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 A. D. 1552. Anno quinto & fcxto Edwardi VI. C. ir. 44.9 iflion or All rpc- 1 Form al n every fuch third Offence or O ! ac J- .tml Tenements, whereof he or they fhall be foiled ot' an Eftate of Inheritance in his ur their Right, to the King, as in Cafes of High Treafon. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. that if any Perfon or Perforu :it any Time the faid firft Day of June next coming, by Writing, Printing, Painting, Carving 01 G [ly anJ advifedly publifh, let forth and affirm, that the King that now is, or any hi- Heir; or Sui furs limited as is aforefaid, is an Hcrctick, Shifmatick, Tyrant, Lnfidel or Ufurper of the Crown, that every fuch Offence and Offences fhall be deemed and adjudged High Treafon, and the Offender and I fenders, their Abetters, Procurors and Counfellors, and all and every their Aiders and Comforters, 1;:. ing the faid Offences or any of them to be done, being thereof convicted or attainted according to the J. and Statutes of this Realm, fhall be deemed and adjudged High Traytors, and fhall fuffer Pains of Death, and lofe and forfeit all their Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements to the King, a, in Cafes of i I Treafon. V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Pcrfons after the ('.■■■ 1 firft Day of "June next coming, rcbellioufly do detain, keep or with-hold from our faid Sovereign Lord, his faid Heirs and Succcffors, any of his or their Caftlcs, Fortreffcs, Fortilefles or Holds within this Realm, or in any other the King's Dominions or Marches, or rebelliouflv keep, detain or with-hold from the (aid King's Highnefs, his faid Heirs or Succeffors, any of his or their Ships, Ordinances, Artillery or other Mu- nitions or Fortifications of War, and do not obediently render and give up to our faid Sovereign Lord, his faid Heirs or Succcffors, or to fuch Perfons as fhall be deputed by them or any of them, fuch Caftles, For- treffcs, Fortileffes, Holds, Ships, Ordinances, Artillery or other Munitions and Fortifications of War, rcbellioufly kept and detained, within fix Days next alter they fhall be commanded by our faid Sovereign Lord, his faid Heirs or Succeffors, by open Proclamation under the Great Seal, the fame Proclamation to be made in fuch Place and Order, "fo as the Party and Parties to be charged by this Act may conveniently have Notice or Knowledge thereof: That then every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending in any of the Pre- miffes after the faid firft Day of June, their Abettors, Procurors and Counfellors, and all and every their Aiders and Comfortors, knowing the faid Offences or any of them to be done, being lawfully convicted of therebellisufly keeping and detaining thereof, according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, fhall be adjudged Traytors, and fhall fuffer Pains of Death, and lofe and forfeit all their Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements unto the King, as in Cafes of High Treafon. VI. And over that be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That if any of the King's Subjects, Denizens Before whom or other, do commit or practice out of the Limits of this Realm in any outward Parts, any the Offences Treafom com- which by this Act arc made, or heretofore now ftanding in Force have been made Treafon, That then fuch T'.'^l^" 1 ^ Treafons, whatfoever they be, or wherefoever they fhould happen fo to be done or committed, fhall be bctried.™ enquired and prefentcd by the Oaths of xii. good and lawful Men, upon good and probable Evidence and Stat. 16 H. 8. Witnefs, in fuch Shire and County of this Realm, and before fuch Perfons, as it fhall pleafe the King, his c i 3 . faid Heirs or Succeffors, to appoint by Commiflion under his Great Seal, in like Manner and Form as Trca- 35 H. 8. c a fons committed within this Realm have been ufed to be enquired of and prefented : (z) And that upon every Indictment and Prefentment founden and made of fuch Treafons, and certified into the King's Bench, likeProcefs and other Circumftance fhall be there made and had againft the Offenders, as if the fame Trea- fon fo prefented had been lawfully found to be done and committed within the Limits of this Realm. n VII. And that all Procefs of Outlawry hereafter to be had and made within this Realm, againft any Ja " Offenders in Treafon being Refiant or Inhabitant out of the Limits of this Realm, or in any the Parts beyond the Sea, at the Time of the Outlawry pronounced againft thetn, fhall be as good and effect 1 Trci- m the Law to all Intents and Purpofes, as if any fuch Offenders had been refident and dwelling within this forl - bc : Realm at the Time of fuch Procefs awarded and Outlawry pronounced. "jh?^" VIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if the Party fo hereafter to ' be outlawed, fhall within one Year next after the faid Outlawry pronounced or Judgment given upon tk ; ,' faid Outlawry, yield himfelf unto the Chief Juftice of England for the Time being, and offer to traverfo j :'.''"'; the Indictment or Appeal whereupon the faid Outlawry fhall be pronounced as is aforefaid. That then he chief juiLc'V: Ihall be received to the faid Traverfe, and being thereupon found Not guilty by the Verdict of xii. Men, England. he fhall be clearly acquitted and difcharged of the faid Outlawry, and of all Penalties and Forfeitures by 3 Inft. »i6: reafon of the fame, in as large and ample Manner and Form as though no fuch Outlawry had been made ; 3 Mod - ■■ any Thing herein contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. .;"[ z27 > : ' 9 ' Rex 1. Arm?.-r.- in E. R. Trin. 36 C»r. 1 IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Offender or Offenders being he-. I after lawfully convict of any manner of High Treafon, by Prefentment, ConfeiTion, Verdict or Procefs of A^ 1 ""^ Outlawry, according to the due Courfe and Cuftom of the Laws of this Realm, fhall lofe and forfeit to the Laads ^ King's Highnefs, his Heirs and Succeffors aforefaid, all fuch Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments which ,.;,. any fuch Offender or Offenders fhall have of any Eftate of Inheritance in his owii Right, in Lie or P feffion, within this Realm of England, or elfewhere within any of the King's Dominions, at the Tune o! iK any fuch Treafons committed, or any Time after. ,., , JT Vol. II. M m m X. And