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 A. D. 1562. Anno quinto Rcginac E l rz abp.th ft. C. r6 — I '-. and Conviction, as is aforefaid, differ [nvDrifonmcrtl ol hii l!'>ly without Bail 01 Life, and (hall forfeit all his Goods and Chattels Rttals4nd rerfonals: (2) The Moietii t Forfeitures Hull be to the (Queen's Highnefs, her Heira and Su< 1 thru lhall or will Cue for the fame, in any of the Queen's Co ol I Plaint or Information ; in which Cafe no Eflhiri, Wager of Law 01 Protection Dull be. admitted,. 1 . And be it further enacted by the Authority aforfefaid, That a!! and eery Juftice of Aflife, JuP, )<<>■ and Detertnin r, and Juftice of Peace, (hall have hill Po#fer and Authority by Virtue hercol inquire. In -ai and determine all and every Offence or Offer !, committed or done within 1 Limits of their Commiflion, contrary to the T< nor and Meaning <>l Hii V. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon or Perfons fh.ill at any Time hereafter be impeached for any Offence hereafter to be committed or done contrary t<. 1 iinlcfs he be thereof impeached or accufed within fix Months next entiling any fuch Offence by him <■: committed or done. CAP. WI. The fcvcral Penalties of Conjuration, or Invocation of wicked Spirits, and Witchcraft, F.nchanrmci •. Charm or Sorcery. 33 H. y. c. 8. 1 i-d. 6. c. 12. Repealed by 1 Jac. j. c. 12. 9 Geo. 2. c. 5. c a p. xvi r. An Aft for the Puniftiment of the Vice of Buggery. ' TI7HERE in the Parliament begun at London the third Dav of Niwefnber in the one and twentieth ' VV Year of the late King of molt famous Memory, King Henry the Eighth, and after by Prorogation ,! 1 holdcn at Wtftminllcr in the ri.e and twentieth Year of the Reign of the laid late King, there was o c * h " fi »!" hc ' Act and Statute made, intituled, An M for the Punijhmait of the Vice of Burrery, whereby the faid dc- Z g™™'''*uu ' afinuch as the faid Statute concerning the Punifhment of the faid Crime and Offence of Buggery ftandeth B^rt is m«J<- ' at this prefent repealed and void by Virtue of the Statute of Repeal made in the rtrft Year of the Reign Fel< > n ». «»i»ei. ' of the late Queen Mary : Sithence which Repeal fo had and made, divers evil-difpofed Perfons have been ' M " bc(r ' ' the more bold to commit the faid mod horrible and dctcftable Vice of Buggery aforcfaid, to the high Dif- jfc- . p.c. 6. ' pleafuxe of Almighty God;' 1 )/.., .r.c.iCy II. Be it enacted, ordained and eftablifhed by the Queen our Sovereign Lady, and by the AfTent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament aficmblcd, and by the Au- thority of the fame, That the laid Statute before-mentioned made in the five and twentieth Year of the faid late King Henry the Eighth, for the Punifhment of the faid detcftablc Vice of Buggery, and every Branch, Claufc, Article and Sentence therein contained, fhall from and after the firlt Day of June next coming be revived, and from thenceforth fhall (land, remain and be in full Force, Strength and Effect for ever, in fuch Manner, Form and Condition, as the fame Statute was at the Day of the Death of the faid late Kir.g Henry the Eighth ; the faid Statute of Repeal made in the faid firit Year of the faid late Queen Mary, or any Words general or fpecial therein contained, or any other Act or Acts, Thing or Things, to the contrary notwithftanding. 2 & 3 Ed. 6. c. 29. Coke 391. c a p. xviir. An Act declaring the Authority of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and the Lord Chancellor of England to be one. ' TT THERE fomc Queftion hath of late rifen, whether like Place, Authority, Prehemincnce, Jurif- J W diction and Power doth belong, and of Right ought to belong, to the Office of the Lord Keeper of ' the Great Seal of England for the Time being, as of Right doth and ought to belong to the Office of the ' Lord Chancellor of England for the Time being, or not :' II. For Declaration whereof, and in avoiding fuch Queftion hereafter, be it enacted and declared by theT: ' • Queen our Sovereign Lady, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parlia- ' thc LorJ tnent aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the Common Law of this Realm is, and always o"it Scli'^n* was, and ought to be taken, that the Keeper of the Great Seal of England for the Time being hath always the Lord-Chin - - had, ufed and executed, and of Right ought to have, ufe and execute, and from henceforth may have, per-«i:or, i, jiioo*. ceive, take, ufe and execute, as of Right belonging to the Office of the Keeper of the Great Seal of England* laA - s ~- for the Time being, the fame and like Place, Authority, Preeminence, Jurifdiction. Execution of Laws, and all other Cuftoms, Commodities and Advantages, as the Lord Chancellor of England for the Time being lawfully ufed, had and ought to have, ufe and execute, as of Right belonging to the Office of the Lord Chancellor of England for the Time being, to all Intents, Conftrudtions and Purpcfes, and as if thc fame Keeper of the Great Seal for the Time being were Lord Chancellor of England. CAP.
 * teftable Vice was made Felony, as in the ("aid Eftatute more and large it doth and may appear : (2) For- j.i7nk^n.Tor '