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<P>AN ORDINANCE DECLARING That the OFFENCES herein mentioned, and no other, &s;hall be adjudged HIGH TREASON <HI>Within the</HI> COMMON-VVEALTH OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND, and the Dominions thereunto belonging.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Thur&s;day,</HI> January 19. 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and His Council, that this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>HENRY SCOBEL, Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Printed at</HI> London, <HI>and re-printed at</HI> Leith, 1653.</P>
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<HEAD>An <HI>ORDINANCE</HI> declaring that the Offences herein mentio|ned, and no other, &s;hall be adjudged <HI>HIGH TREASON</HI> within the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions thereunto belonging.</HEAD>
<P>_THE Government of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions thereunto belonging, and the Supreme Legi&s;lative Authority of the &s;ame being &s;etled and e&s;tabli&s;hed to be, and re&s;ide in One Per&s;on, and the People a&s;&s;embled in Parlament (the &s;tile of which Per&s;on is alrea|dy declared to be LORD PROTECTOR of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI>) and the Exerci&s;e of the chief Magi&s;tracy and Admini&s;tration of the Government over the &s;aid Countries and Dominions, and the People thereof, to be in the <HI>Lord Protector,</HI> a&s;&s;i&s;ted with a Council, who have power, untill the meeting of the next Parlament, (which is to be the third of <HI>Sept.</HI> next) to make Laws and Ordinances for the Peace and Welfare of the&s;e Nations, where it &s;hall be nece&s;&s;ary, which &s;hall be binding and in force, untill Order &s;hall be taken in Parlament con|cerning the &s;ame; And it being a matter of greate&s;t Impor|tance to the ju&s;t Government of a People, That Crimes and Offences of highe&s;t nature, puni&s;hment and forfeiture, &s;hould be mo&s;t clearly and fully expre&s;&s;ed, and reduced into &s;uch certainty as the People might readily know them, and knowing them, might the better &s;hun and avoid the &s;ame; And by rea&s;on that the Nation of <HI>Scotland</HI> is reduced unto, and brought under this Government, which mu&s;t nece&s;&s;ari|ly occa&s;ion an alteration of &s;ome Laws formerly in force; His Highne&s;s revi&s;ing and peru&s;ing the &s;everall Laws here|tofore made in Ca&s;es of High Trea&s;on, and to the end the
<PB N="4" REF="3"> &s;ame might be brought into one Body, Doth Declare, E&s;ta|bli&s;h and Ordain, And be it E&s;tabli&s;hed and Ordained by His Highne&s;s the <HI>Lord Protector,</HI> by, and with the con|&s;ent of His Council, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hal com|pa&s;s or imagine the death of the <HI>Lord Protector</HI> for the time being; Or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall maliciou&s;ly or ad|vi&s;edly either by writing, printing, openly declaring, preaching, teaching, or otherwi&s;e, publi&s;h, That the <HI>Lord Protector,</HI> and the people in Parlament a&s;&s;embled, are not the Supreme Authority of this Commonwealth; Or that the Exerci&s;e of the chief Magi&s;tracie and Admini&s;tration of the Government over the &s;aid Countreyes and Do|minions, and the People thereof, is not in the <HI>Lord Pro|tector,</HI> a&s;&s;i&s;ted with a Council; Or that the &s;aid Authority or Government is tyrannical, u&s;urped, or unlawful; Or that there is any Parlament now in being, or that hath any Continuance, or any Law in force for continuing the Par|lament, which is hereby declared to have been ab&s;olute|ly di&s;&s;olved and determined upon the twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and three, and &s;hall be adjudged and taken &s;o to be; Or &s;hall plot, contrive or endeavour to &s;tir up or rai&s;e force again&s;t the <HI>Protector</HI> or the pre&s;ent Government, or for the &s;ubver&s;ion or alterati|on of the &s;ame, And &s;hall declare &s;uch endeavour or endea|vours by an open Deed, Then every &s;uch Offence &s;hall be taken and adjudged to be high Trea&s;on.</P>
<P>And whereas the <HI>Lord Protector</HI> and the Council, for the ju&s;t and lawfull defence of this Commonwealth, are at pre|&s;ent nece&s;&s;itated, by rea&s;on of the manifold di&s;tractions within the &s;ame, and Inva&s;ions threatned from abroad, to continue Armies and Forces in <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ire|land,</HI> which (under God) mu&s;t be the In&s;trumental means of pre&s;erving the good People of the&s;e Nations in peace and &s;afetie; Be it further Ordained and E&s;tabli&s;hed by the
<PB N="5" REF="3"> Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on (not being an Offi|cer, Souldier, or Member of the Armies or Forces) &s;hall plot, contrive or endeavour to &s;tir up any mutiny in the &s;aid Armies, or among the &s;aid Forces, or any of them; Or to withdraw any Souldiers or Officers from their obe|dience to their Superiour Officers, or from the pre&s;ent Go|vernment, as afore&s;aid; Or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;o|ever &s;hal procure, invite, aid or a&s;&s;i&s;t any Forreiners or Stran|gers to invade <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> or any the Do|minions thereunto belonging; Or &s;hall adhere unto any Forces rai&s;ed by the Enemies of this Commonwealth; Or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall plot, contrive or endeavour the betraying, &s;urrendring or yeelding up any City, Town, Fort, Mag<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">zine, Ship, Ve&s;&s;el, or Forces by Sea or Land be|longing to this Commonwealth; Or if any per&s;on or per|&s;ons &s;hall counterfeit the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> or of <HI>Scot|land,</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> for the time being, u&s;ed and appointed by Authority of Parlament, or by the <HI>Lord Protector,</HI> with the Con&s;ent of the Council; Or the Sign Manual, Privie S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">g|net, or Privie Seal of the <HI>Lord Protector</HI> for the time being; Or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall proclaim, de|clare, publi&s;h, or any way promote <HI>Charls Stuart,</HI> Elde&s;t Son to the late King, or <HI>James Stuart,</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ne other of his Sons, or any other the I&s;&s;ue or Po&s;terity of the &s;aid late King, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons claiming by, from, or under him or them, or either, or any of them, to be King or Chief Magi|&s;trate of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> or of either or any of them, or of any the Dominions to them, or either, or any of them belonging; Or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall give, keep, or hold any Intelligence what&s;oever, by Lette<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">s, M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">s, or otherwi&s;e, to or with the &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">d <HI>Charles Stu|art, James Stuart,</HI> the late Queen their Mother, or any of th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">m; Or i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall counterfeit the Money of this Commonwealth; or &s;hall bring any fal&s;e
<PB N="6" REF="4"> Money into this Land, either Counterfeit or other, like to the Money of this Common-wealth (knowing &s;uch Mo|ney to be fal&s;e) to the intent to Merchandize, or other|wi&s;e; Or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall hereafter fal&s;ly forge or Counterfeit any &s;uch kinde of Coyn, either of Gold or Silver, which is not the proper Coyn of this Common wealth, and yet is or &s;hall be current within the &s;ame; Or &s;hall bring from the parts beyond the Seas into this Common-wealth or into any the Dominions of the &s;ame, any &s;uch fal&s;e or Counterfeit Coyn of Money, being current within this Common wealth, as is above|&s;aid (knowing the &s;aid Money to be fal&s;e and Counter|feit) to the intent to utter or make payment with the &s;ame, within this Common-wealth, by Merchandize or otherwi&s;e; Or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall Impair, Dimini&s;h, Fal&s;ifie, Clip, Wa&s;h, Round, File, Scale, or ligh|ten, for wicked lucre, or gaines &s;ake, any the proper Mo|neys of this Common-wealth or of the Dominions there|of, or of the Moneys or Coyns of any other place allowed or &s;uffered to be current within this Common-wealth or the Dominions thereof; Then all and every the offences above-mentioned &s;hall be, and are hereby deemed, ordained and adjudged to be high Trea&s;on; And the Offenders therein, and their Coun&s;ellors, Procurers, Aiders, and A|betters, being Convicted according to the Laws of this Nation of any of the &s;aid Offences, &s;hall be and are hereby deemed and adjudged to be Traitors again&s;t this Common|wealth, and &s;hall &s;uffer and have &s;uch pains of death, and incurre &s;uch forfeitures, as in ca&s;e of high Trea&s;on is u&s;ed and Ordained.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That neither this Ordinance, nor any thing therein contained as touching the Moneys and Coynes afore&s;aid, nor any attainder of any per&s;on or per|&s;ons for the &s;ame, &s;hall in any wi&s;e be adjudged to make
<PB N="7" REF="4"> any corruption of blood to any the heir or heirs of any &s;uch Offender or Offendors, nor to make the wi&s;e of any &s;uch Offenders to lo&s;e or forfeit her Dower of or in any Lands Tenements, or Hereditaments, or her Title, Action, or In|tere&s;t in or to the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be Indicted or arraigned for any of the Offences before men|tioned in this Ordinance, unle&s;&s;e &s;uch Offender or Offen|dors &s;hall be indicted or pro&s;ecuted for the &s;ame within one year after the offence committed.</P>
<P>And it is la&s;tly Ordained and E&s;tabli&s;hed, That no other Matter, Fact, Crime, or Offence what&s;oever, then onely &s;uch as are herein mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed, &s;hall be deemed, taken, or adjudged to be high Trea&s;on, any Law, Sta|tute, Act, or Ordinance to the contrary in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;&s;e, and it is hereby declared to be the full purpo&s;e and true intent and meaning of this Ordi|nance, That the Laws and Statutes made in the times of the late Queen <HI>Elizabeth</HI> and of King <HI>James</HI> again&s;t the pretended Authority of the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Rome,</HI> and his See, Je&s;uits; Seminary Prie&s;ts, and Profe&s;&s;ors of the Romi&s;h Religion, &s;hould not be repealed, but &s;tand, be, and con|tinue in full force and effect in every Clau&s;e and part there|of; And therefore, If any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall attribute unto, maintain, or defend the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Rome,</HI> or his See, to have any Power, Authority, or Juri&s;diction within this Common-weath, Or if any Per&s;on hath procured, or &s;hall obtain from the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Rome</HI> or his See, any Bulls, writings or In&s;truments to ab&s;olve the People of this Common wealth from their obedience to this Govern|ment, and to reconcile them to the Authority of the &s;aid See; And hath u&s;ed, or put in ure, or &s;hall u&s;e or put in ure, any &s;uch In&s;trument, either upon or beyond the Seas,
<PB N="8" REF="5"> or in any place within this Common-wealth, Or if any per&s;on or Per&s;ons by colour of any &s;uch In&s;trument, hath or have heretofore taken, or &s;hall hereafter take upon him or them to ab&s;olve or reconcile, or to grant, or promi&s;e any &s;uch Ab&s;olution or Reconciliation; Or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall obtain or get any manner of Bull, writing, or other In&s;trument, either written or Printed, which &s;hall contain any thing, matter or Cau&s;e what&s;oever; Or &s;hall publi&s;h, or by any wayes or meanes put in ure any &s;uch Bull, writting or In&s;trument; Or if any per&s;on on per&s;ons &s;hall pretend to have Power, or &s;hall by any wayes or meanes put in practice to ab&s;olve, per&s;wade or withdraw any of the people of this Common wealth from their obe|dience to the Government e&s;tabli&s;hed in the &s;ame; Or to move any of them to promi&s;e any obedience to any pre|tended Authority of the See of <HI>Rome,</HI> or of any other Prince, State, or Potentate to be had or u&s;ed within this Commonwealth; And &s;hall do any overt Act to that in|tent or purpo&s;e; Or if any per&s;on &s;hall by any means be willingly reconciled or ab&s;olved, or withdrawn as afore|&s;aid; Or &s;hall promi&s;e any obedience to any &s;uch preten|ded Authority, Prince, State, or Potentate, as afore&s;aid; Or if any Je&s;uit, Seminary Prie&s;t, or &s;uch other Prie&s;t, Deacon, or Religious or Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall per&s;on what&s;oever being born in any pa ts within this Commonwealth, or the Dominions thereof, that hath been or &s;hall be made, ordained, or profe&s;&s;ed by any Authority or Juri&s;diction di|rived, or challenged, or pretended from the See of <HI>Rome,</HI> by, or of what Name, Title, or Degree &s;oever the &s;ame be called, or known, and &s;hall come into, be, or remain in any parts of this Commonwealth, or the Dominions thereof, That then all and every the offences above-mentioned &s;hall be and are hereby deemed and adjudged to be high Trea&s;on.</P>
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