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<HEAD>AN ACT For the Apprehen&s;ion of Thomas Cook <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR></HEAD>
<P>_WHereas <HI>Thomas Cook</HI> of <HI>Grays-Inn</HI> in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> having been Apprehended for Trea&s;on by Order from the Councel of State, and brought before them; and after Examination had, and Witne&s;s produced again&s;t him, Ordered by them to be Committed to the Tower of <HI>London,</HI> in order to a Tryal at Law to be had agin&s;t him for the &s;aid Trea&s;on; and being in Cu&s;tody, hath in &s;en&s;e of his own Guilt made a voluntary E&s;cape, thereby endeavoring to avoid a Iu&s;t and Legal Proceeding for the &s;aid Trea&s;on &s;o committed: Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained, and it is Enacted and Ordained by this pre&s;ent Parliament, and the Authority thereof, That if the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Cook</HI> &s;hall not within four days, from the Twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and fifty, render him&s;elf in Cu&s;tody to the Sergeant at Arms attending the Parliament, and &s;ubmit him|&s;elf to a Tryal at Law for his Trea&s;on committed, That then he the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Cook</HI> &s;hall be, and is hereby Declared Guilty, and Attainted of High Trea&s;on, and &s;hall &s;uffer and forfeit as in ca&s;e of High Trea&s;on. And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall willingly and knowingly receive, harbor or conceal him the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Cook,</HI> Such per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o doing, &s;hall &s;uffer and forfeit as Traytors. And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, and the Parliament doth hereby Enact and Declare, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall by or before the Fir&s;t of <HI>May,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty one, Apprehend the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Cook,</HI> and deliver him in Cu&s;tody to the &s;aid Sergeant at Arms, &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons for his care and pains therein, &s;hall receive the Sum of Five hundred pounds of law|ful Money of <HI>England;</HI> which &s;aid Sum the &s;aid Councel are by vertue of this Act authorized and directed to make payment of accordingly.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Jovis, 20 Martii, 1650.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Parliament,</HI> That the Sheriffs of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> be Authorized and Required forthwith to Proclaim this Act at the u&s;ual times and places within the City of <HI>London</HI> and County of <HI>Middle&s;ex;</HI> And that the re&s;pective Sheriffs of the &s;everal Counties be likewi&s;e Autho|rized and Required to Proclaim this Act forthwith upon receipt hereof, in the &s;everal and re|&s;pective Cities and Market-Towns within the &s;everal Counties of this Commonwealth.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Jovis, 20 Martii, 1650.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Parliament,</HI> That this Act be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> 1650.</P>
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