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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<DIV1 TYPE="Act of Parliament">
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An Act Declaring and Con&s;tituting the People
of <HI>England</HI> to be a Commonwealth and Free-State.</HEAD>
<P>_BE it Declared and Enacted by this
pre&s;ent Parliament, and by the Au|thority
of the &s;ame, That the Peo|ple
of <HI>England,</HI> and of all the Do|minions
and Territories thereun|to
belonging, are and &s;hall be, and
are hereby Con&s;tituted, Made, E&s;tabli&s;hed and
Confirmed to be a Commonwealth and Free-State:
And &s;hall from henceforth be Governed
as a Commonwealth and Free-State, by the
Supreme Authority of this Nation, The Re|pre&s;entatives
of the People in Parliament, and
by &s;uch as they &s;hall appoint and con&s;titute as
Officers and Mini&s;ters under them for the good
of the People, and that without any King or
Hou&s;e of Lords.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi, 19 Maii, 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the <HI>Commons</HI> a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this
Act be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed:</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobel, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London:</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Husband,</HI> Printer to the Parliament
of <HI>England.</HI> 1649.</P>
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