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 39 ELIZABETH. Cap. VIII. An act concerning the confirmation and establishment of the deprivations of divers bishops and deans, in the beginning of her Majeslfs reign. Whereas clivers and sundry persons exercising the office and function of bishops and deans of divers sees and bishopricks, and deanries within this reahn in the reign of our late sovereign lady Queen Mary, were before the tenth day of November in the fourth year of the most happy and blessed government of the Queen's most excellent Majesty that now is, lawfully and justly deprived from such bishopricks and deanries as they severally enjoyed, and took upon them to hold, and in their steads and places sundry excellent and worthy men duly preferred to the same: (2) and whereas the parties so deprived did notwith- standing, as is pretended, make secret appeals, and used other secret means, pretending thereby to support the continuance of their said offices and functions, Be it &c. PmSTED BY SroilISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STl;F.i;r sqcark LONDON'