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<P>A COPPIE OF THE BILL Again&s;t the xiij. Bi&s;hops, pre&s;ented to to the Lords, by the Commons, <HI>Octob.</HI> 25. 1641.</P>
<P>ENTITULED An Act for di&s;&s;olving all per&s;ons in holy Orders to exerci&s;e temporall Juri&s;diction and Authority.</P>
<P>With the Names of the XIII. Bi&s;hops lately Impeached.</P>
<P>Whereunto is added the &s;ub&s;tance of a Letter pre&s;ented to Mr. <HI>PYM,</HI> contai|ning very wicked and bloody Expre&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P>LONDON, Printed for JOHN THOMAS, 1641.</P>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>portrait</FIGDESC>
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<L>Reader behold and pittie the decay</L>
<L>Of this late great man, who the other day</L>
<L>Liu'd great and gratious in his Princes eyes,</L>
<L>But being fallen all people him de&s;pi&s;e;</L>
<L>Deplore his &s;ad &s;ate, pray that he may prove</L>
<L>As once on Earth, &s;o great in Heaven above.</L>
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<HEAD>A Copy of the Bill again&s;t the Xiij. Bi&s;hops, pre&s;ented to the Lords by the Commons, <HI>Octob.</HI> 25. 1641.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Being intituled an Act for di&s;&s;olving all per&s;ons in holy Orders to exerci&s;e any Temporall Iuri&s;di|ction or Authority.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas Bi&s;hops and other per&s;ons in holy orders, ought not to bee intangled with &s;ecular Iuri&s;diction, the offices of the mini&s;tery being of &s;uch great im|portance that it will take up the whole man, And for that it is found by long experience that their Intermedling with &s;ecular Iuri&s;diction hath occa&s;ioned great mi&s;chiefe &amp; &s;candals both to Church and &s;tate, his Maie&s;tie out of his Religious Care of the Church and the &s;oules of his people is gratiou&s;ly plea&s;ed, that it may be enacted, and by the authority of the&s;e pre&s;ents, Be it enacted that Arch-Bi&s;hops or Bi&s;hops or any other per&s;on, that now is or hereafter &s;hall be in the holy orders; &s;hall at any time after the tenth day of November in the Yeare of our Lord God, 1641. have any &s;uffrage or
<PB N="2" REF="4">vote or u&s;e, or execute any power or authority in the Parliament of this Realme.</P>
<P>Nor &s;hall be of the Privie Councell of his Maie&s;ty, his heires or &s;ucce&s;&s;ors, or Iu&s;tices of the Peace of Oyre or Terminor, or Goale deliuery, or execute any temporall authority by vertue of any Commi&s;&s;ion, but &s;hall be wholly di&s;abled and be vncapable to have, receive, v&s;e, or execute any of the &s;aid Offices, places, powers, authorities, and things afore&s;aid, and be it further enacted by the authority afore&s;aid; that all Acts from and after the &s;aid 10. day of <HI>Novem|ber,</HI> which &s;hall be done by any Arch-bi&s;hops, or Bi&s;hops, or other per&s;ons what&s;oever in holy Or|der, and all and every &s;ufferage or vote given or de|livered by them, or any other thing done by them, or any of them, contrary to the purport or true mea|ning of this pre&s;ent Act, &s;hall be uterly voyde to all intents, Con&s;tructions and purpo&s;es.</P>
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<HEAD>The Namet of the xiij. Bi&s;hops lately Impeached.</HEAD>
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<ITEM><HI>VValter</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winche&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Coventry</HI> and <HI>Lichfield.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Godfrey</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Gloce&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Io&s;eph</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Exce&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>A&s;aph,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>VVilliam</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Bath</HI> and <HI>Welles.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>George</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Hereford.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Matthew</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Ely.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>VVilliam</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Bangor.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Bri&s;toll.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Roche&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iohn</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Peterborough.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Morgan</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Landaffe.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>Together with <HI>VVilliam</HI> Arch-bi&s;hop of <HI>Canter|bury,</HI> and others of the Clergie of that Province, at a Convocation or Synod for the &s;ame Province, be|gun at <HI>London,</HI> 1640. who contrived and made, and promulged, &s;everall Con&s;titutions and Canons, Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall, containing in them divers matters, contrary to the Kings Prerogative, to the funda|mentall Lawes and Statutes of the Realme, to the Rights of Parliament, to the propriety and liberty of the Subjects, and matters tending to Sedition, and of dangerous con&s;equence.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<HEAD>The Sub&s;tance of a Letter pre&s;ented to Mr. <HI>Pym,</HI> on the 26. of October, 1641. contai<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ing very bloody and wicked expre&s;&s;ions.</HEAD>
<P>O Trayterous <HI>PYM,</HI> that betraye&s;t thy King and Countrey, and &s;ubverte&s;t the fundamentall Lawes of the Kingdome take this for thy reward, which if it doth not end thee, when God &s;hall inable me to come abroad; without prejudice to hone&s;ter men then thy &s;elfe, my dagger &s;hall di&s;patch.</P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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