſhould have been inflicted upon the party diſmiſſed, or permitted to eſcape, or as the Court-Martial ſhall think fit.

3. All Captains, Officers, and Seamen, ſhall doe their endeavours to detect, apprehend and bring to puniſhment all Offenders, and ſhall aſſiſt the Officers, for that purpoſe, on pain of being puniſhed by the Court-Martiall.

32. Every one committing the unnatural and deteſtable ſin of Buggery or Sodomy with man or Beaſt, ſhall ſuffer death without mercy.

33. All Faults, Miſdemeanors, and diſorders, committed at Sea, nor herein mentioned, ſhall be puniſhed according to the Laws and Cuctoms uſed in ſuch Caſes at Sea.

34. The Lord High Admiral for the time being, ſhall grant Commiſſions to inferior Vice Admirals, or Commander in Cheif of any Squadron of ſhips, to call Court-Martials, conſiſting of Commanders, and Captains, and no Court-Martiall, for inflicting death, ſhall conſiſt of leſs then five Captains, the Admiralls Lieutenant to be as to this purpoſe eſtemed as a Captain: and in no caſe wherein Sentence of Death ſhall paſs, by vertue of any of the artiels aforeſaid (except in eaſe of Mutiny) ſhall ſuch ſentence be executed, without the leave of the Lord High Admiral, if the offence be committed within the Narrow Seas; But if beyond the narrow Seas, the offence ſhall be committed, whereupon the Sentence of death ſhall be given, &c. then Execution ſhall not be done but by order of the Commander in chief of that Fleet, &c. wherein ſentence of death was paſſed.

35. The Judge Advocate of any Fleet for the time being, ſhall have power to adminiſter an Oath to any perſon or witneſs in order to the Examination or Tryal of any of the offences aforeſaid, and in his abſence the Court-Martiall ſhall appoint one to adminiſter an Oath as aforſaid.

36. That this Act, &c. ſhall not extend to give unto the Lord Admiral of England for the time being, or to any his Vice-Admiralls, &c. or to any claiming Admirall-power, &c. within any the King's Dominions, any other power, right, Juriſdiction, &c. then he or they or any of them, lawfully have, or ought to have and enjoy before the making of this Act, other then for ſuch of the offences Specified in the ſeverall Articles herein contained, as ſhall he hereafter done upon the main Sea, or in ſhips or Veſſels, being and hovering in the main ſtream of Great Rivers, only beneath the Bridges of the ſame Rivers, nigh to the ſea within the Admiralty Juriſdiction, and in none other places whatſoever, and committed only by ſuch as ſhall be in actual ſervice and pay in the King's Fleet, or ſhips of War.

Preſent to the King.

Stat. 13 Car. 2. c. 4. enacted, That the King may iſſue out ſuch and ſo many ſeveral Commiſſions, under his Great Seal of England, into the ſeveral Counties, Cities, Towns Corporate, and all other places in England and Wales, and Berwick upon Tweed, directed to ſuch as the King ſhall think fit, for the receiving of ſuch Subſcriptions, as his Subjects ſhall voluntarily offer, for ſupply of his Majeſties preſſing occaſions, and likewiſe to iſſue ſuch other Commiſſions to ſuch other perſons as the Kings ſhall think fit, for Collecting and receiving the moneys ſo ſubſcribed, and the Acquittance of any one of which reſpective Receivers, are immediatly to be made & given upon pay ſo made without any Fee, and ſhall be a diſcharge for the ſum ſo ſubſcribed, And in caſe ſuch ſubſcriptions ſhall upon any occaſion be returned into the Exchequer, or other place, the payment thereof ſhall be likewiſe returned together with the ſame.

2. Proceſs ſhall iſſue out of the Exchequer againſt any Subſcibers, but within two years after the paſſing of this Act.

3. The ſaid Commiſſioners of the reſpective Counties and places aforſaid are after the iſſuing out & receipt of the ſaid Commiſſions to meet at the common place of meeting for each County and place, &c. and ſo many of them as ſhall be preſent at the ſaid firſt Generall meetings, or the major part of them, may ſever themſelves into Hundreds and other places, &c. within their limits, as they ſhall think fit, and ſhall from times to time give notice of the reſpective times and places of their meetings to the end that all perſons may reſort to them to make ſuch offers or Preſent to his Majeſty as their own hearts ſhall prompt them to.

4. Provided, no Peer of this Realm, ſhall in ſuch Offer or Preſent exceed the ſum of 400 li. Nor any perſon not being a Peer of this Realm exceed the ſum of 200 li.

5. That No Commiſſions to be iſſued out by Vertue of this Act ſhall be of ſorce as to the receiving of any moneys or Subſcriptions for moneys after the 24 of June 1662.

6. It is declared that no Commiſſions or aids of this nature can be iſſued out or Leavied but by Authority of Parliament, and that this Act and the ſupply granted ſhall not be drawn into example for the future.

Pains, Penalties, &c. on excepted Perſons.

Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 15. Reciting the Senſe of the Act of Indempnity touching Pains, Penalties, and Forſeitures, to be inflicted on ſuch as were the wicked Inſtruments of that Horrid and execrable Treaſon the Murder of King Charles the firſt, &c. It is, enacted, That all and every the Manours, Meſſuages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reverſions, Remainders, Poſſeſſions, Rights, Conditions, Intereſts, Offices, Fees, annuities and all other the Hereditaments, Leaſes for years, Chattels real, and other things of what nature ſoever they be, of Iſaac Ewer, Sir John Danvers, Sir Thomas Maleverer, William Pureſoy, John Blakiſton, Sir William Conſtable, Richard Deane, Francis Aleyn, Peregrin Pelham, John Moore, John Aldred alia Alured, Humphry Edwards, Sir Gregory Norton, John Venn, Thomas Andrews Alderman, Anthony Stapley, Thomas Horton, John Fry, Thomas Hammond, Sir John Bourchier, all deceaſed. —William Lord Mounſon, James Challoner deceaſed, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir James Harrington, John Phelps, Robert wallop, and Sir Arthur Hazlerigge, (who during his life committed many horrid and traiterous crimes, &c.) which they or any of them or any other to their or any of their uſes or in truſt, &c. had the 25 of March in the year of our Lord 1646. or at any time ſince, ſhall ſtand and be forfeited to the King, his Heirs and ſucceffors, and ſhall be adjudged to be in the actual and real Poſſeſſion of the King without any Office, &c.

2. And alſo that all and every the Goods, Debrs, & other the Chattels perſonal whatſoever, of the aforeſaid perſons deceaſed, whereof they or any of them atthe time of their reſpective deaths, or any other in truſt for them or any of them ſtood poſſeſſed or intereſſed in Law or Equity, and all the Goods, Debrs, and other the Chattells perſonal whatſoever of them the ſaid William Lord Mounſon, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir James Harrington, John Phelps, and Robert Wallop, whereof upon the Eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord 1659. they or any of them or any other in truſt for them or any of them ſtood poſseſsed either in Law or Equity, ſhall be adjudged forfeited to the King, and are hereby put into the actuall and reall poſseſſion of the King without any further Office, &c.

3. That no Conveyance, Aſsurance, &c. whatſoever, of or out of any Manours, Lands Tenements or Hereditaments, not being the Late King's, Queens, or Prince, or of any Arch-Biſhop, Biſhops, Deans, Deans and Chapters, nor being Lands or Hereditaments ſold or given for Delinquency or pretended Deliquency, by pretext of ſome Act, Order, Ordinance or pretended Order ſince the firſt day of January 1641. Nor any Statute Judgment or Recognizance, hand made, &c. to any perſon, Bodies Politick, or Corporate before the 29 of September, 1659. by any of the aforeſaid offenders, or their Heirs, or by any others claiming by, from, or under them, or any of them, other then the Wife or Wives, Childe or Children, Heir or Heirs of the ſaid perſons, for money bona fide, to them or any of them paid, or lent, or other valuable Conſideration, nor any Conveyance, Aſſurance, &c. made before the 25 of April 1660. by any perſon or perſons to the offenders aforeſaid in truſt, and for the benefit of any other perſon, or perſons, not being any of the offenders aforeſaid, or in truſt for any Bodies Politick, or Corporate, ſhall be impeached, defeared, made void, or fruſtrated hereby, or by any of the Convictions, and attainders as aforeſaid, But the ſame ſhall be held and enjoied, by the Purchaſees, Grantees, Leaſees, Aſſigns, Ceſtuy que vſe, Ceſtuy que truſt, and every of them, their heirs, &c. reſpectively, as if this Act had not been made, ſo as the ſaid Conveyances and all and every the Grants and Aſſurances with by vertut hereof ought to be held & enjoyed as aforeſaid, ſhall before the firſt day of January 1662. be entred and enrolled of Record, in the Exchequer and not otherwiſe.

4. That William Lord Mounſon, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir James Harrington, Robert Wallop, Eſq; and John Phelps, ſhall be and are hereby degraded from all Titles of Honour, Dignities and preheminences, wich they now have, or hereafter may deſcend unto them, And none of them ſhall bear or uſe the ſtyle of Lord, Baronet, Knight, Eſquire, or Gentleman, nor any Coats of Arms or other Legal Title or addition, but hereby are made perſons of Diſhonour and Infamy.

5. That the ſaid William Mounſon, Henry Mildmay, James Harrington, Robert Wallop, and John Phelps, ſhall upon the 27 of January 1661. or ſo ſoone after as they ſhall be apprehended, carried to the Tower of London, and from thence drawn upon Sledges with Ropes about their necks, quite through the Streets unto the Gallows at Tiburn, and in like manner be brought back again, and be impriſoned during the terme of their natural lives.

6. That no executor or Adminiſtrator to any of the dead perſons whoſe Eſtate is herby forfeited, ſhall be ſued, or moleſted for any Debt or Legacy, by them pai'd, as Executors or Adminiſtrators, to any perſon to whom the ſame was due or bequeathed, and was paid bona fide; but the reſpective Legatees who have received, &c. ſhall be accountable and pay tho ſame to the King.

7. Nothing herein ſhall be conſtrued to forfeit the terme, eſtate or intereſt which Sir William Lewes of Borden in the County of Southampton, had, or hath in the Cuſtody of the Park called Eaſt-Mean Park in the ſaid County and in the Game of Conies therein, for the Term of three years to come from Our Lady-day laſt being the remaining years of a greater term (the ſaid Sir William being formerly poſſeſſed thereof) the which Park and premiſſes belonging to the Biſhop of Wincheſter the ſaid Sir William hath ſurrendred to the Biſhop of Wincheſter, and hath now taken a new Leaſe for three Lives, the which ſaid Leaſe for three lives to the ſaid Sir William, ſhall notwithſtanding this Act, remain firm and Good; ſaving alwaies to every perſon, &c. their heirs &c. all ſuch Eſtate, Right, Title, and Intereſt in Law & Equity which any perſon hath or ought to have therein, not being in truſt for any of the ſaid offenders, nor derived by, from, or under them ſince the 25 of March 1646. ſaving alwaies and reſerving to Cuthbert Collingwood Eſq; and George Collingwood, Gent. his Son, their and every of their Heirs and Aſſigns, & the Farmers and Tenants of the ſaid Cuthbert and George, or either of them, and of their Heirs and Aſſigns, All ſuch Right, Title of Entry, and Action, Uſe, Intereſt, and Poſſeſſion, which any of them, or any in truſt for them, have, or had, or ought to have of, into or out of the Mannors, Townſhips, Villages, Hamblets and Precincts of Eſlington, Whittingham, Barton, Throunton, Frawden, Keinton, Weſt-Brunton, Eaſt-Brunton, Dunnington, Blakedon, alias Blagdon, and Wetſlade, or any of them in the County of Northumberland; and of, in, to or out of the Lands, Tenements, &c. and Appurtenances to any of them belonging.

8. That this Act ſhall not prejudice the Eſtate and Intereſt in Law or Equity, of Rachell Powre Widow, of, in, and to one Copyhol-Meſſuage and Mill, with the appurtenances, being in Chepmanſford in the County of Southampton, which by Order & Decree of the High Court of Chancery of the 21 June 1661 ſhe is to be forthwith reſtored unto and put into poſſeſſion of, &c. but that ſhe ſhall hold and enjoy the ſame according to the ſaid Decree.

9. That it ſhall be lawful for Barrington Bourchier Eſq; Son and Heire of Sir John Bourchier before mentioned, to hold and enjoy all and ſingular the Lands, &c. to him lately granted, &c. by Letters Pattents under the Great Seal of England, bearing date the 22 day of March in the 13 year of his Majeſties Reign, againſt his Majeſtie, &c. for ever, according to the full intent and meaning of the ſaid Letters Patents.

Preſervation of the King's Perſon and Government, ſee Treaſon.

Petitions and Addreſſes, ſee Tumults.

Treaſon.

Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 1. That if any perſon after the 24 of June 1661. during the naturall life of the King, ſhall within the Realm or without, compaſs, imagine invent, deviſe, or intend death or deſtruction, or any bodily harm tending to death or deſtruction, maim or wounding, impriſonment or reſtraint of the perſon of the King, or to deprive or depoſe him from the ſtyle, Honour or Kingly name, of the Imperiall Crown of this Realm, or of any other his Majeſties Dominions or Countreys, or to Levy war againſt his Majeſtie within this Realm or without, or to move or ſtir any foreiner or ſtrangers with force to invade this Realm, or any other his Majeſties Dominions or Countreys, being under his Majeſties obeyſance: And ſuch compaſſings, imeginations, inventions, devices or intentions, or any of them, ſhall expreſs, utter or declare by any Printing, Writing, Preaching, or malicious and adviſed ſpeaking, being legally convicted thereof, upon the Oaths of two lawfull and credible Witneſſes, upon Tryall, or otherwiſe convicted or attainted by due courſe of Law, then every ſuch perſon ſo offending as aforeſaid ſhall be adjudged Traytors, and ſhall ſuffer death, and loſe and forfeit as in caſes of High Treaſon.

2. If any perſon after the 24 of June, 1661. during his Majeſties life, ſhall maliciouſly and adviſedly publiſh or affirm the King to be an Heretique or a Papiſt, or that he endeavours to introduce Popery; or ſhall maliciouſly or adviſedly, by Writing, Printing, Preaching, or other ſpeaking, expreſs, publiſh, utter or declare any words, ſentences, or other thing or things, to incite or ſtir up the people to hatred, or diſlike of the perſon of his Majeſty, or the eſtabliſhed Government; then every ſuch perſon and perſons being thereof legally convicted, ſhall be incapable of having any place, office, or Promotion Eccleſiaſtical, Civil or Military, or any other imployment in Church or State, other then that of his Peerage, and ſhall likewiſe be liable to ſuch further puniſhments as by the Common Laws or Statutes of this Realm may be inflicted in ſuch Caſes.

3. If any perſon or perſons after the 24 of June, 1661. ſhall malitiouſly & adviſedly by Writing, Printing, Preaching or other ſpeaking, expreſs, publiſh, utter, declare or affirm, that the Parliament begun at Weſtminſter the the 3 day of November 1640. is not yet diſſolved, or determined, or that it be in beeing, or hath yet any continuance or exiſtence, or that there lies any Obligation upon him, or any other perſon, from any Oath, Covenant, or Engagement whatſoever, to endeavour a change of Government either in Church or State, or that both or either Houſe of Parliament, have, or hath a Legiſlative Power without the King, or any other words to the ſame effect, then every ſuch offender ſhall incur the danger and penalty of a Praemunire, 16 R. 2.

4. That the Oath uſually called the Solemn League and Covenant, was in it ſelf an unlawful Oath, and impoſed againſt the fundamental Laws of this Kingdome, and that all Orders, Ordinances, or pretended Orders and Ordinances of both or either Houſes of Parliament, for impoſing of Oaths, Covenants or Engagements, Leavying of Taxes, or raiſing of Forces and Arms, to which the Royal aſſent either in perſon or by Commiſſion, was not expreſly had or given, were in their firſt Creation and ſtill are, and ſo ſhall be taken, to be null and void.

5. That all perſons who have been or ſhall be queſtioned for any thing done by colour of any the Orders or Ordinances herein before mentioned to be null, and are Indempnified by the late Act of Indempnity, or ſhall be indempnified by any Act of Parliament, ſhall and may make ſuch uſe of the ſaid Orders and Ordinances, for their Indempnity, according to the true intent of the ſaid Act, and no other, as might have been done if this Act had not been made.

6. That no Perſon be proſecuted for any of the Offences in this Act (other then ſuch as are High Treaſon) but by order of the King, &c. under the Sign Manual, or by Order of the Council Table, &c. directed unto the Attourney Generall for the time being, or ſome other of the King's Councill learned.

7. None ſhall incur any of the Penalties herein (before mentioned) unleſs proſecuted within ſix moneths next after the offence committed, and indicted within three months after ſuch proſecution.

8. None ſhall be indicted, arraigned, condemned, convicted, or attainted for any of the Treaſons, or offences aforeſaid, unleſs accuſed by two lawfull and credible Witneſſes upon Oath, which Witneſſes ſhall be brought face to face, at the time of the Offenders arraignment, and there avow and maintain upon oath the Treaſon, &c. unleſs the parties arraigned ſhall willingly confeſſe the ſame.

9. Nothing herein contained ſhall extend to deprive either Houſes of Parliament or any of their Members of their juſt antient Freedome and Priviledge of debating, &c. or at any Conferences or Committees, &c. but that the ſaid Members of either of the ſaid Houſes, and the Aſſiſtants of the Houſe of Peers, and every of them, ſhall have the ſame freedome of Speech and all other Priviledges, as they had before the making of this Act.

10. No Peer of this Realm, ſhall be tried for any of the ſaid offences, but by his Peers; and that Every Peer convicted of any of the ſaid offences, after ſuch conviction, be diſabled, during his life, to ſit in Parliament, unleſs the King ſhall pardon him; and if the King ſhall grant his pardon to any Peer of this Realm or Commoner, convicted as aforeſaid, the Peer or Commoner ſo pardoned, ſhall be reſtored to all intents, as if never convicted.

Tumults.

Stat. 13 Car. 2. c. 5. That no perſon or perſons whatſoever ſhall from & after the firſt of Auguſt 1661. Sollicite, labour or procure the getting of hands, or other conſent, of any perſons above the number of Twenty or more, to any Petition, Complaint Remonſtrance, Declaration or other Addreſs to the King, or both or either Houſes of Parl. for alteration of matters eſtabliſhed by Law in Church or State, unleſs the matter thereof hath been firſt conſented unto, and Ordered by three or more Juſtices of that County, or by the Major part of the Grand Jury of the County, or Diviſion of the County, where the ſame matter ſhall ariſe at their Publick Aſſizes, or Generall Quarter Seſſions; or if ariſing in London, by the Lord Maior, Aldermen and Commons in Common-Council aſſembled.

2. That no perſon or perſons whatſoever, ſhall repaire to the King, or Parliament, upon pretence of preſenting any Petition, Complaint, Remonſtrance, or Declaration, or other Adreſses accompanied with exceſſive numbers of people, nor at any one time, with above the number of Ten perſons, upon pain of penalty not exceeding 100 l. in money, and three months impriſonment without Bail or Mainprize for every offence, which offence to be proſecuted at the King's Bench, or at the Aſſizes, or General Quarter Seſſions, within ſix months after the offence committed, and proved by two or more credible Witneſses.

3. That this Act ſhall not extend to hinder any perſons not exceeding the number of Ten (as aforeſaid) to preſent any Publick or private Grievance or Complaint to any Members of Parliament after his Election, and during the Parliament, or to the King for any Remedy to be had thereupon, nor to extend to any addreſs whatſoever to the King, by all or any the Members of both or either Houſes of Parliament, during the ſitting of the Parliament; but that they may enjoy their freedome of acceſs as formerly.

The End.