⟨February .3. 1648 An Act of maintenance at Edinburgh. vide 7th. voll. fol. 82.⟩

A DECLARATION OF The Parliament of ENGLAND, For Maintaining the Fundamental Laws of this NATION.

THe Parliament of Eng­land now assembled doth Declare, That they are fully Resol­ved to maintain, and shall and will uphold, preserve and keep the Fundamental Laws of this Nation, for and concerning the preservation of the Lives, Properties and Liberties of the People, with all things in­cident thereunto; with the Alterations touching Kings and House of Lords, already Resolved in this present Parliament, for the good of the People, and what shall be fur­ther necessary for the perfecting thereof; And do require and expect, That all Iudges, Iu­stices, [Page 14] Sheriffs, and all Officers and Mini­sters of Iustice for the time being, do admini­ster Iustice, and do proceed in their respective Places and Offices accordingly; Which Reso­lution, with the Reasons thereof, shall be here­after published in a larger Declaration touch­ing the same. And it is hereby Ordered and ap­pointed, That this Declaration shall be forth with proclaimed in Westminster-Hall, and at the old Exchange; And the Iudges in their respe­ctive Courts at Westminster, and at the first sitting thereof, are to cause this Declaration to be publiquely Read; and the Sheriffs in their several Counties are to cause this De­claration to be likewise published.

Die Veneris, 9 Febr. 1648.

ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parlia­ment, That this Declaration be forthwith Print­ed and Published; And that the Members of this House do take care to disperse the said Declaration in­to the several Counties with all speed.

Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.

LONDON: Printed for Edward Husband, Printer to the Honorable House of Commons. Febr. 10. 1648.

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