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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

THE GOVERNMENT OP 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 Highnes 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 Printed at London and re-printed at Leith Anno Dom. 1654. The Government of the Commonwealth of ENGLAND SCOTLAND and IRELAND I. THat the Supreme Legislative Authority of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereto belonging shall be and reside in One Person and the People assembled in Parliament The Stile of which Person shall be LORD PROTECTOR of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland II. That the Exercise of the chief Magistracie and Administration of the Government over the said Countries and Dommions and the People thereof shall be in the Lord PROTECTOR assisted with a Council the Number whereof shal not exceed Twenty one nor be less than Thirteen III. That all Writs Processes Commissions Patents Grants and other things which now run in the Name and Style of th● Keepers of the Liberty of England by Authority of Parliament shall run in the Name and Style of the Lord PROTECTOR from whom for the future shall be derived all Magistracie and Honors in these three Nations and shall have the power of Pardons except in case of Murder and Treason and benefit of all forfeitures for the publick use And shall govern the said Countries and Dominions in all things by the Advice of the Council and according to these Presents and the Laws IV. That the Lord PROTECTOR the Parliament sitting shall dispose and order the Militia and Forces both by Sea and Land for the peace and good of the three Nations by Consent of Parliament And that the Lord PROTECTOR with the Advice and Consent of the major part of the Councill shall dispose and order the Militia for the ends aforesaid in the Intervals of Parliament V. That the Lord PROTECTOR by the Advice aforesaid shal direct in all things concerning the keeping and holding of a good Correspondencie with forreign Kings Princes and States and also with the Consent of the major part of the Council have the power of War and Peace VI. That the Laws shall not be altered suspended abrogated or repealed nor any new Law made nor any Tax Charge or Imposition laid upon the People but by common consent in Parliament save only as ●s expressed in the 30. A ticle VII That there shall be a Parliament summoned to meet at W●●tminst●r upon the third day of September one thousand six hundred fifty four and that successively a Parliament shal be summoned once in every third year to be accompted from the dissolution of the preceding Parliament VIII That neither the Parliament to be next summoned nor any successive Parliaments shall during the time of five Moneths to be accompted from the day of their first meeting be adjourned prorogned or dissolved without their own Consent IX That as well the next as all other successive Parliaments shall be summoned and elected in manner hereafter exprest That is to say The Persons to be chosen within England Wales the Isles of Jers●y and Guernsey and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed to sit and serve●h Parliament shall be and not exceed the Number of Four hundred Th● Persons to be chosen within Scotland to sit and serve in P●●liament shall be and not exceed the Number of Th●rty And th● P●rsons to be chosen to sit in Parliament for Ireland shall be and not exceed the number of thirty X. That the Persons to be elected to sit in Parliament from time to time for the several Counties of England Wales the Isles of Jer●ey and Guernsey and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed and all places w●thin the same respectively shall be according to the proportions and numbers hereafter exprest That is to say For the Countie of Bedford six viz. For the Town of Bedford one For the Countie of Bedford five For the Countie of Berks seven viz. For the Borough of Abingdon one For the Borough of Reading one For the Countie of Berks five For the Countie of Bucks eight viz. For the Town of Buckingham one For the Borough of Alisburie one For the Borough of Wiccomb one For the Countie of Bucks five For the Countie of Cambridge and Isle of Ely eight viz. for the Town of Cambridge one for the Vniversity of Cambridge one for the Isle of Ely two for the County of Cambridge four For the County of Chester Five viz. for the City of Chester one for the County of Chester four For the County of Cornwel Twelve viz. for the Borough of Dunishwet otherwise Launceston one for the Borough of Truro one for the Borough of Penryn one for the Boroughs of Eastlow and Westlow one for the County of Cornwal eight For the County of Cumberland Three viz. for the City of Carlisle one for the County of Cumberland two For the County of Derby Five viz. for the Town of Derby one for the County of Derby four For the County of Devon Twenty viz. for the City of Excester two for the Borough of Plymouth two for the Borough of Dartmouth Clifton and Hardness one for the Borough of Totness one for the Borough of Barnstable one for the Borough of Tiverton one for the Borough of Honyton one for the County of Devon eleven For the County of Dorset Ten viz. for the Borough of Dorchester one for the Borough of Weymouth and Melcomb-Regis one for the Burough of Lyme-Regis one for the Town and County of Pool one for the County of Dorset six For the County of Durham Three viz. for the City of Durham one for the County of Durham two For the County of York Twenty two viz. for the City of York two for the Town of Kingston upon Hull one for the Borough of Beverley one for the Borough of Scarborough one for the Burough of Richmond one for the Town of Leeds one for the Town and Parish of Hallifax one for the County of York fourteen to be chosen distinctly by the three Ridings That is to say for the West riding six for the East riding four for the North riding four For the County of Essex Sixteen viz. for the Burough of Maldon one for the Borough of Colchester two for the County of Essex thirteen For the County of Gloucester and County of the City of Gloucester Nine viz. for the City of Gloucester two for the Brough of Tewksberry one for the Borough of Cirencester one for the County and the County of the City of Gloucester except the said City five For the

County of Hereford Six viz. for the City of Hereford one for the Borough of Leompster one for the County of Hereford four For the County of Hartford Seven viz. for the Town of St. Alban one for the Borough of Hartford one for the Countie of Hartford five For the Countie of Huntingdon four viz. for the Borough of Huntingdon one for the County of Huntingdon three For the County of Kent Eighteen viz. for the City of Canterbury two for the City of Rochester one for the Borough of Maydston one for the Port of Dover one for the Port of Sandwich one for the Borough of Quinborough one for the County of Kent eleven For the County of Lancaster Eight viz. for the Borough of Preston in Anderness one for the Borough of Lancaster one for the Borough of Leverpool one for the Town and Parish of Manchester one for the County of Lancaster four For the County of Lecester Six viz. for the Borrough of Lecester two for the County of Lecester four For the County of Lilcoln Sixteen viz. for the City of Lincoln two for the Town of Boston one for the Borough of Grantham one for the Town of Stamford one for the Town of Great Grimsby one for the County of Lincoln ten For the County of Middlesex Six viz. for the City of Westminster two for the County of Middlesex four For the City of London six For the County of Monmouth three For the County of Northfolk Sixteen viz. for the City of Norwich two for the Town of Lyn-Regis two for the Town of Great Yarmouth two for the Countie of Northfolk ten For the Countie of Northampton eight viz. for the City of Peterborough one for the Town of Northampton one for the Countie of Northampton six For the County of Notingham six viz. for the Town of Notingham two for the County of Notingham four For the Countie of Northumberland five viz. for the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne one for the Town of Berwick one for the Countie of Northumberland three For the Countie of Oxford eight viz. for the City of Oxford one for the Vniversity of Oxford one for the Borough of Woodstock one for the Countie of Oxford five For the Countie of Rutland two For the County of Salop eight viz. for the Town of Shrewsbury two for the Borough of Bruges alias Bridgnorth one for the Borough of Ludlow one for the Countie of Salop four For the Countie of Stafford six viz. for the Citie of Litchfield one for the Town of Stafford one for the Borough of Newcastle on the Line one for the Countie of Stafford three For the Countie of Sommerset sixteen viz. for the Borough of Taunton two for the Citie of Bath one for the Citie of Wells one for the Borough of Bridgwater one for the Countie of Sommerset elevens For the City of Bristol two For the County of Southampton fourteen viz. for the City of Winchester one for the Town of Southampton one for the Town of Portsmouth one for the Isle of Wight two for the Borough of Andover one for the County of Southampton eight For the County of Suffolk sixteen viz. for the Borough of Ipswitch two for the Borough of Bury St. Edmonds two for the Burough of Dunwich one for the Borough of Sudbury one for the County of Suffolk ten For the County of Surry ten viz. for the Borough of Southwark two for the Borough of Guilford one for the Borough of Rygate one for the County of Surry six For the County of Sussex fourteen viz. for the City of Chichester one for the Borough of Lewis one for the Borough of East-greenstead one for the Borough of Arundel one for the Borough of Rye one for the County of Sussex nine For the County of Westmoreland two For the County of Warwick seven viz. for the Citie of Coventry two for the Borough of Warwick one for the Countie of VVarwick four For the Countie of Worcester seven viz. for the Citie and Countie of the Citie of Worcester two for the Countie of Worcester five for the Countie of Wilts fourteen viz. for the Citie of New Sarum two for the Borough of Marleborough one for the Borough of the Devizes one for the Countie of Wilts ten For the County of Anglesey two For the Countie of Brecon two For the Countie of Cardigan two For the Countie of Carmarthen two For the Countie of Carnarvon two For the Countie of Denbigh two For the Countie of Flint two For the Countie of Glamorgan three viz. for the Town of Card●ffe one for the Countie of Glamorgan two For the C●untie of Merioneth one For the County of Montgomery two For the Countie of Pembrook three viz. for the Town of Haverfordwest one for the Countie of Pembrook two For the Countie of Radnor two The distribution of the Persons to be chosen for Scotland and the severall Counties C●ties and places within the same shall be according to such proportions and number as shall be agreed upon and declar●d by the Lord Protector and the major part of the Councill before the sending forth Writs of Summons for the next Parliament The distribution of the Persons to be chosen for Ireland and the severall Counties Cities and places within the same shall be according to such proportions and number as shall be agreed upon and declared by the Lord Protector and the major part of the Councill before the sending forth Writs of Summons for the next Parliament XI That the Summons to Parliament shal be by Writ under the Great Seal of England directed to the Sh●●●ffs of the severall and respective Counties with such alteration as may suit with the present Government to be made by the Lord Protector and his Council which the Chancellour Keeper or Commissioners of the Great Seal shall seal issue and send abroad by Warrant from the Lord Protector If the Lord Protector shall not give warrant for issuing of Writs of Summons for the next Parliament before the first day of June one thousand six-hundred fifty four or for the Triennial Parliaments before the first day of August in every third year to be accounted as aforesaid That then the Chancellour Keeper or Commissioners of the Great Seal for the time being shall without any Warrant or direction within seven dayes after the said first day of June one thousand fix hundred fifty four Seal Issue and send abroad Writs of Summons changing th●rein what is to be changed as aforesaid to the severall and respective Sheriffs of England Scotland and Ireland for summoning the Parliament to meet at Westminster the third of September next and shall likewise within seven dayes after the said first day of August in every third year to be accounted from the dissolution of the precedent Parliament Seal Issue and send abroad severall Writs of Summons changing therein what is to be changed as aforesaid for Summoning the Parliament to meet at Westminster the sixt of November in that third year That the said

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