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... printed ) at the End of the Attestation , in certain Cafes mentioned in the Said Aft XXXVIII . Schedule referred to by this Alt , ftating the Form of the cxxix " Poll Books " CXXX THE THE L A OF W ELECTIONS . C A P. CONTENTS .
... printed ) at the End of the Attestation , in certain Cafes mentioned in the Said Aft XXXVIII . Schedule referred to by this Alt , ftating the Form of the cxxix " Poll Books " CXXX THE THE L A OF W ELECTIONS . C A P. CONTENTS .
Page 177
... said subsequent day and hour , as aforefaid . IV . And be it fur- ther enacted , That at the time appointed for taking fuch petition - By 11 G. 3. c . 42. S. 3.— the Houfe fhall adjourn , if afide nor excufed , cannot be forty - nine ...
... said subsequent day and hour , as aforefaid . IV . And be it fur- ther enacted , That at the time appointed for taking fuch petition - By 11 G. 3. c . 42. S. 3.— the Houfe fhall adjourn , if afide nor excufed , cannot be forty - nine ...
Page 177
... said fix boxes or glaffes , alternately , the faid pieces of parchment or paper , and deliver the fame to the Speaker , to be by him read to the Houfe ; and fo fhall continue to do , until forty - nine names of the members then present ...
... said fix boxes or glaffes , alternately , the faid pieces of parchment or paper , and deliver the fame to the Speaker , to be by him read to the Houfe ; and fo fhall continue to do , until forty - nine names of the members then present ...
Page 177
... said member is unable to ferve , or cannot without great and manifeft detriment ferve in fuch felect committee , he also shall be excufed from such service . By 11 G. , 3. c . 42. S. 6.— if there are more than two parties before the ...
... said member is unable to ferve , or cannot without great and manifeft detriment ferve in fuch felect committee , he also shall be excufed from such service . By 11 G. , 3. c . 42. S. 6.— if there are more than two parties before the ...
Page 177
... Said petitioners and fitting members , their 1. 14 , 15. in P. council or agents , beginning on the part of vil of the Ap- the petitioners , hall alternately strike off one c . 42. f . 6. and pendix . of the faid forty - nine members ...
... Said petitioners and fitting members , their 1. 14 , 15. in P. council or agents , beginning on the part of vil of the Ap- the petitioners , hall alternately strike off one c . 42. f . 6. and pendix . of the faid forty - nine members ...
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Page cxi - Wales during the life of the late King James, and since his decease, pretending to be and taking upon himself the stile and title of King of England by the name of James the Third...
Page cix - James, and since his decease, pretending to be and taking upon himself the stile and title of King of England by the name of James the Third, or of Scotland by the name of James the Eighth, or the stile and title of King of Great Britain, hath not any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm...
Page cvii - Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever, and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint and the sacrifice of the mass as they are now used in the Church of Rome are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page cviii - That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me...
Page cviii - Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man, or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page ciii - United Kingdom and the Church We have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster on the day of next ensuing And there to treat and have conference with the Prelates Great Men and Peers of Our Realm...
Page 158 - That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom...
Page cvii - Rome are superstitious and idolatrous, and I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me as they are commonly understood by English Protestants without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page xxv - ... to regulate the trials of controverted elections, or returns of members to serve in parliament...
Page 162 - Corpus according to the true intent and meaning of this act, may be directed and run into any county palatine, the cinque ports, or other privileged places within the kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the islands of Jersey or Guernsey; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.