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A41722	The government op [sic] the Common-wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging as it was publickly declared at Westminster, the 16. day of December 1653. In the presence of the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England, the Lord Major and aldermen of the City of London, divers of the judges of the land, the officers of state and army, and many other persons of quality. At which time and place his Highness Oliver, Lord Protector of the said Common-wealth, took a solemn oath for observing the same. Published by His Highness the Lord Protector's special commandment.	Scotland. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell); Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. aut	1654 (1654)	Wing G1457; ESTC R218845	12,043	21

cause Procamation thereof to be made in all the three Nations as shall be requisite And the Person that they or the major part of them shall elect as aforesaid shall be and shall be taken to be Lord Protector over these Nations of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereto belonging Provided that none of the Children of the late King nor any or his Line or Fam●ly be elected to be Lord Protector or other Chief Magistrate over these Nations or any the Dominions thereto belonging And until the aforesaid Election be past the Council shall take care of the Government and administer in all things as fully as the Lord Protector or the Lord Protector and Council are enabled to do XXXIII That OLIVER CROMWELL Captain General of the Forces of England Scotland and Ireland shall be and is hereby declared to be LORD PROTECTOR of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereto belonging for his life XXXIV That the Chancellor Keeper or Commissioners of the Great Seal the Treasurer Admiral Chief Governors of Ireland and Scotland and the Chief Justices of both the Benches shall be chosen by the approbation of Parliament and in the intervals of Parliament by the approbation of the major part of the Council to be afterwards approved by the Parliament XXXV That the Christian Religion conteined in the Scriptures be held forth and recomended as the Publick Profession of these Nations and that as soon as may be a provision less subject to scruple and contention and more certain than the present be made for the Encouragement and Maintenance of able and painful Teachers for instructing the People and for discovery and confutation of Error Heresie and whatever is contrary to sound Doctrine And that until such Provision be made the present Maintenance shall not be taken away nor impeached XXXVI That to the publick Profession held forth none shall be compelled by penalries or otherwise but that Endeavors be used to win them by sound Doctrine and the Example of a good Conversation XXXVII That such as profess Faith in God by Jesus Christ though differing in judgment from the Doctrine Worship or Discipline publickly held forth shall not be restrained from but shall be protected in the profession of the Faith and exercise of their Religion so as they abuse not this Liberty to the civil Injury of others and to the actual Disturbance of the Publick Peace on their parts Provided this Liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy nor to such as under the profession of Christ hold forth and practis●● Licentiousness 38 XXXVIII That all Laws Statutes Ordinances and Clauses in any Law Statute and Ordinance to the contrary of the aforesaid Liberty shall be esteemed as null and void XXXIX That the Acts and Ordinances of Parliament made for the Sale or other Disposition of the Lands Rents and Hereditaments of the late King Queen and Prince of Arch-Bishops and B●shops c. Deans and Chapters the Lands of Delinquents and Fo●●st Lu●ds or any of them or of any other Lands Tenements Rents and Hereditaments belonging to the Commonwealth shall no way be impeached or made invalid but shall remain good and firm And that the Securities given by Act and Ordinance of Parliament for any sum or sums of Money by any of the said Lands the Excize or by any other publick Revenue and also the Securities given by the Publick Fa●th of the Nation and the Engagement of the Publ●ck Faith for satisfaction of Debts and Damages shall remain firm and good and not be made void and invalid upon any pretence whatsoever XL. That the Articles given to or made with the Enemy and afterwards confirmed by Parliament shall be performed and made good to the persons concerned therein And that such Appeals as were depending in the last Parliament for relief concerning Bills of Sale of Delinquents Estates may be heard and determined the next Parliament Any thing in this Writing or otherwise to the contrary notwithstanding XLI That every successive Lord Protector over these Nations shall take and subscribe a Solemn Oath in the presence of the Council and such others as they shall call to them That he will seek the Peace Quiet and Welfare of these Nations cause Law and Justice to be equally administred and that he will not violate or infringe the matters and things contained in this Writing and in all other things will to his power and to the best of his understand●ng govern these Nations according to the Laws Statutes and Customs XLII That each person of the Council shall before they enter upon their Trust take and subscribe an Oath That they will be true and faithful in their Trust according to the best of their knowledge And that in the Election of every successive Lord Protector they shall proceed therein impartially and do nothing therein for any promise fear favor or reward The OATH taken by his Highness Oliver Cromwell LORD PROTECTOR WHereas the major part of the last Parliament judging that their sitting any longer as then constituted would not be for the good of this Common-wealth did dissolve the same and by a Writing under their Hands dated the 12. day of this instant December resigned unto Mee their Powers and Authorities And whereas it was necessary thereupon That some speedy course should be taken for the settlement of these Nations upon such a Basis and foundation as by the blessing of God might be lasting secure Property and answer those great Ends of Religion and Liberty so long contended for And upon full and mature Consideration had of the Form of Government hereunto annexed being satisfied that the same through Divine assistance may answer the Ends afore-mentioned And having also been desired and advised aswell by several persons of Interest and Fidelity in this Commonwealth as the Officers of the Army to take upon mee the Protection and Government of these Nations in the maner expressed in the said Form of Government I have accepted thereof and do hereby declare my Acceptance accordingly And do promise in the presence of God That I will not violate or infringe the matters and things contained therein but to my power observe the same and cause them to be observed And shal in al other things to the best of my understanding govern these Nations according to the Laws Statutes and Customs seeking their Peace and causing Justice and Law to be equally administred O. CROMWELL Oliver Cromwel Captain General of all the Forces of this Commonwealth and now delared Lord Protector thereof did this sixteenth day of December 1653. sign this Writing and solemnly promise as is therein contained in the presence of the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England who administred the same Oath and of the Lord Maior and Aldermen of the City of London divers of the Judges of the Land the Officers of State and Army and many other persons of quality

and such Parliament in maner herein exprest XXIII That the Lord Protector with the advice of the major part of the Council shall at any other time then is before exprest when the necessities of the State shall require it summon Parliaments in manner before exprest which shall not be Adjourned Prorogued or Dissolved without their own Consent during the first three Moneths of their Sitting And in case of future War with any Forreign State a Parliament shall be forthwith Summoned for their Advice concerning the same XXIV That all Bills agreed unto by the Parliament shall be presented to the Lord Protector for his consent and in case he shall not give his consent thereto within Twenty dayes after they shall be presented to him or give satisfaction to the Parliament within the time limited That then upon Declaration of the Parliament That the Lord Protector hath not consented nor given Satisfaction such Bills shall pass into and become Laws although he shall not give his consent thereunto provided such Bills contein nothing in them contrary to the matters conteined in these Presents XXV That Philip Lord Viscount Lisle Charles Fleetwood Esquire John Lambert Esquire Sir Gilbert Pickering Baronet Sir Charles Wolseley Baronet Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper Baronet Edward Montagu Esquire John Disborow Esquire Walter Strickland Esquire Henry Lawrence Esquire William Sydenham Esquire Philip Jones Esquire Richard Major Esquire Francis Rous Phil. Skippon Esquires or any seven of them shall be a Council for the purposes exprest in this Writing and upon the death or other removal of any of them the Parliament shall nominate six persons of Ability Integrity and fearing God for every one that is dead or removed out of which the major part of the Council shall elect two and present them to the Lord Protector of which he shall elect one And in case the Parliament shall not nominate within Twenty dayes after notice given unto them thereof the major part of the Council of shall nominate three as aforesaid to the Lord Protector who out of them shall supply the vacancy And untill this Choice be made the remaining part of the Council shall execute as fully in all things as if their number were full And in case of corruption or other mis-carriage in any of the Council in their Trust the Parliament shall appoint seven of their numbers and the Council six who together with the Lord Chancellor Lord Keeper or Commissioners of the Great Seal for the time being shall have power to hear and determin LAM such corruption and mis-carriage and to award and inflict punishment as the nature of the Offence shall deserve which punishment shall not be pardoned or remitted by the Lord Protector And in the interval of Parliaments the major part of the Council with the consent of the Lord Protector may for Corrupt on or other mis-carriage as aforesaid suspend any of their number from the exercise of their Trust if they shall finde it just untill the matter shall be heard and examined as aforesaid XXVI That the Lord Protector and the major part of the Council aforesaid may at any time before the meeting of the next Parliament add to the Council such persons as they shall think fit provided the number of the Council be not made thereby to exceed One and twenty and the Quorum to be prop●rtioned accordingly by the Lord Protector and the major part of the Council XXVII That a constant yearly Revenue shal be raised setled and establisht for maintaining of Ten thousand Horse and Dragoons and Twenty thousand Foot in England Scotland and Ireland for the Defence and Security thereof and also for a convenient number of Ships for guarding of the Seas besides Two hundred thousand pounds per annum for defraying the other necessary Charges for administration of Justice and other Expences of the Government Which Revenue shall be raised by the Customs and such other ways and means as shall be agreed upon by the Lord Protector and Council and shall not be taken away or diminisht nor the way agreed upon for raising the same altered but by the consent of the Lord Protector and the Parliament XXVIII That the said yearly Revenue shall be paid into the publ●ck Treasury and shall be issued out for the Uses aforesaid XXIX That in case there shall not be cause hereafter to keep up so great a Defence at Land or Sea but that there be an abatement made thereof the Money which w●ll be saved thereby shall remain in bank for the Publick Service and not be employed to any other use but by consent of Parliament or in the intervals of Parliament by the Lord Protector and major part of the Council XXX That the raising of Money for defraying the Charge of present extraordinary Forces both at Land and Sea in respect of the present Wars shall be by consent in Parliament and not otherwise save onely that the Lord Protector with the consent of the major part of the Councill for preventing the Disorders and Dangers which may otherwise fall out both at Sea and Land shall have power untill the meeting of the first Parliament to raise Money for the purposes aforesaid and also to make Laws and Ordinances for the Peace and Welfare of these Nations where it shall be necessary which shall be binding and in force untill Order shall be taken in Parliament concerning the same XXXI That the Lands Tenements Rents Royalties Jurisdictions and Hereditaments which remain yet unfold or undisposed of by Act or Ordinance of Parliament belonging to the Commonwealth except the Forests and Chases and the Honors and Manors belonging to the same the Lands of the Rebels in Ireland lying in the four Counties of Dublin Cork Kildare and Katerlaugh the Lands forfeited by the People of Scotland in the late Wars and also the Lands of Papists and Delinquents in England who have not yet compounded shall be vested in the Lord Protector To hold to him and his Successors Lord Protectors of these Nations and shall not be aliened but by consent in Parliament And all Debts Fines Issues Amerciaments Penalties and Profits certain and casual due to the Keepers of the Liberties of England by Authority of Parliament shall be due to the Lord Protector and be payable into his Publick Receipt and shall be recovered and prosecuted in his Name XXXII That the Office of the Lord Protector over these Nations shall be Elective and not Hereditary and upon the death of the Lord Protector an other fit Person shall be forthwith elected to succeed Him in the Government which Election shall be by the Council who immediatly upon the death of the Lord Protector shall assemble in the Chamber where they usually fit in Council and having given notice to all their number of the cause of their assembling shall being thirteen at least present proceed to the Election and before they depart out of the said Chamber shall elect a fit Person to succeed in the Government and forthwith