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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B071016.apex.</ITEM>
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<P>_THE Parliament doth Declare, That the Recognition of the Government by the Members of this Parliament in the words following; <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>I do hereby freely Promi&s;e and Engage, to be True and Faithfull to the Lord Protector, and the Common-wealth of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and &s;hall not (according to the Tenor of the Indenture, whereby I am Returned to &s;erve in this pre&s;ent Parliament) Propo&s;e, or give my Con|&s;ent to alter the Government, as it is &s;etled in one Per&s;on, and a Parlia|ment,</HI></P>
<P>Doth not comprehend, nor &s;hall be con&s;trued to comprehend therein the whole <HI>Government,</HI> con&s;i&s;ting of Fourty two Articles; but that the &s;ame doth only include what concerns the Government of the Commonwealth by a &s;ingle Per&s;on, and Succe&s;sive Parliaments.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Thur&s;day <HI>Septemb.</HI> 14. 1654.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament that this Declaration be forthwith Printed and Pub|li&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Hen. Scobell,</HI> Clerk of the Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> printed by <HI>William du-Gard</HI> and <HI>Henry Hills,</HI> Printers to His High|ne&s;s the Lord Protector, 1654.</P>
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