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A22992	Anno primo & secundo Philippi & Mariæ actes made at a Parliament, begon and holde[n] at Westminster, the xij. daye of Nouember, in the fyrste and seconde yeare of the reigne of our soueraygne lorde and lady Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, Kinge & Quene of England, Fraunce, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland, defendours of the fayth, princes of Spayne and Cycilie, archedukes of Austria, dukes of Myllayn, Burgondie, and Braband, counties of Haspurge, Flau[n]ders and Tyroll, and there continued and kept to the dissolution of the same, beynge the xvi. day of Januarye then next ensuynge, were enacted as foloweth.; Laws, etc.	England and Wales.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1553-1558 : Mary I)	1555 (1555)	STC 9447.9; ESTC S1983	63,068	70

to al intentes constructions and purposes as yf the same were or had bene signed by her highnes signe manuel and as yf her maiestie had bene at the tyme of the making ther of sole and vnmaryed and as they were before the makynge of the sayd act The ●ayde estatute or any braunche or article therein conteyned to the contrary in any wyse notwythstandynge ¶ An act for the reformation of excesse in apparel ¶ The seconde Chapter BE it enacted by thauctoritie of thys present Parliamēt that no person borne wtin this realme or the dominions of the same other then the son heyre apparaunt of a knight or other then suche as maye dispend xx.li by the yere in landes offices fees or other yerely reuenues for terme of lyfe or be worth in goodes .ii. C. li. shall after the fyrste daye of Apryll nexte commyng weare any maner of sylke in or vpon hys hatte bonet night cappe gyrdle scabberde hose shoes or spurre leathers vpon payne of thre monethes imprysonment and forfeytures of x.li for euerye dayes wearyng contrary to the tenour of this act And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayd that Iustices of Assises in theyr circuities Iustices of peace in their sessiōs sheriffes in their turnes Stewardes in letes lawe dayes Maiors shieriffes and Baylyffes of cities Boroughes townes corporate in their courtes shall and may enquire here and determine from time to time al euery the sayd offences committed or done wythin the lymites of theyr seuerall iurisdictiōs and aucthorities and where any such forfeytures shal happen to be founde within the precincte of any citie bourough towne corporate lete or lawe day then the Maior sherife Baylyffes of the sayde cities boroughes and townes and owner of the sayd lete or lawe dayes to haue the one moytie of the sayd forfeytures and thother moytie to be to any subiecte of this realme that wil sue for the same in any court of record by action information byll or otherwise in which no wager of lawe protection or assoigne shal be allowed And where suche for feyture shal be found oute of any citie boroughe towne lete or lawe daye that the moytie of al such forfeytures shal be to the kyng Quenes maiesties and the heyres of the Quene thother moytie there of to any of theyr subiectes that wyl sue for the same by byl pl aint action informatiō or otherwise in any court of record as is aforesaid in which no wager of lawe protection or essoygne shal be admitted or allowed And that al euery such person persons as haue auctory tye by vertue of thys act to heare determine the premysses may vpon the conuiction of euery such offender award proces vnto the shyrefe of anye shyre within thys realme for the apprehension of the sayd offender which beinge apprehended shal be committed by the shyrefe vnto the gaole of the sayd shyre there to remayne without bayle or maynprise vntyl the sayde offendoure hath payde the forfeyture wherin he is so conuicted And be it further enacted by the aucthorytye aforesayde that yf any person or persons of what estate condition or degre soener he or they he after y● sayd first day of Aprill next cōming knowing any seruaunt or seruauntes of his or theirs to offend contrary to this act doo not put the same out of his or theyr seruice but shall kepe in hys or their seruice the same offendour of offendors by the space of xiiii dayes next after such knowledge had or els beyng so put out of his theyr seruice shall retayne the same offendour or offendours to his or their seruyce agayne within one yere next ensuing the time of committyng of any such offence the same person or persōs so keping or reteyning agayne in or to his or their seruice any such seruaunt or seruauntes offending contrary to the tenour of this acte as is aforesayd shal for euery hys or theyr offēce forfeyt .c. li. of law full money of England the moytye whereof to be to the kynge and Quenes maiesties vse and the heires and successors of the Quene and the other moyte to hym that wyl sue for the same in any courte of record by action byl plaint information or otherwyse wherin no wager of law essoygne or protection shal be admitted or allowed Prouyded alwaye and be it enacted that thys acte or anye thing therin conteyned shal not extende to any person beyng of or aboue the degre of a knyghtes sonne or doughter or beinge wife to any of them nor to such as haue bene be or shal be Maiour Baylife Aldermā or head officer in any city borough or town corporate or to the wife of any of them nor to any of the kynges or Quenes seruauntes in ordinary wages attendaunt wearyng the kynges or Quenes ordinary liueries but that they euerye of them may vse and weare as they or any of them might lawfully vse and weare be fore the makyng of thys act Prouided also that no person shal be compelled by thys acte to put away his prentise or hyred seruaunte before th ende of the terme before agreed betwene thē nor that any mayster shal forfeyt or lose any payne or forfeyture for the keping of his prētise or hyred seruāt after his offence contrary to thys acte vnto th end of the terme be fore agreed betwene them Any thyng aboue sayd to the contraay notwythstandynge Prouyded also that women may weare in theyr cappes hattes gyrdles and hoodes as they or any of them myght vse and weare lawfully before the makyng of thys acte ¶ An Acte agaynst seditious wordes and rumors The thyrd Chapter WHere it is conteyned as well in the Statute of Westm the firste as in the Statute made at Glocester the seconde yere of the raygne of kynge Rychard the second that no man shoulde be so hardye to contriue speake or tell any false newes lyes or other suche lyke false thynges of Prelates Dukes Earles Barous and other Nobles and Peares of the realme or of the Chaunceloure Treasurer Clerke of the priuie seale Stewarde of the kynges housholde Iustices of the one bancke or of thother or of any of the great officers of this realme And that euery such offender should be taken imprisoned vntil such time as he had brought him or thēforth which did speake the same And wher also at a parliament holden at Cambridge in the .xii. yeare of the reygne of the sayd kyng Rycharde it was also enacted that where anye suche offender as is aforesayde should be taken and imprisoned and coulde not find him of whome he heard those newes which he spake as is aforesaid that then the same speaker should be punished by thaduise of the coūsell as by the same actes amongest other more playnly do and may appeare Be it enacted by thauctoritye of thys presente parliament that all and euery the sayde former actes and Statutes shal be and remayne in their ful force strength and effecte toal

intentes constructions and purposes And further that Iustices of the peace in euery Shire citie towne corporate within the limittes of their seueral commissions shal by auctoritye of thys present act haue ful power to examine heare and determine the causes aboue sayd in the sayd two first actes specified and to put the sayde two fyrst statutes and euery braunche in them conteyned in due execution that frō henceforth condigne punishement be not deferred from suche offenders And for asmuch as diuers and sundrye malicious euyl dysposed persons maliciously sediciously rebelliously and vnnaturallye contrary to the duety of their fidelityes and allegiaūces haue now of late not only ymagined inuented practised spoken and spredde abrode diuers and sundry false seditious sclaunderous newes rumors sayinges and tales agaynst our moost dreade Soueraygne Lord and kyng and agaynst our moost naturall Soueraygne Ladye and Quene and agaynst eyther of them of whome we are forbidden to thinke euyl and much more to speake euyl which offence soundeth and is aswel to the greate dishoner reproche and sclaunder of their most excellent maiesties as also to the great sclaūder of this their realme and other their dominiōs but also haue deuised made written printed published and set forth diuers he ynous sedicious and sclaunderous writinges rimes ballades letters papers and bokes intending and practisyng therby to moue and styrre seditiōs discorde discētion rebellion within this realme to the greate peryll and daunger of the same For auoydynge wherof be it enacted by thauctoritie of this present Parliament that yf any person or persons after the .xx. day of February next ensuing and after open Proclamacion made of this Acte shal maliciously of his or theyr ymagination speake anye false sedicious slaūderous newes rumors sayings or tales of our said Soueraigne Lord king or of our said most natural Soueraigne Lady Quene that then al euery such person persones so offēding beinge therof cōuicted or attainted in forme hereafter in this Acte expressed shal for euerye fyrst offence in some markette place within the shyre Citie or Borough where or neare vnto the place where the said wordes were or shal be so spoken be set openly vpon the pilory by the Sheriffe or his ministers if it shal fortune to be with out any citie or towne corporate And if it happen to be with in such cite or towne corporate thē by the principal officer or officers of such citie or towne corporate or his or they re ministers there to haue bothe his eares cute of onlesse he paye one hundreth poundes to the King and Quenes highnes vse within one moneth next after iudgement geuen of his sayd offence and also shal suffer imprisonment by the space of three monethes after such his or theyr execution And it is likewyse enacted by thaucroritye aforesayd that al and euery person persons whych after the sayde day and after Proclamation made of thys act shal maliciously speake any false seditious and slaunderous newes rumors or tales to the slaunder and reproche of our sayde Soueraygne lord the kynge or of our sayde most natural Soueraygne ladye the Queene of the speakynge or reportyng of any other that then all and euery such person or persons so speaking and reportyng being therof conuict or atteynted in forme hereafter in thys act expressed shall for euery such offence in some market place within the shyre citie borough or town wher or nere vnto the place where the sayd wordes were or shal be so spoken reported be set opēly vpon the pillory by the shyref or his ministers if it shal fortune to be wtout anye citie or towne corporat And yf it shal happen to be wtin any city or towne corporate then by the principal offycer or offycers of such city or towne corporat or his or their ministers ther to haue one of hys eares cut of onles he pay one C. markes to the kynges and Queenes hyghnes vse wythin one moneth next after iudgement geuen of hys sayde offēce also shall suffer imprysonmente by the space of one moneth after hys or theyr execution And be it further enacted by thauctoritye aforesayd that if any person or persons shall after the sayd day and after Proclamation made as is aforesayd maliciously deuise writ print or set forth any maner of boke time ballade letter or writinge conteynynge anye false matter clause or sentence of sclaunder reproche and dishonor of the kyng quenes maiesties or of eyther of them or to the encouraging sturring or mouing of any insurrection or rebellion wythin this realme or any dominions belongyng to the same Or whosoeuer shall maliciouslye procure any such booke rime ballade letter or writyng written prynted or set furth and the sayde offence not being punishable by the Statute made in the .xxvi. yere of the reigne of king Edward the third concerning treasons or declaratiō of treason that then and in euery such case the offender and offēders ther in after his or their conuiction or attaynder shal for his or their first offence in some market place within the shyre city or borow where the sayd offence is or shal be committed or done by the shirefe or his ministers yf it shal fortune to be without anye citie or towne corporate and yf within such citie or towne corporate then by the principall officer or officers of suche citye or towne corporate or by his or their ministers haue hys and their right hand strycken of And be it further enacted by thauctoritie asoresayd that yf anye person or persons being once lawfully conuicted of any of thoffēces aforesayd now prouided to be punished by the execution of losses of eare eares or hand as is aforesayd do afterwards eftsones offend in any of the offences aforesayde that then he or they so offendynge shal suffer imprisonment duryng hys or theyr lyues wythout baile or maynprise forfeyte and ●ose to the kyng and quenes maiestyes al hys and their goodes and cattels And be it also enacted by thauctority aforesayd that al Iustices of oyer determiner within the limittes of their commission Iustices of assise in their seueral circuites Iustices of gaole delyuerye Iustyces of peace aswel within the liberties as without within the limittes of their seueral cōmissions in their generall sessions or other sessions which they or two of them wherof one of them to be of the Quorum may and shall appoynt at theyr pleasure where and when nede shal require shal by vertue hereof haue ful power and auctoritie to enquire here and determine al and euery thoffentes aforesaid as in cases and trial of fellony And that the party indicted and arrained shal haue aduauntage of al maner of chalenges to the Iurie peremptorye chalenge only except as in trial of felony And also that euery Iustice of peace within the limittes of hys commission shall haue full power and auctoritye to commit any person being vehemently suspected of any of

for euery moneth that he shal lacke such deputie or deputies shall forfeyte for euerye suche offence fyue poundes the one halfe of whych forfaytures shal be to the king Quenes highnes her heires and successours the other halfe to him that wyll sue for the same by byll playnt information or action of debt in any the kynge and quenes courtes of recorde in which no essoygne protection nor wager of lawe shal be admitted ¶ An Acte appointing in order to iustices of peace touching the baylment of prisoners ¶ The .xiii. Chapiter WHere in the parliament holden at Westminster in the. iii yeare of the reigne of the noble prynce king Henrye the seuenth it was among other thinges ordeyned enated that no prisoner arrested for felony should be lette● to bayle or mainepryce by any one Iustice of peace but by the hole Iustices or at least by two of thē whereof one to be of the Querum Since the making of which estatute one Iustice of peace in the name of hym selfe and one other of the Iustices his cōpagnion not makyng the sayd Iustice partie nor priuie vnto the case where fore the prisoner should be bayled hath often tymes by sinister labor and meanes set at large the greatest and notablest offenders such as be not repleuisable by the lawes of this realme yet the rather to hyde their affections in that behalfe haue signified the cause of theyr apprehension to be put onely for suspition of felony wherby the sayd offendours hath escaped vnpunyshed and do dayly to the high displeasure of almightie God the greate peril of the kyng and Quenes true subiectes and encoragement of all theues and euill doers For reformation wherof be it ordeined and enacted by the king and Quenes maiesties the lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present parliament assembled by aucthoritie of the same that from and after the fyrst day of Apryll next commyng no Iustice or Iustices of peace shall let to baile or mainepryce anye such person or persones whych for any offence or offences by them or any of them committed be declared not to be repleuised or bailed or be forbidden to be repl●ued or bailed by the estatute of Westmin prymer made in the parliamente holden in the thyrde yeare of the reygne of kyng Edwarde the first And furthermore that any person or persones arrested for manslaughter or felony or suspectiō of manslaughter or felony beyng bayleable by the lawe shal not after the sayd fyrst day of Apryll be lette to bayle or mayneprise by anye Iustices of peace if it be not in opē Sessions except it be bi two Iustices of peace at the least wherof one to be of the Quorum the same iustices to be present together at the tyme of the said bailmēt or main pryce which hailement or mainprice they shall certifie in writynge subscribed or sygned with their owne handes at the next generall goale deliuery to be holden within the countie where the sayd person or person shal be arrested or suspected And that the sayde Iustices or one of them being of the Quorum when any such prisoner is brought before them for any manslaughter or felonye before anye baylement or maynepryce shall take the examination of the said pr●soner and information of them that brynges him of the facte circumstaunces thereof the same or asmuch therof as shal be materiall to proue the felonye shall put in wrytynge before they make the same bailement whiche sayd examination together with the sayde baylement the sayd Iustices shall certifie at the next general goale delyuery to be holden within the lymittes of theyr commission and that euery Coroner vpon any inquisition before hym found wherby any persō or persons shal be in dicte for murther or māslaughter or as accessary or accessaries to the same before the murder or man slaughter committed shal put in wrytyng the effect of the euidence geuen to the Iurye before him beyng materiall and aswell the said Iusti●es as the sayd Coroner shal haue aucthoritie by this acte to bind al such bi recognisaunce or obligation as do declare any thing material to proue the said murder or manslaughter offences or fellonies or to be accessary or accessaries to the same as is aforesaid to appeare at the next general goall deliuery to be holden within the Countie citie or towne corporat wher the triall therof shal be then and ther to geue euidence against the partie so indicted at the tyme of his triall shall certifye aswell the same euydence as suche bonde and bondes in wryting as he shal take together with the inquisition or indictment before him taken and founde at or before the tyme of his sayd tryall therof to be had or made And lykewyse the sayd Iustices shall certifye all and euery suche bonde taken before theym in lyke maner as before is sayd of baylementes and examination And in case any Iustice of peace or Quorum or Coroner shall after the sayde fyrst day of Apryll offende in any thing contrary to the true intente and meaning of this present acte That then the Iustices of gaole delyuery of the Shire citie towne or place where suche offence shall happen to be committed vpō due profe therof by examination before them shall for euery such offence set suche fyne on euerye of the same Iustices of peace and Coroner as the same Iustices o● gaole deliuery shall thynke me te and shall estrete the same as other fynes and amerciamentes assessed before Iustices of gaole deliuery ought to be Prouided alwaies and be it further enacted by thauctoritye aforesayd that Iustices of peace Coroners within the cytye of London and the countye of Middelsex and in other cities boroughes townes corporat wythin this realme and Wales shall within their seuerall iurisdictions haue auctorytye to let to bayle fellons and prisonners in such maner and forme as they haue bene heretofore accustomed thys act or any thinge therein conteyned to the contrarye notwithstandyng And also shal take examinations and bondes as is aforesayd vpon euerye baylement by them or any of them to be made and shal certifie euery such baylementes bondes and examinations by them or any of them taken or made at the next gaole deliuerye to be holden within the shyre citie borough or towne where their seueral iurisdictions extendeth vpon like payne and forfeyture as is before limitted in thys present act And be it also enacted by the auctorytye aforesayd that no writers of Habeas cor●us or Certiorary shal be hereafter graunted to remoue anye prysoner out of any gaole or to remoue anye recognisaunce excepte the same writtes be sygned with the proper handes of the chiefe Iustice or in his absence one of the Iustices of the court out of whyche the same writtes shal be awarded or made vppon payne that he that writeth anye suche writtes not beyng signed as is aforesayde to forfayt to our sayd soueraygne lord the kyng and the

the sayd offences to ward there to remayne without bayle or mainprise vntil he shal be deliuered accordyng to this act Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by thauctorytye aforesayde that no maner of person or persons shal be molested or impeched for any of thoffēces concerning speaking or reporting as is aforesayde oneles he or they be thereof accused and conuicted wythin thre monethes next after his or their sayd offence so committed or done And in case any person shal be imprysoned for any of the sayd offences concerning speakynge or reportyng and not therof conuicted within thre monethes next after his offence supposed to be by him done and cōmitted that then the person so imprysoned shal be set at lyberty and no lenger deteyned in pryson Prouided also and be it enacted by auctoritie aforesayd that euerye suche Maiour Maiours Bayliffes and other heabe offycer and officers of cytyes borowes and townes corporate which haue or hereafter shall haue iurisdiction and auctoritie within the seueral limittes of thyr office or offices to hold and kepe sessions as iustice or iustices of the peace shal and maye by auctority hereof aswell arrest commit to ward all and euery person and persons beyng vehemently suspected of any of thoffences aforesaid as also to procede to the execution hearing determining of euery y● sayd offences and to see and make due execution therof according to the purporte meaninge and effecte of thys present acte Any thinge in the same act heretofore made to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes that the sayd Iustice of peace aswel wythin liberties as without the which shall for any the offences aforesayd commit any person or persons towarde as is aforesayd shal wythin tenne dayes next after such committyng with one other Iustice wherof one of them to be of the Quorum directe theyr precepte to the Sheri●e or Sherifes of the countie where th offence shal be commited or to other ordinary officer if it be within any cyty or town corporate where the Sherife can not intromit commaunding him or them by the same impanel and retourne as they shal assigne .xxiiii. good and lawful men of hys or their bayliwike or bayliwikes to en quyre of the sayd offence or offences the whiche any such person or persons shal be so imprysoned for And thervpō within one moueth after the date of the said precept to procede determine as aboue is expressed Euerye one of the same Iustices vppon payne of x.li to be payed to the kyng and Quenes hyghnesses as often as they shal be founden in defaulte of any the same Prouyded also and be it enacted that thys act shal be proclamed in al the shyres within thys realme before the .xij. day of February next commyng to thintent that al persons may haue notice therof and auoyd the peryl and daunger that myght ensue by offe●dyng agaynst the same And thys act to be only in force vntil the ende of the next parlyament and no longer Prouyded alwayes and be it enacted by thauctorite aforesayde that none of the peares of thys realme shal be arested or imprisoned for any of the said offences but only by order or commaundement geuen from the kyng and quenes priuye counsayle or of the heyres of the quene and that the sayd peares and euery of them that shall hereafter fortune to be indicted of any thoffences aforesayd shal be tried by their peares as before hathe bene accustomed in cases of treason or fellonye ¶ An act for the punishement of certayne persons calling them selues Egiptians ¶ The fourth Chapter WHere in a parliament holden at Westminster in the .xxij. yere of the reygne of our late Soueraygne lorde kyng Henry theyght for the auoydinge banyshyng oute o● this realme of certaine outlādishe people callynge them selues Egiptians vsing no craft nor feate of marchaundises for to liue by but going frō place to place in great companies vsyng great suttel crafty meanes to disceaue the kynges Subiectes bearing them in hand that they by palmestry could tel mens and womens fortune and so many times by craft and subteltie disceyue the people of their money and committed diuers great and heynous fellonyes and robberies to the great hurt disceyt of the people It was amongest other thinges then enacted that frō the tyme of the making of the sayde acte no suche personnes shou●de be suffered to come within this the kynges realme vpon payne of forfeyture to the kyng al their goodes and catels and then to be commaunded to auoyd the realme within .xv. dayes next after the commaundement vpon payne of imprisonment such persons callyng themselues Egiptians as then were within thys realme shoulde depart within .xvi. dayes next after proclamation of the sayde acte vpon payne of imprisonment and forfeyture of all their goodes and cattels with diuers other clauses articles cōteyned in the sayd acte as by the said act more at large it appeareth For asmuch as diuers of the sayd company and such other lyke persons not fearynge the penalty of the sayd Statute haue enterprised to come ouer againe into this realme vsyng their old accustomed deuilysh and noughty practises and deuises with such abhominable lyuyng as is not in anye Christian realme to be permited named or knowen and be not duly punyshed for the same to the peryllous and euyl exāple of our soueraygne lord and lady the kynge and the Queenes Maiestyes mooste louyng subiectes to the vtter and extreame vndoynge of diuers and many of them as euidently doth appeare For reformation wherof be it ordeyned and enacted by the king and quene our soueraygne Lord and Lady the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in presente parliament assembled and by thauctoritie of the same that yf any person or persōs after the last daye of Ianuary next commyng do willyngly transport bring and conuey into this realme of England or Waies any such persōs callynge them selfes or cōmonlye called Egiptians that then he or they so transporting bringing or conueying in any suche persons contrary to the true meaning of this acte shall forfeyte and lose for euery tyme so offendyng .xl. pounds of lawful money of England And be it further ●nacted by thauctority aforesayd that yf anye of the said persons called Egiptians which shal be transported and conueyed into this realme of England or Wales as is aforesaid do continue remayne within the same by the space of one monethe that then he or they so offending shall by vertue of this acte be demed and iudged a fellon and fellons and shal therefore suffer paynes of death losse of landes goodes as in cases of fellony by thorder of the common lawe of this realme and shall vpon the tryall of them or any of them therin be tried in the countie and by thinhabitauntes of the countie or place where they or he shal be apprehēded or taken and not per medietatem linguae and shal lose the benefit and priuiledge of sanctuary and clergye And be

to haue all remedies and actions for and vpon the sayde gyftes or deuyses and tenures in lyke maner forme as was vsed before the estatute of Westminster thyrd commonlye called Quia emptores terrarum The sayde estatute or any other lawe or custome nowe beyng to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng Prouyded alwayes and be it enacted that all and euery persō persones and bodyes politike and corporate whyche nowe haue or hereafter shall haue any estate of enheritaunce freholde terme or in trest of in or to any portiō pention tithes glebelandes or other ecclesiasticall or spirituall profytte whyche by this acte and lettres of dispensatiō rehearsed in the same be permitted suffred to remaine and continue in laye mens possessions shall and may haue like remedye for the recououery of the same and euery parte thereof as they and euery of them myght haue had before the fyrste day of this present Parlyament Any thynge in this acte conteyned to the contrary in any wyse notwithstanding ¶ An Acte for the punishment of traiterous wordes agaynst the Quenes maiestie ¶ The .ix. Chapiter FOrasmuch as now of late diuerse noughty sedicious malicious heretical persons not hauing the fere of god before their eies but in a deuillishe sort cōtrary to the duetie of their allegiaūce haue cōgregregated thē selues together in cōuenticles in diuerse sondr● prophāe places with● this citie of Lōdō esteming thē selfes to be in the true faith wher in dede they are in errours here sies oute of the true trade of Chrystes catholike religion in the same places at seuerall tymes vsing theyr phantasticall and scismaticall seruices lately taken awaye and abolyshed by aucthoritie of parlyament haue of theyr most malicious cankerde stomakes praied agaynst the Quenes maies●ie that God would turne her hert from Idolatrye to the true fayth or ells to shorten her dayes or take her quickely out of the waye whyche prayer was neuer harde nor rede to haue ben vsed by anye good Chrystian manne agaynste anye Prynce though he were a pagan and infidele and much lesse against any christiā Prynce and especially so vertuous a Princes as our soueraygne Lady that nowe is knowen to be whose faithe is and alwayes hath bene most true and catholique and consonaunt agreing with Chrystes catholique church throughout the worlde dispersed For reformation whereof be it enacted by thauctoritie of this present parliament that euery such person and persones whych sence the begynnyng of this present parliament haue by expresse words and sayinges prayed required or desyred as is aforesayd or hereafter shall praye by expresse wordes or sayinges that God should shorten her dayes or take her out of the way whose lyfe almighty god lōge preserue or any such lyke malicious prayer amounting to the same effecte their procurers and abbettours therin shal be taken reputed and iudged traytours and euery such praying requiring or desyryng shal be iudged taken and reputed hygh treason and the offendours therin their procurers and abbettours beyng therof laufully conuicte accordyng to the lawes of this realme shall haue suffer and forfeyte as in cases of high treason ¶ Prouyded alway and be it enacted that yf any person or persons shall be indicted for any the offences aforesayde done and perpetrated duryng this session of this present parliament and vpon hys or their arreignement shal shewe him or themselues penitent for ther offence and submitte him or them selues to the kyng and Quenes mercy and humbly desyre the same before such Iustices or commissioners before whom he or they shal be arraygned that thē no iudgement of conuiction or attayndour of treason shal be gyuen agaynste any such person or persones so beyng penitent and submittinge thēselues as is aforesayd And in euery such case the iustices or cōmissioners before whome such person or persōs shal be arraygned shall haue aucthoritie by vertue of this acte to prescribe adindge appoynte such corporall punishment other then death to such offēder and offenders as to them by their discretion shall seme conuenient and vpon that penaunce prescribed and done to be discharged of the sayde treason comprised in that inditement ¶ An acte wherby certayne offences be made treasons and also for the gouernement of the kynges and quenes Maiesties issue ¶ The .x. Chapyter FOrasmuch as the greate mercy clemency heretofore declared bi the the Quenes highnes in releasing the penal lawes made by her progenitours hath giuen occasiō to many cankarde traiterous harts to ymagine practyse attempte things stirring the people to disobedience rebellion against her highnes common polecy and duetie of subiectes require that some lawe be eftsones establyshed to restrayne the malyce of suche wycked euill doers wherby they may be prehibited to blowe abrode such shamefull slaunders and lyes as they daylye inuente and imagine of her highnes and the kynges maiestie her mooste lawefull husbād which when they be hard can not be but odible and detested of all good mē consyderyng they touche their maiesties vpon whome dependeth the whole vn itie and vniuersall welth of this realme In consideration whereof be it ordeined and enacted by the king and the quenes maiesties with thassente of the lordes spirituall and temporall and of the commons in this present parliament assēbled and by the auctoritie of the same that if any persō or persons after the first day of February next to come during the mariage betwene the king the quenes maiesties do compasse or imagine to depriue the kinges maiestie that nowe is frō the hauing inioyning ioyntly together with the quenes hyghnes the stile honour and kinglye name of the realmes and dominions vnto our sayd soueraygne Lady the quenes highnes appertaining or to destroie the kyng that now is duryng the sayd matrimonye or to destroye the quenes maiesti● that nowe is or the heires of her bodye begotten beynge kinges or Queenes of this Realme or to leauye warre within thys Realme of England or within any of the marches of the same agaynste the kynges maiestie that nowe is duryng the sayd mariage or against the quenes maiestie that nowe is ▪ or any of her sayde heyres beyng kynges or quenes of this Realme or to depose the quenes maiestie that nowe is or the heires of her body begotten beynge kynges or quenes of this realme from the Imperiall croune of the Realmes and dominions abouesayd And the same compasses or imaginations or any of thē maliciously aduisedly and directly shall or do vtter by open preachyng expresse wordes or sayings or if any person or persones after the sayde fyrst day of February by preching expresse wordes or sayinges shall maliciously aduisedly and directlye saye publyshe declare maintaine or hold opinion that the kynges maiestye that now is duryng the said matrimony ought not to haue or inioy ioyntlye together with the queenes maiestie the stile honoure and kyngly name of this realme or that any persō or persons being neither the kyng or