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 any forcible oppoition againt this Agreement; and that uch as hall not ubcribe it before the time limited, for the end of this Parliament, hall not have Vote in the next Election; neither, if they ubcribe afterwards, hall they have any voyce in the Election next ucceeding their ubcription, unles their ubcription were ix months before the ame.

2. That until the end of fourteen yeers, uch perons, and uch onely, may be elected for any Diviion, who by the rule aforeaid, are to have voyce in Elections in one place or other; Provided, that of thoe, none hall be eligible for the firt or econd Repreentatives, who have not voluntarily aited the Parliament againt the King, either in peron before the fourteenth of June, 1645. or else in Mony, Plate, Hore, or Arms, lent upon the Propoitions before the end of May, 1643. or who have joyned in, or abbetted the Treaonble Engagement in London, in the yeer 1647. or who declared or engaged themelves for a Ceation of Arms with the Scots, who Invaded the Nation the lat Summer, or for complyance with the Actors in any the Inurrections of the ame Summer, or with the Prince of Wales, or his accomplices in the revolted Fleet.

3. That whoever, being by the Rules in the two next preceding Articles incapable of Election, or to be elected, hall aume to Vote in, or be preent at uch Elections for the firt or econd Repreentative, or being elected, hall preume to it or Vote in either of the aid Repreentatives, hall encur the pain of confication of the movety of his etate, to the ue of the Publike, in cae he have any etate viible, to the value of fifty pounds. And if he have not uch an etate, then he hall encur the pain of imprionment for three months. And if any peron hall forcibly oppoe, molet, or hinder the people (capable of electing as aforeaid) in their quiet and free Election of their Repreentatives; then each peron o offending, hall encur the pain of confication of his whole etate, both real and peronal; and if he have not an etate, to the value of fifty pound, hall uffer imprionment, during one whole yeer, without bayl or mainprie. Provided, that the offender in each uch cae be convicted within three months, next after the committing of his offence.