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 A.D. i§33- Anno vicvfimo quinto He n ri c i VIIL C. 22. 201 lawful Matrimony I mhized between you* Highnefe and your moft dear and 1 Queen innt, t 1 II > li(h J, and taken for undoubtful, true, fin i and urdinc to tin- j il | I] ihis Realm, v. h of Ji I b n in both the Com . nd by both the Uni Padua, Paris, Orleance, Taloi/fe, others, and alfo by thi cullcnt well I ; I I which Grounds fo confirmed, Carriage folemnizi Jul Wife Queen Anne, we your faid " ii Spiritual and Temporal, do ■nd firmly accept, approves nd ra ify foi good, andconfonant to the Laws of Almightj G »d, with< lit; ii". II humbly befceching yourMajefty, that it maybe fo eftabliihcd for ever by your mod lent. _ < . 1.. . ' HI. And e, fincc many Inconvi niencies have fallen, as well within this Re..lm as inol iJDaughtei ' iter, or the Son to rriariy the Daughter of his Father procreate and born by his ! • . or the Son to many his Aunt, being his Father's or Mother's Sifter, or to marry his Uncle's Wife, ,»n.8. c.38. 4 his •■ ■ r, r his Wife's Son's Daughter, or his Wife's Daughter's Daugl, i Wifirs r; (2) which Marriages, albeit they be plainly prohibited and deti ted by the Laws of God, yet 4 m ycrthclefs, 1 1 fomc Times they have proceeded under Colours of Difpenfatipns by Ainu's Power, which J, .-.id of Right ought not to be granted, admitted nor allowed ; for no Man, of what Eftate, No Man hath i e or Condition foever he be, hath Power to difpenfe with God's Laws, as all the Clergy of this Realm ' .1 Convocations, and the moft Part of all the famous Univerfities of Chriflcndom, and we alfo, P' | « c w»" lG <»' ' do affirm and think.' IV. Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforcfaid, That no Perfon or Pcrfons, Subjects or Refiants of tiiis Realm, or in any your Dominions, of what Eftate, Dignity or Degree foever they be, fhall from aid Degrees afore rchearfed, what Pretence foever fhall be made to the con- trary thereof ; (2) and in cafe any Perfon or Pcrfons, of what Eftate, Dignity, Degree or Condition foever ! ih been heretofore married within this Realm, or in any the King's Dominions, within any the . ; above exprefled, and by any the Archbifhops, Bifbops or Minifters of the Church of England, be n the Bonds of fuch unlawful Marriage, that then every fuch Separation lhall be good, lawful, rmanent for ever, and not by any Power, Authority or Means to be revoked or undone here- after, and that the Children proceeding and procreate under fuch unlawful Marriage, fhall not be lawful ne legitimate; any foreign Laws, Licences, Difpenfations or other Thing or Things to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. V. And in cafe there he any Perfon or Perfons within this Realm, or in any the Kind's Dominions, al- Perrons hereto- ready married within any the faid Degrees above fpecified, and not yet feparate from the Bonds of fuch un- fore married lawful Marriage, That then every fuch Perfon fo unlawfully married, fhall be feparate bv the definitive withm the De- Sentience and Judgments of the Archbifhops, Bifhops and other Minifters of the Church of England, and in ^"^ ,;., - Othei your Dominions, within the Limits of their JurifdiiStions and Authorities, and by none other Power by the Ordioa- or Authority; (2) and that all Sentences and Judgments given and to be given by any Archbifhop, Eifhop ry's Sentence. or other Minister of the Church oi England, or in other the King's Dominions, within the Limits of their Hob. 148. JurifdicYions and Authorities, fhall be definitive, firm, good and effectual, to all Intents, and be obferved r ? g H ' 8 ' c " 2r ' .(J, without filing any Provocations, Appeals, Prohibitions or other Procefs from the Court of*' to the Derogation thereof, or contrary to the Act made fince the Beginning of this prefent Parlia- ment, for Reftraint of fuch Provocations, Appeals, Prohibitions and other Proceftes. VI. And alfo be it enacted by Authority aforcfaid, That all the Iftue had and procreate, or hereafter to A!1 ,h« ifr u e be had and procreate, between your Highnefs and -your faid moft dear and entirely beloved Wife Queen procurate 6e- Anne, fhall he your lawful Children, and be inheritable, and inherit according to the Courfe of Inheritance tween the King and J.aws of this Realm, the Imperial Crown of the fame, with all Dignities, Honours, Preheminences, " d hisWife Prerogatives, Authorities and Jurifdiftions to the fame annexed or belonging, in as large .and ample Man- fl^nbeh"°J lw . ner as your Highnefs at this prefent Time hath the fame as King of this Realm, the Inheritance thereof to 1 emain to your faid Children and right Heirs, in Manner and Form as hereafter fhall be declared. VII. That is to fay, firft the faid Imperial Crown -, and other the Premifles, fhall be to your Majefty, The Imperial I and to your Heirs of your Body lawfully begotten ; that is to fay, to the firft Son of your Body, between Crown ofEr.g- your Highnefs and your faid lawful Wife Queen Anne begotten, and to the Heirs of the Body of the fame land > & ' c ' ;n - I firft Soil lawfully begotten, and for Default of fuch Heirs, then to the fecond Son of your Body and of the u c ' I Body of the laid Queen Anne begotten, and the Heirs of the Body of the faid fecond Son lawfully begotten, and fo to every Son of your Body and of the Body of the faid Queen Anne begotten, and to the Heirs of the Body of every fuch Sen begotten, according to the Courfe of Inheritance in that Behalf; (2) and if it fhall h ppen your faid dear and entirely belov.ed Wife Queen Anne to deceafe without IlTue Male of the Body of your Highnefs to be begotten, (which God defend) then the fame Imperial Crown, and all other the Pre- mises, 10 be to your Majefty, as is aforefaid, and to the Son and Heir Male of your Body lawfully begot- ten, and to the Heirs of the Body of the fame Son and Heir Male lawfully begotten ; acd for Default of" fuch Iffue, then to your fecond Son of your Body lawfully begotten, and to the Heirs of the Body of the cond Son lawfully begotten, and fo from Son and Heir Male to Son and Heir Male, and to the Heirs of the Lveri.l Bodies of every fuch Son and Heir Male to be begotten, according to the Courfe of Inheri- tance, in like Manner and Form as is abovefaid ; (3) and for Default of fuch Sons of your Bodv begotten, The La 7 E, »i and of the Heirs of the feveral Bodies of every fuch Sons lawfully begotten, that then the faid Imperial ^FemUrf Vol. II, £) d Crown,
 * by rcafon ol within the Degrees of Marriage prohibited by God's Laws, that is to fay, i
 * ton other, the Brother the Sifter, the Father his Son's Dauglr jpOod't
 * or the Father to marry his Son's Wife, or the Brother to marry his Brother's Vi tomarry