highnesse succession to the first sonne of your body betwene your highnes and your saide lawefull wyfe quene Iane begoten to the heires of the body of the same firste son laufully begoten And for defaute of such heires than to the seconde sonne of your body and of the body of the said Quene Iane begoten and to the heires of the body of the same seconde sonne laufully begoten as aforesaid and so to euery sonne of your body and of the body of the said quene Iane begoten and to the heires of the body of euery such son begoten according to the course of inheritaunce in that behalfe ¶ And if it shall happen your saide moste dere and entierly beloued wife quene Iane to decease without issue male of the body of your highnes to be begoten which god defende then the same imperial crowne and all other the premisses to be to your maiestie as is afore said and to the sonne and heire male of your body laufully begotten by any other laufull wife and to the heires of the body of the same sonne heire male laufully begoten And for defaute of such issue than to your second sonne of your bodye laufully begoten and to the heyres of the body of the same second sonne laufully begoten and so from sonne and heire male to sonne and heire male to the heires of the seuerall bodies of euery such sonne and heire male laufully begoten according to the course of inheritaunce in like maner and fourme as is aboue said ¶ And for defaute of such sonnes of your body lawfully begotten and of the heires of the seuerall bodies of euery such sonne laufully begoten that thenne the saide imperiall crowne and other the premisses shall be to the issue female betwene your maiestie and your saide moste dere and entyerly beloued wyfe Queene Iane begoten And for lacke of suche issue than to the heires females of your body laufully begotten by any other lawfull wyfe that is to saye Firste to the eldeste issue female and to the heyres of her bodie laufully begotten and so from issue female to issue female and to their heires of their bodies one after an other by course of inheritaunce according to their ages as the crowne of Englande hath ben accustomed and ought to succede and go in case when there is heire female inheritable to the same ¶ And for as moche as it standeth at this present time in the only pleasure and wyll of almighty god whether your maiestie shal haue heires begoten and procreated betwene your highnes and your said most dere and entierly beloued wyfe quene Iane orelles any laufull heires and issues hereafter of your owne body begoten by any other laufull wife and if such heires shuld fayle as god defende and no prouision made in your life who shulde rule and gouerne this realme for lacke of such heires that then this realme after your transitorie lyfe shall be destitute of a laufull gouernour Or elles parcase encombred with suche a personne that wolde couet to aspire to the same whome the subiectes of this realme shall not fynde in their hartes to loue drede and obediently serue as their soueraigne lorde And if your grace afore it maye be certaynely knowen whether ye shall haue heires or no shulde sodaynely name and declare any person or persones to succede after your decease and for lacke of heyres of your body lawefully begotten into the royall estate of the imperiall crowne of this realme thanne it is to be doubted that such person that shulde be so named mought happen to take great harte and courage and by presumption fal to inobedience rebellion by occasion of which premisses greate diuision and discention maye be and is very likely to arise and springe in this realme to the greate peryl and distruction of vs your moste humble and obedyent subiectes and of all oure posterities if remedie for the same shuld not be prouided For reformation and remedie wherof we your moste bounden and louynge subiectes most obediently knowleginge that your maiestie most victoriously prudently poâ—kely and indifferently hath maynteyned defended gouerned and ruled this realme in good peace rest quietnes obedience during all the time of your moste gratious reigne which we most hartely desire moughte continue for euer puttinge all oure hole truste and confydence in youre highenes and nothinge doubtynge but that your maiestie if ye shoulde faylle heyres of your body laufully begotten which god defend for the harty loue and feruent affection that ye beare to this realme and for auoydinge all the occasions of diuision afore rehersed so ernestly mindeth the welth of the same that ye can best and moste prudently prouide suche a gouernour for vs and this your realme as shall and will succede and folowe in the iuste and right trade of all your procedinges and maynteyne kepe and defende the same and all the lawes and ordinaunces establisshed in your most gratious tyme for the welth of this realme which al we desire wherby we your saide moste louinge and obedient subiectes and our heires and successours shal and may liue as nere as may be in as good peace vnitie obedience after your decesse as we haue liued in the time of your most gratious reigne â—o therfore most humbly beseche your highnes that it may be enacted for auoyding of all ambiguities doubtes deuisions and occasions in that behalfe by your moste royall maiestie by the assente of vs the lordes spiritual and temporall and the coÌ„mons in this your present parliament assembled and by auctoritie of the same that your highnes shal haue full and plenar power and auctoritie to giue dispose appoynte assigne declare and limitte by your letters patentes vnder your great seale or elles by your laste wyll made in writinge and assigned with your most gratious hand at your onely pleasure from time to time hereafter the imperial crowne of this realme and all other the premisses thervnto belonginge to be remaine succede and come after your decease and for lacke of laweful heyres of your body to be procreated and begotten as is afore limitted by this acte to such person or persons in possession and remaynder as shal please your highnes accordyng to such astate Letters pateâ— and after such maner fourme facion order and condicion as shal be expressed declared named and limitted in your said letters patentes or by your said laste wyll And we your moste humble and obedient subiectes do faithfully promise to your maiestie by one coÌ„mon assent that after your deceasse for lacke of heires of your body laufully begotten as is afore rehersed we our heires and successours shall accepte and take loue drede serue and alonely obey such person and persons males or females as your maiestie shal giue your said imperial crown vnto by auctoritie of this act and to none other and holly to sticke to them as true and faithfull subiectes ought to do to their regall rulers gouernours and supreme
or persons craftely ymagine inuente or attempt by colour of any pretence to depriue the kinges highnes the quene or the heires of their bodies begotten or any other the heires of the kinges body laufully begotten or any person or persons to whom the kinges highnes shall dispose giue and limit the crowne of this realme by auctoritie of this acte of any of their titles stiles names degrees or royal estates or regall power Or if any person or persons at any time hereafter being required or cōmaunded by the kinges highnes or by such person or persons as shal be auctorised by his grace or his laufull heires to make or take an othe to answere to such questions and interrogatories as shal be obiected to them vpon any clause article sentence or worde conteined in this acte do contemptuously or vtterly refuse to make or take such oth or without frustratorie delay do not make or take the same oth or after the making or taking such othe do contemptuously refuse directly to answere to such questions and interrogatories as shall be obiected concerninge the same or any part therof that then euery such person and persones of what astate degree or condition so euer he or they be and their aydours counsayllours maynteynours and abettours and euery of them for euery such offence afore declared Treason shal be adiudged highe traytours And that euery such offence afore especified shal be adiudged high treason and the offendours therin and their aidours counsailours mainteinours and abettours and euery of them beinge laufully conuict of any such offence by presentment verdite confession or processe according to the custom lawes of this realme shal suffre peynes of deathe as in cases of high treason And that also euery such offendour being conuicte as is aforesaid shal lose and forfaite to your highnes and to your heires or successours kynges or regal rulers of this realme all such manours landes tenementes rentes annuities and hereditamentes which they had in possession as owners or were sole seased of by or in any right title or meanes or any other persō or persōs had to their vse of any estate of enheritance at the day of such treasons offences by them committed and done And shal also lose forfaite to your highnes and your said heires as well all maner suche estates of freeholde and interest for yeres of landes and rentes as all other goodes cattalles dettes which they had at the time of their conuiction or atteinder of any such offence Sauynge alway to euery such person and persons and bodies politike to their heires assignes and successours and to the heires and successours of euery of them other then such persons as shall be so conuicte or atteinted and their heires and successours and all other clayminge to their vses all suche righte title vse interest possession condition rentes fees offices annuities and commens which they or any of them shall haue in or vpon any such manours landes tenementes rentes annuities or hereditamentes that shall so happen to be lost and forfaite by reason of any conuiction or atteynder for any the treasons offences aboue rehersed at any time before the said treasons and offences committed ¶ Be it also enacted by auctoritie aforsaid that no person or persōs offending in any the treasons conteined and limitted by this act or in any other treasons shal in any wise haue and inioy the priuilege or immunitie of any maner sainctuarie within this realme or els where within any the kinges dominiōs but shal vtterly lose and be excluded of the same any vse grant Sainctuary custome prescription confirmation or any other thinge or thinges to the contrary hereof in any wise not withstandinge ¶ And be it also enacted by auctoritie aforesaid that if your maiestie shall happen to deceasse before any such your issue and heire male of your body which shuld inherite the crowne of this realme shal be of his age of .xviii. yeres or before that suche your issue and heire female whiche shulde inherite the crowne of this realme shal be maried or be of the age of .xvi. yeres whiche almyghty god defend that than the said issue and heire male to the crowne so beinge within the age of .xviii. yeres or your said issue and heire female to the crowne so beinge vnmaried or within the said age of .xvi. yeres shall be and remayne vntyll suche time as such issues and heyres shall come to their said seuerall ages afore limitted at and in the gouernance of their naturall mother and of suche other your counsaylours and nobles of your realme as your highnes shall limitte and appoynt by your laste wyll made in writynge sygned with your mooste gracyous hande yf it shall be thought by your highnes moste conuenyent soo to be or elles the sayd yssues and heyres shall be at and in the gouernaunce of suche of your counsaylours and nobles of youre realme as your maiestie shall name and appoynt by your last wyll made in writynge and signed with your most gracyous hande as is aforesaide And if any person or persons by wrytynge Treason printing or exterior dede or act directly or indirectly procure or do or cause to be procured or done any thinge or thinges to the lette or distourbance of the same that than euery such offence shall be high treason and the offendours beinge therof conuicted shall suffre such peynes of deathe and losse of inheritaunce priuileges of sainctuaries freeholdes interestes for yeres goodes cattalles and dettes in such maner and fourme as is aboue specified in cases of treason afore mencioned ¶ AND for the more sure establishment of the successiō of your most roiall maiestie accordinge to the tenour and fourme of this acte Be it further enacted by auctorytie aforesayde that as welle all the nobles of your realme spirituall and temporall as all other your subiectes nowe liuing and beinge or that hereafter shall be at their full ages by the commaundement of your maiestie or of your heires or successours Othe at al times hereafter from time to time whā it shal please your highnes or your heires or successours to apoynt shal make a corporal othe in the presence of your highnes or your heires or successours or before such other as your maiestie or your heires or successours will assigne for the same for the kepinge obseruing defending auowynge and maynteynynge of this acte and of all thinges that shall be done by your hyghnes by auctoritie therof accordinge to the tenour of an othe hereafter ensuinge That is to say Ye shal swere to beare faith truthe and obedience all onely to the kinges maiestie supreme heed in erthe vnder god of the churche of Englande durynge his lyfe and to his heires of his body of his most diere and entierly beloued lauful wife quene Iane begoten and to be begoten and procreated And further to the heires of our said soueraigne lorde according to the limittation in the statute made for
to endure and continue vntyll the last daye of the nexte parliament And where also in the said session of the sayd parliament one other acte was made for the restraint of carieng and conueyinge of horses and mares out of this realme Horses and mareâ— whiche acte was also made to continue and endure to the last daye of the nexte parlyament as by the said two seueral actes more plainly appereth And where also at the sayde parliament continued and proroged vnto the thyrde day of Nouembre in the .xxvi. yere of the reygne of our sayde soueraygne lorde it was then in that session of the sayd parliament welshemen an other acte made and establyshed for punyshement of welshemen attemptynge assaultes or affrayes vpon any the inhabitauntes of Hereforde Gloucestre Shropshyre whiche acte was also made to endure vnto the last day of the next parlyament as by the sayde acte more plainely appereth And where also in the sayd parlyament contynued and proroged vnto the .xv. daye of Ianuary in the .xxv yere of our sayde soueraigne lord it was then in that session of the sayd parlyament one other acte made and establyshed for punishement of the vyce of buggery declarynge suche offence to be felony Buggery whyche acte was than also made to endure to the last daye of the next parlyament as by the sayde acte more plainely appereth For as moche as the sayde .iiii. seueral actes be beneficiall and profitable for the common weale of this realme Be it therfore enacted by auctoritie of this present parliament that the said .iiii. actes and euery of them and al clauses articles and prouisions therin conteined shall from hensforth be obserued and kept and continue and endure vnto the last day of the nexte parlyament ¶ An acte for the establyshement of the succession of the imperiall crowne of this realme Capi. vii IN their most humble wyse shewen to your moste royal maiestie the lordes spiritual and â—mporal and al other your louynge and obedyente subiectes the commons in this your most high court of parliament assembled that where in your laste parliament begonne and holden at London the thirde daye of Nouembre in the .xxi. yere of your mooste gracious reygne and from thens adiorned to WestmÌ„ and there holden and contynued by dyuers and sundry prorogations vnto the .xv. daye of Ianuary in the xxv yere of your mooste noble reygne and than there holden It was made and ordeyned an acte concernynge amonges many thynges as wel for ratification and confyrmation of your maryage Lady Anne Boleine than hadde and solempnysed betwene your hyghnes and the late lady Anne Boleyne Marques of Pembroke as for the lymittation of the successioÌ„ of your imperial crowne of this realme to the issue of your body begoten to be begoten of the body of the sayde ladye Anne with diuers remaynder ouer for defaute of suche issue as in the said acte playnely particularly more at large is expressed and mencioned Othe And where also by the sayde acte it was ordeyned and establysshed that all and syngular your subiectes shuld take a corporal othe for the fulfyllynge maynteynynge and defendynge the hole effectes and contentes of the sayde acte And it was further ordeyned by the sayde acte amonges other thinges that if any person or personnes subiecte or resiant within this realme or within any your gracis dominions after the fyrst daye of Maye than nexte ensuynge by wrytynge prynte dede or acte procured or dyd or caused to be procured or done any thyng or thynges to the preiudice sclander dysturbance or derogation of the sayd matrymony solemnised bitwen your maiestie and the sayd lady Anne or to the peryl sclaunder or disherison of any the issues and heyres of your hyghnesse beynge lymytted by the same acte to inherite to be inheritable to the crowne of this realme wherby any suche issues or heires of your hyghnes myghte be destroyed disturbed or interrupted in bodye or title of inheritance to the crowne of this realme as to them is lymytted in the same acte that than euery suche person and personnes and theyr aydours counsaylours maynteynours and abbettours and euery of them for euery suche offence shoulde be adiudged hyghe traytours and that euery suche offence shuld be adiuged high treason And the offendours and their aydours counsaylours maynteynours and abettours and euery of them beynge lawefully conuycte of suche offence by presentment verdicte confession or processe according to the customes and lawes of this realme shulde suffre peynes of death as in cases of hyghe treason as in the said acte amonges many other articles clauses and prouisions is more at large mencioned and specified ¶ AND also in the sayd parlyamente holden at Westmynster by prorogation in the thyrde daye of Nouembre in the .xxvi. yere of your mooste noble reygne an other acte was made for declaration and ratification of the sayd othe whiche dyuers of your subiectes then hadde taken and all your subiectes after that were bounde to take for due obseruation of the sayd acte of the sayde Succession Succession as by the same acte amonges other thinges is also specified and expressed And all be it moste dradde soueraygne lorde that the sayde actes were thenne made as it was then thoughte by your maiestie nobles and commons vpon a pure perfite and clere foundation thinkynge the sayde mariage then had betwene your highnes and the sayd lady Anne in theyr consciences to haue ben pure sincere perfite and good and so was reputed accepted and taken in the realme tyll nowe of late that god of his infinite goodnes frome whom noo secrete thynges canne be hydde hath caused to be broughte to lyghte euidente and open knowledge as well certayne iuste trewe and lawefulle impedimentes vnknowen at the makynge of the sayde actes and sithen that time confessed by the sayde ladye Anne before the mooste reuerende father in god Thomas Archebysshoppe of Canturburye Metropolytane and prymate of all Englande syttynge iudicially for the same by the which plainely appereth that the said mariage betwene your grace and the said lady Anne was neuer good nor coÌ„soâ—ante to the lawes but vtterly voyde and of none effecte By reasoÌ„ wherof your highnes was is laufully deuorced and seperated from the boÌ„des of â—e said mariage in the lyfe of the said ladye Anne And this not withstanding moste gracious soueraine lord the lady Elisabeth your doughter beinge borne vnder the said vnlaufull mariage by vertue and auctoritie of the acte of your successioÌ„ aboue remeÌ„bred for lacke of heires males of your body shuld immediately succede as your lauful heire in the most roial estate of your imperiall crowne of this realme gainst all honour equitie reason and good conscience if remedy shuld not be prouided for the same And ouer this most dradsouerayne lorde al be it that your maiestie not knowing of any lauful impedimeÌ„tes entered into the bondes of the said vnlauful mariage auanced the same lady Anne to
mariage made solemnised betwene your highnes and the said lady Katherine shal be takē demed and accepted illegittimate to all intentes and pourposes and shal be vtterly forclosed excluded and barred to claime chalenge or demaunde any inherytaunce as laufull heyre to your highnesse by liniall dissent ¶ And also for as moche as the mariage solempnised betwene your highnes and the said late quene Anne vpō true and iuste causes was and is demed and adiudged by the said most reuerende father to be of noo value ne effecte and a deuorce seperation therof hadde and made by the due order and processe of the lawes of the churche of Englande before the said reuerende father Be it therfore enacted by the auctoritie of this present parliamēt that the same mariage betwene your highnes the said late quene Anne shall be taken reputed demed and adiudged to be of no force strength vertue nor effecte that the separation and deuorce therof had by the sentēce and iudgement of the said most reuerende father shal be good effectuall and soo here after shall be taken and reputed for euer by al your subiectes theyr heires and successours And that none appeale repeale reuocation or adnullation therof or any part of the same shall here after be hadde taken allowed or admitted in any behalfe And that all the issues and childrene borne and procreated vnder the same mariage betwene your highnesse and the said late quene Anne shall be taken reputed and accepted to be illegittimate to al intentes and purposes and vtterly forclosed excluded and barred to clayme challenge or demaunde any inheritaunce as laufull heyre or heyres to your hyghnes by lyniall discent the sayd former acte made in the last parlyament for the stablyshement of your succession or any thing therin contiyned or any other thinge or thinges to the contrarye therof in any wyse not withstandynge Degrees of mariage prohybyted by goddes lawes ¶ And further more syns many inconueniences haue fallen as wel within this realme as in others by reason of marieng within the degrees of mariage prohibited by goddes lawes that is to say the sonne to marye the mother or the stepmother carnally knowen by his father the brother the sister the father his sonnes daughter or his daughters daughter or the sonne to marye the daugher of his father procreate and borne by his stepmother or the son to mary his aunte being his fathers or mothers sister or to mary his vncles wife carnally knowen by his vncle or the father to mary his sōnes wyfe carnally knowen by his son or the brother to marye his brothers wyfe carnally knowen by his brother or any man maryed carnally knowinge his wyfe to marye his wyfes daughter or his wifes sonnes daughter or his wyfes daughters daughter or his wyfes syster ¶ And further to dilate and declare the meaning of these prohibitions It is to be vnderstand that if it chaunce any man to knowe carnally any woman Prohibitiōs of mariage that then all and singuler personnes beinge in any degree of consanguynitie or affinitie as aboue wrytten to any of the parties so carnally offendinge shall be demed and adiudged to be within the cases and limittes of the said prohbiitions of maryage All whiche mariages all be it they be playnely prohibite detested by the lawes of god yet neuertheles at some times they haue proceded vnder colours of dispensations by mans power which is but vsurped and of right oughte not to be graunted admitted ne allowed For no man of what estate degree or condition so euer he be hath power to dispence with goddes lawes as all the clergye of this realme in the said conuocations and the moste parte of all the vniuersyties of chrystendome and we also do affyrme and thynke ¶ BEIT therfore enacted by auctorytie afore sayde accordynge as it is declared and conteined in the said acte made in the last parliament for the establishement of your succession that no person or persons subiectes or resyauntes of this realme or in any your dominions of what estate degree or dignitie so euer they be shal from henseforth mary within the degrees afore rehersed what pretence so euer shall be made to the contrary therof And in case any person or persons of what estate dignitie degree or condition so euer they be hath bene heretofore maryed within this realme or in any other the kynges dominions within any the degrees aboue rehersed and by any the archebishoppes or ministers of the church of England be separate from the bondes of such vnlaufull mariages that then euery suche seperation shal be good laufull fyrme and permanent for euer not by any power auctoritie or meanes to be reuoked or vndone hereafter And that the children proceding or procreate vnder such vnlauful maryage shal not be lauful ne legitimate any foreyn lawes lycences dispēsations or other thing or thinges to the contrary therof not withstandinge And that in case there be any person or persons within this realme or in any the kinges dominions al redy maried within any of the said degrees aboue specified and not yet seperate from the bondes of such vnlaufull mariage that then euery suche person so vnlaufully maried shal be seperate by the diffinitiue sentence and iugement of the archebishops bishops and other ministers of the churche of Englande and in other your dominions within the limittes of their iurisdictions auctorities and by none other power or auctoritie And that all sentences and iugementes giuen and to be giuē by any archebishop bishop or other minister of the church of Englande or in any other the kinges dominions within the limittes of their iurisdictions and auctoritie shall be diffinitiue firme good and effectuall to all intentes and be obserued and obeyed without suing any prouocations appeles prohibitions or other processe from or to the courte of Rome to the derogation therof or contrary to the acte made sithen the beginninge of the last parliament for restrainte of such prouocations appeles prohibitions and other processes ¶ And also be it enacted by auctoritie afore said that all the issue hereafter to be had and procreate betwene your highnes and your said most dere and entierly beloued laufull wyfe Quene Iane shall be your laufull children heires and be inheritable and inherite accordinge to the course of inheritaunce and lawes of this realme the imperiall crowne of the same with all dignities honours preeminences prerogatiues auctorities and iurisdictions to the same annexed or belonging in as large ample maner as your highnes at this present time hath the same as king of this realme the inheritaunce therof to be and remayne to your said children and right heyres in maner and fourme as here after shal be declared That is to say ¶ First the said imperiall crowne and other the premisses shal be to youre maiestie and to your heires of your body laufully begoten that is to say Establisshement of the kynges
heades ¶ And for sure corroboration therof be it further enacted by auctoritie afore saide that such person and persones as to whome it shall please your maiestie to dispose limitte and assigne your said crowne and other the premisses therto apperteininge by your letters patentes or by your laste wyll as is aforesaide shall haue and enioye the same after your decease and for lacke of heires of your bodie lawfully begotten according to suche astate and after such maner fourme facion order and condition as shal be therof expressed mentioned and conteyned in your said letters patentes or in your said last will in as large and ample maner as if such person and persons had be your laufull heires to the imperiall crowne of this realme and as if the same crowne of this realme had be giuen and limitted to them plainely and particularly by special names and sufficient termes and wordes by the full and immediate auctoritie of this your most high court of parliament ¶ And it is further enacted by auctoritie aforesaid that if any of your heyres or children hereafter doo vsurpe the one of them vppon the other in the crowne of this realme or clayme or chalenge your said imperiall crowne in any other fourme or degree of discente or succession then is afore lymytted by this act Or if any person or persons to whom it shal please your highnes of your mooste excellent goodnes by auctoritie of this acte to giue and dispose your said crowne and dignitie of this realme or the heires of any of them do at any time hereafter demaunde chalenge or clayme your saide crowne of this realme other wyse or in any other course fourme degree or condition then the same shall be giuen disposed and limitted vnto them by your highnes by vertue and auctoritie of this acte Or if any such persone or persones to whom your maiestie shal hereafter giue or dispose your said crowne by auctoritie of this acte or any of their heires do interrupte or let any of the heires of your maiestie that is or shal be begoten borne procreated vnder your laufull pure sincere and vndouted mariage nowe had and solempnised betwene your highnes and your said moste dere and entierly beloued wife quene Iane or any other your laufull heyres here after to be begoten of your body by any other laufull mariage peasably quietly to kepe haue and enioye the saide imperiall crowne and other the premysses by course of inheritaunce according to the limitation therof expressed and declared by this acte that then all singular the offendours in any of the premisses contrary to this acte Treason all their abbetours mainteinours fautours counsaylours and aydours therin shal be demed and adiudged high traytours to the realme And that euery such offence shall be accepted reputed and taken to be high treason and the offendours therin their aidours maynteinours fautours consaylours and abettours and euery of them for euery such offence shal suffre such iudgement and peines of death losses forfaitures of landes goodes and priuileges of sainctuary as in any cases of highe treason And ouer that as well your sayde heires and children as euery such person and persons to whom your highnesse shall limitte youre said crowne in fourme as is aforesaide and euery of theyr heyres for euery suche offence aboue specified by them or any of them to be committed shal lose and forfaite as well all suche righte title and intereste that they maye clayme or challenge in or to the crowne of this realme as heires by discent 〈◊〉 by reason of any gifte or act that shal be done by your highnes for his or their aduauncement by auctoritie of this acte or other wyse by any maner of meanes or pretence what so euer it be ¶ And be it further enacted by auctoritie aforesaide that if any person or persons of what astate degree dignitie or condition so euer they be at any 〈◊〉 hereafter by wordes writinge imprintinge or by any exterior acte or dede maliciously or willingly procure or do or cause to be procured or done directly or indirectly any thinge or thinges to the perill of your moste royall person or to the perill of the person of any your heires or successours haâ—…ng the royall estate of the crowne of this realme or maliciously or wyllingly giue occasion by wordes writing print deede or acte wherby youre highnes or any your saide heires or successours hauyng the royall estate of the crown of this realme might be disturbed or interrupted of the crown of this realme Or by wordes writing print dede or act procure or do or cause to be procured or done any thing or thinges to or for the interruptioÌ„ repele or adnullation of this acte or of any thing therin conteined or of any thing that shall be done by your highnes in the limittation and dispotion of your crowne by auctoritie of the same Or by wordes writing print dede or act procure or cause to be procured or done any thing or thinges to the preiudice sclander disturbance or derogation of the said laufull matrimony solempâ—…ised betwene your maiestie and the said quene Iane or any other your lauful wife or wiues hereafter by your highnes to be taken Or to the peril sclander or disherison of any of the issues and heires of your highnes being lymitted by this acte to enherite and to be inheritable to the crown of this realme in such forme as is aforesaid Or to the interruption or disherison of any such person or persons to whom your highnes shal assigne and dispose your said imperiall crowne by auctoritie of this act as is afore remembred wherby any such issues or heires of your highnes or such other persoÌ„ or ê‘soÌ„s might be distroied disturbed or interrupted in fame body or title of the inheritance to the crowne of this realme as to them is limitted in this act informe aboue rehersed or as to them shal be limitted and assigned by your highnes by vertue auctoritie of this acte Or if any person or persons by wordes writinge imprinting or any other exteriour acte directly or indirectly accepte or take iudge or beleue any of the mariages had solempnised betwene the kinges highnes and the said lady Katharine or betwene the kinges highnesse and the said late quene Anne to be good lauful or of any effect Or by wordes writing printinge or any other exterior acte directly or indirectly sclander interrupte empeche gaynsaye or impugne the lawefull iudgementes and sentences of the said most reuerende father in god Thomas archebishop of Canturbury and primate of all England for and concerning the deuorces and separations of the saide vnlaufull maryages or any of them Or by wordes writinge print or any other exterior acte directly or indirectly take accepte name or cal by any pretence any of the children borne and procreated vnder any of the saide vnlauful mariages to be legittimate and lauful children of your maiesty Or if any person