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<HEAD>AN ACT For the Aboli&s;hing the KINGLY OFFICE IN England, Ireland, And the Dominions thereunto belonging.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas <HI>Charls Stuart</HI> late King of <HI>England, Ireland,</HI> and the Territo|ries and Dominions thereunto belonging, hath by Authority de|rived from Parliament, been, and is hereby declared to be ju&s;t|ly condemned, adjudged to dye, and put to death for many Trea&s;ons, Murthers, and o|ther hainous Offences committed by him, by which Iudgement he &s;tood and is hereby De|clared to be attained of High Trea&s;on, whereby his I&s;&s;ue and Po&s;terity, and all o|thers pretending Title under him, are become uncapable of the &s;aid Crowns, or of being King or Queen of the &s;aid Kingdom or Domi|nions, or either or any of them: Be it there|fore Enacted and Ordained, and it is Enacted, Ordained and Declared by this pre&s;ent Parli|ament, and by Authority thereof, That all the People of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Do|minions and Territories thereunto belong|ing, of what degree or condition &s;oever, are di&s;charged of all Fealty, Homage and Allegi|ance which is or &s;hall be pretended to be due unto any of the I&s;&s;ue and Po&s;terity of the &s;aid late King, or any claiming under him; and
<PB N="&dtristar;" REF="2"><!-- PDF PAGE 11 -->that <HI>Charls Stuart</HI> elde&s;t &s;on, and <HI>James</HI> called <HI>Duke of York,</HI> &s;econd &s;on, and all other the I&s;|&s;ue and Po&s;terity of him the &s;aid late King, and all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons pretend|ing Title from, by or under him, are and be di&s;|abled to hold or enjoy the &s;aid Crown of <HI>Eng|land</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and other the Dominions thereunto belonging, or any of them; or to have the Name, Title, Stile or Dignity of King or Queen of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> or any of them; or to have and enjoy the power and Dominion of the &s;aid Kingdoms and Do|minions, or any of them, or the Honors, Ma|nors, Lands, Tenements, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, &amp; He|reditaments belonging or appertaining to the &s;aid Crown of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and other the Dominions afore&s;aid, or to any of them; or to the Principality of <HI>Wales,</HI> Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> or <HI>Cornwal,</HI> or any or either of them, Any Law, Statute, Ordinance, V&s;age or Cu&s;tom to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding: And whereas it is and hath been found by experience, that the Office of a King in this Nation and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and to have the power thereof in any &s;ingle per&s;on, is un|nece&s;&s;ary, burthen&s;om and dangerous to the Liberty, Safety and publique Intere&s;t of the People, and that for the mo&s;t part, u&s;e hath been made of the Regal power and preroga|tive, to oppre&s;s, impoveri&s;h and en&s;lave the &s;ubject; and that u&s;ually and naturally any one per&s;on in &s;uch power, makes it his Inte|re&s;t to incroach upon the ju&s;t Freedom and Li|berty of the People, and to promote the &s;et|ting up of their own will and power above the Laws, that &s;o they might en&s;lave the&s;e Kingdoms to their own lu&s;t: Be it therefore Enacted and Ordained by this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment,
<PB N="&dtristar;" REF="2" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 11 -->and by authority of the &s;ame, That the Office of a King in this Nation, &s;hall not henceforth re&s;ide in, or be exerci&s;ed by any one &s;ingle per&s;on; and that no one per&s;on what&s;o|ever, &s;hall or may have, or hold the Office, Stile, Dignity, Power or Authority of King of the &s;aid Kingdoms and Dominions, or any of them, or of the Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> Any Law, Statute, V&s;age or Cu&s;tom to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. And it is hereby Enacted, That if any per&s;on or per|&s;ons &s;hall endeavor to attempt by force of Arms or otherwi&s;e, or be ayding, alsi&s;ting, comforting or abetting unto any per&s;on or per|&s;ons that &s;hall by any ways or means what|&s;oever, endeovor or attempt the reviving or &s;etting up again of any pretended Right of the &s;aid <HI>Charls,</HI> elde&s;t Son to the &s;aid late King, <HI>James</HI> called Duke of <HI>York,</HI> or of any other the I&s;&s;ue and Po&s;terity of the &s;aid late King, or of any per&s;on or per&s;ons claiming under him or them, to the &s;aid Regal Office, Stile, Dignity or Authority, or to be Prince of <HI>Wales;</HI> or the promoting of any one per&s;on what&s;oever, to the Name, Stile, Dignity, Power, Prerogative or Authority, of King of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and Dominions afore|&s;aid, or any of them; That then every &s;uch Offence &s;hall be deemed and adjudged High Trea&s;on, and the Offenders therein, their Councellors, Procurers, Ayders and Abet|tors, being convicted of the &s;aid Offence, or any of them, &s;hall be deemed and adjudged Traytors again&s;t the Parliament and Peo|ple of <HI>England,</HI> and &s;hall &s;uffer, lo&s;e and for|feit, and have &s;uch like and the &s;ame Pains, Forfeitures, Iudgements and Execution, as is u&s;ed in ca&s;e of High Trea&s;on: And where|as
<PB N="&dtristar;" REF="3" MS="y"><!-- PDF PAGE 12 -->by the Abolition of the Kingly Office pro|vided for in this Act, a mo&s;t happy way <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 word"> made for this Nation (if God &s;ee it good) t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> return to its ju&s;t and ancient Right, of bein<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> governed by its own Repre&s;entatives or Na|tional Meetings in Councel, from time to time cho&s;en and entru&s;ted for that purpo&s;e by the People, It is therefore Re&s;olved and De|clared by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment, That they will put a period to the &s;it|ting of this pre&s;ent Parliament, and di&s;&s;olv<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> the &s;ame &s;o &s;oon as may po&s;&s;ibly &s;tand with th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;afety of the people that hath betru&s;ted them and with what is ab&s;olutely nece&s;&s;ary for th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> pre&s;erving and upholding the Governmen<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> now &s;etled in the way of a Commonwealth and that they will carefully provide for th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> certain chu&s;ing, meeting and &s;itting of th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> next and future Repre&s;entatives, with &s;uch <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter">|ther Circum&s;tances of Freedom in choyce an equality in di&s;tribution of Members to be ele|cted thereunto, as &s;hall mo&s;t conduce to y^e la&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter">+ing freedom &amp; good of this Commonwealth And it is hereby further Enacted &amp; Declared notwith&s;tanding any thing contained in thi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> Act, no per&s;on or per&s;ons of what condition e|quality &s;oever, within the Commonwealth o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> I&s;lands of <HI>Guern&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> and Town o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> &s;hall be di&s;charged from the obedience and &s;ubjection which he and the owe to the Government of this Nation, as i<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> is now Declared, but all and every of them &s;hall in all things render and perform th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame, as of right is due unto the &s;upreme Au|thority hereby declared to re&s;ide in this and th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ucce&s;&s;ive Repre&s;entatives of the People o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="page cropped" EXTENT="1 letter"> this Nation, and in them onely.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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